Ofthehurt anddanger ofcorruptcommunication, 167 inchantmenes, whereby confpiring withSatan, it laboureth to carryvs fwiftly vu tohell;likeveto that pleafing difcourfe vfed by the old ferpent to our firfi parents, which proinifed toequall their elatewith Gods,but in truthmade them in as bad cafe as the diuell, had not the Lord in mercie deliuered and reaored them.And thereforelet vs flopour caresagainh thefe worldly allurements, whereby wicked men intice vs vnto finne,and like the diuelsaduocatsperfwade vs to by the hazarding ofour foules, to obtaine worldly vanities ; or ra- ther letvs,becaufe we wil not heare their bewitching tunes, abandon their company : for asone faith, Nyeare in goodfor- Magna petite. trardneffetotbards the obtaining plow-fouler welfare,whenaswe nttatiseft,bor_ leauethecompanieoft hofewhoperfvadeuntowickednefJe,andgo tatrei¡Ste farrooffatit afthia hurtfulfocietie. And though they would Senec.lipiti, hill tie vsunto them in the bonds ofloue.; yet letvs abhorre g,t. their companyand breake offfrom them, eheeming themof allothers our molidangerous enemies; feeing vnder colour ofgood will,theyexpofe our foules to vtter dehruóion;and our moil pernicious perfecutors, whoby inticing vs veto e- uill, donot kill thebodic alone,but plungeboth bodic and Greg.Moral. fould into euerlafl;ingdeath. ltb.3.cap.rr. CHAP. XIX. That thefriendfiip ofwicked worldlingsit to becontent- ned,andcarefully unaided. Nd thus haue I (hewed the dangeroufneffeof (),Sear. the worlds temptations, which haue their That true hrengthfrom wicked companie. In the next friendfhip is place we are to fpeake of thofe which aremuchtobe t- grounded on worldly friendfhip,and to pro- fteemed. pound fome reafons which may moue vsto contemne and auoid it. Where finiwe areto know that the following difcourfe tëdeth not to thedifgraceoftrue friend- fhip, or to takeway thisneere loue and kindneffe betweene man and man; forthis is not onlyone ofthe chicle comforts Which fweetens worldly miferies, but a notable helpe and M 4 furtherance
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