4° Theáangeroufnes ofw rldlyproferitie. &al fee them in the time ofaduerfitie,religious and deuout, £orfaking their finites and Peeking the Lord ; but being re- flored and repo!£effed ofGods bleffings, and florifhing in profperitie,youThall finde them polluting Gods houfe, ere - ¿ting idolatrie,forfakingGod,and worlhipping diue!s.And this good Ezraobfcrued and confeffed, namely, that the Etra9.84o, people hauing obtained but a little breathing time from their affli9ions, did take occafion thereby to forfakeGods commandements. And Nehemiah acknowledgeth that the people aboundingwith all plentie did Bate, fill themfelues, andbecame fat,and thengrew rebellious and difobedient, committing all manner offinne andoutrage; for which be- ing deliuered into the hands oftheir enemies and affliófed, they humbled themfelues and cried vnto the Lord for titer. Nehem 17.2$ cie and deliuerance, but hauing againe obtained reff,they returned to doe euill beforehim., §.SecI.8. But vnto the experience ofancient ages, wee mayadde Thedanger of our owne times :. for whoTeeth not that commonlywhere prolperitiefhe- there is moll afHi6hon, there isalfo moil deuotion,religion, wedby e he and obedience ?and contrariwife where there is profperitie refine times. andplentie of all things, there is moll want ofthe fearc of God,andgreatepenurie ofgraceand venue. For the eke- ring ofthis, compare the prifon with the Court, and the houle ofmourning with the bottle offeafling and reioy- cing; and whereasin theoneyou !hall heare religious dif- courfes, prayers to God, and inuediues againfi the worlds vanities; in the other you (hall finde nothing but riot and ribauldrie, vaine idling and biafphemous fnearing, furfet- ting anddrunkennes,chambring andwantonnes,audacious bolducs in euill, and thamefaflnesin nothing,vnlefí'e at vna- wares,being among their wicked conforts, theyhaue raid or done fomething that fauoureth of religion, as though therewereneither God, nor diuell,heaucn, norheli,and as though they had fold themfelues voto finite, and had ex- changed the eternal! ioyes of Gods kingdome, with the temporarie vanitiesof the world. But left this diffimilitude ofbehauiour fhould fecme to arife front the 'di trence of thepedons,and notofthcireffates,Iet.vs confider the diners cifras
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