upon the Epijlle of JAMB s. V li RS . I. :his Soul be merry upon this ground, Godu the light of thy counte– ~~~nc~, Pfal 4~.1. And the fool faith, Soul, e~tt,drink_,, andb.emt r– :ry; Uponwhat ground? thr;u haft ioods laid upfor many yearS>, 5 19 Lu:k.: [ 2. 19. · ' 3. Again from that [\\ieep and hol'Vl J Nothinghut wo .to th.:m, Obforvat~ 3• «S if theywere pafi Mpe and '<o~nfel , and only left to terror and . .thneatening. He had {aid Go to ;gowbefore to the ambitiomT raffiquers, jam.4. I 3· but -he lnftruoleth them, and only threatened? ·tbefe. 1Rich jirmers are moff. incurable: l'he rea:(on is, profperity 1tl' iflotlecall– i>.egetreth {ecurity: Rof. 1 2. 8."And Ephraim J aid, I am becwne e,rh , them . rich, I hAve found me outfubftance ; they _(hall find noiniquity in ct..V~:t.T~J>, ltb. me,that \\:'ere fin: Becaufe they were rich, they werenot fenflbleof 4. thlc.cap.x. '·their .civil crafts and fubtilcies,' Befides, thefe are ftldorn faithfully reproved; and when they are,a-re moll unwilling t'D bear areproof~ they !l:ormat it, as if tl)eir grean'lefs iliould be.ar themour. r11 I \v.en; m Jer. r ·>· 'tO the great mm,6ut they had dif{olved the bands,and'Wholly brolzm !{)ff theyok.e : The meaning is~ they had cafi off all manner of refped: and fubjeClion to 't~e Law of God. Well then, you that have greac efiates, beware of.chefe two things, fecuriey ia fin, -and fierming ·ar the r:Bproofs of fin. Salvian in his:fourth-~Bo'bk deGubernati one TJ.ei faith, That he <tould not fpeak againfi tfie vices ofgre-at men, . but one or other of. themwould be obje<fting, There he meant me, 11 si awm in he hit me, andfo ftQrm ~tnd fret. n .Alas (as he replyech) 'tu not We f c ef!c novit jpe.ak, t.o;you~ ·bf.lt!JOWI' ~J<Wn Confcience'S_; .We jpeak_.to theorder, but qtt.e lr:quor ~~n Cpnfcience jpeak_!tf.h.tto fhe perfon. · ,. 1- • ·. - . • : • '• h~c a ."!ea ll~· F h · :t · · h rz. 11 • -- · .., gtta diet cxijfJ., 1 or t "' m~:; ertes t at pat~ come ·up'On you.. ~ ·r~t.Xru?rCtJel.ru~ Tii> met (1'(1 a c n- ~X.Dfl.~veu> . But w~at are ~hefe? Partly fore ajfli[fions in this life~ fcil ~t ia (tta. 0 - parry Ne!! torments m-the hfe to come, both may be undedlood. Salvian de . 1. Thet~mporal miferies whi~h lighted up Jerufalcf!', o Chrifl: for~- ~~~ber. Dei, told thGm, and 1 ~hey came ·to'Pa.fs about fof11le fourty years after hts L t' Afcenfion ; lfee J,qjephm·,lib;·6;i. as'-a1fo•the.-talamities which ever~ u u ' 19 4 3•4+ , where ar~ended the people·of the Jews where ever they were feat- . · tered, · P efpecially in Ale~an.Jria~ a City in which the Jews were PS~e lo(epfui4 t L .c h r k d db h · .'\n uqu.lJb 18 wo parts or uve, yet were t ey rantac e , {lfl · y t ecommandof and Ph · 1 ~ · Riucce.urforoedjin ~o ~~ ~lr:igh~ ·ria~~ ·~fc~~)~ity, ":.~thout fu!lerumce, H i_fLL e~~r1.~d .:· foo~,drf.r~lhlllyr,!.wfl6re they-:.w~r<;hot'allie to Rt~- 9nH'or another, catttm. . and.lf~ny.{ha.gled, a~roadjtheY, '-';er~ kn?~~ed down and{1iip ;, mal see~lfoLzght. , nyw€r'f!Jmoaked antithoaked·to>death marfire·where-the.y wanr~i:i foot m C01r"" fiuel t · bum ·L · • ~.: · · ·t.· • h f h' • C ment,on dfls. Q ·~'fltUn out-ngt~t ; 'tlllrty e1g t o ·t e1r outlcellors and - "' - - · · -- ri~h ,
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