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4.Secl.z.
Admonitions
aad
commina
tions
pre
fitaidc
for
Gods
dill-
.
drat.
a
j
o
Obieffionsaga4
the
of
furance
e
f
osir
e&
Non
aafivered.
more and
more confirmed
with the promifes,of
the
Gofell
fo
was
it
requifit
that
hypocrites and
fecure
worldling
should
be
rouzed
out
oftheir
fecuritie,
with
thefe
and
fuc
like admonitions and
comminations.
Neither
were
they
neceffarie
for hypocrites and
worldling
Metric,
but
euen for
the
deere
children
ofGod
:
who
becaufe
they
are
partly flefh
and
partly fpirit, therefore
as
they
hau
neede
that
the fpirituall
man
fhould
bee comforted and
their
faith
confirmed
againfi
diffidence and
doubting, with
th
fweete promifes
of
the
Gofpell;
fo
had they neede to
haute
their
vnrulie
flefh
curbed
in,
and
ref
}rained
from
falling
into
retchleffe
fecurity,b
thefe
admonitions
and comminations
And
becaufe
by
reafon
of
this diuifion which
is
in
our
felues
we
are
readie
as
it
were
to mutinie, one
part
of
our
forces
be-
ing
readie to march
cheerefullie
to
the
land ofpromife,
the
other
to forfake
the way, fometimes on the one
fide
being
readie to turnebacke againe,
as
vttcrlie
defpairing
ofattai-
Ming
to
the
end
of
our.iournie,
when
we confider
the
fonnes
offlnak,
m
our fpirituall enemies,
in refpe6t
ofwhofe ílature
and
1
}rength
we
are
but
as
grafhoppers,and the mightie
op..
potations
which
are
made
againf}
our
weake
force;and fome-
times to
-goe
on
in
a way which
God
hath
not appointed,
prefuming
vpon
our
ovine f}rength and abilitiesr.
Therefore
that
wee may keepe the
f}rait
way
without
declining
on
either
hand,
God
doth
as
it
were
hedge
vs
in on
both
fides,
to
refiraine
vsfrom
Wandring; on
the
one
fide
with fweete
romifes,.that wee may
not
defpaire,
but
relic
our
felues
on
is
f}rength and
affif}ance;
on
the other
fide
with firickt ad-
monitions and
fearefull
comminations,
that
wee may
not
rufl
too
much unto
our owne power, nor
prefume vpon
our
wne abilities
:
and by the
meancs
ofthe
one,
hee
doth
as
it
'ere
pricke
vs
forward
in
our iournie, keeping
vs
from
nce
thinking offianding
f
}ill,
or
returning againe
into
E-
ypt;
and
by
the
other.as
with an hand
hee
doth
uphold
vs,
hen
we
are
wearie and readie
to faint,hauing
an eie
to
the
crowne
ofglorie,and
the garland
ofhappineffe,w
hich
is
pre
-
ared for
vs
at the
end
.of
our course, and race ofChrif}iani-
And
as
a
skilful!
pilot, when
his
fhip
is
in
a
tempeftuous
and
s
h
s
c
r
h
t
o
o
w
.p
,:tse