CrrAr. t.> a. c.4.eo»aurentarie von the a`S,Z things?. letaman be a ìrangcrco them and their coufes,1et him be ne- iier to honeft a man,the dogge bath fufficient caufenot to (pare him: and let any thingneuer (o goodbe propounded or done, if not fo generally receiued or vfuali,there is no (idling ofthedogges again(} it. Who can tell the number of cruell andvnr crcifull lyous ? greedie gripers? cove- tous cormorants,woluifh extortioners,fubtife oppreffors,who as foxes, hue by crafty conuciances , andwhatfoeuer other noyfome beat} & vn- eleane that liucthby the prey? to which adde thole ferpentine whifpe- rers,tale-bearers,bufe-bodies, the vermine and venome of locieticr,a_ gainil whom no caution can be fufficiengthe number ofall which kinds ofcattell fo amounterh, as that the world at a blulbmay feeme rather ro be made for beads thenmen. Now ifwe would auoide this fherpe cenlure which our nature fo ab- horreth,lct vs iudge our felues in the premifes, and findeout that brui- tifhbehauiour inour (Clues, whereby we haue forfeited euen the names oftnen :for to this purpole are we be fharply deft withal in theScriptures that we fhoald be brought tobe afhamed and blufh at our behaulours. We haue acommon laying whenwe fee our (clues ouerfeene,or ouerta_ ken in any temporall and outward thing;Oh what a beaft was 1 ?bur wel were it if we would ferioufly thus accule our felues when we haue failed in our godly courfe;& to fay,Oh what a beafi was Ito leaue the direó i- on of theword,and fuller my felfe to be led by my appetite,or by the lufi oft-ny hearr,or the fight ofmine eles to this or that finne ? alas, that I towhome Godbath giuenreafon, iudgement, eletlion,deliberation, yea his word and fpirit,fhould hue all this while as one deffitute of all thefe.I voderfiand not what the good and acceptablewill of God is,but Ffar.gs, am yet like the horfe acrd mole without vsderflandicg : I haue flopped my tares at the word like the deafeadder, and haue refufcd the things of my peace : I haue barked again(} God and gcdlineffe : I haue wallowed in my vucicanr,es like a (wine in his ownc filch : I haue been vumerci- full,and crue}i,as any lyon or wolfe:I haue [pared no prey,and as fubtile as any fore to decciuemy brethren : I haue (pit out my venome both ro the face,andbehitade the bzekes ofmyneighbours,& efpecially again(} the houfhold offaith, the profeffors of religion :Oh what a beall was I in all this?But now feeing myvndertianding is refiored vnto meagain, I wil neuer hereafter carrie my felfe but like aman,not makingmy lugs, my lawe any longer, but reafon (hall bemy guide ; nay , nor that onely, but like a Chrifiiâ man,I wil by Godsgrace fuller my (elfe to beguided hence forth by renewed reafon, yea, by the word and fpiric of God. If I mull needs in any thing refemble the beafis , it (hall be the oxe &affe in knowingrnyLord and Maficr:the florke,and crane, and fwallowe in ticcics.tr,c. acknow-
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