ref.zr. PROVERBS e 43 gers,le(l wee (hould be infee9cd before we be awsre,(ithence no difeafe is more contagious, no con(litution more apt to take infc-1ion , and no fickenes, or death more (careful} or grieuous: Get knowledge then and vnder(landing, that it may keepe thee : let other mens I ills be admonitions to thee : trie thy fcife, and take notice of the proneiaeíle of thine owns heart , to that which is euid, and hearken with heedefulnelîc veto forewarnings, which Peter vpon confi- dence of his one power neglecting , was (none after ch- cumuented by his aduertary. Reproofeofthem that are attentiuc, and trae able to the corrupte(i countells , liflening to nothing with greater de. light , nor performing any thing with fo great a delire . it is the common praaifcofmany , to prepare entertainment for the dine'', and [educes, by playing the diuells part, and (educing thernfelues, then when they are not temptedofo- thers. For, doe they not beate their braines, and bufie their heads continually in the contemplation ofprofites or plea- fares, or promotions , or offuch things as they moll lu fl after, propo(íng to themCelues an Heauen full of happinele, perfec`t happinciTh in the inioyment thereof ? And then welcome is hee, and much (ball he be made of, whichwill incite them to that which is foacceptable,and informe them withal}, how they may be ablerocompatï'e it. And thus then they open the pores oftheir heart to the infection of(inners, and tharpen their appetites fo that they be ready to bite as bone as euer they haue the leaf} ken= of Satans baite. Verle r T. If theyfay, Cornewith vs, wee willlay raitefor Noted, and lieprosilyfor the innocent,withotttperil}. Eere follower) the particular handling ofthe former matter, in this verte, and diuers ofthe reli that follow, wherein arc let down,firll the inticing tpeeches of (inners ,as it were motines to winnecontent, and afterwards thewhole- form dìifwafion of the holy Ghofl, as a retentiue to holde G 3 them ;>
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