166 Ofthehurt and danger ofcorrupt communication. obedience, by negleéling the duties which he requireth, or committing the vices which he hath forbidden : for we are toknow that in this regard worldlymen are very_impudent, not flicking in plainetearmes to blow the trumpet ofrebel- lion againfì ;od ; and when they cannot catch vs with their wicked company, norallure vs by their eu ill examples, they. Playnot heere, but in dire& fpeeches folicite thedinelsfuite, either difcouragingvs from vertuous adlions, by telling vs that they areneedleffe, or too troublefome, either that they will not (land with ourcredit, but traduce our names, and impeach our reputations, or that theyareagainh ourprofit andpreferment in the world,or elfeprouoking and perfiva- ding, yea alluring and incouraging vs tocommit with them finand wickedneffe by all manner of petfwafions, inticing fpceches, faire promifes andkindvfage : by which baits they labour to draw all who frequent their company into the Mares ofdeflru&ionandperdition. Anexamplewhereofwe Gen.39.1t. haue inPutepbars wife, who laying alideall modeflie, ind- eed lofeph vntofinne ; in the harlotalluring theyongman to Pro.7.t3. folly ; and in wicked Ahab, who gave vnto lehojaphat and his followersbountiful} entertainment, that he might here- 1.Chron.18.z. by intice him to goe vp .again(} Ramoth Gilead. Againfl which perfwafions and inueigling'baites, the Wife hianar. meth vs, laying, cJ (yforme, iffinners doe intice thee, content Pro.r .10.11. thounot : Iftheyfay, covet with vs,we willlay?vait for blood,and 13.14. lieprise:ly for theinnocent without aeaufe, &c.Wee?billfind all precious riches, andfillour holieswit hIpoile. Call en thy lot a- mongvs, wewillhaue one purje: myfonneThalkenot thou in the waywith them, refrain thyfoilfam theirpath,&c. 4.Se11.9. Thewhich counfell that we may followwith the greater bat there care, let vs confider that theft tentationsareexceedingdan- Itedallurements gerous;being vrged bymen in our owne l ikeneffevnder co- arevrrydan- lour of loue, with pretence ofour owne profitand aduan- ger°us rage; feeing the Orator which.perfwadeth, and the theame whereon he difcourfeth, are fopleafing and well acceptedof our corrupt nature. But that we may refill fuch wickedal- lurements,let vsknow that they arebut Syrens longswhich intice toleapt into the feaofdefltu6tion,and but theworlds inchant-
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