C a A P. 5. 4 Expofation upon theferfrz VE R.14. (hall bee the hie of Gods Children after Refurreflion, (pent wholly in praifing and magnifying the Name. of God. But dll that time , fee how Angels themfelues want not their imploitnent ; euen they z are lentforth to mini fler fort ood of them that ¡hall be heires of falruation. To thefe may bee added, how many of our Gallants, and their atrendants,whofc whole life is fpenr, alas, how Epicure-like and vnproñtabiy ? in eating,drinking,fpor- ring, fnorting, as if they were borne, as the wild Ale- Colt in the tvildernefe, tofnrs fe vp the winde, or as Leuia than in the Sea,to take pafiimetherein.Me tlrinkes,feeing their hues; Lcannot but thinke of that in. _Ezechiel de. fcribing the finites of Sodome, fo fitting it is to men of this difpofition. The a finites of Sodome Toire`Pride, finite f fe o f Bread, abundance of ]dleneffe, vnmercifulne f e to the Poor:. No maruell, if they grew fuch Manilas in Lull, hauing all things (b at full to feed their Luxurie. A third fort are our vagrant and f'turdie Beggers : whole bate and brutifh life, what termes are fufficientto exprelÍe? I know not how, our people thinke it aimes to fettle them in their idleneffe; conceiting thefe the poore, whom nccLord hath commended to our cow. paflion. His order in Ifracl was,there might b be no Beg - ger among his people.And Pauls Conftitution ; Men wan- ting, not llrength, but C mildto labour, muft not eat. The hell mercy to fuch is that, which one calls, Mifericortdia pe niens. Thou canil not better relicue them, than by eorreEtion. The fecund kinde of perlons diforderly, are loch as neglef imploàment of the vocations, wherein the LORD bath placed them. 01 thefe efpecially fpeakes the Apo- ilk. His rule is ; whofo loath an Office, d mufi wait on his Office. And his Ordinance in Thcffalonica, that if any re fufed labour, e he 1hould not eat. Yea, bee makes 1. them flat Thecues ;that fo hue. Such eat not their owne bread. Now
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