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Preferuatistes

to

keepe

vs

from

the

infeE'fion

o

f

fnnre,

62,

r

by corrupting the

Iudge,

or by procuring the

princes

par-

don

;

ifagaine

we

mutt

be

arraigned before

fuch an

vpright

Iudge

as

refpe6teth no perfons, receiueth

no

rewards, and

being

found guilty,be condemned vnto the eternal torments

ofhel

fire

?When

therfore

we heare

the

voice

ofSatans temp-

tations alluring

vs

to commit

finne,let

vs all()

haue the voice

ofthe

Archangel)

founding

in

our

eares,

e"frife

yce

dead

and

come

vnt,iudgement

:

when the world tempteth

vs

mu)

fin

on

the one

fide

by

intifing

promifes

of

honors,

pleafüres

and

riches,

and

on

the other

fide,

by terrifying threatnings

of

Ioffe,danger,orpunifhment,

let

vs call

to

mind the

day

of

iudgement,when either

we

mutt

heare the fentence

offalua-

tion,

Comeyee

blefed

of

my

father

and inherit

the

kingdome

pre-

Matth.z

pared

for

you,

ec,

or the fentence

ofcondemnation,Departye

turfed

into hellfire,which

is

prepared

for

the

dime

11

and

his

angel

r:

and

then

(hall

not

the momentany

vanities

of

the world

fo

forciblydraw

vs

into

the

fnares

of

inne,

as

the remembrance

2.Per.

;, i

r:

ofthe

heauenly ioyes prepared for

vs

in

Gods kingdoms will

Jude tç.Yy.

retaine

vs

in

holy obedience;then

will

not

the

worlds

threats

-.

of

temporarie

miferies

fo

ftrongly urge

vs

to

wound

our

confciences

with the

fling

offinne,

as

the

feare

to

heare

-the

definitiue fentence

ofeternall

condemnation

wil reítraine

vs

from

it.

Lattlie, let

vs

call

to

minde

the manifold euils,which

finite

caufeth

both to

bodie

and foule,

in this life and

the

life

to

come;

and

fo

though

the

vglineffe

ofit-felfe

will

not

make

vs

to

flee

from

it,

yet the

miferable

efeets

which

it

produ-

ceth

may

mooue

vs

-to

abhorre

it.

Cònfider therefore

that

there

is

no

euill

vnder

the funne,

in

this

life

or afterwards,

which

is

not

a

fruit

of

this

cuffed

roote

:

it

fubie

&eth

the

bodie to

fickneffe

and

difcafes,-hunger and

thirft,

cold and

wearinefle;

the

mind

to

ignorance

and blindnefle,

the

will

to

peruerfenefle,the

affehions

to

all

prepofteroas

diforder;

it

ruinateth

the eflate,

and

bringeth

a

man

to

pouertie and

extreamemiferie; it

maketh the

whole

man obnoxious

to

the

curie

ofthe

law,

theanger

ofGod,

and

all

thofe innu-

merable euils,

-which euer

accompanie

them.

In

this

world

It

§.Sect`.

S.

The

fifth

rea-

fon

rakcn

from

the

mani

fold

culis

of

farne,