graue Counfelr 4 itmoft, when youfhould pratiife it, and vfe to teachothers,and to conferre°Fall things retnembred. And this is a good way to remember a thing,and the reafon of it, Simile. 3 As the Lordcloth feede pooreprifoners, evenwith a little foode, who though they delire more foodeieanhaue nomore,anddoe notrefufe more ordinariemeanes ; and the Meaner of fat- fame God fuffereth many to be pined, who booingabundance, thinke themfèhtes rather 'ratio& cloyed with the meanes, than nourifhed byGods prouidence : fo the Lord extraordina- rily doth nouriflithe foulesof them, who hauing fewmeanes, doe locke for theordinarie meanes more plentifully: and fufferethfome to rot in ignorance, who being at the full meafure of themeanes,have no retierent regard of the necefitieofthem. And hereof it commeth to palfe, that fome hungrie foules haue been filledwith more grace atonefer- mon,than theproud,who hauingheard manyfertnons,aretent emplieaway. Witchcraft. t SEndinghisfriend to onethat, thçttght her .felfe.bewitched,lire ganethefeaduertile- Adaertife- x ments : Firft and chiefly tobeware of fending toWizards. Secondly, to vleprayer menua_ 2 that Saban might ht gonfounded. Thirdly, to labour to bring the perfon torepent for gaisifIwitch- 3 finne,becatife God :pernslttethfurrlfthingsto be done, either to correé}fome end!, or to croft. 4 trie ourfaith. Laftly,toperfiwade thepartietowaite for thetimeof deliuerance, though it were longbefore it came : becaufehaving repented for thine, yet theLord will deferre health tomake a furthertriall ofvs,whether we willftill croft in his helpe,orthem vnlaw- full meanes. "`apt for that a Oneasking whathedtoughtöfFayries: heaàfwered,he thought theywere fpirits: theyaregood but hedillmguilhedbetweene thernand oilier fpirits,as commonly men diftioguith be- "1"/"11,b4 tweene* goodwitches and bad tvùches. ofbindpeople totalled and War /,P f t o Gad reputed. J" t TT is good to take vp the opereunuieof the morningfor theworfhipofGod.Forfirft, The mornings who fowill fee thelinageofhisheart,hefhall by obferuinghis fish thoughts in dic- k., ft fie s morning come to louse light of ir. Agame, of all times it ismoft fir todoe any thing ink and we,byreafon ache alacrieiewhich commeth upon vs afterour ref(,are moltfit to do any thingin it. Beides, ifwe be ferionily minded on goodthings in the morning,other 4 vilethoughts (hall the more feebly fallen on vs all the day after. And againe, delay the morning, with fufferingworldly thoughts to Peale on vs, and our miedewill be fofore- ftalled with them,thatwe cannot eafilyand roundly gather vp our affeddions afterwards toGods worfhip. Forthisis a furenote,thathewhich confecrateth in truth the fill fruits ofthe day to theLord,and fhuttethvp the daywith facrificing to him g ifhe baneany fin falling on him intheday titne,he is cltecked,ettherwithhis fir$morningfacrifice,becaufe he bath not doneasheprayed,and promifedvnto the Lord: or he is controuled by the eueningand latter facrsfice, inchat a feare and fhameof his fmne,makes him appaled to c.omeinto theprefence of God. Gods wor'- fhip. Tote. Werld. Simile. `/ tHen twogentlemen ride a bunting, it is hard todifcerne each others hounds, v V becaufethey bemingled together, which afterward is more rallydone when the hunters are fettered: Euen fo,fo longas Gods children andworldlings walke as it were together, it is hard to diftinguifhbetweene the heires ofthe one and of the other: but when they are feueredby perfecution,it will Iisrely befeene who be the childrenofGod, andwho be thebeiresof theworlds Women in trawl!. a /IT obferued many things tobe corruptedby fuperltition,whiclt weregood in their ,[[jjfirft originali.: as when women drawing neere the time oftheir deliuerance, doe require the prayers ofthe Church,asín áfarewell committingdtentfelues to the intercef- fionsof the Saints,partly forthat they are to enter into adaungeroustrauell ,partly for chat
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