400 TheSpirituallT liage, neuergoethalone, one maketh way for another.Some will fayoftome roan, Is ¡gutty, beebarb ;atonefault, bee is fmetbing coueton,, bee issinew to drinke or toloft,dre.This isvnpoffble. Ifaman haueone filchgroffe finne,hecannot but banea great many pettieones toattend it,tofeed it,to helpe it fotward;finnes are linked together;entertainone,and the tell will follow. Fifrly,after low- ing, the ground is harrowed, the feedcovered, thatit may receiue life andhear, and fo come toperfe fion: after mill is onceentertained in theheart,oh what pollicyis there tofecretit, what meanesto carry itdole!y, that it mayhaue no floppage in tltc execution? Cainwill notattempt any thing againfl his bro., tiler neerehome,in the fight andprefcnceofhisfather, britwhen he meets him b Gen.4.9. in thefield , he will rife againff himandßay him b. Gebandwill notmake ad the towne acquinted wichhis purpofe,buthe willrunneafter Naamanfora bribe, c s Xing f.so that nonemay efpie it e. What plots doeeuill perlons laydaily for theaccom- plifhment of their wicked purpofes ? The husbandman wouldnot have a feed loft ifhe :nighcan mill manwouldnot haue oneof his finfulldeuices faile, ifit werepoflible.Sixt ly,there isgreat caret opreuent allhindrances to thegrowth of the feed, birds arefraied away, cattell are not fuffered to enter, paflengers (as muchas maybe) are that out : No leffe oppolition is there in euill men a_ dAmos ;.to. gainfl all that go about toflop them intheir courfe. They batehimthat rebuku43 eGaL4.rs. heisanenery,thattclleth themthe trmbe. Cry out vpon themand proclaime a. gainft them,7heWordofthe Lordfhallbe madea reprocbvnto thee,aad in dMOndai- gGr, so. u. ¡j what fir? ShONyo.,rule g? Whole Lord osierwill We will doewbatfieuerthing b Pfal rs.. goeth oat ofourownewomb,. Thus you fee what it is tofowlnignst. Generally it iler,gq.cy, is this, toliueinthecontiuuallferuice sndpra&ifeoffinne. Moreparticular. ly,it is difcerned by theft liignes. 1.A cherilhing and an encouraging theheart toculli. 2.A taking paines todoenaughtly. 3. Adelighting inW ickednefle, g. A heaping of one finne in the neckeofanother: . A plotting forthebrin- ging ofeuill toperfedlion. 6. Awithflandingof all meanstending to reco. very. This is thehusbandry of the wicked , and the common husbandry of the world now adaies : emery man bath hispiougisgoingla this kinde of tillage, no time of the yerre, roweather for this purpofe fermes vnfeafo. nable. s.Vehat is the The fecond point is, what is the Affbdlionor Tremble which followeth this Affli&ion to limingoffnigaity : Let vs confider the fpeechof theApolle r He thatfoweth to kcal,,. theflefh, fha!lof thefle(hreapecorruption ; He ¡hall haue for his reward Gods iudgement, Iwill opentwopoints. a.what the 1flstÏionorIudgement is. ,.why thecommingofitin,is called reaping, The affiféhiora here meaar,ia eitherin this 1ife,orhereafter. That whichis inthis life iseitheroutward or inward. Vnder theoutward affliftiouarecomprehended flrangedifea fee, fearefull kindes of death,ouerthrow ofeflate,and credit in the world,and Inch like. Thus it force. timesfalleth out. The Sodomites burning with vnnaturalllufl,wereconfumed IGen.au, with a fupernaturall flert. Agag ,ae hit¡wordhadmadewomenchild-lefe,fowas hies in Sam.sf, motherchild.leffeby his executionm. Cehatewas puni(hedwith theLeprofie fer 33 hisfalfhood ". AhabfhedNabotbe blood, andrbedegtlickedhie blood*. The If_ o iK.n.:x; g, raelites went a whorlngfram,nder their God, therefore their daughterswereharlots, pHofq,,s,,; andtheirfpoufet wborese : Theyferuedj?range Gods intheir Crone land. Therefore ryter.f,ry. theyferardfrangertin elandwhich war nottbo,rs9. ¡odas foldChat tothe erotic, rAfadt.s7.s. and thenhimfelfeto the gallowesa Thusitfometimesfalleth out, that the wú. fsobu,q3iß kedarerecompensed in the eartht,withoutward andvifibleiudgemeats: Malt is ttob s,3.s not fo alwaies;for many times theyhue,andwaneold,andgrewin wealth a, .v,debe 'Verfc ts, rodofgodis not upon them, theyarenot p!'aguedw,tb othernun. , bat profferanden. x ler.as,r. creafe,n riches', yea, when they rebelliouflyeranlrejes. And yet there is acurfe ilayeth them, and followeth h that is this ; their cafe their . The inward plague orfflietioni vpon thefoul and confcience;
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