Ofthefpiritu ,elleuilswhich accompanyworldlything:. 775 Cher doe faults alone more clearely appeare ingreat perform- Om>reanimi g more es,like finall '(pots in the faire!}piìure, and little mates in oitium land fp thebeames ofthe Sunne:but being ditcerned, they citua isJ e y crimenimen babel fharpely cenfured and condemned,becaufe they arenot only quanto major aggrauatedby the greatneí1eof theireflate; but altoby the qui peccat enuie ofthofe,who cannot attain to that height. Whereby Iabe 1 itcommeth to paffe, that there is no theame or argument Satyrs. more plcafug to thofe that fpeake, nor more plaufibleto their hearers,then the ripping vp, diuulging,cenfuring, and condemning ofthe faultsoftheir frsperiours. The feuenth fpirituall euill accompanying thefeworldly 4.SecJ.I2. things,is,that they expofemen untoall tentations,andmake That worldly themwilling toyceldto Satans wicked fuggeflions,and the things expofe worlds inticements, and to become their readie inilruments men to many for thecommitting ofanyfinne, fo they may hauebut hope tedation to obtaine any of there earthly vanities, whereupon they honumamor haue let their hearts. In which refpea, it maybe truly Paid, ducit darimor that as the loue ofGod is the fountaine ofal true obedience, dei; adomne fo the loueoftheworld is the chiefe,andalsnofi only motiue Peccatum amor unto all finne,and confequently the onely meanes which Sa ducit ér timor. tan hath to drawmen fromGod, and to hold them in his muSent.e tixcetp.ex miCerablebondage and fubie&ion.For who would renounce Auguft. the feruice ofGod, and lerue the diuell, if it werenot to re- ceiue this wages of iniquitie? who in the fpirituall confii6, would kaue the f +andard ofthe Lord of bolls, who being omnipotent in power, is fure in the endto haue the vi6torie, andhashpromifed to all his fouldiers no leffe then crownes and kingdomes; were it not that Satan allureth andhireth them to fight on his fide, with the prefent payofworldly ri- ches,pleafures,and preferments ? Whoby finning wouldha- zard his foule toeternal! torments, ifhee were notallured with thefe inticing baits ofearthly vanities ?. Whowould in- terxaine lit ne,ifit fltould comealone,and appearein it owne vgly and monlirous fhape,though now they willinglygiue it the bell welcome, and lodge it in their hearts, becaufe it commeth difguifed,and (as it were)guildedouerwith this worldly beautie? Who would bee1atSatansabfolutecom- mand todoehis will, without hopeofany reward ; though D d tl 4 now
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