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the
vvorld
temp-
tetb>by
profpe-
zitie.
:
O
f
the
world.
and
all
thefe
are
led
vnder the
condu6
of
two Captaine
Ce;
nerals, the
World
and the
Flefh.
By
the
world
I
vnderlland impious,
carnal! and
vnbelet-
uing men,with
all
their baites and inticementsvnto vanitie,
and
all
their
difcouragements,
afflielions
and
miferies
wher-
with they
hinder
Gods
children in trauelling the path
of
righteoufnes which leadeth
toGods
kingdom.
This wicked
world;the
cline's
darling&
chiefe champion,
doth
affaultvs
onboth
fides; on
the
right
hand
it
encountreth
vs
with
pro
-
fperitie,offering
vs
thebaite
of
pleafure,that thereby
it
may
allure
vs
to
fwallow the
hooke
of
finne
;
it
cafeth
before
vs
the
golden
apples
ofriches,that by
(looping down
to gather
them,we
may
be
hindred'in running the
Chriflian
race,and
fo lofe
the
goale
and garland
of
euerlal
}ing
glorie
;
it
temp
-
teth
vs
with the
honours and glorie
thereofto
difhonour
God,and
to
fall
before
Satan,
worfhipping
him
by
our fins;
in
a
word,it
promifeth whatfoeuer
our
corrupt mindes de-
fire,ifwe
will
liue
in
finne,
and
turne
afide
out
ofthe
narrow
path into the broad
way, which
leadeth
to
deflruelion. And
how
prone
wee are
to
liflen
to
thefe
SyrenS Tongs,
it
is
but
too
manifell
by
lamentable
experience
:
for
doth
not
our
fir(l
loue
waxe
cold, and our former
zeale
of
Gods glorie
freeze
as
Toone as
the world fauneth vpon vs,and
quencheth
in
vs
the
heate
ofGods
Spirit,
by calling
on
vs
the watrifh
vanities ofpleafures,honoursand
riches?
Doe not
hereby re-
ligious
feruants
become irreligious
mailers
?and
young
faints
in
fhew,old
diuels in
truth
?
Doe
we
not
fee
that
as
foone
as
Demar hath imbraced the world,
hee forfaketh
Chritl?
yea
that
`Peter himfelfe
denieth
his
Mailer, when
he
hath
balled
himfelfe
by the
fire
of
this
wicked atiph&
?
Are
there
not
many who haue been forward
profeffors
in the time
of
their
aduerfitie
and
want,which
call
off the
cloake
of
their
profef-
fion
as
Toone as
the warme
funne
of
profperitie
hath
fhined
vpon them
?
Are there
not
many
amongil
vs
who in the
time
ofafflie
}ion
could
not
be
inforted
by torments to prophane
Gods name
by
fvvearing
an
idle
oath;
or
his
Sabbaths
by
following their
pleafures, or
by doing
the workes
of
their
callings; and
yet
the
fain,
men
after,
they haue
fallen
into
wicked