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393

Motitus,perfxigadaavs

to

been

our

repent4nce.

CHAP.

XXIX.

Of

the

fi

ft

Motiue,

which

is,

that

our

delay

mill

drinç

more

forrow,or vtterdelrreUion.

4.Set.I.

More

for

rom

followeth

fine

thou

joy

accom-

joaniçth

it.

He

fifth

argument to

perfwade

vs-to fpeedie

re=

pentanceand turiiing

vnto

God,is,that

by

our

d

clay

either

wee prepare more matter for

our

ovine

forrow

and griefe,

or

elfe

treafure

vpfor

ourfelues a more

fearefull

meafure

of

wrath

a-

gainfi the day

of

wrath

;

for.if

the:beff

happen

that

wee can

.

hope

for,or imagine,

it

is

that

we

truly repent

vs

of

our

fins,

without

`Which

there

is

no

forgiueneffe

rand

what

is

this

re-

pentance,

but

an

harty

forrow,

and

bitter

griefe, for

our

finnes

pafl, and

an

earnefl delire and

indeuour

of

forfaking

them

in time

to

come

?

and therefore

.Peeing

whatfoeuer

pleafure

wee

haue taken

in

finning,wee

muff

after

look

it

in Iorrowing

for

finne,

Peeing

our

laughing

muff

ende

in

weeping,

and

our honie bee turned into gall and

worme_

wood;

let

vs

breake

off

our limes betimes,

by

vnfained

repentance, and

not

heape

,vp

matter

,of

more

griefe;

let

not

our.

mindes fo

-much

dote

to

tafle

of

the horìie

which

finne

bringeth

in

the mouth,

as

that. we

forget the poyfon

.

which

it

carrieth

in

the

taile

;

let

vs

not

be

fo

eager in

drin-

king ofthis

poifon

offinne,

though it

be fweete

and

pleafant

to

the tafle,

remembring

that iris

deadly in

.:operation,

if

it

bee not(as

it

were) call

vp

againe

by

vnfained

repentance;

let

not our gluttonous

appetites

caufe

vs

to

furfet

on

the

pleafures

offinne,

feeing.the prefent

delight

will

not

coun-

teruaile the

future

paine, when

as

being

ficke

-in

finne,

and

tormented

in

confcience, wee

(hall vomit

that

with griefe,

which

wee haue

eaten

with

pleafure, finding more

bitter

-

neffe in

the calling

vp,

thenf*eetneffe

when

we ífwallowed

it

downe. But

this

is

the

bell

which

can-befall

vs,

for ifwee

doe

not

thus hartelie

-

forrow for

our finnes,

but

Hill flue

in them

with

pleafure

and

delight, then

doe wee

nothing

elfe

but

heape

vp

iudgement,

and

puniíhments,

Which

fhalt

Pone