Y al u fortes of croites , troubles ,and affli&io-ras ? why line wee fo muchwithout it, andmay fo eafilie haue it ? why makewe no more reckoning of it, fìthcnce it is foprecious, pr°ofitable,and necelfarie? Belìde the delîreof Gods glorieand fauour , which ought principallie tobe regarded : belìde therefpec`t of hie eternal!, which is mot}carneíily to be fought for : our health, our fafe. tie,our peace,our plcntie,andcuery thingofthis nature,might beforcible rnotiuesto allure vs to religion , feeing theLord is pleated tomake it fo beneficiall unto them. Confolation to thenwho haue imbracci this holie fcarc of God, who faithfullieobey and pleafe him, they haue im- munitie , not from aduerfìtics : ( for feweare afhic`ted with fo manictroubks as they arc triedwith : fewe fo much depraucd, maligned, and molefled as theybee) but from all plagucs,and perils, and miferies. They arc alike fafe in euerieplace, cucn in the middcs of thcirmortall enemies ,as among their kinder feiendes : and likewife at all fcafons, as well when they are moli prahifed a- gaina,as whennothing is intended to their hurt : when they lie in the bottome ofaducrfìtie , as when they fit in the toppe of profperitic. For thefe cannot feparate them from the loue ofGod, nor the hopeoffaluation, nor theconfcience ofwell, doing. And to conclude, wee towe thatall things worlte together f t. thebeFl, to them that loseGod, faith theApolIlc... Verfe 2 4. Theflothfarfl1. ideth bidband in_ hi r korazr, andwill notpia it to his monthagthte. SAlornon bathoften tolde vs the nature and qualitie of the. llothfuil,and the mifery and want,which of force theymuff- indurc, bymcancs of their fluggifhnes,notwithllanding be- caufc the number ofthemdoth daylie increafe, and thishurt. full vicegroweth flronger, and more violent in them, he con. tenteth not himfclfc withfo manicaduertifcments, whichhet pathalrcadie piuen vs, butto theende that wee may takemore heed
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