verjlu.ii.izr r x c./ V L It D Conuietion ofaloft, that haue no delight at all in the Count-cis of God, becaufe they flye from no fin in loue, and confcienceof them : and of the beft,that they haue too lit- tledelight therein,becaufe they doenot auoid euill fo much as they ought. If we had moreby in God, and his Boyce, wee fhould be leire enamoured with the world , and the vanities thereof : wee would not be potrctled with the lulls ofthe Flefh, the lulls of the Eyes, and the pride of Life. Reproofe and terrour for them that loath the wifedorne ofGod, and loue it not; to whom it is a vexation and tor- ment, rather then a refreshing and comfort : from what finne and villanie haue they protection ? From what mil- chiefe and mifery haue they immunitie ? If Sathan will haue them to fleale, they mutt be thecues: If bee would haue thembreake wedlocke, they muff be adulterers: If hee will haue them kill, they mull be murtherers : whatfoeuer hee will haue them to doe, they muff attempt ir, and then are they fubiec`a to All theplagues and perils which enfuevpon fuch pradifes. Hence it is that the world fwarmethvvith all forts of hurtful! people, and cuill doers, as Idolaters, Papifts, blafphemous Swearers, licentious Sabbath-brea- kers, trayterous Conpirators, violentlOppretlors,ruffianly Swaggeres, fwinith Drunkards, beafaly Buggcrers, infatiable Cormorants, impudent Lyers, &c. Wifedome entreth into few mens hearts, andKnowledge delighteth not the foules ofmany. And by this wee may difcerne of the dangerous Hypocrites, who, though they make a Profellionof Pietie and Religion, hue yet in perpetuall peril of breaking out into grotTe offences, for that they loue rather to be pray- fed for Religion,than faithfully to apply themfelues to pro- cure prayfeunto it. They heare and pray, and doe the feruices of God for fafhion, or for fcare, for mens fauour, and good liking, and other carnali refpeds, heft knowne to themfelues, and doe nothing with any fpirituall alacritie, soy, and gladnctTe, or delire ofthem. And thereforewhen the Diuell,whom they ferue, feeth Fornications,Adulteries, ® Z ®t 2.
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