Dft"rning from our e')Jia UMJes •1 And then fiand upon thy watch alfo .;for though thou haft armour on, yet if thou watchefrnot, it will doe thee no good : as Saal though hee was armed, ,yet beipg afkep, Davidcame and took his Speareaway; ther~forebefoberandw~tch, and that thou mayefi not fall afleepe, keepe thy felfe fober, .and endeavotu to weaken that law in thy mem– .bers that fights againfl: you, be dojng fomething. A law not executed is antiquated, and weakened, and weares our, and cuftome frrengthens a law ; the leffe obedience you yield to thefe lulls, the more you weaken them : when chefe lufl:s would have thee omit ft1ch a duty, if thou yieldeft to it, thou frrengtheneft it ; if not, thou weake– neft it. And againe, a law is weakened when it is not cared for : care not for their threats ; and when · · the threatningsaf a laware contemned, they lofe . their force. If .lin tell thc:e tho1:1 wilt lofe fuch a friend, incurre fuch dangers, care not ; and that weakensthe forceof it. And if thou canfi not doit by reafon, do it by force, bya fl:rong refolution; reftftenda f'mt, n1n (ubtilit4te,(ed impetN. Overcome thedefires of fin byacontrary refolution. ·
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