14atxb. i6o: Sgt t9,fòtiuertoperivade vs-to haf1erkourrepentance. ouercome ofidleneffe, it madeway for - adulteries and adul- terie formurther. So Herodentertained incefl,. and that o- pened adoore in hisheart to let in murther, andboth thefe made open way for all hellifh impietie; fo Iglu retaining Rill his couetoufneffe was mooned thereby to betray his mailer; and this finnebrought him firft to defperation,and then to hanghimfelfe; yea theApofile Peter after that iee ioyned himfelfe in.companie with the wicked feruants of themore wicked high prieft, at firft was mooned hereby to denie hismafter, and vs'hen bee had gone thus farre, then heedenieth him againe with an oath, and when hee had thus farre proceeded in the courfe offinne, hee maketh no confcienceof redoublinghisoathes, curlinghimfelfe if hee knew the man; fo that the 'longer wee let finne haue do- minion in vs, the more it will increafe it felfe in ftrength and number, till our hearts bee full of finne and wicked- neffe. As therefore thole citizens were to bee accounted moll foolifh, whowhen they law an hundred enemies en- terd into the.citie, fhould deferre the beating of them out or killingofthem,till they had opened the gate to let' in tent thoufand more better armed and more flronglyprouided, thinking then to haue better opportunitic, and more abi litie to giue them the repulfe; fo alike foolifh are thofe who finding it hard and difficult to fubdue fome few firmes, to which they are now giuen, doe deferre it till the time to cotne, when as they are increafed inhuge multitudes,imagi- ning then todoe it with more 'cafe. Sinne, it is the poifon ofthe foule, as therefore poilons beingdrunke are prefently to be callvp again; otherwife theydilperfe themfelues in the veines,and fo going to thel wauf ;.death; fq.thispçyfon of finne ifit be longkept in vs, it will difperfe'itfelfe ouer the whole bodie andfoule, and leafing vpon the hart,wil plunge vs intoeuerlafling death and deflru&ion. Sinne it is an hea- uieburthen, and vpon whomfoeuer it lieth it wilprefle them downeveto hell; as therefore the way to cafe amanof his burthen is not to adde more vnto it,but to call it off, fo the way tocafe vs of the beanie burthenof finne, is not ro in create the waight by.adding f}ill moreand more vnto it,but
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