rerf8. PROVERBS. 3t lye fleeping within an inch of death , yea ofeternali death, and being awaked, and fln2wed his dangcrswouldyet returne to his fleepe in the fame piace sodpeal againe , and newt remove thence till he milli. InOru lion, not toapplaudc or m,agnifie any impious or vnrìghteous perfonstoo farre, whatfocuer their parts ofna- turn. , their learning, art, pollicy, or profperous fuccetfc in their attempts appeareto be , left thou ilnortldeff gaine-fay, or contradia the telhimony of Gods *wilemouth : He cal- led: them fooles, and will prooue it ; and dare1} thou goe about to refute him , and fay they are wife ? Fitsde out art happier worldling than Chrift defcribeth, who could get, and hem and inereafe hisfubtaance, and feemealto to in. joy the fruit thereof, by eating, and drinking, and reioycing his heart ; and yet the Lord who Both neuer miaakc , nor rniftali, faluted him by the name oaf Fade, and told him that hee had madeprouifion for heknew not whom . Anti heere obferue how the Lord returneth the fcornes of the godleiîewretches upon their owne faces . Nothing is more ordinary with them than to b`-foole the godly for their pre- cifeneire, becaufe theyBeare an (Bathe,, they will not fweare, nor lie for aduantage, becaufethey neglect their opparr°dni tieofriiîng in the world, they loofe their fortunes (as they call them ) rather than theywill doe violence to their con- fcienccs in any the leaf} matters ; But heere the Spirit of God loth publifb to all the world, that they arc the footer: indeed. Thenan is their counfell to be taken heed of and not followed for what wifedome la it for amars co make a Goole his guide and direaer ? Neither is it fate tobe fociablewith them, and to frequent their company : for howfoeuer idco. tifrneandwant ofcapacity is not contagious , yet this kinde ofwicked folly, and want ofgrace is very dangerous t and full of infection , Hee that vdl cth with fhewffè , lball be the wf!er, bit , companion o, f foelcs fbailbe made the zrorfe. And in the Jail place, let all good amen be the kite afraid, ofthem, note' ithaa,nding all theiraccufations, thrcatnings,, fi repro.
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