Downame - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.D76 C552 1611 v.2

5.34 Ofthe se tOldmiferiesinciderst onrowll met. ferie is this tobe (inners, asfoone as webe men?co be poiCo. nedin theveryfoutraineand leprous in the very firfi princi. piesofnature, feingour fickneffe is the more incurable, be- Tonto; nofïti caufe it is heredi. tar;e ? tobe dead in tanne, as fooneasweare f cerunt dam.. aline to theworld, the flauesofSatan,before we are out of quern, ante- quern prifon of the wombe and in the (fateofdamnation, be gramnutum, p , Bernard. fore weare-in the !late ofthe lining ? Andasweare thusmi. (enable inour fpirituall.eflace whenweare firí't conceived:fo our outwardand corporalcondition isalfo full ofwretched nelle ;for whatare ourmatterand flr(l principles, but abate excrementofnatureand impure feed?what is the habitation ofthenoblef}, but the lirait and darke ptifon ofthe wombe, inuironedwith.the filthofnature ? and what is his nourifh. menr,but the impurefl part ofhis mothersblood?Butthouggh it be aprifon itrrefpe6i ofmifery, yet not in refpeél offàfety, for thechild ire the wombe is Gckeof the mothers difeafes, furfetred withher in temperance, and pined:with her want, it is fubieato euery rufh,&endangeredwitlieuery fpreine, euery finall bruifebringingwith it amaime, &,euerymaime; monfirous:mifil ape..Finally, it isin.dàngerof(Ming;before it breathe, ofchoaking before it feed, and the wombe in which it is, borne, is. oftentimes the tombe in which it is buried. 4Set. But fay thatheefèapedh the dangersofthewombe; fayhe Butane mite_ perifheth notwith the miferies of thefenine moneths clofti ries inhis b:nb, imprifonment; yet how greatpaine andperillindurethhe, whenthe daycommeth ofhis mothers deliuerance and, his libertie? vnto what torments clothhevnwittinggly ppusher, who bath folongborneandnourifhed him;himfelfe bearing agreat parrin.chefe paines and miferies ? how faine are they to-part-the onefromthe other, and-yetwhatforrow=is there at-their parting?into-what dangers and extreamehazard are both expofed,themother in bearing, and the_child in fuffe_. ring?-howmanyare therewhich depart,as fooneas theyare parted, perifhing on thecoafl as Toone as they are launched out into this feaofmiferics?and theywhich couldno longer line-together, diebecaufe they are<feuered andput afunder: nomaruelltherefore if theyare borne-weepingand trying, not

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