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9:6 Oftheloyet ofhratrcrt. a.Cor.4.1 7. yr ; becaufe(as elfewhere he fpeaketh)thefelight andmomen_ tame a f iUronr, /hall caafeunto yr a farre moll rxeel/ent, andan eternd naiQht of glorie. Yea rather let vs with greater cou- rag and rc1blution,pa1fe through all dangers,and endureall .paines and labour,that we may attainevoto this eternalirefl and glorious kingdome. For if men for the obtaining of a corruptible crowne,are content to opprcffe themlelues with carts, to endure all labours, to rumse a thoufand defperate courfes,and euen to hazard their owne foules; yea if they bt willing for the fnallell preferments and profits ofa king dome,to trauell by fea and land,ro (pend their flrength, and confiime their bodies, and to indanger thcmfeluesdaily to many deaths, though (as I haue (hewed) they are but of fmallworth,and leffe certaintic for theircontinuance; what cares, dangers, and labours Mould wee thinke too much inc the obtaining ofa crowne, which is moll glorious and in- corruptible,and a kingdomewithout end ? But yet alas,fhch is either the great infidelitie ofinen, that they doe not be- lecuethefe things,though God who is truth it fclfe doe pro- . mile them; or their negligence, that they neuer fo much as thinke and meditate vpon them; or their fecuritie and pre - fumption,that they hope to obtaine this kingdome whether theyfeeke it or no; or finally, fuck is their prophancnes end carnal! follie, that they elleeme rhefe earthly and momenta- nie trifles,vaine honours,vncertaine riches,and brutifh plea - lures, more then thefe vnfpeakable ioyes and euerlafling glorie. For that they Band thus affedled, it may plainly ap- pearebytheirpraólifèandourdailyexperience. For where- as ifany man of credit thould promife vnto them,I will not faya kingdome, but tome final] profit, pleafure,or prefer.. .nnent,vpon condition that they will take force paints in fu- ing and feekinn to obtaine it; how readily and carnally will they become feekers and fuers, that they may inrich them - felues with thefe earthly benefits w henChrifl the eter- nal! veritie,who neuer failed of his word, offereth this hea- uenby kingdome ofhisfreegrace,asa reward of their paints, if they will labour to obtaine it ; how little doe they regard it? how.ilowly doe they feeke it? thereby 11-levying mani- felAy