lßO ROVERBS C ap.r. 2. Secondly, it killeth and do f}royeth , it bringeth impepi_ tent perlons to def}rucfion,by forceoíhis curie : his rhreat- nings with the truth and righteoufnes thereofdoe take hold vpon them.for their tranfgreflions. 3- Thirdly, the diuell is a doer in this bu(inetfe,who in ma- lice, enuying mans felicity and wanting power by fi tong hand to cat} them into hell , doth prac`}ife craftily to fend them thither, by inttcing them to rebel' again[} their Maker, that he thould condemne them. Vfe I. In(}rue ion, not tobe familiar with any (inne, normatt it : [utter not thy Idle to be illudedwith the flatteries of it : it is a cruel( cut-throar, a bloudy murderer, it woundeth mot} all chafe which mi(}ruf} it leaft,and leaf} fpareth luck as loue ir. And therefore it is the latch f teaway , to doe to it as it would doe to thee : purfue it with a f}ric4 examinationof thy for- mer life, vntill thou halt apprehend it, and then be fire that thou (hew it no fauour, but execute vengeance vpon it, with indignation and detelt*rion : (irike at it with the fword of Gods righteous Law, wound it with godly gricfe, and feare and remorce, and neuer haue done with it,fo long as any life rernaineth in it. z. Folly of them that preferre this hideous rionf}er, be- fore all things, before welfare, before comfort, before cre- dit, before (afety, before faluation . How many are there to be (eeriealmoí in all places, which (hew theca lues to f. c`{ this more dearely thanall their friends befd,? Brethren,pa- rents,children, yoke-tellowes, and bet} bcnefadours, arc all (}rangers to them in conupartfon to this. Yea,in kindnc1Te to this they (hew enmity to God, and make him their enemy: finne hath innumerable more friends to take his part and fouldicrs to fight for him , among the tonnes of men rho- row ail theworld, than the Lord himfelfe bath. ;,br. Z, ead thepro erity, &c,j A prolperous of}arc without grace is pafiing hurtful'. e 6.2.}.25 Our Sauiour bef}owethwoes vpon worldlings that are rich , that arefull, that laugh ,thdt are magn;facd andpray/ec(of ames 5.r. all men. And fuch doth S.farnes with to weep & howle for the ifery
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