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lilotities

to

pert

ade

vs

to

hagen

our-repentance.

was

condetnned,that

we

rnightbe

iuflified,and put

to death;

that

wee

might

liue

eternally,

that he

is

gonebefore

vs

into

hcauen to prepare

vs a

place

there, and now fitteth

at

the,

right

hand

ofhis

father

to

giue.vs ioyfull

entertainment

when

wee

come

unto

him,that

he -hath taken away the

fling

of

death,which

is

finne, and

hath

made

a

foueraigne

medi-

cine

againfl this

poifon

with

his

precious

bloud,

and

there-

fore

brag

eonuerted

voto God weeheed not

feare

death,

nay

rallner

wee

may

with with the

Apofile

to

be fpeedily

i..4

d

¡fjàlgsed

that

!bee

may be

with

Christ,

feeing

that

is

bell

o

f

s/1

As

it

is

Phil.'

.23. neither neede

weeto

feare

the

def}ruélion

of

this earthly

tabernacle,

tieing

.wee

are affuredthat

wee haste.

a-

btsilding giuen

vs

of

gl

od,

hoof

not

made

with

:hank;

kit

'eter

2.Cór.ç.1t

mall

in

the

heauens,

as

it

is

2.Cor.5;i.

Móreo

er, we Dull

not

need

to

feare

either fuddaine

death,

or an Mill death

;

for

it.

cannot

be fuddaine

to

them

who

are alwaies

prepared, Néc

potefl

malè

mori

arse

bene-vixit,

neither

can

he

die: ill

who hath

liued

well.

On

the

other

fide,

thofe.who

delerre

their

re-

pentance and

turning

vnto.

God,.

when

deft

appocheth'

are

filled

with horror

and feare,.when

as

they

fee

that

they are

íl ill

fitbie6

to the

curfe

ofthe

law,and

euerie

minute

in

dan-

ger

ofGods.fcàrefull

iudgements;

when

as

the

waight offin

preffeth

them,

Satan

and

their

owne.confcience.accufeth

them, death waiteth

on

them,

to

bring

theni

to

euerlaf}ing

death,

hell, and deftru&ion. And therefore feeing

fo

many,

benefits accompanie our fpeedie conuerfion

both

in

life

and

death,

and

fo

many

euils

follow

our.

delaies

s

let

vs

not

be

mooned by

Satans

tentations,

the

fweetneffe

of

fïnne,

nor

with

the

alluring.

vanities

ofthis

deceitfull

world to

deferre

our

repentance

from

day

to

day,

but

let

vs

now

hearken

"whileff

God

yet

calleth vs,and

take the good

and acceptable

time when

he

offereth

it

veto

ys.

The eight motiue

to perfwade

vs

to'fpeedie conuerfion,

is,

that

our

turning vnto

God

being

deferred

to our

old

age,

or

tillthe

time.

wee

lie

ficke on

our

-rleathbeds,is

not

fo

excel-

lent

in

it

one

nature,

nor

fo

acceptable

vnto

God,

as

ifit

re

performed

in

the

time

-of

bur

youth;

for

what

great

tztter_is it

ifwee.leaue

our:finnes,

when they are readieto-.

leaue-

ittgaft.:

,.

The eight

mo-

ttt4;

Itecaáre

repeotarce

de-

ferred

to

nld

age

i.cxot¡

excellait

sgptrsGle.

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