160 t. Generall, of repeananse.. çr, 34, 8.0. rt, The deceit fithee, of Mrnas heart know not, at leaft remember nor, that every Rate hash Ceverall temptations, and burthens, annexed unto it. And how can we know,either how we (hall rnithjldndthe one, or fidndlrnder the other, till it come to the trial! ? Nay, rather we fhould feare the wore ofour fe1ves. Behold;now,being poor, I am covetous,wh *.n I want that take of feeling the Tweet of gaine , which rich men have : What then fhould I he, if were l rich, when the danger is greater to rave our hearts ftollen away by riches encreafing ? lehold , now I am a Tingle man , have no body ro lock to but my Celfe, and yet I finde I have enough to doe this well : how then (hall I doe when be fides my Celle I have a family to over fee? Behold now I am a private man, and have no body but mice own family to govern, and yet I finde my hands full with this Alas ! if I were in publike place of government, how fhould I bee overchar- ged ? Behold, being but a meane obi-cure perlon, I yet find it hard to humble and keep under my proud heart: What fhould I dce then, if I flourifhed in worldly glory , and were a great one in Princes Courts ? Lo I can hardly Rand fart in firme ground? How then can I fecure my feet in flippery ground ? 2 In promifing to God repentance, and refor- mation in generall,the cafe is alike. Men in theíraf- flierions and fickneffe, looking for death, how libe- rali are they 1 a their promifes? but afterward how bafely niggardly are they in their performances ?- They play childrens play with God , they take a- way a thing, as (none as they have given it. When Nebuchidnez erbel°ieged fen/Plem,then the Jewes made
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