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6

54

The

necety

of this

light.

dangers

in

our way,

many

by-

wayes,

that

we

are like

to

be

drawne into,

therefore

walke by

light,

and our

time

is

but

lit-

tle,

that

we have for our

\vorlie

;

the time

we

have

to

provide

for

eternitie, it

is

but

little,

uncertaine

and

short,

therefore

.

we had

need

make

ufe

of the light.

Againe , Every fiep that

we goe in

darknefs,

it

is

out

of

the

way, every

flep that

thou

haft gone

in

thy

way

towards

heaven

before the light

of

the Gofpel

comes

unto

thee;

thou

haft

bewildred

thy felfe, thou hall

gone

amiffe,

and gone

fo

much

out of

the

way

;

there

will

be

no fuch

comfort

to thee

on

thy

lick

-bed,

as

to

thofe

who have

walked in

the

light,

and

made

ufe

of

the light

to

doe their

work

by;

therefore thole

.

are

rebuked

from hence,

that

are

fo

-

farre from

walking in

it,

that

they

are oppofite

to

it

;

though

the light be never

fuch

a

fweete thing, yet

it

is

not good

to

fore

eyes;

thofe adulterous

guilty perfons,

thofe

that

love

the

work

of

darknefs, the

wayes

of

fin,

they care not for

the light,

becaufe

the light

will difco-

ver them,

and

make knowne both

them

and

their

bafenefs,.

therefore it

is

that they love darknefs

,

the

light

-

fcorcheth

them.

Some people at

the tiling of the

Sun

it

fcorcherh

them,

and then they

ihoote Darts

at

it,

and curie

the Sun;

fo

this

light it

will bring

fco!

ching

to the

confciences of

many

men

men that

are

difiraoied doe not

love

the

light

feeble men in

their

ficknefs

theymull

have

the

light

kept otf from them

;

fo

it

is

a

ligne

of

a

feeble fpirit

in

men, that

cannot

endure light,

fo

it

is

with

men that

love

to

fatisfie the lull

of the flefh,or ra-

ther

the

wiles of

the

flefh

,

they

would

goe

on

in

a

fecure

way,

and

would faine have

the light put

out

;

it

is

a

dangerous

thing for

men

to

fin

againfl

the light.

As

it

is

laid in

the

book-

of

Sob,

the

i

o Chap. and

the 22 verfe.

13efore

Igoe,

whence

I

fhall

not

retorne,

even

to

the land

of

darknefs, and the

fhadow

of

death.

4landof

darknefs

as

darknefs

it

felfe, and

of

the

fhadow

of

death,

withont any order,

and

where the

light

is as

darkne

}s.

The

light

is as

darknefs

unto them

;

there

are

many

that

doe

(hut their

eyes againfl the

light,

though

it

dazles

on

them, the

Lord

caufeth

his

truths to dazle

on

their

fpirits,

and

they

f'ut

their

eyes

againfl

it,

and

turne

from

it ,,there

you

fhut

your

eye;