' ~os· · · · · ;) . ' thcr .can performc though he would, nor purpofeth ·toper– forme though he could? lfany one therefore haue offended this vvay, let him know and confeife:) that it was his rafhncs and folly, and then his be!t way .is to repent and craue par– don ofGod,and befeechhtm to tnakeafupp,ly ofhiswants. But fo long as he continuenhcfe fpecches :·oh, I was decei– ued, I n1eantwell, I did it ofgood willj hehath _dcaltiJI with mce ; fo long (I fay) as one laycs the fault ·vpon anothet: thtts, and poH"es _it fro1n himfelte, fo long he i~farre from repentance, and as farre from comfort; the croffe and curfe doe both rc1_11aine vpon hiin as yet. That is not theway, To lay it vpon another, and tofay, it was lon·gof his vnfaithfulneffe, and ill dealing ~>vith me~ : nay. it w·as long of your owne vnthankefulnd.le, and 111 dealtng with yoi:Jr familie.* It was long ofyour indifcretion, that you did not take ad– uice vpon the matter,craue affiflance at Gods hand,and aske counfeli of his Wotd, and ofhis feruants. Ifyou had taken this courfe,whkh is the right courfe, you hadbeen fafe: but ilOW that you are fallen, the beH way is not to lie crying, and exdaming againfi him,thatwas an occafion ofyour fall, butfeeke how to rife vp againe,take the right phyficke, and go to the right Phyfition. God is the Phyfition: and true re– pentance, and heartie prayer for helpe, is the right t_ncdi– cine :and ifone vfe tbefe meanes~ they ihall find helpe, the hurt is cured.Th~s much for waflefulnes:the next is niggard~ Amifera.~ lines.Abafe>cotictous)needy,and .cuilleie,whenonecannot ~t~:£::~ fi.nd itrhis heart to take his part of the thi~gs that God bath himfclfc. · beflowed on·him; but fiarue,pinch, and rob himfelfe ofthe -vfeofthat, which he bath in his owne keeping; This is as bad:, as ifhe lhould doe the fame to another: all is one to bl'ingpouerty vpon another byvvrongingninl,and to bring aneedletfe need vpon himfelfe by wronging himftlfe. lt is amo£l miferable an~ bafe thing for onet~ reHraioe himfelfe ofhis la"'fulllibertie in meate, drinke; apparell, andhoneft recreation, where Godhath not a~ri dgtd him. This ~nn.e the \:'-ife man fets fOrth, Ecclef. z.z6. Where hec fpcakes of two forts ofpeople.The one, which God loues,and to thofe hegiues neronJrriches a11d abund@ceofall thiugs 1 but-al- · ·. : · fo
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