Ofthe miferies Vehichareincident toalleffätes. 54T the Apofile fpeaketh.For betides that theyhaue a large flute in thofe miferies which are commonly incident to other men; theyhaue certaine others proper and peculiar to them- felues; for no fooner hath our Saviour Chrift chofen them Ioha p.ry. out ofthe wotld,but prefently it profeffeth againfl themo- pen emnitie,it enuieth their prolperity, and plotteth their ruine; it fcorneth,derideth,backbiteth andflandereth them; it wrongeth,00preífeth;afflið andperfecuteth them, ha- ling them before the iudgement feates, accufing,condem- ning andkilling them for the profeffion of Gods truth. So that our SauiourChrifl might well fay peculiarlyofthetn a- boueothers, that in the .ar1dthyíh4Iihatte trouble; becaulc Ioh,16.33. none in the world are fo troubled. Vnto thefe we mayadde thegriefes which their righteous foules doe buffer in Peeing the abominations committed by thefe turfed Sodomites a- mong whom they liue; as when they behold Gods worihip negle&ed, and idolatrie ere&ed, force adoring images, and fomemakinganidoll ofthe world; the holy name ofGod blafphemed, his Sabbaths prophaned, authority defpifed, gouernment difordered, murthers committed &pardoned, thewholeland defiledwith tolerated filthineffe. When they fhall fee all preferments attained by bribing and corruption: In the places ofiudgement,iufliceperuerted, truth wrefied, equitiecontemned, the guiltyacquitted, theguiltleffe con- demned, wrong maintained and right fuppreffed; and all things caned with fauourand refpe&ofperfons.And among privatemencruelty and oppref ion bearing fway,euery(hop full oflyingand deceit, euery ilreet fullofpride andvanity, andalmofi euery manabhorring fimplicity and faithftdl dea- ling, andaffeding the art of diffimulation, hypocrifie, tre- cherie, double dealing, complemental' friendfhip, and dif- guifed emnitie.What a griefe,I fay,muflthis needs bring to a childof to feehis heauenlyfather thus difhonoured, andhis lawesnegle&ed, and troden vnder foot ? yea when hee flail behold thofe moll aduanced and refpe&ed in the world, who moil difhonour God by running on in the courfe of wickedneflè?when he fhall feehimwho bathvied moll deceit moti enriched, and heewho is moil rich moil Nn etleenied
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