Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

That the world it a mot? dangerous eceemie. faith fug, and wit h fuch dtnerfttie it this of ad ed by the motile, that a man can hardly /know what is firfl to bee auaided : far if higher polbers ceafe to oppofe,it exaf erateth the minder of pri- state men againfi yr; if their rage be alfa appeafèd, itfetteth all on fire by chofe who are ofa mansownefamalie; and ifthis alfa be quieted, by his art hee fetreth difeord betweene brethren and neere kinred,that fo tempefluoufly beating vpon the hoofe on eue- ry of thefastre corners,he may en one fide or other caafe a ruine. For which ceafe it is with one confent to be fled fro n of all Chrt- flians, &c. And this he inforceth elfewhere: Flee (faith hee) atmbrof. in Lac. the lea of the world, and thou limit not need to fehre fhipwracf e, 4.1om.S. &c. In the fea when as the winder rage, though all be not cafd away, yet all arefubiell to great danger. f.sei7.4. But how dangerous this enemie is, it will better appeare, Thatthem:,rtd if we doe confider the will and abilitie, the malice and po- is a maticiotw wer thereof; which if they be in an high nature and degree anemia. ioyned together,the peril' mutt needs be out ofineafure pe- rillous. Concerning the malice of ,this enemie, it is exceeding great and vnreconcilable, inueterate and perpetual!. For as taking part with our arch- enemie Satan, it malitioufly op. pofeth againfi God, Co alto againfi all thole who profeffe themfelues his children and feruants.And as the Libbard fe hateth man,that with furious maliceit will flie vpon his pi- eiure or image, fo this Serpents brood the world, as it ma- ligneth God himf lfe,fo alto with like hate itpurfueth thole in whom the image of God is repaired. And as with outra- gions malice and deadly outrage itperfecuted our head le- fus ChriP, fo with equal! furie it rageth againfi all the true members of his bodie.Ofthis our Sauionr gaue vs warning, Loh.s5.18,19. loh. t 5.a 8. If the world hate you,youknow that it bated me be- foreyou. 19. If ye were of the 'world, the lurid would leue his owtse ;bat becaufe ye are not of the lborld,but I hastechalet; you out efthe world,therefore the world hateth you. zo. Rymember the word that I find vnto you,the f ruant is not greater then his ma.4?er. If they haueperfecuted me, theywill perforate you atfo. , And this appeareth by continual) experienceeuen from the beginning of theworld.Caine a wicked worldling perfecu- rech