MEDITATIONS
OF
MANS
Mortality
.
I.
Wherein
the
vncertainty
of
Mans
life
is
expressed
,
and
of
the
fearefull
end
of
the
Wicked
.
WHen
I
behold
the
Heavens
&
the
earth
,
the
workemanship
of
the
Almighty
,
and
see
in
〈◊〉
all
Creatures
both
for
commodity
and
pleasure
,
which
as
a
store-house
,
preserue
all
things
for
the
behoofe
and
benefit
of
Man
:
I
cannot
but
vse
to
my selfe
,
the
saying
of
the
Prophet
DAVID
;
For
it
is
true
,
that
a
Philosopher
sayth
;
Hee
that
seeketh
for
true
Happines
in
this
world
,
followeth
a
shaddow
,
which
when
hee
thinketh
hee
is
surest
of
,
vanisheth
and
is
nothing
;
and
the
Apostle
PAVL
sayth
;
If
in
this
life
wee
were
onely
happie
,
wee
were
of
all
men
most
miserable
.
Seeing
then
it
is
so
,
Yet
where
is
hee
,
that
takes
the
Wise
mans
counsell
,
Yet
not
considering
these
things
?
how
many
are
there
,
that
only
spend
their
time
in
jollity
,
and
sodainly
goe
downe
to
the
Grave
;
they
cry
to
themselves
;
Peace
,
peace
,
when
sodaine
Destruction
overtakes
them
,
not
once
thinking
of
IEREMIA'S
lamentation
for
Jernsalem
;
wherein
hee
complaines
,
That
shee
remembred
not
her
last
end
.
Would
they
but
consider
,
that
as
the
Tree
falleth
so
it
lyeth
;
and
as
Death
leaves
them
,
so
shall
Iudgement
finde
them
;
they
would
not
draw
Iniquity
with
cords
of
vanity
,
nor
sinne
as
with
cart-ropes
;
did
they
thinke
upon
the
reward
of
Sinne
;
did
they
consider
how
full
of
griefe
and
misery
,
how
short
and
transitorious
this
present
life
is
,
and
the
vaine
Pleasures
thereof
:
how
on
every
side
,
theyr
enemies
compasse
them
,
and
that
Death
lyeth
in
wayte
against
them
,
every
where
catching
them
sodainly
and
unawares
.
Did
that
saying
often
sound
in
theyr
eares
,
Arise
and
come
to
Judgement
,
they
would
not
deferre
theyr
Repentance
to
theyr
last
end
,
or
their
old-age
;
when
it
can
not
be
sayd
,
that
they
leave
Sin
,
but
sinne
them
.
Shall
they
offer
to
the
Divell
,
the
World
,
and
their
owne
flesh
,
the
flower
and
strength
of
theyr
yeares
,
and
serve
God
with
the
lees
and
dregs
:
For
being
rid
of
their
bodies
,
they
should
also
be
rid
of
theyr
Soules
and
Sinnes
;
But
forasmuch
,
as
it
is
evident
,
that
the
Soule
is
immortall
,
there
is
left
no
comfort
for
the
wicked
to
trust
in
.
Therfore
,
let
such
remember
ESAV
,
Who
hauing
once
rejected
the
Blessing
,
I
know
you
not
.
Then
woe
bee
to
the
sinfull
wicked
men
,
that
haue
not
power
to
turne
from
the
filthy
workes
of
this
finfull
and
wretched
World
,
that
hindereth
them
from
the
blissfull
state
,
and
keepeth
backe
theyr
Soules
from
the
presence
of
God
:
For
when
Gods
Serjeant
Death
,
shall
arrest
them
,
and
they
shall
bee
summon'd
to
appeare
before
the
Tribunall
of
the
Almighty
,
with
what
terrible
feare
will
that
Soule
be
shaken
and
smitten
,
and
with
how
many
speares
of
a
piercing
Conscience
,
is
hee
gored
and
thrust
through
;
he
will
then
begin
to
thinke
of
the
time
past
,
present
,
and
that
to
come
;
the
time
past
,
he
may
behold
with
astonishment
,
to
perceiue
how
fast
it
fleeted
,
and
the
multitude
of
sinnes
therein
committed
,
the
which
were
accounted
pleasures
,
but
are
now
terrors
,
for
every
one
of
which
,
he
must
answere
;
for
as
saith
a
Philosopher
:
An
accusing
Conscience
is
the
secret
,
&
most
terrible
thing
that
can
bee
,
at
the
approaching
and
comming
of
Death
,
and
infinit
&
vnspeakable
are
the
feares
and
griefes
it
will
bring
with
it
;
for
then
hee
will
grieve
,
that
the
time
of
Repentance
hath
beene
so
ill
&
lewdly
past
,
he
seeth
the
divine
Commandements
which
he
hath
contemned
:
he
is
aflicted
,
because
he
seeth
the
inevitable
houre
approach
,
of
rendring
an
account
,
&
of
the
divine
just
vengance
;
he
would
tarry
still
,
but
he
is
constrained
to
depart
;
he
would
recover
that
is
past
,
but
time
is
not
granted
?
