Amommanwingi a68 Reafoxrtodif v.odevsfrom thelow oftheìiorld. luresoffinne,which they haue fo long lucked with fogreat delight. They (hall find that they are like prifoners newly deliuered, and freed from their bolts, who by their hal- ting and lamencffeare fill put inmind oftheir old bonds and fetters,that theyare like grcene and feeble bodies new- lyreconeredoffome dangerousdifeafe, that is, weake and voidofflrength in fpirituallgraces,and a fpccialiy in the true loue of God, andhis fpirituall and heavenly excellencies, and readieto fall into a relapfe oftheir oldfickneffeworldly loue,vnleffe thcXbevery watchful! and careful! ouer them- felues,andkeepeafri6t andcurious diet,neuer feedingvp_ on there worldly vanities, but with great temperance and moderation. And that fill there areCome relikes of ahofe corrupt humours ofworldly loue remaining in them, and remaindersofthis burning and vnkindly hcate,which will extinguifh, or at leaf !bate that diuine andfpirituall fire of the loue ofGod andheitïenly things,vnleffe thatheate,bee qualiflcdtho(e corrupt humors purged, and thatvital!flame ofdiuine loue bee continually nourifhed with wholefome cordials and refloratiues prefcribed in Gods word. Finally, they'fhall plainelyperceiue,that theyare like thath'arlot,of whomHofea fpeaketh,whobeingmarried veto Chrif,afi'er they haue long time lined in.fpirituall whoredomewith the world,are hardly drawne from their old filthineffe,towhich theywere fo long inured,but are ready continually to affeEt their old louer,and to renew their fornicationsand vnclean- neffe ; vnleffe they were refrained bytheir husband Icfus 'Chrif, and by thepower ofhis. fpirit, word and chafiife- ments(as it were) by Prong hand, held backe from running on in there leaud and wickedcourts. C ,Self 2. And therefore as l haue fhewed thefgnes ofthisdifeafe; &emediesto fonow in the next placeI will prefcribe the remedies, and curethedÿeafc letdowne filchwholefome medicines asmayferue ,both for orwsrldlie preferuatiues to keepe them found, whoare notyet tnfé&Red tore, with this fpirituall poifon;andalfo forpurges tofiee.vsfrom thefehurtful! humorsofworldlylone,iftheyaboundin vs, whichbeingappliedby the patient, and made effe'uall by -Gods blefling; may refore vs to health, though through there
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