EpiflleofS. PadtoTitae. CFtAPd.26. whereas the thoughts in the godly are for moti part tending toGod, to heauen and the things ofheauen,and their hearts are (}ill inditing good matter , wherein the greatefi part oftheir foundefi joy and comfort is placed : the thoughts ofthe wicked are carrhly,lewde,and vngodly,of- ten accufing themfelues, and making away to the motel iufi lenience of the almighty. True it is,that the godly iHdge themfeátu svorthie to bee de- 3 =i Theughle. firoicdfor their inignitie , but yet they fee great light in that darkeneffe, which thewicked neuer behold , but are referued in horror veto the darknes ofthat great day.a.Thefpeeches ofthegodly tend to the pralle £zecb.3e.3t. 2 of God, for the heart enditing a good matter, the tongue wil be fpea- kingrfthe prasfer of theKing,Pfal.45.r.their talke tendeth to edification, andminittrcthgrace to the heater,their tongues fpeake of mattersgramt Words. Andhigh,matters ofGod skingdomc ofgrace here, & ofglory hereafter: the fpeeches of the wicked are either to magnifie themfelues, or protide, or earthly, or rotten and vnfauourie :for the fireames can be no fwecrer then the fountaines whence they iffue. 3. Whereas the worker of the godly are waies which God hath ordained that they fbould walk in vn- to the endeof their faich,which is their faluation: the works ofvnbelec- tiers are crooked paths tending vnto,yea thecaties of their deflrublion. Actions. 4. Whereas all the tniferies ofthe godly arc lignes and fruits of Gods 4 loue, working to their befi , and out of which the Lord giueth them a fure and feafonable deliuerance : the calamities of the wicked , are not onely euident liignes ofGods wrath , and malcdi&ion ; but the begin- nings of eternall punifhment , the Gril fruits oftheir deilruEhon , and the downfalls to,hcll it felfeouc ofwhich is no redemption. S. Where- i. rfions.. 5 cs the godly haue the promifes of this life and that to come, and walke in the firength ofthem cheerefully,and their hope (hall neuer confound them : thevngodlymans falfeapplication of promifes are but a falfe fire; they may fcramble and pull the promifes vnto them, but thechil- drens bread belongeth not to such dogges:God bath promifednothing to fuch,but threatned again(} them all the plaugeswritten in hisbooke, which (hall furciy ouertake them. 6. Whereas the life of the godly Pr°milt, 6 is a vacate to bleffednes, and an encreaferboth oftheir grace ,-and glo- ry, that they may fee their faluation daily nearer them then when they fitti belceued : all thelife of the wicked on the contrary is accurfed and an heaping vp offinne,and plagues. If theypray, their praier is tur- ned to finne, If they heare or read, they receive or pronounce the fen- tare, teuce of death againfi themfelues. If they receive theSacraments, the deuill entrethCoto them as he did into ludas. If they glue aimes, they giue that which is none of their owne. Ifthey enjoyprofperity,they.are lifted vp as the theefe on the ladder for a morefearefuli breaknecke. If they
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