CHnr.3.2. t ilCommentarie .vpon the Gbdrati ttienaftitiat fojirefiftiiihing!Oletheirfatuacibnt itlifeare and tretntíling:for ifeuerrCBriffiatiôught to hauehis conuerfation irrhea- uen,muchmore fuch as haue one.foote in the graue,atid haften veto the earth. . oft. This precept iufilyreprehendeth many of our elder fort, whole bones feeme HI topofeflè the finites of their youth; as if they were Minded notto laydowne their lufls,but in the fame grauewhere them- fettles meane tolie;wichout all careofbeautifying their gray haires with sOg rythings . this race of difcreete moderation ; but in all their words andbehaui- tuo husfull to oidcage. ours remaine as vaine, light, foolifh, without fauourofgrace, as euer they'wcre in their warmefl blood; that euen as all the dregges are fetled in the botromeofaveffel,fo their courfes are filled with reftinefíe,hafii_ neffe, and vnaduifed frowardnes : their conuerfation blotted with bale couctoufnes,as ifthey were to liue ouer their yeares againe, their minds no leffe bending towards the earth then their bodies;.and though they can fearer goe vp and down in the world,yet for molt part are they more drowned in worldly affaires; thë when theywere in their moll confiant eftate. In a word,hlackeamoores were they young,and now their skins are not changed; the criinfon tin6ture oftheir finne cannot yet be wall)_ cd, nor they in their age breake through the fnares wherewith Satan Ecetef.S.t,. !held them in their youth;but thehoner ofan hundrethyertrt old goethen to puni(hment.tAndbere lernone thinke, thatanydotage cr pafiionate of ifeélions may be excufed by reafen of the age, nay rather curry fuch breakingout is here doubled : for an oleic man efpecially fhould be dif- crecre,and the difcretion ofa man moderated) all pafiions, Let Barzillai 2sam49.35.19. be an example to all old men,who beeing follicited to embrace courtly delights,he refufeth ail fuckprofets,and fetteth his minde vponhis own death,in his owne cidc. Saxndinfaith ,) Now follow thole three vertues which arc requifite in olde men,as they are auncien t Chriflians. The firfi ofwhich isfound_ ne,ffe offaith, in which three things are tobe confidered. a .What found- nes of faith is. 2.Why it is commended in fpeciall toolde men , feeing eucry Chritlian mull haue ir. 3. The dutie which l*;nce is tobe lear- ned. tTirn t.ç. For thefirfl t Soundneffeof faith flandeth in two things. a. when .,; a "tw'r5'qs. 1 faith is found in the qualitie, that is, fincere, not deceitfull,not hypocri- ticall. 2 .when it is found in the degree of it, not a (baking reede, but Browne vp from the infancie voto force flrength and flature. Now vnto s undne,áof both diefe is required that faith be found, t. in thegroundof ir. x.in the in 4.things. obiett. 3.in theworke of.it. 4.in the fruits i(tuing from it: inany ofwhich 'fit faile,it is vnfound,vnla(ling. Firth.
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