comfortable walking with sod: 2oI Ambrofç;powres out himfelte in amighty torrentof fa credeloquence,with much power and holy indignationa-. gainft the Heathers ofhis tingwmt tin you may fee in divers Chaptersof his l3ooke ¿e Helga, eh' je l unio:his a 3. Chapter is inr.jailed , De Pone ad tevtaler c dices Ofdrinking Healthes.In the°i8 Chapterhe brings them in thus,,in their fwaggcring humour: Let us drink:,' jay they, to the healthof the Emperoter, nnra ar,aCe. andiehofoever pledgeth riot his health, let hint be abnoxiottar,And Ipr,a,.o,41, tx guiltie in point of devótiorrr. prophaneneßi ! Hatefull qui non bibenc,fe rveaiesucr lc m tionnoen impietie ! Shall an honefi fober man, and faithful fubjea, who loves theKing dea-rlier thanhis owne hearts blood,and amaze Ime éß á Wnld`willinglyboth out Of courage and conicience,powre fallut: :lac` bib:». it out if iieede require,for the prefervationofhis perfon;be -T1e. fides prayer for him in theHoule of God, and inhis family makes confcience of foliiciting theThrone of Grace or- dinarily twice or thrice a day inprivate withheartinefíe and fervency for chiefea and choifetl bleffings upon his foul:, body ,governement,pofteritie,8;c.and ifany inconvenientand difcontented thought offer it felfe, repells it as a diabolicall temptation? I fay; Shall fuch an one, onely becaufe hedares not give his nameby revealing, to that curled catalogue of carnall condemned workes, Gal.5f 2 I. i Pet.4. 3. nor con- forme to the exorbitant riotoushumoursof the time, Iefl he wound his confcience, and weaken his power topray for him, be queflioned about his good intentions, and well- wi(hing to the King ? And (hall a fwaggering Gallant emp- tymany times ofall reall worth, and trulynoble parts; one- ly audacious enough toexpole the crownedMajeftie ofour earthly gods to cheapneffe and contempt, by an unhallow ed toiling the venerable name ofSoveraignty amongfl his Cups;and in flead ofprayitag,to which he is ofameere flran ger,andholds"it Paritaiitcall, provokes daily and hourely, and pulls downe, all heecan, Gods fierce wrath both upon King andKingdom:, by his fwearing,'drinking,ying,whorin,, &C.144.1,2. I fay ; (hall hee bee the Fmperours onely friend? Whereupon thegood Fatherimmediatly after, iro- nically abominates such Bedlam folly ; Opix devotionir obfe-. piton
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