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Br
azcn.
Serpent,
a
type
of
Chri-
3Z7
renentsm,
gtsod
per
venas
eat.
And
as
the
vaynes
and blood
runne
through
every
part
of
the
body,
fo
finne
through
every
part
of
the
man.
Secondly,
as
poyfon
never
refts
till it
come to the
heart,
and
there
ftrikes and
corrupts
the fountaine
of-life
:.
So
our finne
bath mortally woun-
ded
our
very hearts,
an
inflames
the
life
pa
ÿ
with
an
ine
foule.
Thirdly,as
poyfon
-
credible
thirft, having
overcome
natural
moyfture, and
eaten
up
the fpirits
:
fo
finne in
the
foule
workes
an
ut-
ter
defeat, and
dryes
up
all
waters
of
grace,
and
makes
the
firmer
infatiable in
drinking
up
iniquity
like
water.
Fourthly,
as
poyfon not prevented brings
fpeedy
and
'.
certaine
death,
but
not
wltoofon
of
tìnne uncocr9
and
in-
tolerable
torture
:
fo
the
poyfon
brings certaine and
eternal'
death,
attended with
bor-
row
of
confcience,
defperate feares,
and
torments
moll
exquifite. Thus mutt we labour
to
feele
the fling
ofour
fin
in
all
parts far
more mortal! then
the
molt
veneinous
ftings
ofmoft
direful!
Serpents.
S.
When this
people
felt
them
felvees
l
thofoad
they
come
to
Moles
for
counfel
.
depend
upon
the
Miniíter for
direttión
as
they upon
eihrofes.
Never
was
man
fenfible
of
this fling,but
he
would runne
to
the
Minifters:
efl.
2.37,
when they were
pricked
in
!their
hearts, theyfaid
to
Peter and
the
refl.,
Men
and
breth-
1
ren,avhat fhall
are doe?
e471.
16. 30,
the
podre
jaylor
be-
ing ftung
and
fenfible
of
his paine
came trembling
and
humbling himfelfe to
Paul
and Silas
prifoners,
fay
ing,
Sirs,
what moll
I
doe
to
bge/aved
?
A
confcience
truely
wounded
willfeeke
to God,
to
his
word
and
Minifters;
Ifor
it
know
es
that
God
owo
ndets
and
beautiful!
lo
he
feet
of
him
that
brings
good
g
an
Ihumbled
heart,
even
as
an
experienced
Phyfitian
to
a
1
ficke
party
,
who
elfe
were
Pure
to
be
loft, for want
of
meanes.
What
marveile
ifs
foule
truely
fenfible
of
his
Ifling
and
paine
can
runne
t
4
4
Miniftcrs ;
when
a
I
counterfeit
2.
Come for
coú-
fell,to fpirituall
phylitiaus.