Chap. 3 (I) QUESTIONS, C A S E S O F Conícience About ABSTINENCE in the Life of Lawful things. CHAP. I. ()nett. + cTtce Nether may a man fnne in the ufe of Lawful things? e4nfw. Yea, abufe of lawful things is damnable, as well as the ufe of unlawful. The abufe of lawful 1, feedof,the Word, cares, at. i . a. So,Mat.24 h8. ÿ As in the dales of Noah they did eat, they drank, Cz/ `Á E! they married, and gave inmarriage, until the day that Noah entred into the Ark, ,7c. What ? was it a fin to eat, to drink, to marrie ? No, but they finned in the abufe of thefe things : they were fo in- tent upon thefe, that they cat} off all admonitions, and prediaions of judge- ment. So Luke 14. 18. What was more lawful then to buy a Farme, ayoke ofOxen, or to marsy a Wife ? Yet thefe fhali never tafle of the Supper : not becaufe they did thefe things, but becaufe they were foinordinately intent upon them, that they refufed the Call to the Kings Supper. So 1 Cor. Io. 7. The people fare down toeat, anddrink, and rofeup toplay. nef}. why is therefo much danger in theaft oflawful things Anfw. r. Becaufe inufing lawful things men aremolt fecure, and think them- £elves rafe : and yet Satan is molt where he is leaf} fufpeited : As theSerpent lieth in the greenef}graffe : foSatan lies in ambufh againfius in our moli law- B ful
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