z Preferuatistes tokeepevsfrom the infeE'fiono f fnnre, 62, r by corrupting the Iudge, or by procuring the princes par- don ; ifagainewe mutt be arraigned before fuch an vpright Iudge as refpe6teth no perfons, receiueth no rewards, and being found guilty,be condemned vnto the eternal torments ofhel fire?When therforewe heare the voice ofSatans temp- tations alluringvs to commit finne,let vs all() haue the voice ofthe Archangel) founding inour eares, e"frife yce deadand come vnt,iudgement : when the world tempteth vs mu) fin on the one fide by intifing promifes ofhonors, pleafüres and riches, and on the other fide, by terrifying threatnings of Ioffe,danger,orpunifhment, let vs call to mind the day of iudgement,when either we mutt heare the fentenceoffalua- tion, Comeyee blefedofmyfatherand inherit thekingdomepre- Matth.z paredforyou, ec, or the fentenceofcondemnation,Departye turfedinto hellfire,which ispreparedfor thedime11 andhisangelr: and then (hall not the momentany vanities of the world fo forciblydrawvs into the fnares ofinne, as the remembrance 2.Per. ;, i r: ofthe heauenly ioyes prepared forvs inGods kingdoms will Jude tç.Yy. retaine vs inholy obedience;thenwill not theworlds threats -. of temporarie miferies fo ftrongly urge vs to wound our confcienceswith the fling offinne, as the feare toheare -the definitiue fentenceofeternall condemnationwil reítraine vs fromit. Lattlie, let vs callto minde the manifold euils,which finite caufeth both to bodie and foule, in this life and the life to come; and fo though thevglineffeofit-felfe will not make vs to flee from it, yet the miferable efeets which it produ- ceth maymoouevs-to abhorre it. Cònfider therefore that there is noeuill vnder the funne, in this life or afterwards, whichis not a fruit of this cuffed roote : it fubieð the bodie to fickneffe and difcafes,-hunger and thirft, cold and wearinefle; themind to ignorance and blindnefle, the will toperuerfenefle,the affehions to all prepofteroas diforder; it ruinateth the eflate, andbringeth a man to pouertie and extreamemiferie; it maketh the whole man obnoxious to thecurieofthe law, theangerofGod, and all thofe innu- merable euils, -which euer accompanie them. In thisworld It §.Sect`.S. Thefifth rea- fon rakcn from themanifold culis of farne,
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