

'The
mijflng
of time bringeth
mifery~
6etp
unfeafonable; whereas-were the heart quiet, the ,
jadgemen~
would be cleare too; ·to.
t'ee
what
were fir,and what unfit.
As it is in the
common Converfe
with men;
Co
itis
in thefe gre-at
actions~
to choofe the time
that G' odhath al1otted
to
every
ad:ion,and pur–
pofe. Ifthere
be
any carnall,worldly
,finfuU
di–
.fiempe-r in the heart, you
are
apt to mifie ofthe
'time; for every
p:affion
and dificmper
is
like
Paffionl1ke
:~
;drunkenneffe,it cafisa man aficep. Now,hethat
drunkcnr,etrc:.
obfcrves the times, mufi: watch and watch diJi,..
;gem1'y,and a man that is dificmpered,is not
fit
to
watch,
and to
obferve.
And therefore Chrift
faith
Luke z·I.
34·
Take heede that
your hearts
6e
Luke
l 1 ;
34 •
not overc!Jargedwithfurfeting arul drtmktnnelfo,.
ttnd the cttre.s of
this
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th~tt
day
come
~tpon
yotJ
at unawares :
As ifhe fhould fay, the reafon
:why
you milfe of the times, why that
great day.
comes upon youunawares,.whyyou do
not
that
•duty that you
ought
within
the
cori1paffe
of
·the time that Ocdhath appoimedit;it cornes.from.
hence,
f0me
excdfe in the ufe o! lawfullcom:–
.forts: So
you
have two caufes given there.
. Either,
when men
inebriate themfelues too
:much with the prefent comforts ofthis
world,
when
tlrey
exceed in them,
when
they take more
than theyought,though·the things-in
themfelue·s
be
lawfuli.
Or fecondly,they take
fo·much
earcforworld:–
·ly things,tnat
it
breeds
a
difremper in them;that
is,
it diffradstheirminds,for
by
that a
man
may-
l
Hovvto know
knowwhen
his
cares are
inordinate
when
they ·
.when.carcsare
j
' 'b d
anordmate.
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