The Seules effaltiallcalling to Chrift. 579 man fhould have a cafehandled after this fafhion, and if the Judge fhould obferve oncly what is foule on one mans fide, and goc no further, the molt upright manmight be cafl in thebelt cafe, therefore the courfe ofthe court is, he will heare the realons and witneflës on both fides, if there be any bonus or evidences brought in, or any ar- gument to bemade, he will heareall read, there mullbe an equall proceeding : fhould a man hale a Cuit with another about the forfeitureof bond or indenture, if the Judge heare one andnot the other, he might carry the caufeagainft the molt upright man ; therefore theother cries out, and faith,good my Lord,hcare all,and.letall be read ; one faith, youmay fee the falfneffe of this man; aye, faith the other, but heare all my Lord ÿ and then theJudge is fu ciently fatisfied before wit- neffes; whereas if the Judge had but heard the firft part,and not the fecond, the cafe wouldhave goneagain the man, though never fo good : fo many Saints dealewith their foules,what a wret- chedheart, what pride and ffubbornneffe have 1? myheart will not leave the world, it is unfit for fervice, and dead in fervice 3 but heare all, read all ; is not thy foule burthenedwith thefe, and is not thy heart troubled with thofe, is it not a griefe to thy foule, anddoth it not lye heavieup- on thyheart, that thou cant not walke exaly before God ? Oh, faith the foule, it is the grea- ten evill that ever befell me,and I would be con- tent almoft not tobe, that Imight not be fofin- fttll; why? then thou art an, upright hearted man,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=