The wicked are neuer welt,bue whenmcy worke wickcdneife. Paffion Sunday. Ser.37. all this .4daerfrs lefam, Againft the belt friend they had Whatfhallwe de? for this man Both many myraclet . The veriefirft wore they fpake,difcouered theireuill intentiontowards him This their What;kJ ao,is not a cánfulting withGod , or hauing recourfe to the Scripture , where Go,., hath reuealed vnto vs,what courfewe areto take in fuch cafes ; but a condetri- ningoftheir dulneflè and flowneffe, that they had not made an end of hill nu fooner.Thereare many linners,who no longer than they are plottingvillany,or committingone finne or other, thinke themièlues idle tellowes, and loyterrng companions : as the Iuft,whoarealwayes hungring& thirfting after righteous. neffe, fo the Wicked thirfi after bloud. In the time of their vilion they (hall flrìne and runne through as the Iparkles amongft the fubble, with that haft and Ipeedas the fparkes!cape from one fide to another,in afield where the Rubble is veriedrie ; fo doe the lull haften and runne onfrom vertueto venue. In likefort there are (inners that arc fwift in finning; and thinke theinfelues idk when they arenot ill occupied. Foureor fine deu ,)ut perfons come from a Ser- mon, and fay one to anotheras theywalkehomeward, Trutt wee (my M.:ti cls, it is high time that we fhould begin to amend our liues, and tha fo many rrutils that the Preacher hath deliuered vnto vs, fhould bring forth f,n:e goonf, uit ru vs.Another as hungrieafter lìnne, asthefeafter goodneffe,coires to his reliow puls him by the cloakc, draweshimout of the Church,&layes vnto h im,LVhat a Deuil makeftthouat a fermon r comeletvsgoe to fuch an Ordinarie,therewe (ball be fore to haue the doore open , and fume good fellowesor other to game withall and fpend the rime. Your Curtezans they fteale outby couples, laying to eachother, What fhould we do here ? we mifpendour time,formy part I :hat lofe by the bargaine no longer finne,no longergaine,let vs hievs home there- fore, one cuftomeror other willcome vntovs. Good is that comparitonofthe Phyfitionand the Apothecarie, when a Commonwealth Rands found and in health,andthe onefaith to theother, Qefehaze compadre?howgoes the world Gof.Zip?No nada pernueftrospeccados ,Not veriewell! aff'areyou, thanker to oarJInr, whichhaue drawne thispuntfh.nrent upon vs : And the reafonof it grows from this, that no longer than theyareminiftring ofpurgesand fyrrops, they thinke their time loft. So is it with a firmer that hungersafter fin ; thereare fume menwhich euericnight get them tobed without anymore adoo,laden withmortals fins by the dozens,andyet thinkthemfelues to beSaints : But being thus heauily laden, area thou prefume to laythee down to ileeprtake heed left tneypreffe thee too hard,& that thou accornpanieftthy fleep with death. Ó good ghofily father(fay thefe men) I knownot what this heauineffeof fins meane,that you talk of,I find nofuch matter,I rhanke God I fleepe foundly,I aril not troubled with dreamer, but takemy reftas quietly asany man in the world. Say you fo mymatters; you Thal giueme leauenot to heleeue you ; for albeit by long cuftonie offinning,you do not feelethe weight of this tower,nor the heigth ofthis mountain that you beare vponyour backs,notwithftandingall this,you (hall dream (as the Prophet aith) fearefull dreames andhowbeit weeare not togiue credit to euerie idle dr^ame,yet may yee take thefe for reuelations,andaduertifements and intima- tions from Heauen. And if thou wiltfee and behold whether the firmsof thy life weigh heauie or no, take out thyheart and lay it on thy fhoulders, and then thou (halt feewhether the weight of thy frnnes bee heauie or no. H:aalludeth to an ordinarie rule in phylofophie, That nothing feemeth heauie in it's owne F lenient. When a Worme diues into the bortome of the fea, and lieth there, he feleth not the weight of innumerable Quintalls of Waters which D d he 589 At the iatl , vigrra,,d hailalter e doe riic,v ct i altcr'oioud - s.,p.. 3. teremit.
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