if
he
looke
behind
him
,
he
seeth
the
course
and
race
of
his
whole
life
led
,
as
a
moment
of
time
;
if
he
looke
before
,
he
beholdeth
the
infinit
space
of
Eternity
which
expecteth
him
,
he
sorroweth
and
sobbeth
,
because
he
hath
lost
the
joy
of
euerlasting
Eternity
,
which
hee
might
haue
obtained
in
so
short
a
time
;
hee
tormenteth
himselfe
,
because
he
hath
lost
the
ineffable
sweetnesse
of
perpetuall
delight
,
for
one
sensuall
,
carnall
,
and
momentany
pleasure
;
he
blusheth
,
considering
,
that
for
that
substance
which
is
Wormes-meat
,
he
hath
dispised
that
which
Angels
prize
so
highly
;
and
weighing
the
glory
of
those
immortall
riches
,
hee
is
confounded
,
that
he
hath
changed
them
for
the
basenesse
and
vildenesse
of
Temporall
things
;
but
when
he
casteth
his
eyes
upon
things
below
,
and
seeth
the
darke
and
obscure
valley
of
this
world
,
and
beholdeth
above
it
,
the
shining
brightnesse
of
eternall
Light
,
then
he
confesseth
,
that
all
that
he
loved
in
this
world
,
was
blacke
night
and
ugly
darknesse
.
To
behold
the
time
present
,
is
as
ill
;
for
there
hee
can
finde
nothing
but
weakenesse
and
paines
;
his
friends
eyther
mourning
by
him
,
or
else
not
able
to
stay
with
him
,
to
see
his
torments
,
which
in
this
life
,
God
hath
begun
to
let
him
taste
;
having
painefull
Limbes
,
darke
Eyes
,
a
faultering
Tongue
,
hard
browes
,
short
breath
,
and
a
panting
heart
,
hasting
to
appeare
before
God
,
whom
he
must
behold
;
not
as
his
Father
,
but
a
most
feirce
Iudge
,
whose
pure
eyes
beheld
all
his
actions
,
and
that
through
all
his
life
saw
nothing
but
wickednesse
,
no
sorrowing
teares
to
wash
away
those
pollutions
;
and
therefore
that
leporous
life
must
receiue
a
heauie
condemnation
:
there
will
not
be
any
to
speake
for
him
,
neyther
will
he
be
able
to
answere
one
word
for
a
thousand
;
all
those
pleasures
now
stand
up
to
accuse
him
,
and
his
owne
Conscience
giues
in
evidence
against
him
,
saying
to
himselfe
the
words
of
SALOMON
;
In
what
taking
is
this
poore
Soule
;
if
time
were
now
againe
,
with
what
an
austere
kinde
of
life
would
hee
passe
it
,
how
would
hee
shun
all
those
alluring
Syrens
,
sower
sauce
findes
he
for
his
sweetes
,
and
for
a
minute
of
Pleasures
,
must
possesse
a
world
of
Woes
;
nay
,
woes
without
end
,
soone
ended
those
delights
,
endlesse
are
those
miseries
.
O
thou
wretched
man
!
thou
that
didst
chose
,
rather
to
sit
by
the
Flesh-pots
of
Aegypt
,
then
by
induring
a
little
wearisome
travailes
,
to
enter
into
the
promised
Land
,
which
floweth
with
Milk
and
Honey
;
See!
O
see
now
,
what
a
long
chayne
of
Miseries
,
those
thy
short
Pleasures
have
wrought
thee
.
O
thou
foolish
and
sencelesse
!
hadst
thou
no
respect
to
the
death
of
CHRIST
,
who
dyed
to
redeeme
thee
,
but
that
by
thy
sinnes
,
thou
must
anew
Crucifie
him
,
and
make
his
Wounds
to
bleed
afresh
?
Thou
hast
againe
,
nayled
him
to
the
Crosse
by
thy
pollutions
!
thou
hast
againe
,
pierc'd
his
side
,
not
with
one
,
but
many
speares
of
Blasphemy
,
and
as
it
were
piece-meale
,
tearing
him
from
Heaven
!
thou
hast
grinded
him
,
by
thy
oppressions
,
which
thou
didst
to
maintaine
thy
superfluous
delights
.
It
was
his
love
,
that
caused
him
to
undergoe
his
Fathers
wrath
,
for
thy
sake
;
but
what
one
sinne
,
hast
thou
left
for
his
?
