- t;:~. Ho!J Obfer'Mtionr. when wee are refilled. -The go6d foule is ever in contraditlion 1 denying wh.r is A granted, and contendingfor that which is denied 1 fufpeding when it is gain-faid, and fearing liberty. 45· God fore-warnes ere he trie,b~caufe he would be prevented: Satan lleales upon us fuddenlyby temptations, bccaufehe would foilclts.. Ifwerelem not upon Gods premonition, and meetnotthe lmgnng pafeofh~s pumlhmems, to fore-flail them, hce puniflteth more , by how much hJs warnmg jvas more cvtdent and more lar<>e. Gods rrialls mull bemet when they come: Sarans mull be feene before i:hey cot~e; and ifwe be not armed ere we be aff.1ulted,we lhall be foyled erewee can be armed. Jl 46· It is not good to be cominuall in denunciation of judgement: The noifeto which we are accuflomed (though loud) wakesus nor 1 whereas akffe (ifunufuall) llirreth us. The next way w makethreatnings comemncd~is t<> make them common. It is a profitable rod that flrikes fparingly, and frights fomewhat ofrner than it fmitcth. 47· Want ofufc caufeth dif•bility,and cullomc perfedion. Thofe that ave not ufed to pray in their Clofet,cannot pray in publike,but coldly and in f01 me. He that difcontinues meditation, fh:tll be long in recovering ; whereas the tnan inured to thefe exercifes(who i• not dreffed till he have prayed, nor hath fupped till he have mcdirated) cloth both thefe well,and with cafe. Hee that intermits good dmies, incurres a doubleloffe: ofthe bleffing that followerh good; ofthe faculty ofdoing it. 48· Chriflianity is both an eafie yoke,and a hard1hard to rake up1eafie to beare when c oncetaken. The heart requires muth-fabour, ere it can be ir.duced to floop under it; and finds as much contentment when it harh flooped.The worldling thinks Religion ferviliry1 but the Chriflian knowes whofe flave hee was, till hcenrred into this fervice; and that no bondage can be lo evill~ as freedome from thefe bonds. 49· It is a wondor how full oflhifrsNature is; ready to turne over all good purpofes. Ifwe thinke ofdeath,lhe fuggefls f<cretly; Tufl1, it fiJall not come yet: Ifof judge- ' ment for finne; This concernes nooth<e; it lhall not come at all: Ifofbeaven, and our labour to reach it; Trouble not tby Jdfe; it will come foone enoughalone. Addrelfethy felfeto pray;lt is yetunfeafonable1llay for a better opportunity: To give almes1 Thou knowell not rhine.owne fumre wants: To reprove; What necdllthou ' thrull rby fdfe into wilful! hatred~ Eve1y good adion hath his let: He can never be D gqod, that is not refolute. 50· All Arts areMaids to Divin\fe1therefore they both vaile ro her, and doe her ferdce,and fl1e likeagrave Miflre e,conrrolles them ar pkafure: Natur>ll Philofophy teacherh, that ofnothing canbenothing made ; ~md that from the privation to the habit,is no returne:Divinity takes berup forrhefe1and upon fupernaturall principles, reaches her aCreation, aRefltrredion. Pbilofophy teaches us to follow fenfe,as an inf.1llible guide: Divinity tells her,tbat faith is ofthingsnot Jeene.Logick teaches us firfl todifcourfe, then to refolve : Divinity, toalfcnr without arguing. Civil! Law teachcth, that long cullome prefctibcth : Divinity,that old things arc paffed.Morall Philofophy, thattallying ofinjuries is juflice :Divinity, that good mull be returned for ill. Policy,rim better is a mifchiefe than an inconvenience:Divinity,that we may E not doe evill, that good may enfue. The Schoole is well ordered, while Divinity keeps theChaire: but ifany other.skill ufurpe ir,and check theirMiflrclfe,rhere can follownothing but confufionand Atheifme. 5" Muchdifference is to bemadebetwixt arevolrer and aman trained up in error.A Jewand an Arrian both deny Chrifls D~ity , yet this opinion is not in both punilht with bodilydeath. Yea, a rcvoltro:deffe <rtour, is more punifl1able than educari~n I tn l
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