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v_.
Of
thcWortd.í
wearie
in travailing
thorow
this
defers
and vnpleafu
t
wil-
derneffe
vnto
thelandofpromife,they
delïre
to returne back
into
the
bondage
of
the fpirituall
Pharaoh,
that
they
may
Numb. t
tip;,
quietly
fit by
the
flefh
-pots
of
Egypt,
and:
glut
themfelues
vvith
the
cucumbers and
peponsof
carnall;pleafures
:
that
is,
they
chufe
rather
to
walke
in
the
broad
way
which leadeth
to
defiruòiion,
becaufe
it
is
delightful!, then in
the narrow
way which
leadeth
to
euerlafcing life
,
becaufe
they
muff
gaffe
thorow the
briars
of
aflhióiion
and thornes
of
tribula-
tion,before they
can
receiue
the
crown
ofglorie
;
they
pre-.
ferre
the pleafuresoffin for
a
feafon,before
the
-recompen
ce
ofreward,whichGod
hath
promifed,euen the eternal! ioyes
of
the
kingdom ofglorie.
So
vnpleafant
a
thing
it
is
for flefh
and bloud
to denie
it
felfe,
and
to
take
vp
the
croffe
and
fol-
low
Chrift.
But though:the
worldbefarre
more terrible
to look
vpon
when,irfrowneth, then
whenit
fawneth, yet
is
it
farce
leffe
dangerous.
For
oftentimes this poyfon
of
aduerfitie
is
fo
tempered and
correóied
with
thofe wholefome preferuatiues
of
faith,hope,patience and
humilitie,
that
in
(lead
ofkilling
vs,
it doth
but
purge away our corrupt humours
of
fanne;
though
the world
whip vs,
yet
thereby
it
correð vs,
and
makes
vs
better;
though
it
burn
vs
in
the
fire
ofafllidiions,
yet
it
doth
not
confume
, but
rather
refine vs
from
our
droffe;
though
like
a fiormiewinde it fhaketh vs,yet
in
flea('
ofblowing
vs
downe,it
caufeth
vs
to
takemore
deepe
roote
in
all
vertue
and goodnes
:
in
a
word,as
it
plaicth the fchool-
matler
in fcourging
vs,fo
alto in
inflruóin
g &
teaching
vs
to
know
God,
and
to
know
our
felues
;
to
knowthe
vanitie
of
the
world,and to
labour
after
a
more permanent felicitie.
Notwith$anding,howfoeuer by the
grace
andblefling
of
4.Sec7.4
God,aduerfitie (the worlds
churlif
h
fonne)
Oftentimes
wor-
How
we
are
t9
keth
thefe
good
effeels
;
yet in
it
felfe
it
is
a
temptation,
and
arme
ouz.
that
a
firong
one, to draw
vs
from
God
,
by
caufing
vs
to
fella
srge
ufY
murmure
and
repine
:
yea
as
Satan faid
of
lob,
to
curfe
God
'
to his face,to
enuie all
who
feeme
vnto
vs
more happie
then
our
felues,
to
defpaire
of
Gods
mercie,and
to
vfe
vnlawfull
meanes,that thereby
we
maybetter
our efiate.And therefore
Dz
it