Verfe.20. OV ° . 79 heere counfdll, lend an care, and harken diligently with atten- tion, to wife, and wholcfomedotrinesand admonitions : the fecond, that they receiue ins`7r4ion, or corrcc`tion, for the word lignificth botlh:that is,to fubmit themfelues to,and make vfeof,and profiteby,reproofes,threatnings, or challifements. And the reafon of this exhortation, is both from the motiue that (hould prrfwade them thereunto, and the end that they fhould propofeto themfelues therein, and the ha-ppiefucceffe which they thould finde thereby, that they may be iv;fein their latter end, that their wifedome may be manifrfled, and they reape thefruit thereofin their old age,or whenfoeuer theyarc readietodepart out ofthe world, not but that he would haue men tobe wifealto before, but to note, that all that time their heaucnly wifedomewill (land them in bell (feed. ¶ Agodlynun (hall haue thegreatefl benefitofhispietic andDeco graces,whenhe draweth neerefl tohis death. At the firfl they feemeburdenous, and troublefome, in re- fpea oftheaffliaions whereby theyare often accompanied,as feede time, inappearance, dothonely dcuourand ['wallowvp mens corne, andexafl their labourand trauell, but afterwards they (hewc themfelues comfortable and precious, as thebeau -, tifull light of harucfl, doth declare the commoditie offeede time. Thewicked is purfued in his miEerie: but the rig-hteorre bath Prom 14.32 hope inhisdeath, faithS4lonson. A11rke theupright ma`n,and behold Pr..37.37 ths farthe endofthat assn i;peace,faith Dartid in the Pfalmes. And when was the !lateofthewife virginsmade knowne to be Mat25 better then that of the fooli(h, not when they tooke their lampes,or.lighted their lampes,or provided their oile,or went forth together, or waited together, but when thebridegroome came. Firfi,attheir latter end the faithful! haue greateflfioreandRea foxl.a plentie ofgraces : for theyhaute bene (liil gathering,laying vp, anddailyadding totheir flocks, by learning, failing, praying, (hewingof mercie, diligence in their callings, mortifyingof their corruptions;and difchargingofmany good duties. Secondly, then haue they greatefl neede and vfe thereof; 2 förafmuchas theyare cowretiewithdeath,to ref-in thealfaults Pf
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