486 The Soutes e jeElmall calling toChrift. liginn and all : Thus the devill hits him in the right nicke, the devillcouldnotdatupe him with troubles and withperfecutions anddifgraces, but the devill provides dainties for him, and there: heeatind furfets, and kils himfelfe ; thefe take off thefoule fromChrift, whenall the perfect ti: on in theworld cannot daunt him. Take aman» that is ingenuous and hath a flout heart ofhis owne, haply he is called tobattle, and he fcornes tobe outbraved by anyman; butwhen you can- not prevaile this way, yetby fawning andflatte- rang, youuhall turne him which wa, you will;the onely way is to flatter him. This is the reafon whymany aman that hath gone ferre in thepro- feflionofreligion, andpath flood firongly for it,, yet when fome havecome and given him a bait, hee lies downeupon his belly and will doeany thing : as it is in fifhing, a mandoth not catch the fifh,by beating the waterwith hisrod, but by baiting his hooke ; fo it is with this man, the bait catcheth him, when the hook could not. Wehave anold parable ofa traveller; thewinde though it blew and bluftered, yet it could not pull awayhis cloak, but hee held it fo much the fauter; but when the Sun whined hot upon him, he threwoffhis cloake and coat andall.: when a: man bath no honours, then perfecution'makes him hold the doter to the truth, but when the fine gleames of honour and profit corne, anda man is lifted up into fools paradife,heputs off'all . religion andhonefiy : the fturdy hypocrite may the for the truth, andyet all out ofa fturdy fpirit, becaufe
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