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Of
the
World.
3
T
'wicked
conipanie,
who
haue
inticed
them.
by their words
and
euill examples
to
tafle
ofthe
world
&the
vanities
ther-
of,wil not
flicke
to
fweare
with thefwearer,and
follow
their
pleafures
on
the
Lords Sabbath
-with
the mofl
prophane
?
fo hard
a
thing it
is
to
refill
the
world when it fauneth
on vs.
But how
hard
foeuer
it
feemeth
to
fle fh
and
bloud,
yet
§.sea.z'
muff_
we oppofe
our
felues
againfl
this
enemie alto
:
for
How
we
muß
without
a
fight
wee
can
neuer
obtaine
vi.ó}orie,and
without
refit
the
temp
vi6lorie we fhall neuerreceiue the
crown
ofglorie.
And
to
tationso1
pro
the
end
that
we may
beprouoked
to
fight againfl the
world
fperitie.
and the
vanities
therof,we
are
to
know,that
though it
faune
vpon
vs,
yet
it
is
our
mortali enemie;
though
it
flatted nglie
profeffe
it
felfe
our friend,yet
in
truth it fighteth
againfl our
foules
under
Satans
banner,
for hee
is
the prince thereof,
loh.t2.3s:
John
12.3
1.
though
it
haue
honie
in
the
mouth,yet
there
is
deadlie poifon
in
the taile,
for
the.end thereof
bringeth
de-
Ilrution;
though it
offer
vs
many pleating
things to
allure
vs,yet
they
are
but
baites which intice
vs
to
come
within the
compaffe
ofSatans
nets
ofperdition. Let
vs
confider,
that
though it
make
a
fhew,
and feemeth
a pleafant
place
like
the
paradife
of
God,
het
it
is a
Sodome
of
finne,
which
one
Gen
r3.ro,
day the
Lord
will deflroy
with
fire
and brimflone
:
and
ther-
fore let
vs
with
righteous Lot
haft
out
of
it:neuer
turning
backe
with
á
delire
to enioy
the vanities
therof,
for
the
world
z.Ioh.S.
¡p.
wholly
lieth
in
wiclzednele,
as
it
is
i
.Ioh.5.19. Let
vs
remember
that it
is
impofiible
toferiae God
and this Mammon
,Mat.6.2
.
_an_
24,
to
loue the
world
and
God
alfo
:
For ifany
man
lousthe
world,
r.Ioh.a.rs.
the
loue
of
the
father
is
not
in him,
i
.Ioh.2.15.
and
as
the
A-
poflle
lames
telleth
vs, The
amitie
of
the
world is
enmitie
with
Iam.4.4.
God: and
1
hofoeuer?bil
be
a friend
of
the
world,maketh himrel
fe
the
enemy
of
God,lam.4.1.Neither
let
vs
delire
the loue
ofthe
world,for
it
¡aneth
thofe
anch
e
which
are
her
ovine, as
for
thofe
Ioh.
r
5.í9.
whom
Chrifthath
chofen
out
ofit,
thofe
the world
hateth
:
nay
therefore
hateth them
becaufe
Chrifi
hath
chofen
them,
as
it
is
Ioh.I
5.19.
Let
vs
remember
it wilbe
to
fmal
purpofe
to
enioy thefe
worldly
pleafures
of
finne
for
a
feafon,and
in
the
end
plunge
our
felues
into
euerlafling death;
that
theworlds
muficke
is
D
but