9 Int1ruc`Iion that we vfèour thoughtsand minds tobetter me DA.. ditationsand fiudies,then to nourilh that by Art which groweth too fail by nature.Our Beth breedeth an aptneflèand inclination todoe euill;and become hurtful( that we (hall not need to beate our braines about it,but rather hauecaufe with all carefulnef a to bethink vs how we may fhun & auoide it. Let vs kaue that craft to thediueil which is the mailer and teacher ofit,who laboureth tohaue all to be his apprentices, and is moll ready to informe eueryone to bemoil expert and skilfuil in that damnable trade ofcraftines.But neither himfclfe frô the beginningoftheworld to this day path gained any thingby ic,but defperat madnes and vexation,beldes euerlaflingdamnation to conie,neither any on ofhis feruancs ofali themillionsofmillions that haue learnedof him,hath inanyone thingbin thebetter by it,but euery way vn- utterably the worfe. Confolation to the poore, Grnple, and harmleffe feruantsof God,againft whom the mill is intended,that it (hall rebound up- on theauthors,and returne vpon the pra&ifers, andneuer light vpon them. Many hearts are wifhing theirhurt; manyminds are mutinghow toworke it : many tongues are confulting who 1ha11 do it:manyhands are ready to execute it : many mouthes intuitingouer them that (hall Puffer ir, and all this while the only watchmanoflfrael, and the keeper of theChurch doth laugh them to fcorne. He maketh their minds tomifakc thatwhich they looked at : he maketh their hearts to be filled with fBares: hemaketh their tongues to befpeak their ownmifery : he ma- keth their hands tobe hurtfull to thetnfelues:and he makethhis people to fit fafely in the midfl` ofthem. And this is truelyaffir- med byEliphaz,and warrantedby thefpirit ofGod in thebook of/ob. Hefcatteretb the deaeifes of the crafty : fo that their bands cannot accompl:(h that which theydo enterprife. He taketh thewife 1°1)4 I in their craftines, and the coonfill of the wicked is made fooli(h. Theymeet with darknefe in the day time, andgrope at neonday as in the night.Bsitbefaueth thepoorefrom t hefword,from theirmouth andfrom the hando fthe violent man. But to the can/tilers} Holelotne counfell is comfortable to D011.2. them that giueit,afwell as profitable to themthat take it. z If
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