Of turning{r6m our.tl'ii11Vayts. for if they, thought nor fo,. they would not bee fo bold:to lie in fin as they are ;therefore dorh the Apo– lHe upon this occafton ftil put in this Caveat, he not deetived:, asinEphef. 5· 6. Let no 'IIJ.4n deceive Jl'u.with .vlfiNe w~rds:htcaufe ofthtfe things.commeth the rvr4th8f Gotlnp8n the childrenof difobedtentt, as ifhe had fa id; :every man is apt to think,rhat notwithftanding fuch ·courfes..of difobedirnce bee may bee faved, 1 h:'re– fore t.ake heed faies he, fuch advertifemems as thefe .~he J\po!He doth often ufe : As 1 csr. 6.g. icis as ~f one fhould fay to a traveller asking h:m.of the . ,way, that _ at fuch and fuch a placethere is a by-tur– ~ning ;.ifyon (ake not heed,ifyou marke it not, you maybee deceived,and goe out ofyour way. Ma.ny :have loft their wayes there. . So, bee not dueivtd, faith ,the Apolt:le, it is twentie to one you will: in thi~-- patticular. Wee are ready.to t~inke God :a God all of merde,and to fee the grearneffe ofGods jullice requires -fpiritriall eyes ;, therefore though you'kn0w this,yecconfider it:chereare maoy,things which wee know-,· and doe not know them, wee fee and doe not fee them, , that is, we doe not confider · them as .wee tboulcl ·: and the Divell is ape for to delwde us, fJying,fucha.fmall finne may fiand with · falvation : and therefore it is no wonder, if many erre•.I may.fayofthat mat:~, that is fully per{waded ofthis,that to liein anyfmall finne whatfoe:ver will . ~ondeinne hin1, a thou[and toone if that man will be turneel. : Y:.euake this .in to explicate it, that notwith~ £landing a ,little_fwerving, a mans efi:,ate: may.hee · good ·: but it ·is continuing in ic makes it ~ .way• . , · · For ' " r ' ,.
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