552, e/laflerGreenhorns R,eadrngs flrength,"and his If inpreaching, and fofmall profitingcommeth of it? cuco betauteheOva.: cheth well,andpraaiteth ill. Wherefore we fee here,hownecetfar ily,.vponthe forefaidefeels, the Prophet pronounced as followeth. Vernaot. 'balm refrainedmy feete from emeryeuill way; that l mightkeep,' thy n'ord. ,S seing the Lordwill put muchinto their hands, who handle a littlewell,weanotaexpreffe out. knowledge by life, and our profedion by praRife. If a man would confider, how fearefully the Lordbath madehim , how wonderfully hcehash redeemed him with whatpowerbee hash. conuertedhim, fhoutd he fpendhis youthin vanitie,or hisage in worldlinef e, and fobecome de- rma,bleffed priucdof all Gods gracesin death? -Lookeinro the formertimes;: Iefeph being; but. 17. yeem ofGad. old, was wirer thenalibis brethren:.young Samm/was mufti then oldEly: Moyfes then theE. gyptians t Dauidthen Saul : Salomon was viler inhisyouth, then the gray haires : Daniel, A- zariab,Mifbae /1,eeiferthenail the AIÌro'Iogians, Chaldeans,and Magitians.: Timuthiebeingbut young, waspreferred to the Euangeliflfhìp :Pandwifer then all the Apofiles. Behold our age, howmercifully the Lordbathbleffed manyyoung men;andwhy aresncientmennow lobarren of knowledge ?men b. ecaufethey are barren ina goodconfcience. There was in timepall lefïeknowledge , more praElife ,leffefcience, more confcience , leffe, re 1eepe the vnderffanding, more wifedome : butnow there is moreknowledge , and lcffe pradbife,becaufe word in agood men labour not tokeepetheword of God ina good confcience. When we fhallfee therefore "fro"", heretikesgrowwifer then Preachers,idolaters wifer then true Profeffors, fome young impesof bring" man Sathan,wifcr then old Ancients inthehoufeof God ;wemuffknow, theyare made fofoolifh,. tow : :¡edeme. eyther bemire they arenot of a good confcience,or lie in foamfecret Gone Wouldknot grimeagood1ihmanto labourmany Winters and Sommers,andin the end to find no Harnett ; whata fearefull thing, thinke you,would it be then toa Minifler, ofcr licehash long trauayled, tofinde no fruit i' The Lorde vndonbtedly will punilh such fruidedeProfeffors with hardnedeofheart, if theywill notheavewithcare, that care may caufeprayer, that prayer. maybring forthaneditation, andmeditationmayhaue it fruit in godlinefle, andpradtife inper- fcuerance. In this verfe then the Prophetdectareth , that as beforehevied the rightmeanes to godlineffey and therewithallhad the proofeof good effe&s, fo now he hadpower fromGod to refill alllets, Twojßeciall hinderances,andencombranceúÌiereunto. Whereby heteachethvs,thattheretwo things elp'e- tbixigrtoat- cially make toattaine true godlinefle ; the onetovfe goodmeines thereto; theother cóauoide Caine truegod- carefully all occafrons whirls may hindervs fromthefaux.Neither mull wethinkethat all thefe lanc/fe. things catsbe doneprefcndy; for if Rotor wasnot built allinoneday, who will thinkeleru- Truegall- falcm fhouldbe built in one day ? Surelytheneceflitieofthis praffifeisfach, that vnleßemen nefe haw make couenanrs with themfelud,andbinde themfelud as itwere in bodyand foule toauoidpc. hardlycome calionsofeuill, they (hall neueratraineto true god lineßè. Manywill confec,that theyought by. "and will learne the way to lsoIindfl oflife; but in themeantime, becaufe they will trot foifake Euillwages, theirmill wayes , they faylein their parpofe.. To the better vttderflatidingof tire Prophet,wee bowmauy muff vnderfland, that euilwayes are in two thingsconfidered;eitherasthey be milin their ovine wagesmnfn natures, or as they be euili by circumßancerthe firfl,all menwillconfeffe to be auoyded,as luß, level. concupifcence, wrath, murder, malice, and Inch Irker and yet the caufewhy many toen are Idic carefull in holy things, is, becaufethey make no confcience to flayeuili thiugs,norto unburden themfeluesof all worldly delights. But what isthe caufethat thoucant+ notouerconre worldli- Ámbition. neffeand vanitie ? Thoudoll notconfiderthat thy eafon tscorrupt, and thgt if thou fighteß not xova euery againti thy corrupt reafon, thou canfl notauoyde corrupt of eRrons. If antan would fighta. parerreafo- gaicaAmbition, heinuitnotfirßfightagainßthethingitIdle,butagain°hisownearabalea. nab. ding filin thercunto, witicli on this matinee perfwade hint; Ifl may attainetofuehdignitie,I (hall not become fo much fubieft toothers, butothersfhall fubmie themfelues tome; I (hall purchafe tomy felfe credit, countenance, andauthoritie, topleafuremy friendes and withßand CouetoufneJ/e, mineenemies. Thus wee fcc, whyweecannot ouer- wraßlethe vanitiesof this life, becaufe wee bawtawow. ftriuenotaright. Nowhkewife, how are weforonabled toforfake our worldlinefle, evenbe. remit. caufe wedonot depend onGodspwuidence. Then theway to fight againflcouetoulneffe, into fight
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