422 ,CHAP. 5. e4tt Expfittom vpott thefrrft VER.5,6. Obfer, I SeeHeb.3.t3. vs, in rcfperf df this gracious eflate ; as it is inferred by the Apof}le in the Text :.Thrre ore let vs not flecpe as doe others, &c. Sleepe is of two forts ; one, of the Bodie; the other, of the Minde; metaphorically Jet out vnder the refem- blance of that of the Bodie, binding the Settles, fo that they ceafe, for the time, to doe their office. I need not fay any thing, to expreffe the natureof it : neither is it my purpofe to thew, Frier-like, all the refemblances betwixt it and the fpirituall (lumber, here forbidden vs. Yoder it the Apot1le efpecially fhadowes our a fecure fare or the Souk, neither fearing God, nor thinking of his Wrath approaching,norcaring CO prepare our felues to Rand be- fore him with comfort. It is then as if hee had laid, Let not vs, as is the guile of others, ignorant of the danger they are in, lie fnortingin our fumes fecurely 5 but, 11th we know the Lord will come, and know not when hee will come, ftand in continual) expeelarion of his Com- ming, preparing to meet him ; that whenfocuer he (hall come, he may findevs prepared for him. How farrea Chrifliae f'hossld be from fecrsritie, let bee our note. Confider for enforcement, firf, the watchfulneite of our common Aduerfarie, getting greater aduantag.e by nozhin g, than by our fccuritie..73le fled, faith Salomon, r hit bat feareth alrrayes 5 his feare makes him watchful!, his watchfulneffe fecures him from the touch of cuill. i When the Scratants [cope, the Enemáe fames his Tares. Saith Teter, letting forth his nature and praflife to this purpofe, He ÿ oc,r about continua %y, fe -bingwham be may deuoure. Secondly, Befidesthat forreine Aduerfarie, there is, IAA Domeflicue.; Euery man hath his Enemte in his ofcme, Corruption of Nature; an Encmie alwayes dangerous; new more than when hee is i moll net leiled, Thirdly,
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