The deceitf thaeee of Mass heart. i 261 made a folemne covenant with the Lord, tofet free their fervants : But no fooner had the King remo ved his fiege, but they retracted, and repealed their vow, and brought back againe their fervants into their former bondage. So fareth it with thefe kinde of men : When God layes fiege to them, by ficknes, or force other pinching affi 1ioa, then covenants and promifes are made, concerning the putting a- way of our finne : But no fooner Both God begin co depart,and flake his wrath , but wee return with the dogge to the vomit, and with the Sow to our wallowing in the mire :Like Pharaoh,that dimiffed the Ifraelites,when death entred within his Palaces, but prefently after, in all haft, makes after them, to fetch them back again. Thus was it in that great fweat in the time of King Edward : As long ( fayes One) as the ferventneffe of the plague lafted,thcre was crying peccavi,peecard,mercy,goodLo:d,mercy, i mercy:The minïiters of Gods word were fought for i in every corner, they could not ref}, they might not fleep : yee mutt come to my Lord, yee muff come to my Lady; come ifye love God, and if yee love their falvation,tary not: For Gods fake Matter Minifter (fay the tick folksl) tell us what we hall doe to avoid Gods wrath ; Take thefe bags, pay fo much to fuch a man ; for I deceived him : give him Co much, for I gat of him by ufury : I made a crafty bargaine with fuch a one, reftore him fo much, and delire him to forgive me. Divide this bag among the poor, carry this to the Hofpitall, pray for mee for Gods fake , Good Lord forgive me, &c. This I was the diflimulation of the people for threeor S 3 foure
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