$2rft 16i PROVERBS. 6y comevpnn them, as Saint Lames loth te(}iñe. Thefente therefore ofthefentence is this : Slothfulnes cau- feth men tobe fleepie anddeceitful!, and bee that is deceitful!, lieepic,or Ilothful,JhallbeaffamiJhed. Slothfìi!nes is a vice verichurtfull both tobodic, foule, and outwardelate. Drowfines is noyforne to thebodie , and for healths faketo be auoyded. Deceitfulnesis pernicious to the foule, and for confcicnce fake to beabhorred : and affamiih- ment is the defolation of the flare, tending towardes the de- 4ru6tionoflife,and therefore iswith duc circumfpeLtionand prouidencic to be preuented. The euilsthat flothfulnes brin- geth: See, Chap. is Verf. t4 Afami/h:d, &c. Vnrighteousdealing bringeth that mifcric vpon mensheads, which theyaremoil afraidof. What thing is fo dreadfull, grimme, and horrible, toall worldiie men,as penuric and needs? Gods wrath is not`:-thedi- m!! is not: death is not: damnation is not: hell is not,(though all th.efe in time will be ,) for doe they not proaokeGods an- ger, and make themfelues a prey to the diuell,and call them- (dues into the mouthof death, damnation, and hell it felfe, topurchafe profites, and keepe of pouertie? And yet mifla- king their way, the faiter,manywould runnefrom it, through the by-paths of craft, and iniuitice, the more hall theymake towards it , till at lait theybedeuouredofi t. SecChapt. io. Verf. 4. & I2. V. 27. Verle 16 He that keefieth thecommandement, keepeth hufoul<< bit bee that del ifethhùwzyes,flsall die. e that keepeth thecom4ndement) which in the integrities 1 u andvprighrnes ofhisheart,obferueth the lawofthe Lord, towalk in the fame,althogh he cannot fulfill it,beaking it as littleas hecan,thogh he cannot obey it fo fully as he would, & is hü')lcd for his fau!ts,whê he feeth his fins, & trâfgrcflions, keepeth hisJoule,himfelfe,a part being put for the whole,he pre- ferueth the life bothofhisfouteandbodic, fromanvntimely death,&eternal de[lrution,not by themerit ofnis obedience, Ky but lam.f.1 Do4. a Doll.
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