Ve;j.21. Leop<zrdhisfpots? then mayyec alle doegood,thatttre accufiomed to dote ill. Fourthly, to them that fall not into thereextremities, yet the conk:cnce is furely laden and pre tiedwith ntanifold bur. thens, and it is very difficult to cati out thofe enemies to whom they haue grounred fo long a time to Iortifie the.m- fdues; or to remove thole plants which are fodeepely roo- ted within them : for that which two fingers can pucks vp at once when it firi fpringcth, the flrength of the arme. with an Axe, can hardly hew it downe at many Chokes, af ter it is corne to the full growth. Inliruc`Iion tobreaks offleague and amity with Query fin ¡T;(e t. without any delay, before the next ycert, before the next weeke, before the next day, before the next houre : for then wee caíl off the yoke of it, when wee call out the loue of it, and the fooner wee doe ir, the eaticr argil fifer wee (hall f,nde it. Every moment that thou liucíi in impenitencie3 thou lyell in peril], and damnation, and conflation. Albeit thou take thy pleafurc now, yet thou mail} be in paine, and cndlelfe torments anone : for it may well (land with Gods Ionise to inßic`I them, and it is not in thy power to reLu i them, When theyfall ray peace, peace, and fa etie, then het: fall come vpon them fodainedearsselion, as the trauazle vpona _woman with childe, and theyfoal' not efcape.. The Lord is not bound to tarry mens leafere, nor flay for their conuerfion r but iutily nay, and often dothprevent it by death, or the terrible flroke of obdu ation and hardnes of heart, or other iudg,ments,efpecially when they put it off, and prefume to glue themfclues a day for repentance, and that a long one, wntill old age,and the end oftheir life. And who that] corn- pell him to fore-tell the time of any mimes, which bee in- t.ndeth to plague fccure perfons with, in this life, (as with fickenetic, deafneffe, lanenetfc, blindnetre,madne(Te,depe- ration, betides lotfc of lands or fùbf}ance, beggary, con- tempt, plagues vpon yoke-fcllowes, chihlren,friends and fa milk, and a thoufand othcrs)which men neuer thought on, that they might fhift for themiclues toauoid them? And IT rc v V %n i
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