352 1Of' the Importance andDijficttlfJ'• tern1s, f'<.!_t,id! vultis ut peream? intimating the hazard he lhould thereby run. And Chryfoflomprofdieth of himfelf, that, when he vva~ chofen to a bifhoprick, his foul and body were alrnofi parted afunder, fo great was the grief and -fear that fcized upon his fpirits; and that he did 1nany tin1es wonder · l1ow it had ever entered into the n1inds ·of thofe that chofe him, or. what great offence ) that churd1 had been guilty of: which had provoked God to fu:ffer it to he con1mittcd· to fuch 2:11 un\vonhy perfon. So fe~fible Vtere the(e excellent men of the difficqlties of this holy funcrion, even in thofe fir{} and gold~t1 ages of the church: and cer– t~tinly they are n1uch augmented to us, who live i11 thefe dregs of tin1e, ·wherein religion .is .almofr banifued out. of the world, the _ principles of it called ii1 quefiiori by n1any pretenders to judg1nent and wit, and the · pracrice not only neglecred but derided.;~ infon1uch that n1en are frighted frop1 god- . lin~fs by the conten1pt that lieth upon it; · · _J.liali ijfe cogzmtur, ne ridiculi ft'ant. \Ve · have a world of \vickednefs to fight againfi ·; anctwbo i.r fo.tficient .for thefe things? Thus, having profecutcd 'the in1portance of ~he text, it is tin1e to l11ake fon1e appli– ,ation of it. And, firfi, I !hall addrefs my– fcl£'
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