15 8 That the companie ofwicked worldlings is to be auoided. ofthc famedifpofition and conuerfation. For feting entry like is delighted with hislike, and feting limilitude in man- nersand affeelions, and delight in the fame pleafures and recreations,is thevfuall bond that lincketh men together in the fame fociety,they receiuenowrong (although theymay haue fome goodneffe in them) who frequent the company ofwickednsen,whcn as theyare thus cenfured; feeing they arc eitherprefently euill,or will beeeuill withina while; it being the natureofcompanie,either to findmen alike,or to Bonusfie mks make them alike. Towhich purpofe one faith; that tbegeed tonneólitur,vt andbad arefo ioyned together ; thateither they become like one antpares red another orelfe theyare quickly fetteredanddrftoyned, forfriend- dantur,aut citè abmuster((. Ihipfindeth or maketh thisfimilitude. Iuffly thereforeis he re- puted euill, who taketh delight infrequenting euillcompa- Chryfoß. fu- nie;for though he be not yet come to the height of finne, per Matthgum. he fartclimeth therunto, and is euen at the verynext de- gree ofbeing himfclfe wicked, when with a quiet and con- tentedmind,he can bea dailybeholderofother mens wick- Pro.z9.2,7< edneffe; for as thewife manfaith, Awickedman is an abomi- nation to the iuft,andhe thatis vprightin hiswny,is abominati- on to thewicked. 4.Sec1.I2. Finally,wicked companyis carefully to be fhunned and Wicked corn- auoided, becaufe they make euen the deare feruants and paniemaket') children of God, liable and fubie& to common iudge- vs liable to meats. For as the wife man faith, he that walkethwith the Godeiudge- wife,fhallbewife; but a companion offoolesfhallbeafifted.Af- menu. Pros 3 , zo. zr. t ° :Elíonfolloweth linners,bttt to the righteous,God tbilrecompenfe good.And thus was righteous Lot led away in that common Gen.14.1 z. captiuitie with theSodomits ;and dearelybought theplea- fures ofthe Countrie, by partaking in the punifhmentsof Numb.ró.z6. the people. Thus whofoeuer adhered to Datban and ilk ram, were altowith them fwallowed ofthe earthaline, and as they confortedwith them in their rebellion, fo they bore them companie into thegulph ofdeflru6lion. And thus was r.King.2z.3z, lehofaphat difcomfited, and hardly efcaped with his lifebe- ing in the companyofwickedAhab, and afterwards hadhis :.Cluo.zo.;7. (hips broken, and his works and enterprifes frufirated and deftroied,becaufe he ioynedhimfelfe with eflhaziah. From which
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