hePreachrri plea 4E1 bearingofthewerd, teofienreceiningtheSacramenti, andtbe*Ale isamifrryofall miferies,athiag net tobe endowed::bey crywhenyoa tell rhemehefetbings.This is a hard faying,who can abide it r? anddeterminear ay. eofwhomyonfpake, Letvsbreakey Johna, re. . their bands,and call their cords fromvs. Butrefelaenee bereialprayy.Sir,irthie liberty? Arenet menhereìa altogether miliakea? Epaph. Yesverily: forhowfoeuermen think themfelues idly fellöwes,be. caufe they can feeme tocontemne all gouernment, yet indeedofall conditions it is thebafeff, andofall thraldomsthe moli flauifh for a manto be fubieft vn. to fin,to be giuvn over to hisowne leas; tobe led wholly by the corrupt affe_ &ions ofhisowne heart:and to lay the truth,euenin reafonit muff needs befo: forasto be afluteand avaffaIl, is in itfelfe very opprobrious,and facha thing as cuen the nature ofmandothabhorre; fo, the more vile he is to whom a marl is inbondage, the morehaft and odious is it in theeyesofothers,and the mori tedious tohunfelfe,ifhe beofany ingenuous difpofition. Nowwhat more vile thing can therebe imagined then fin is ? What more abominablebefore God, whatmore dangerousto the fouleofhim thatcommitteth it? So that finbeing athingfo vile, in howferuile an effare is he,diat is aflaue and a valfallthereon. to? Doeyou conceive me inthis ? Nymph. l concebee yenwell. Ext yeltbikbreeds a further deubt : 'vernalall cam- plains with theApoflle,that weare evencaQtitie veto thelaw ofjinn a :wberbenas beZRom.r au. eke maybe called aflare of/Owe 5Epapb. OurSauiour flailmake you anfweriHetbatcommittethfa,it theferxaat off& : towhich tomake it moreplaine, you mayaddethePayingof theApo. eTam $4i4, tile, Knawwyeu not,tbat to whomfoeneryougieçyeurfelaerasSernaaeeeeebey, bit Ser. sawyore are to whomyenthey b? The latter placeis anexpolition to the other. bRraa. B. He(faith Chrill) that committed: fin, is the feruantoffin : hecommitteth finne (faithPail) thatobeyeth ünne:now hePaid to obeyfio,who finding hiscorrupt hearttoprovoke himto any thing, fees hi mfelf prefcntly toperforate thefame, or as she holy Gholi fpeaketh,takethehoxg4le forthefiefh, tofulfill:he lxfbrthereof ; ;gob r4; _Nis eye rairetbforthe twilight a , andhe feeketh opportunisten forhis&Ithinelfe. dlob :4.s;, So the Adulterer is a flaue to his finne, becaufeheis wholy at thecommand thereof,fludying how to compaffe the fame,andto fatisfie his vncleane defiren cotise vttermof. The Drunkard is avalfall to his fin, becaufe it isas it were hisbufinelfe, tofet himfelfe tothe committingofit, togetmoney tobçllow upon it, togather company that he may have fellowes in it, to rife earlyto followit', to mak_his body able tobeareit r Thecovetousperfon is a drudge etfay ;.tr. tohismoney:for,for it he will doeany thing,he will defeat one,anddefraud an. !Wifese. ' other,andopprelfeathird,andgrind the fourth, sud take vfisry ofthe fifth,Sstay ;a5' and rakeandwring,andextort, and lie,and forfweare,and whatfoeuer elfe for his molly. fleisfischaSeruanttoit, astheCenturionsSertantswrretohimh ;ltMatth.S4. If money fay tohim Go, he trudgerls by and by tifit laycome,itharh himat abeck:Tfsr bidhim dothis,beitneuerfovile ,vaiufi,orvnlawfull,eftfooneshe cloth ioIn like manner the continual' Gamfter, is as it werein the flare ofville- nage to his humor, he willneglect allother occafsons, either ofrell for Ids be,. dv,or of profit for hisoutward effare, or ofreligion for hisrooks good, to ful- fill it: for his life (ifcompanybe for him) he is not able to forbeare it. In like fort,the ignorant man is in bondageto his blindneffe, for bring all the perfwá_ lions youcan againfi it outof the word ofGod, yet ignorance lhall (kill have the vpperhand,either he wi l norconceiueyou,or he willnotbelieue you,ot he will norbedire.Redbyyou. Soagaine, the fnperffitiousisinthraldonsetohis ownepeeul,1meffet for letGod commandwhat beewill, orprefcribe what formeof worfhiphe thinkeeh good,yet, thus and thus itpath been fo long,and fo it fnall be and fo will I doe for ever. Thu tbaeehoa:haff ffiskenmateo, is the wain, efthe Lord, wewillnor heart of :bee ; Paidthe fuperffitiou;veto Jeremy, Bile we will dowharfseier:beet Leecheut oferr owne mouth, as we bane done, Garb we find Xx o'er
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