yi s OftheChilli tale ltto.f.t6. Knowyenet,faithhe, that towhemroeaerye theeyew felsie:¡e ferteants toobey, lth feruant ryeare, to whomye obay ? And the Apofile Peter faith, that howfoeuer wicked worldlings pro- a.Per sta. tnif: unto themfé/uerliberty,yet they are the feruantsofcorrup- tion ; for of whomfouer a man is otrercome, exert to the fame hcc is in bondage. Now if this badge of obedience bee an infallible fgne of feruice and fubieelion, then moll cer- tainely they who immoderatly loue thefe earthly things, are not the feruants ofGod, but the 1ondfLues et the world. For what the Lord commandeth, theyutterly negleói, but what the world inioyneth, promifing the wages of thefe vn- profible vanities, that they mot+ willingly obferue and per- forme. As forexample, the Lord requireth that they fhould not mind earthly things, that they fhould performe the du- tiesofhis feruice, deale íufily &vprightly with their neigh- hours, and be liberal! and bonntifull in the workeso mercy, releeuing the poore,and contributing of their goods toall re- ligiousand holy vfes:and contrariwifethe worldcómandeth that they fhould fixe their hearts andaffe lions not on things shone, but on things beneath, that they {horrid for their worldlyaduantage neglec'l Gods feruice and fpend hisSab- baths about their owne affaires, and for the obtaining of their earthlyvaniries,vie fraud anddeceit, diffembling and double. dealing,oppreflion and cruelty : and that hawing by thefemeanea gotten much into their pofleflion, thcyil ould labourdailyto ad torheirhore ;and not to diminifh any part thereofby performing theworks ofmercy, charity&, piety; 'Metre theybe melted from them byauthority; and except it be now and then togiue out of their thoufands a penny. (times toßill the cryoftheir confcience,orto incourage them to goe onwithmor:quiet ofMind in their fraude,vtury,op- prrffion & othervnlawfull cotirfes,which their owne hearty doe nbtiufti6e, becáufeby giuing thefe trifles, they thinke that they bane made God tome part ofamcnds, and that thereby they haue afwell bribed his iuflice, that it w+'1 not cendemnechew, asthey haue corrupted their owne confci- enres,that they dónomore accule them. Ail which com- mandments, ofeh world,they willingly obey, neglehhiinng:
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