j'erts4. PRO`' IERUS. 47 Argumentsfor proofchereof,arc not farceto be 1bught,our Ries jo;îl. prefenttext i.nfoldeth many into two. firtt, chewing the way, wherein cuery faithful! man walketh, it. faith, be heeperhor fe- do,ne,andwifedome (according to them.eafure ofit) will keepe bim from headines,that he (hall doenothingrandy, and from ouerfights, that he (hall fee what is fit for curry fcafon : and from !loth fultics, that he fha11not faile tomakegood vfeofall it opportunities offered. Secondly, it declareththe fucceiTc wherewith he that kec- ppeth wifedome, meetcth :. he findeth goodnes, and thatwill be found fufficient in timelor compleate and perfeci happines, reachingtothcperfon,tohis atc,hisnamc,or whatfocuer tcrially concernethhim for theprefent, or perpetually hcreaf- ter.For hecnioycthGod, theabfolutc &foueraignc good,. the author and full fountainc ofall goodncs,_ and can anygood thing then bedetained from him ?Hecannot be friendles :.for, theLordwhole fauour is moreworth thenall mens, doeth en- tirely loue him. He cannot be contemptible :for the Godof ofgloric doeth dignifichimwiththehonourofadoption. He cannot behurt withviolenceorperiil, for hefittethalwaies in the lap,and is borne in the armesofhis omnipotent father.Ho cannotperi(li with wants or penury:for the ownerofall things vndertaketh the feeding and findingofhim : His bodic flail be fatisfied with all ncedfull prouifion : hisheart (halbe replcni- fhedwith all forts,ofgraccs ; and his confcience rcfrethcdwith all kinds ofcomforts.. Whiles he liueth, he-(hall be hippieon carth,andwhenhe dicrh,he (halbe bletred inheauen,and at the refurret`lionhe (hall beglorious in theprefenceofIefus Chri(}, and ofhis Angels,and people,and fo from henceforth and for cucr. Confutation ofthatblafphemous tlaunder,- which is railed if vp, and Co digenerally divulged, againf} this heaucnly wife- dome, this truepictic andgodlines, that menimbracing the fame,mu(I needs become theirownefocstothe ruineofthem -Ones. Theytake it for anvndeniall maxime, that whofoeuer dcuotethhimfelfe toany f}riâcourfe neceffa rily alienate his.friends,; and impairs hiscredit, and confunie his
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