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27o

ora

the.Excellency

ef

the

Soll.

tbetíl not,

or

but

veryflightly

you

never

inll;rueted them

in

the

waies

of

God,

and

eternal

life

:

you

were the

caufe

of

the

deflrueion of

their

fouls, by your wicked

example

;

they law

their Parents

do

thus

and thus, hate

goodnefs

and

good

men; they

faw

them fcorn at the

Word,

or

neglea

it,

and

contemn ir, and

upon

that

they did

fo

too,

and

now

they

are

in Hell

for

it,

and curling the

time

that

ever

they

were born

ofJfuch

Parents

:

And many fouls

,

no

queflion

there

are

in

Hell,

curling

the

time

that

ever

they

came

into

fuch

a

wickedfamily,

wherein they faw

fo

much

wickednefs,

wherein

there

was

no worlhippirg

of God;

nor no

means

to

come to know

God,

and upon

that

they went on

fecure-

ly

in

wickednefs,

and

now are funk down

to

eternal

mife-

ry.

---

You

may

bee the

c

aule

of

the deilru&ion of

others

fouls,

by drawing of

them

to

fin

;

when you

(hall

be

aebive

to

draw any

one

to

the

commiflion

of

any

fin

,

thou

doll

what in

thee

liea

to caft

away

that

precious

immortal

foul;

And

have never

anyof

you

had

a

hand in this

?

have

you

ne-

ver been inflruments to

draw others

to

fcme

fin

or

other

?

now

-if

you

have, either

thefethat

you

have

tempted

are

yet

alive,

or

they are dead;

if

they

bee

alive , know,

that

you

are bound in confcience to do now

to

the

utterm

ft

for

the

good

of

their

fouls

;

to

make

it

your great work,

if

it

bee

pofiible,

to

do

them

as

much good

as

ever you

did them

hurt;

for certainly

Saul-fatìsfaStion

is

required of

men,

as well

as

Bodily-

fatisfadion

:

If

you

have

wronged

a

man in

his.eflate

any way, although

it

were

level

twenty

years ago,

if

God

xcomes

to

awaken your

confciences,

it

will

not

Serve your

turn

to

return

and

repent, that is, to

bee

very

forry

that

you

have done

it,

and

ask

God

forgivenefs,

but before

you can

have peace

,

you

muf}

make fatisfaeiion where

you

have

wronged,

if

God

finable

you

:

Now,

doth

God

fland.fo

much

upon

that, that

if

cue

hath

but

pronged

a

span

in

his

ellate,

that

all

the

forrow

and repenting in

the

world

will

never

bring peace ofconfcience, without rellitution,

where

there

is

ability

?

then certainly,

if one

bath wronged

.another in

his

foul,

and

.bath <indanpered

the

damnation

of that,

by

drativ-