432 .--r----- CH A P .5. Áx Expo¡ttota VOX sbefi rji VII it .7,8. vrncantur. It is much to lie feared, God in wrath hath gi- uen our people to this beaftly finne, to vntkiew the peo. pie of the Kingdome, and to expofe them to eater vino - i efthe i. "1.acrrary. Thus much of this finne, to thew the odious nature ofir; too little, I feare me, to reforme the cuill cuffomr. VER S.7,8. For they that fleepe, fieepei» the Night ; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the Night. But let vs who are of the Day ,be feber,putting on the 13refl plate of Faith nd Loue; and for an Helmet, the hope of Salvation. ®hrer. He feuenth Verfe containes Rèafon, to prefie the duties of Warchfulnefle, and Sobriecie;informe this:They that Ileepe9 and are drunken,arefo in the Night: We are not ofrhe Nighr,bur of the Day: Ergo may not be drunken,but fober.The Alle- gorie(for fo I conceiue it) vnfolded is this :As thofe that glue themfelues to ileepe and drunkenneffe, make choifc ofthe Night to fecret their fins from the notice of men and are few fo impudent, as to doe deeds of darkneffe at Noone-day;fo,.feeing we liue in times of fo cleare know ledge &rcuelation, and are deliuered from the darkneffe and Night of Ignorance ; it (hall behoue vs to walke loberly and honcflly, vnleffe wee will bee too too impu- dentin fccuritie and prophanen eflè, The point we will here take notice of,ls the modeflie of the timer wherin the Apoflle listed, chufsng darkne re and fe- rrety to comer their enormities.The things they do,are fuch as a SaintWotadd'blufh to namc;tbemfelues,thar do diem, are not fo fhameleife<, but they chufe fecrecy to timid them: Etsery one that euilldoth, mbater the jTight; he meanes prin- cipally of. Grace .and Knowledge ; withall, that of Senfe, which
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