768 Of thefpiritualltoilswhich accempanie worldly things, brought intofecurity,with which when they werehoffeffed they vtterlyneglced the threatningsofGodsiugements, For hauing laid, that they hadput farreaway the ,udlday, and approched to thefeat ofiniquitie ; hee prefently inferreth this as the caufe thereof, that they didhe vpon brut of iuorie, and Amos6.3.4.5 ffretch themfelacs vpon their beds, and did sate the lambes oftheflocke,and the cattier out ofthe /fall; that they did lingto the foundofthevi,U,and invented vnto themfelsees infrtiments ECa 8, ofmuficke, for their earnall delight, as D.tutd didfor Gods feruice; that they diddrink! wine in bowler, and anointthem- felues with the chiefe oyntments, &c. Finally, our Sauiour Chrifl faith, that the people ofthe old world lining in all profperity and flop their cares to Noahr preaching, and put off from them all feare of Gods threatned iudge- ments,fpending their times in eating and drinking, buil- Luk ry 26 a8, ding and planting, buying and felling, marying,andgiuing in mariage, vnto the very day that the flood came, and drownedthemal.And fhewech that the like carnal fccurity fhould whollypoffefl'e men at the endof the world, groun- ding vpon thispremonition aneffe&nail exhortation. Take Luásr34. heed to your'felues (faith he ) leiat any timeyour hearts be op_ prefedwithfurfetting and drunkenneffe, andcares of this life, andleft that day come vponyouat vnalbares; becaufeit fhall come on the worldas a fnareonthe (liebird, which taketh herfuddeirly,whileli fhe fecurely feedeth vpon the bait,and feareth no danger. The whichis neceffary for all mento lay it to theirhearts,` feeing not onely carnall worldlings, but altoGods faithfull feruants areapt tobee lulled afleepewith 'therepieafing fangs ofplentieand profperitie,aswemay fee Pfal ;o.6. in theexampleofDauid, who laid in hisprofperitieheefiould neverbe maned, becaufe Godofhis,goodneffehadmade hishdlfo f rong:Sathe Ion ofSyrachgiueth warning that inthe time of lentiewebenotouertaken with fecurity. Say not (faith Eedeliafticus he) ¡haueenoughandpoffaffe many things, and what etillcan 113.4af come tomehereafter? but in thygood elate remember aduerfi- ty, and in aduerfty forget not profperity. And not without goodcaule, feeing through our heedleffe negligence, wee tare aboue allotherperils likely tabecatched in this trap. In regard
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