1)0 Of turningfrom oure)ifl wayes. · difufe' it., ·and that will exceedingly hel pe thee. , A Child that could not want the teat for an ho'ure or .two, yet being difufed and weaned a while/eeks nut after ic : anadoe this again a your bofome fin; that fin that h:mgs on thee more then_ the reil, lingle out, and do thus to ir,as David, Pfal.18. 'kept ' him(elfefr~m hisiniquity. · Rule 6. Lafily, obferve the manner of their growing · upon you, and how they fight for themfelves. The lufis -that are in us are warring lufis, as I told you ~ut of Rom. 7· and fo Saint laJJJes tells us: and fo in SJint Peter, they haveamethod in fight– ing, which obfcrving, you may learne to rcfifi and prevent them~ . 1. Obferve, ~hen any aff~ction goes beyond the bounds Chri!l: hath fet ir, that then it begins to wane and rebell, even as fubjeets doe ; when they breake their Soveraignes lawes, they begin to re– bell : fo·when :Rachellwc;mldneeds have children, and nothing would content her elfe, it was awar- ' ring luft. :t Ob{erve the manner how they fight for them. [elves : ·the wiles they have in warring: they en– deavour to po!fdfe the ports, the fc:hfes, fuffering nQ good ifthey can to be brought in,that may op- · pofcthem, and drawing inby them what may feed . and firengthen them, fuch objeCts as may give · fupply. For when theheart within isfull of adul– 'tery ; they eyes is fo alfo. They take alfo away the fupply from 'the contrary fide, cauling us to negleC?; prayer and reading, and fuch holy duties, as the Philiflims difarmed the Ifradites, andwotild let tbe,_hi/JIC no Sm#h. . _ _ They
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