ÿerfe. t4. P 0VERD'S. li from the prefer ee Qfhim thatßtteth on the Throne , andfrom the wrathof the Lambe. For the Treat da)of his wrath is come , and Trhocanhand í' Secondlie, the guilt offine is a mot/ grieuous vlcer for their hearts to feele,and anhideous obieet for their eyes tofee, andyet it is alwayes before them,and continuallywithin them. Nodebt, though ofmillions, andto the_cruellefl creditor in all theworld, is fodangerous , as deadly firne,.: no writte is fo inevitable as the curies of Gods hole Law.: andno arrest is fo vncomfortable and irkefome , as thebitingaccufations of the confcience. . Thirdly , the continuall peril' ofdeath, of hell , and con.- dcmnation, loth maruellouliedifmay them , in fomuch that life it felfe ,. which all lining creatures ardcntlie delire to re- taine, and all the delights and priuiledgcs thereof, are of no eflimation and value with them : the violent dread of de- flruftion, draweth them often , to fecke their deflruaion with violence. In flruc`tion to price thepeace of a good confcien.ce at an higher rate then all bodilie blelfngs, andearthlic commodi- ties,as health,wealth,wit, reputation, authoritie,dignitie,kinde friends, profperous children and all other dcíreablegifts that are buttemporarie : if it haue them ioynedwith it, bethank- full for thele, but more forthat : if it be bellowed alone with- out t hem,be content with that,andmurmure not at thedefec4 of theft-. Secondly, beware how thou pearce thy foule withknowne and wilful! trangrefhons , leali thoumake a wound therein, which in the end mayproouevnfufferablie painefull , andvn- curablie defperate. Whichmifchiefe,thc better to preuent,let euericman often examine his wayes , and get pardon for his Ganes, and purging from them , before theyexulcerate, and brcake forth into fach pernicious malladies. And it is verse needfull toprofiteby, and makegoodvie of more gentleand mildecorreaions, that eucrieofiaion bring vs to fome hu mil,iation, by the findingout of our offences, and the vnfaim tiedacknowledgement of them. ,afll y, Z. 3, V ro
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