372' Ofthe e514iniflerie. with forrowto thegraue,thou mutt forfake the wombe that bare thee, andthe teatesthat gaue theefucke,let the mother lacketheftaffe ofher age, the children ofthy loynesmalt thouleauefatherleffe,and thewife of thybofomeawidowto the wideworld. Yet this is not ail:thoumutt ftretcli out thy hands,and let another man gird thee, and Carrie thee whither thouwouldeft not. Andyet there lackes one thing :Salonsgreat tnotiue,skinne forskinne, that for whichaman will giue all that fire hack toredeeme his life. All chele thingswill I giue thee,faith theDiuell : allthefe things will Itakefrom thee, faith Chrih, we muft bereadie toleave them all,or elfe we arenotfor him. 4 Bythistitne'all is almoft marred. Butflefh louctheafe,and itgrieuech herthat God and Mammon areno betterffiends,and we could be content eueryone ofvs to beDim whileftwe bealiue,fowemight beLazarus when tvébedead : weecould willinglygoe to heauen,but it wouldbe Maconuenient broadeway then, but in fach a way, wherewee mightdriue arum=honk before vs, This is a difeafe wherewithweare alltainted,as that wilieSerpent knoweth right well,as d fuchthoughts as thefè lothhemake oftarifè inour hearts : Seeing otherelates line thedalesof heauen, glut themfelues in the pleafuresof this world, and tlsaethe world fets them inher lapandmakes themher cockneies, feeing they waxewealchie and fat, fo thatas lobfaith, they haue collops in their flanke,teeing then dwelled infoftraiment, flaunt it out, and feeing them carrie thecreftaloft, and to harmagreatrange,andnot fuelsftreighcuefl'erequired ofthem ; and feeing them ucuerto s rb,ttbd ;b is drinke ofthe watersoftroubles: we Itraightway thinke, it isno betterthanmadnes to a- fuggeft into bridgeour Iéluesofall thefe delights,and to become a pillar of fast. As forthis eltate,fay men tod+fike men,ttisbutadeadmelancholikecalling, butadumpi fhkindeoflife,noboyofheart,wee Oleic callings. Inuit hue in it like petie Angels,as ifwedropped out of the clowdes, or elfe we fhall beof- fenftae..But efpecially this temptationmay comeunto aMmider : for oftenwee feewhen all isdone,great learnedliropflnethallget but littleHippo: but if it be fo you come to get Carthage,tobe apried octhe higheft chaire, fit you neuerfo well,ye lit notfait: and fee the giro befure, that hold you in your (addle. For ifthe Sunnegoedowny and itbea darkemght,that all thebeadsofthe fieldcreepe forth,whercas othercallings may makes little elbowroomefor policie,andreferue themfelues toan indifferent intern», andit will bewelltaken,yet there men,thefe mutt be-killed all the day,andbee countedas fheepe to appoyntedtobe thine. The diuell will hold the fpungcof vtnegerand gall too at their nofes,the flesh isqueafie-ftomacked, and cannot awaywith there powdered meates,the multilane itfrefh. Outreaching S his our fault too much to commend currytrifle, ourtonguesare ourownr,we call andráging euill good, ifone be notan open offender, fo that hee draw nothis finne after hitowith eommeeda- cart-ropes,thoughweefee neitherzealenor feare ofGod in allhis waies,wee tremblenot lion, map learnemod- to call him a good man. Ir our flattering lips weef p eake nothing but fu erlatiues , and fifeandmea- thinkeotherwifewe commendnot achingto any purpofe. But inthe dialeaof timebelie foreof thehoty Ghoft,it is notfo,he is no gluer oftitles,andyet this muchofhis mouth is more thanfeuen she. fwellinghyperboles from a vaineman.This word (good) ishis emphafis, a nd inthis word heexprefleth mattersofaloft highcommendation. Ifwefhould takevponvs to fpeakeof theworkmanfhip ofthe Lord,in the creation of heauen andearth,and thebuttes of them both,would we notvfe the ftateliod words in allour !tore ? nay couldwe findeanywords ..f defeription ftately enough to exprel% them ?Itell younay, but they are able to fwallow vp ourvn- aGodbis deritanding, andtomakeourtonguescleauetotheroufeofourmouth .Andyettheholie ugt, Ghoftreporting thecreation ofthemall : as of light,which is (faithkb) the Lordsrole of narknefe. efface; ofdarknefre,which is thefvvadling bondsof the day,theoutgoingoftheeuening andmorning, anddeclaringhowhepowred out the heauen likemoltenglalfe,and let vp the finnamecasa water ouervs,how he laid the beamesof his chamber in thewaters,how herailed in the proud feaswith barresand doores, and planted plaines in themidftof it, how lie lighted thole euerlading creflèts, the Sunne and theMonroe, andgaue charge to the ltarresnot tofgile in their watch ; tellinghow hecreated thedowdes to bethe bottles ofheauen,and dividedfpoutesin them for the raine; how be laidvp his treafnresof (now defcríbing the crea- tion of hails,and prepared theforge for his lightnings and thunder,
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