83 apt ofSathan, bothwhich would lirrc vp all the inficelitie that remaincth i n them,to difcourage their hearts, were they notfo well armed with the fpirit oi:Goi,and a good confcience. Thirdly,then are they be(} feafoned with humilitie,and pa tiencc, hatingpalled throughmany temptations, and tribula- tions (as it falleth our to thegreate(} numberoldie godly)and yet kept the faith,and thereforeare mol} capable of, and readi- ef} fbr comfort with the teairnonie olGods lauour, whole fer- uice they haue faithfully perf, rrned. 4 Fourthly, ithen they approach apace towards their ref}, and happines,th,:ir worke being finifbed,and theirwages roadie to be put into their hands, they flul be no longer yoaked with fumes and miferies, nor detained from the fruitionofperle:} holines and glorie, but be fatis6ed with the fuines thereof in the pretence ofGod their deare(1 father, andofrhe Lord [efts, Chrifìt,theirbleífed Saviour. "fe. In(}ru,iEon to make our whole life, by li(}ening to this counfell here commended vntovs, and gluinginlrudiona pracbca11 entertainment, a continuali preparation for acom- fortable death. In the very fir(}onfet to religion, religion ifit be found, will direst mens minds to thinke of, and to guide their waies to prouide for theirend. And therefore Mq(er, or rather the Lord himfelfe, conuinceth the hypocryticall ¡frae- lites., negledingfowaightie,and needfulla dutic, to he vtterly at.3.z9, del}ituteofal l heauenlywifedome. They are, faith he, a nation void of counfell, neither iò thereany vnderRanding in them : O that they werewife, thenwould theyvnderfiand this : t hey i3ouldconfider . their latter end. Ob. But they (hall meete with many troubles. AnCw. And they (hall ¿capeout ()fall troubles. Ob. But moli men in thefe daies will thinke them to be Tooles, and fuchas knowe not what is good for themfelues. Anfw. But all men (hall oneday knowe them tobewife, and fuch as haue chofen that which is bet} Cor themCelues, when the tellimonie of Chri (}, and their owne happie condition (hall giuc them com- mendation ofwifedome before all the world. Nay, they are fnoles,and knowenot what is good for themfelues. which pur- chafe prefent delights,with their futurecalamities,like riotous. (peed
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