)er/e25. PROVERBS.. 9; (tiffsnecked and vnrec laimeable rebelles, they are made leihc infolenr, : and triumphant in their wicked courfcs, they f}ia11 ftnde(Mail caufe toglory in theirfucceffés. Whereas through the want.thercof,they growe arrogant,and audacious, andout- ragious,and take vpon themwbe f}rikers ofothers. . Reproofeofthem that are too fauourable,too impudent,and godles fcorners, .giuing them. libertie tohoeas they lift, per- Ur. witting them to goe,ruune,ride,and flicforwards in all abomi - nable courfes,with.impunicie.They may ien,andmake fportat the féruarits, and all the feruicesofthe Lord : they may blaf pheme the glorious nameofGoi, withhideous; and horrible, (trange,and new deu(edoarhes,as though thediuell himfelfe had taught them to (peake altogether in his language : they may not onely prophane thefabbath, but moil contemptu- ouQy, and with the greaten defpite trample vpon it : and fo likewife profeife, andft vp the trade ofdifobedience, crueltie, ., impuritie, and all kinde of iniquitie, and yet who almofi is he thatdrawcthout the (word ofhis authoritie, either publicke or domcnic.all , to refill and fupprelle their execrable .villa- nies.. Many parents fo traine vp their children, that theyare im. bóldnedby theirexample and allowance, to contemne all that Godor min fpeakethagain their fenfuall and enormous be. hauiour.And many znalfters make their houfeskennels ufdef perate ruffians, and flies of fwinifh drunkards, giuing them a tolleration, or incouragement rather, toberay their families, with their impious, filthy and vicious behaviour. Oh. It is booties to correc`'t `them, there is no hope of their amend- ment,no feueriticwill feruc the erneto tame them. Anfw. Yet it-is not booties toobey God, whocommandeth thee tofmite them :andhecan turne their punifhmcnt to theprofite ofo- thers, that they by the benefice thereof; may efcapevnpuni- fhed : and this is worth the p-aines,, and thiswill ovcrpoife all their murmurings, that thou (Well difcharge thy dark, righe teoufnes is exercifed bythinehand. TheLord plagueth many whom his plagues contra not, and yet he ìtriketh nor one ftroke invaine, becau.fe his iu(liec is exalted, his-nartaeis ho N floured,
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