! l , St. \ . My Do-ve.· ( t ... I 1 sEtt VII I all his wayes. Nuw fimplf;ity a~ it is averru·e: fo :· 1 • • we mufi imirate theDove in it, for there is a lin- ! I full Dove-like filliueffe :For Hofea 7.1 I. Ephra- · I . ~ 3· 1 F•it~ulnefe, l iPfa1.7J. 1 ). ' \ im isfaid there to be likeafilly Dove without heart, I they call to Egypt, they goe to vJ(fyria. Tl,1ere i;a , fatal! fimphcity ufually going before defl:ructi– o:-J, ,when we hate t hofe that defend us, and ac- :count them enemies, and relie more upon them 1 that are enemies indeed then upon friends. So it : was with EphrAimbefore his ddhucrion, he WtU . afilly Dove without heart, he called to Egypt and went to Ajyria (falfe friends) that were enemies to the Church of God ; yet they trufl:ed them m~re theo God or the Prophets. Men have a ; world of tricks to undermine their friends) ro ) ruine them)and todeferve ill ofthofethat would : with all their hearts defervewdlofthem, when / yet in the meane ti1ne they can gratifie t~e ene1 my,pleafethem,:md hold correfpondencywith 1 them, as here Ephraim did . Ephntim ts a jiUy 1 Dove,&ce This therefore is not that which we mufl aimear; but to be fimple and children con– cerning evill,butnot in ignorance and fimplicity that way. AgJine, thucreatttre uafllithfo/1 creature, that/ is mainly hereaim~d ~t;it is faitfifull todte mate: So the Chrillian foule by rhe Spirir ofGod, it is. madefaitbfull to Chrill:, it keeps the judgement chafie-,1s not tainted with errours and finnes, he keeps his affeetion chafie Iikewife, fers nothir,g inhis heart above Chrifi, whom hath he inHea– venbut him;ttndwhat u thereinEarthhedejir,es be1 fides .\ ·---~----'
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