736 OftheCreillectils ifany man would recajnchis prenons liberty, hee mull carefully suoide the inimodcrate loue ofcarnal! delights, Agc(iaus'a- and euen lop his cares again( the bewitchingtunes of pud Plur, in thefepleafing Syrens, that hce bee not allured& caught thegm.Apo- in thisvnrecouerablethraldom.And if withim ortunit ehegm.l.r. P Y a prefent ofvoluptuouspleafuresbe forcedvpon vs; let vs with the wife Emperour not keepe them from our felues, & thevfc ofothers,whomwedefire to continue in a generous and freedtfpotition: but carelefly cal thema- way to bee enjoyed by firth Helots and Manes, as are of a bale qualitie and feruile nature, as better befeeming them, then fuch as profeffe the glorious libertyof the fonnes ofGod. Efpecially,eonf,deringthatastheytakea- waythe freedomeofinen, fo much more the liberty of Chrillians, making them to becometheferuants of (inne, and (laues offathan;and confequentlyvtterly vnable to do feruicevnto God:forthey whoare addiftedtovolupruous pleafures,areready to attainvnto the fnful fruitionofthé, Debit totem by negleaing allgoodduties which they owe vnto God, uobisindixere and to fall intoany finne which will bring delight : and fo delitie, & bycontinuall culome, theirpleafures doefo weaken and quoddis nots- feazevpon them,that thofethingswhich formerly theydid ,mue, pefede.. ofsill,are now forced vpon them by vrgentneceflitie,they fiuinus. Sa bein vtterl vnableto doe an otherwife. And therefore net. epil}.g6. g Y Y to conclude this point, ifwewould notlofe theliberty both ofmen and Chrillians, and fubieft our felucs to a feruile elate, andmoll flauifh condition, let vsnot fitour hearts vpon, nor immoderatelyloue thefe worldly vanities, but vfing them as though wee vied them not, let vs (land fall in that libertywherewith Chrilbathfctvs free, and place ouraffettions vponthe fweete andcomfortablegraces of Gods holy fpirit, and the eternall ioyes of his heauen- g Serf. I i, ly kingdome, whereinwee (hall bee honoured, enriched, That aban- anddelighted, without any impeachment to our freedome däce ofwoïtd- and liberty. tytbsngs bring The fourth euill which abundance of thefe worldly ted to their thingsbringeth,is,that they expofe thofe that haue them ro owners. themute and hatred ofthofe who areabout them: for fu- per-
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