436 e. R.pnedyfor Security. , `... hathleft vndone, or, (at lean) notfodone ashefhould: when (I fay) heehath foundOut all theft , and hath(ashis duty is) added this withal!, that betides, ,1,fal,t9.1s. thereare manyfecrafault=,whichhe cannot fee:then let him (like the worke_ man , who by the fight ofHeredeshis Foote, gathered theproportion of his whole body)rhinke,put cafe he hathHued thirty,forty,or mole yeers,whatin- finite millions offnnes bee mull needs be guilty of, Pith theparticulars ofone daydoeansouuttofo greatafemme. This would eues make the flouten to hangdowse his head likea bul-rulh,and tobe (as it were) confounded in him- '.r ro4sa- felfe,ifthis wereduly thought vpon.It is laid ofCafar, that when he heard that amt.f`'s a certaine Knight ofRome, being dead, and whole goods were fetto fale, was p'4' ipdebtfomethoufandsofpounds,hewilhedthattheKnightsbo lftetmightbe bong htfor hisvfe , thinking , that lureit had tome extraordinary verrue in ir, vponwhich a man could fleepewho wasfo muchindebt-.And furcly,ifwehad soarenap but aglimpfeof the particular Debts ., inwhich we nand bound to God,wee called, wouldno leawonder at our fettles that wee can fleepe fo fecurelyas we doe, 44.t.6.12. beinglyable to fogreata reckoning, efpecially having fo flender an alfurance ofdifcharge. And (indeed) thenot looking into thehinder end ofthewallet, is thecaufe of all our prefuming. Weare likefwaggerers at a Tauerne, who (in theirhumour) call infor asmuch asthehoufe can affoord, but whenthe Lot commeth, then they florme, and areready to fweare, it cannotbe fomuch : fo we runon 11:11 vpoa the lnilt,and tenetlookeon the fcore; little doewe thinke itrobefo greatas indeed itis .Heamong!!vs,whoisaccuflomed to(wearing, though it be but now and:then, yet ifit werepoffible for him, to fee but how many times bee had fworne in the compaffe of oat yerre, (betides his other Gitnes,) Iverily thinke, that ifhe were notvtterly givenóuer,it Would make b Habs.ró. his WO to trembleb,to confider it. Howfoeuer thislet vsbe fare of, they net all ePtalses, feedownein Gods Regeer.°,and fob faith;thatGodfcaletbvp iniquityatinabags. dIob. t4.r7.. as rich men doe their money, laying it vpvmill the Audit. Now for the grec. uoufnelfe ofour finnes, (whichis anotherbranch) I will note but one circum- fanceofmany to fee itout ;and that is,the richesof themBaneswhich we haue long inioyed, for better fruit. Suppofewe, that we euennow didheare the eIf*.t.se. Lord callingtovs, as hed idof oldto the levees ; Come,let vs eafon togethere, thinke earneftly what exude we can make. Hath notthe Lotd beenpatient ftfa.;o.ea. towards vs? bathhe totwaited:hat bemight havemercy vponvt r? bathhe not gEaakrs. ;o fent vetovsearly and late? Calf awayyour eranfgrefiest,why willye die s? Hath not the light ofholydiref-èion longflood vpon a Candleflicke in the middeft Ifa.;o.u. ofvu? haue we notflillheard that voyce,Th atheway,walkeinitt? Nowthis is afure thing : byhowmuch the more we know, ormayknow, by fomuch the greater is our finne : If1 had not cane andfpokenunto them, thee, had hadno s lahntf, aa. 'new , batnow haret theyno clokefartheirfinne I. Thus the enlargement ofGods mercy inblefíingvs with-the meares of holineffe, is thegreaten improue. ment ofour /lane : And fo (I hope) Ihaue electedthis, that we haue the first caufe efHeauinefe,ourowne linees : touching which, it is hard to fay,whichis the greater,themultitude of them,ortheir quality, The next caufe offorrow,which mullbe manifelledto be amongflvs, is the finneof the ti meS. It was truly laid, thatthe Diuell bathgreat wrath knowing kRcu sat.. thatbe bathbut afbarr timek. As his time is abridged, fo is his malice enlarged; and thence iris, that thisold age ofthe world, is fo fruitfull in molt monflrous impieties. All theeuilsoftheprecedent ages,areflowne togetherinto this,as into acommon fewer. The fichinef oftbepeople bathfilled the landfrom corner to !Ezra 9,1t, . comer 1. Men were wont heretofore,amidtheirother euils,yet to hate fomuch houefty, astofeeketo (blond their finnesvndera mantle offecrecy. But now w Va. 3.9. they declare them au Sodom,., Atheifine, Blafphemy, Drunkenneffe,Whore- dome, Oppreflion, Contempt ofReligion, menneuer blufh to becommonly noted
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