276 Nofiying from Godswrath. Vpon the Saturdayafter Butmuchmorefearefull is the refolutionof thisyoung man, inthething that isfignifiedthereby : Towit, That aSinnerthan fo exactly fummevpall his rec- koningswith God, thathe shallnot haue anyhopeat all left him, neither inhis life nor his death , ofoneonely dramme ofmercie.. There are forne Sinners thatgiue their wealthto the World, but notall; forne giue God their.lips , but nottheir hearts ; forne, their memorie,but not their will ; forne, their will,but nottheir vnderftanding ; fornearedifhoneft, andyet AImefgiuers;forne coue- tous,andyetdenout, like thofeAffyrianswhich huedin Samaria, whoacknow- ledged God & hisLaw,yet worthipped Idolls. Buttogiueall away,as thePro- digall did,isadefperate courfe. Betides, It is amiferable cafe, that this Prodigal!fhouldnot bee fencible of leauing fogood aFatheras God, of renouncing fo richan Inheritanceas Hea- uen, andof being banifhed for euer from fofweet and pleafant anhabitation.But heis foblind, that he loueth darkeneffe,and abhorres the light ;which is a cafe fo lamentable, that it made !crankto cric out, obflapefcite Cali , Be 'amazedyet Heaaens. To forget God, leto goe into a farcon- try. ProIS. 3. ProfetiwcefiinRegionem longinquam Hespoke hisjourneyinto aforeCoantrie . Noman can fife fromGod , per I i- flantianr loci, be theplatenserlaforreoff; nodiftance canbringvs out ofhis reach: Iflafcendvp twoHearun,thoaart there; ifcdefend into Hell,thoa art there alfi.And certainlyif therewereany one place freefromhis prefence,all the Prodigals of the worldwouldmakethattheir Rendezuous, and hue there. Iona«flying from God, left the earth,and entred intothe fea,where there werefomany Serjeants waitingtoarreft him, whotooke hold ofhim, and threwhim into prifon , that darke dungeonof theWhalesbellie. So that there is not anything (faithAnfel- mus) inthe ConcaueofHeauen,which cati efcapethe eye offleauen;no,though Weft,and man fhouldflie from Eaft to ft from the South vnto the North. So this ,Prodigall,flyingfrom hisFathers houfe, fellvpon apooreFarme,& flying from Fulnefle,lighted vponHunger;and thefewereGodsexecutionersappointed to punifhhis follie. Into afarreConfine, Hecame tothe Citieof Obliuion,whofe Inhabitants arewithout number. Saint Aagafline faith, Regio longingua obliaioDei efi, Thufar Conntric istheforgettingofGod, andhethat inthis kindisfarrefromhim, is innokips! atall. Fame hadprefentlyblown itouer allthe Countrie,that ayoungGallant wasnewly come to towne,liberall,rich,andgenerous : Prefently(as it is thecu- ftome ofthofe that are ingreat Cities;as ifComewonder had beene tobe feene) theycome as thicke vnto himas Bees cometo honey. The third day after his commingthither,heewalkes the ftreetes, attended onbyacompanieof braue Poets,Mufttions, Ietters, Gamefters,and Vnthrifts ; they carrie himtoaDicing houfe,anonafter to aWhorehoufe,(for thefe twoare neuerfar afunder) where hee enters into conuerfationwithwomen, whomthe Holy-Ghoft (tiles (Multi- Nola, forthe multitudeof their longings, or for theirmanyanddicers minds in defiring manythings, wilhin onewhile this ; another, that : Who beeing (as Saint Bernard faith) more initiable thanHell, areeuermorea crying, ( likethe daughters ofthe Horfe-leech) Afer,affer,Bring,bring.He was willing onthe one fidetoPhew himfelfe franke and free ;but onthe other,the thirftof thofe Horfe- leecheswas greaterthanhisPurfewas ableto fatisfie. AtTaft his money was all fpent andgone and impawninghis appareil pieceafterpiece, heewas inthe end left bareand naked. Era
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