116 Generall diYethemJ fer4 again(} theMiniferp ofthe Word ; let that man receive no comfort orbenefit by the Word of Life; If hee will needs, let him roare Rill, fwagger, bee drunke, defpaire, die, and be damned. Porcos veró, in 2. By Swine are meant thole fottifh fcurrill wretches, ]nto infrænis lux_ aria jugiter corn- whodoe fcornefully and cóntemptuoully trample under foot marantes,quosfa_ all hol y reproofes, admonitions tendered unto nè calms hujut- > rodi doárina them out of theWordof Truth. ptonunciant in- I, Some ofthefeare Swine, as it were, onely in raaife; dinosddemibid. they doe not faymuch, or keepe any great grunting again(} good men; but they feedunfatiably though fluently, upon the droffe and filthof fenfuall pleafures and carnali content- ments : and if at any time a Pearle bee caf} in their way; I meane a feafonable reproofe miniftred unto them , they trample it in the mire, and with abruitifh bafenefle tread it underfoote; becaufe indeed theyhate to bee reformed, and arefottifhly and ftubbornely refolved, not to exchange thefe worldlypleafures which they have in prefent pofleffron and purfuit, for the glory of an hundred heavens, which Prea- chers fomuch talkeof, but they cannot tafleof, or tell when tocome thither. 2,,. Other Swine there are, as it wereboth inpraaife and profefron; who betides their hating to bee reformed, and obftinate refolution not to forgoe their prefent pleafures, or forfake their former waies, are alto pofiefled with a fpirit of fcoffing. Thefe are rather wild Boares : for with a furious and Giant-like infolency and outrage, they provoke, and see ICai.g.rg. & challenge the mightyLordof heaven, about the truthofhis 2 Pets' s> r Iudgements and Promifes, making a m.ocke ofthem. Let all fenfuall and Swinifh wretches confider this, and tremble; who with linfull greedinefle feedupon earthlineffe, and Epicurifine, and hate to bee reformed ;. who wilful- ly wallow in the mud and filth of vanifhing pleafures and will not bee wafhed; who manyand many times comeunto, continue at, anddepart from the houfe ofGod , with a fet- tledpurpofe and refblution,not tofuffer their hearts tobema- ttered by thepower of the Miniflery, or to change their old fafhions,.
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