3~ . . ~ . ; alfo. As for example, ifon!! fee a man that delights in ill company,isneuer wel1,~nd as he wou,ldbe,but when he is a- · mongtl d.rUtikards andfwearers,blafphemers and.fuch like: one may iufilyand vpon good ground, without any 6n ,fuf– pe8: fuch aone tobea finfull perfon, and fay : Surely, this– manwalketh in aoadcourfe·.Such~s his tnatc:s are,fi1ch isht. · For,furely good men would be glad ofthe fociety of good meo,and lambs will reioyc.c to tJe with lambs. But now he:,. that doth take al his pleafure to.be among vngodly perfonsJ. ·bath pronounced this fentence againH himfelfe, Like company, like companion. So ifone heare any vomite out filtbie· andvnchafi fpeeches, hauing his mouth full of lewde and vhcleane words, this is an infallible riote and fure brand of a~Ithie and impure perfon .. For, fJHt Df thea!JHna4nt11Jfthe Matth . u . heart, themtJuthfPe~tk!.r. Looke what ware comes into the f.hop,fuch is furdykept in the warehoufe:and he that thinks. thus offuch aperfon 'dothhimno wrong at all. · .· So, others bol!l th~t they haue agood faith and a good hope: they hope to be .faued as well as the bell;: if one will belecue them : ~nd ifyouwi.JI not credit them, 'they take it as a g·rcat t.niury done (9 them. But ·what ,reafon:can they· giueoftheir hope? wh~-t found ca.ufc can thry all.edge,why: they lho-uld·be faued, rather then Ind;u-, and not go eo hell as well as Cain1! Surely, they can yeeld no ·reafon of the.ir faith, theybe not learned 1 but (theyfay) they haue a good heart andagood hope, that Godwill fau~ them. Nay, th~y. neither haue 2 goodheart,norgoodhope. Fqr,agoodh-op~ is.alwaies vpheld by good reafons·;: and .a f.lrong fa:ith~ by llronggroundsoutof Gods Word. Elfe a man may talke ofhop(', offaith, and a good heart 1 and bee yet farre from all. Vnleffe he lhewNp~n what ground~ebuilds bishop(', it is but prefumpt_ion. ~hen fin ne and-death £halt affaul~ him, his Hreng~h. and . hope lhaU fail~ hjm, ~nd· all comfort will forfake him. So for the s·acrament, it is a common , ·cutlomeofmen)a·day or twobeforetheycome to the Com,– munion, to wrapvp many reckonings and foule matters a; · ,.· · · mong themfelues, and to rake vp the coales of their malic~ vnderthe alhcs,.fo.clofeJy, as_that one would , hop~ ~he!e · - · ·· - were \
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