• .JP Ohbut l prayyou;dothnotS.P11ulfay,Bea11_gri' 1111dji,n011 Jtis trt~e.'Bu.c~ ifthouwilt be ang~iewithout linne, be angrie firfi with thme owne Gnne) begm at home, and condcmne thefollie that is in thine owne fooie, or thine anger is not holie ~nd fpiritualJ,btltdioelilh, fldhlyand carnalJ. SoJai– mofl in ~u other finnes, there is fcarceany fin ne fo bad, but. v 11 goJiypel'fons will Hand in defence ofit; and ifthey ca.n fnarch a few words out ofScripcure,~nd tUrtle them violent.. Jy from ~he true fenfe ther~o~vnto the!r owne. l~ll, they 1 count thts matter ofgreat wttunetfe:but Ul truth 1t IS a greac .vvickedneffe, and a da~tuble prophaning of the nameof .God. When one can wreH and hale together many places,. and fay tnuch for kis fin ne, it is not a note oft11Qrcwit, but ofmore acquaintance with the diuell : for their tongue i~ feton fire ofhell, and blowneby the !linking breath ofSa– than.And when theyhaue faid all they c~n,they haue made their f1nne more gricuous,thdr heart more hard,and thenl– fdues ~11ore curfed, in that they haue done nothing all the while, but ditl1onoured GoJ to make him a patron ofwic– kednd.fe,and his word a [word forSathan. . . · I• Fo~rthly, .the wo.rd of God is abufed and prophancd, by 4 . ,turnjng _i~ to- ~\i~r{Jl~s"an-d all othe:t kil1~s ofioccrie,t_~cure ~~:~~~"lP .:fuch .perfon~ .as be forefp_oken apd ayrerl (a·s they terme it) and 'Yit;h.. _and to:fly the Lords Prayer, or fome place ofScripture, t.o k~~~ ·~;a· jiqd~ ~ht-~1 gs .thP.t.b~JoH; a:nd fuch li~e: this is~. jlnfull pe~·- ~ods.nM.c · ·~~~tingot Co:d~.v\:ord.• And whereas men eo.mmonly ex.. 111 v;une. :, cnfe: t. henj(el~e$ for rh-i:~ 6on,c, becaufe theword.s b~ not ill: 1 ;ye~ I~c t:l~e~:Jqww.~.d~5;w:heu one ab~feth go~.a words,to a ~Z1~:- IMY :n'VYropgs~t;cl;_c,h~y· lte r.mll .\N.Prds to htm_: and lfthe word ofno~ be vfed1 G·odbc:peruertedt.of~ ch~ an end, as he·hath nat3ppointed, tolll ends.· · they betHe diuds \>Vor ds to·hirn, that thus peruerteth thenl,. And Sathan is no le{fc d angGrCI.JS an cnemie, when hecom– merh like an·:Angdl ofHght,thet] ifhe appeared inhrs owne . eeilot.trs. And thii cJ1armingGod himfelfe conde.tn 1eth,and · ln the law faith,that hee wil. findeout fuch perfons. So that, tcuie.lo.tr· both~.hefecharmers, and thofe chat goe vnto them arewic- . ~I:ed ·abufers of G-ods name : and e;ther they f11all haue no . fucc~~in the thing they fough~ (or, or ifthey.haue, ~t is~ · greater :
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