Ofthefpirituallmilswhichaccompanie worldly things, 77 t with worldlydi(Irah i6s,or giuenomore credit vnto them, theifthey heard anoldwines tale,becaufe they hauehad no experience ofGods difpleafure,but haueprofpered in their wickednes. Andthis reafonofworldlings impenitencie the Wifeman rendreth ; becaufe (faith he)fentence againfl ane- Ecdef.8, i r, willwork! is not executedfpeedily,there forethe heart ofthechil- drenofmen isfolly fet in them'ro doe eteill.Anexample where- ofwe haue in the peopleoflfrael,who being called byGod in the time oftheirprofperity,toweeping and mourning, and E:a.ze.rz.t;. tohaldneffeandgirding Withfackçloth, didfend theirrimeirt toy andgladneffe,flayingoxen; andkilling- fheepe, eatingfleb,and drinking trine, eatingand drinking, becaufe on the morrow they fhoulddie. The tshichwas a fin fo odious in Gods fight;that he protefleth itfhould neuer bepurged from the to thevery death. Yeawhen byGods meffengers they are called to re- pentance,theydoedot onely turneaway their eare,and har- den their heart, giring no credit totheir admonitions and threatnings ;but they alto are ready to deride and skorne themfor their labours, as the Scribes and Pharifies did our Sauiour Chrifi when he fought to reforme themoftheir cb- 'Luk.r'.14. uetoufneffe. Finally, if their coufciences bee conuinced of finne in the minHlerie of the word ; or if in the middeflof their profperity,they haue fomerùbbes of affliÓtion call itl their way, and fo comming'to the knowledge that theyare fpirituallydifeafed, they are troubled and affliéted in their minds, and hauefonte motions torepentance, and force de- fire to bee cured of their fickneffes and fores; yettheyare prefentlyagaine caned away_with the world, and hindred fromgoing vnto thephyfltionoffoules,by vnfainedrepen- tanceand amendment; but in the pride and fecurity of their hearts,wholly trufltotheir owne rernedies,feekíng to-.put offthefe qualmes of confcience, by frequenting of merrie companie, hearingdeli ghtfullmuficke,eatiog and drinking with their boone-companions, and following theirfports and recreations; whereby the defperateneffe of their elate appeareth, in that they haue no other meanestoglue them eafe,but byapplying onedifeafefor thecure ofanother,aad by makigga medicine .efa maladie. And thus it appeareth D d d' z that
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