~~TO THE ·RIGHT HO:J\(OV'R,.A'BLe S11<... WfLLlu!."d RuiTell, L. Ruifell, Baron of Thornhauuh. ' b ) ;·otengerfonne to thatmojlckriflianand HonourahkE.rk, FRANc Is Earle ofBedford; with the vertuOilS Ladie his wife, GraceandPtA&e. ~:;~h£,. ~~IGH T Ho~our~ble, asiohn the Baptifl was in one deferr,,fo our ~ Samour Chnfl bee was rn ~n ~ther: but as the(~ two.drffered in ~ thcrr beerng m the worJd : fo drd they not accord rn therr be·emg in " rhe wrlderneffc. lohn was with fame men, Chrifl with none;lohn . ' was wrth wilde men, Chrifl wnh wild beafls; Iohn was prj:aJ:hing,. - Chufl praying; Iohn was baptizing, Chrifl fighting; Ioh.n .was . . fcccrng, Chrifl f;1fling; Iohn was encountering with De'li\lsiqcar· . ~ nate, Chrifl drd encmmterwith the Pnnce of thofeDeuil"' f.ro!J1 I9h':' p_reaching in_thc d<;,fcrr,learne we dibgence in our callmgs: frorn Clmll tempted• ~ Pr.t.,. ,,. , in :hcjleferr,fc!! we troubles at our callrng :.• Many are the troubles of the nghrc;_ous;but the Lord dclrucreth them out of all. ·. · , · , .Jf it plcafe you to grue thefe afrer-lines.rb~ reading, you tl1all fee (et doWnJ: ,t:hiiXP.lO· nomaJ:hie or lingle compare, w.luch was hand to hanp betWixt Chn!l ~.nd,tb~Pe- ' P M.ttt-4-J• •GM:ttt.o;..6'. ,d Matt.+.ll· fei.Pet.J.:u. 1 f1.Pcq.8. gloh.Ip.O. ,h t.Cor.IZ, .:6. j Inh.IS'.'!O. k Ad l4oll4 ~l.i;Icb.uo. u~ll. And as for Chri!l Iclirs ;,you ili~ll fee him fa!ling_.fighr.iog,~ql)quering. ,F,':j:fljng ar,p an hungric, to l11eW hco was .man: figh!ing·and encounrring ,.to ilitwh~~1was. Mclliah; and c~nq~cring and tryumphing·, to lbew he-was.God. Aud as f\)~the,Deuill, }'<>u tball fee hinl'obic&ing, anfwering,llying. ~biecting, tl]~r b Chr\l\l;lli,ght dcfpairc_; 'anfwering, that bee mig~tpreliml'e: and d 6yi;pg, wh,cn he,eco~ld "ot}litcr· CQtn<:- · • ' ' . . ' '<C ... • _;, ! ) :1i • ~ .' : , In Chri~s temptations w,e;leetbe eflate.Qfrl1e •.Chl!tc_hc; ln ~atans a!f;mlt,·v;efe,e-~is' ' nialicetothc f'Cburch. Is Chri!l r<;mptcd ~ ihinkeituoi !lrange ifwe.fallinto1J\!C,~p,tauons;For the gnefe of thdie·ad, .,., the gnefe ofthe~ m~ft)bers: and ;he tem,p;'\5~o.ns of,<;:hrifr, fhew the r.emptation~ of' Chri(ljan~•. It inrua,of.Chtill 1 tha\ 1 fpy many r.ri· h!ll:i!\_qos bee did. llll.ter into the. kingdome of God: tli•t.opt I High ,Pridl wa.s.~~qfc;- :~~'"'·'4• crated by afflictions, thatlo hc_m\JflliJtfer ~nden;er into hjs.m glorie. , · - • . u~!h Hce is no fooner borne into the world, bitt hce is • hunted by Herod: baptized at Jordan, b but Satan fer on him: a Preachec for repentance, but the' Scribes profcribe him: to J worke111iracles,lmt the Pbarifies f!aunder him. Hec is nofooner cofuffer, but~ the D.e.oill:llffaltlts bim"app.rchended,butthcf /ewes deliuer bim: deliuered, c·He– rod derides him: derided, but h Pilare condcmnes him :condemned, but the fouldiers :z M~tt.::.14. b-Mmh.J. 't6... 1. eloh.7.r. dLuk.u.l}'· cloh.n..17, 'f Ioh.18.!8. ~Luk.:J.II, . Luk.:3.24o 1M:ttt.17.17, XMatth,l7• 1,'~1:m.:.8.rs. !111L'uku.J6. I".a,,. i ~bufehim. Is he on ,!=he croffe ?_ thek people will lJOt pitie him: ishee rifen? rhei.Jigh Pr~~(\§~¥il_l, bclie-'Pi_m. In awo_t):J, hlte VpQl\'!;:mh·, he i~ JJ'!)l?ted Ill hrs m pcrfon; IS be in neaucn? bee is n tempted in his members. Thus the life of Clm{[ was a warfare VD0\1 earth and the life of chrillians mull be a warfare vpon earth. We liue here in a j' f~• of rroubles: the (c:: is the wo•M,rhe waues arecalamities,the Church is the iliip, the ank.iris hope:', the faiks arc loue, the Saints are paffcngcrs,the hauen is h:auen,and • Chrifl is our Pilot, When the.fca can continue without waues, the 11llppc wnhout rof– lings,an<lp>ffengers-not be ficke vpon the water, then ili•ll the Chur•h- ofGod -be wirbouttrialls. v\ic beginnetbisvoiage fofoqne as we are borne, and we mu{[ fa1lc on ,, 1~iJiour dying day. _ _ _. . . w• J' I ·' <-----~-------~---------~~-----------------------~--------~----- ......
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