! ha~eput off~jeoat-,&c, 12.7 ~ . thehefttlJinginthew~rld .. T~ere_fore there is no excufe for finne,from any thmgmthe world~for it is theworfi thing in theworld, which fiaines SER.VIII. the foule,and hinders ic from comfort. And for grace and goodneffe in the inward man, ·it is t~e bdl thing iri theworld, therefore -purchafethts, though with dHadvantage. It isheR: to avoid fin, though with ·enduring evi_ll >yea to avoid the leaft finne, byenduring thegreatefrevill. It is wifedome to doegoodwith difadvantage, when thedifadvantage is bounded only in this life, the · thing that I do, beinga thing which furthers my reckoning at theday ofaccount. Therefore have this al'\Vay in confideration, whatfoever I fuffer in thisworld, I will not finne, this will cut off a world ofexcufes. . ' Therefore let us labour to cue off all cavils, ·andtoarmeourjelves.It is the ApofilePetersex1 Pet. 4 .t. hortation, as Davidsworthies brake through the pikes to fetch himwater from the·well ofBethlehem.~ foall Chrifl:ian worthies that Iooke to be . crowned, let them be armed inwardly with re- · folution for good things, take up refolutions that . . theywill doe it. As Paul tels his fcholler Timo. 1. T1m+to. thy of his purpofe, Thou knowejl mypurpofe, and 1 manner oflivin,g: This is the manner of aChri. ftian life ; that this> I will nit breake for all the Ffal.I t!). · werld. So there is a purpofe oflivinghonefily, a man~er.of life, not by ·fiarts, now and then to fpeak~agoodword,and to doeagooddeed.But there Is a purpofe and manner of life for it,he r.e· fctlves alwayes for the befi: things. · \ ·. - Q_3 And' I ~ I I . ------
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