.OfIoy. OfIniuriet Vic. become adifeafeof thebones, and cullomeis turnedintoaneceffitie: whereupon diners fay,I wouldfaine, but Icannot kauethem,whereofwhere one doth recouer, fortie rot a- way.IfSathan canmake our youth an vnprofitableage al the agesafter hardely anygood tobe looked for. Forif heonce nippethebloilinne,whereisthehope of'the Autumne? wheremay we lookefor fruite ? Well,tf weewill needsvfe plealure, weemull fet downe fome meafure. 13 Thediuels rules neuerhaue exceptions, but God his Saints mufllearne reliraint; ive muffneuermake our hearts the Rewards ofour affeaions,that our thoughts wander TVe máys4 not inthem; andlealtindefiringthinges tootnuch,weexceedewhen we haue theen.Therewith (sine. mtift be the leak appetiteof thefe outward things, becaufe there is the leali vfe ofthem. If Aif,éíüonr. a mancannot want them, hewill abufe them, whenhe hack them. It is true that Hieroni Ve eeunda faith. Their'originall or beginning is honeft, but their growth and greatnefe is defor-fn,ua med: andthatalfo,Sinneisveryreafanableatthebeginningandvery fhamefalt.Thamarwent ni: p,eaú. finkco playthe whore with a vade beforeherfáce, but now with an open face. Freiho- nett recreanon, and then a pleáfure of vanitie; recreation before labour; toplay before_ weftudie. Wevie pleafure, but tonogood ende. SoHies boyes wouldhauethe fat with- out any reafon. ludas could fft theablurditie ofthis : To what end is this ointmentfpent wailfully ? we vfefuch things too much or too long, whole dayes from morningvntill night,tillwebe let onfire with them.We come tobe too effufe. Nabaalsfeafts are like the fealts ofa king, he beingbut a countriefarmer. 14 This is a generalirule,wantonnef eisthe beginningoffinne:tvefeeinEfau,towhat wantonneg'e great prophanenelfe his wantonpleafure inhunting grew t So in theScriptures therecan' ends invvic. be found none other.beginningof Sulomons fall but this, that s Reg. 5. whenhee had kedneffe. (pent feauen yearns in building the houleofGod, hefpent thirteeneyeares after in bud= f ding anhonk forhimfèlfe. This was'fcarfe a good propertie tobellow thirteeneye-area onhis owne houleand feauen yeares on Gods hoofe, and the Apes and Peacockesthat he brought intothe land,fetthe peoplein filch vanitie,thatTheyvanilhed away in their wan- -ton thoughts. Idlenes and.trilling be thecallings ofGentlemen now adayes, as altoneed- ksexpences, I.Tim.q. 351 CHAP. 42. OfInjurie-1,o fence r, andcontrouerfies. .+ Hen aniniurie isoffered thee,. the Lord'sloth trie-thee, whatloue, patience andtneekenes is in thee Mali them that curie thee,lniurie. which willfollow ifthou be-the childofGod : contrarywife ifthou requite euill foreuìll, then doth tileLord Thew vnto theethe cot- ruption, Whichthoumuft labourto pulloutof thee ifthouwilto- uercome. 0 a When wefee thatothersftandinneedeofourhelpe, andwe piety. are abletohelpe,tlie Lord requireth our obedience. Meditations ofGods promifes and,prouidence, will driue Reuen fromvs all defireofreuenge. get 4 We muttnot tarry vntzi others reconcile rhiemfelursvnto vs:butasGod doth rather oftentimes,by heapinghisbenefitstl;en powringhisplagues vpon vs,fbewvs our linnes; fomuff werather by courteous dealingthen feuere handling,fhew others how they haue offended vs. s The morePharaoh reftrained, the moreAfofesftood in the thingthatwas comman- °Antesfmag did;contraryvisto thofewhichmakinga mingle manglein religiö,yeeld in fomthings,but inner. we mullnot yeeld a Mtof thatÿLordrequireth,although in worldly mattersweought for peace toyeèld one-to another. Inreligion it skilleth not how little thematter kettle, for which wedocontend.Theleaftthingy Godcommanded] isgreatis the fightofGod: ods Mars,
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