5, P R. o It E R R S. Chap. I, thefe here fpokenagain() to intice them to thefts and rob- b'ries, or to allure them to gaming and vnthriftines, or to induce them to Tauernes or Tipling-houlcs, or to inforce them to drinke immoderately in thine owne houfe : little caule haue they to rend( r tl;ce thankes for thy coil , to w tom : by coil is made a poifon, and liketo coil than their welfare and laluation. ,And lathy , contrary to the cc Lure of thee' cru-11 fpoilcrs ., upon whomfocuer thou bet{owcíi ought, or for w Eat pirpof foeuer , be lure that thou haue a right in that which thou giuca, and a la °wf ull title to it,and not rob e one to relieue another. He that is an vnrighteousgctt°r can neuer be deemed a mercifuilgiuer, vnleiTe with Zacheam, he make lull retlituti- un to thole whom he hath wronged. Verte t g. My ronv_e, walke not in the way with them re- f aixe thyfortefrom theirpath. Noware wecome to the retentiue, or ditT afion;where- by the Spirit of God witt:.holdcth his children from contenting to the cunning inticements of finfull feduccrs, which he lirfl beginneth with a dehertation, and then con- firmed-) with arguments. . The dehortarion isvfcd in thisVerfe as an Antidoteor counterpoyfon againfl their virulent tongues, direétly op- pofite to their counfell or call : Come (fay they) ande-oe with vs. My f rne, (faith he) wall; notintheway zriththeme,con- uefc not with fäch in fricndthip, (amilrarity,' or fellow 'hip, renounce their acquaintance , and haue little to doe with them : refraine thy fortefrom their path ., be not where they Lunt, or are,if thou rand choofe. As well the company , as the conuerfation oldiewicked is to heel-chewed. Beware of 'commerce and focicty with them, declincas much as thoumaiel.i from theft verypretence, except thou- he as a Philition to them , er necclliry oftome dutyof reli- Sion)or ofthy vocation, orloue,or of hurnantty,command thee
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