Canst
thou
say
,
and
that
truly
,
that
thou
hast
spared
one
dish
from
thy
Belly
,
to
feed
his
hungry
Members
;
or
one
Garment
from
thy
excessive
apparell
,
to
cloth
the
naked
;
or
one
houres
sleepe
,
to
meditate
on
his
miseries
:
a
poore
requitall
of
such
infinite
Love
!
Was
CHRIST
stretched
on
the
Crosse
,
and
couldest
thou
recount
it
nothing
to
stretch
thy selfe
vpon
thy
downy
Beds
of
sinne
?
Did
CHRIST
suck
downe
Vineger
and
Gall
for
thee
,
and
couldest
thou
without
pricke
of
Conscience
,
surfeit
with
overflowne
Boles
?
Was
CHRIST
crowned
with
Thornes
,
and
couldest
thou
crowne
thy selfe
with
ease
and
pleasure
?
Then
now
behold
,
(
O
thou
rich
Glutton
!
)
thou
,
who
wouldest
never
cast
up
thine
eyes
to
behold
the
true
happines
,
till
it
was
too
late
,
and
consider
what
the
allurements
of
the
Flesh
now
profit
you
,
which
you
then
so
much
delighted
in
?
What
is
become
of
your
Riches
?
where
are
your
Honours
?
where
are
your
Treasures
?
where
are
your
Delights
?
were
are
your
Ioyes
;
the
seaven
yeares
of
Plenty
are
past
,
and
other
seaven
yeares
of
Dearth
and
scarcity
are
come
,
which
have
devoured
up
all
your
Plenty
,
no
memory
or
footsteps
being
left
of
it
.
Nay
,
speedily
and
unexpected
,
this
horror
rusheth
upon
them
;
for
,
as
everlasting
Felicity
,
doth
quickly
follow
the
Godly
,
in
the
short
race
of
theyr
Misery
;
so
everlasting
Misery
,
quickly
followeth
the
ungodly
,
in
the
short
race
of
theyr
worldly
Felicity
.
It
were
better
therefore
,
for
a
man
to
live
poorely
,
being
assured
of
the
bliste
of
Heaven
,
then
to
be
deprived
thereof
,
though
during
life
hee
possesse
all
worldly
riches
;
for
intollerable
,
are
the
burthens
they
bring
with
them
,
seeing
that
the
Scripture
sayth
;
Where
much
is
given
,
much
is
againe
required
:
besides
,
the
memory
of
the
ungodly
shall
perish
,
as
saith
IOB
;
The
pitifull
man
,
II.
Motives
and
Inducements
to
true
Godlinesse
.
HAving
already
spoken
of
the
unstability
of
Mans
life
,
&
the
wretched
estate
the
Wicked
is
in
,
at
the
houre
of
his
Death
;
I
will
now
also
set
downe
,
some
Motives
for
incouragements
to
true
Godlinesse
,
wherin
it
shall
easily
bee
discerned
,
that
Godlinesse
excelleth
Wickednesse
,
as
farre
as
Light
excelleth
Darknesse
;
It
is
a
thing
,
both
usuall
and
lamentable
,
to
see
how
men
goe
on
in
wickednesse
,
and
can
neyther
bee
drawne
,
to
thinke
of
theyr
end
by
the
dayly
examples
of
Mortality
;
nor
wonne
to
remember
,
the
infinitnesse
of
Gods
Love
by
their
dayly
preservations
;
they
call
not
once
to
theyr
remembrance
,
the
saying
of
the
Apostle
PAVL
,
wherein
hee
admonisheth
them
,
to
worke
out
theyr
Salvation
with
feare
and
trembling
;
by
which
,
hee
depriveth
them
of
all
kind
of
security
;
and
the
Prophet
IEREMIAH
cryeth
unto
them
and
sayth
;
Shewing
thereby
,
that
howsoever
they
esteeme
of
themselves
,
yet
,
they
are
but
dust
;
whose
glory
is
but
for
a
moment
,
and
all
theyr
Pleasures
,
but
Deceptio
visus
;
For
that
there
is
no
Peace
(
saith
the
Lord
)
of
the
Wicked
.
Wherefore
,
consider
this
yee
that
forget
GOD
,
least
he
teare
you
in
pieces
,
and
there
bee
none
to
deliver
you
;
feare
this
God
,
for
he
is
iust
;
love
this
God
,
O
taste
,
and
see
!
how
good
GOD
is
,
he
is
a
God
of
Mercies
,
and
delights
not
in
the
Death
of
a
Sinner
,
as
hee
sayth
;
Have
I
any
pleasure
at
all
,
Hee
is
infinitely
good
,
and
hurteth
no
man
,
vnlesse
the
blame
be
in
himselfe
,
through
his
owne
default
;
for
,
as
the
Sunne
beame
,
is
cleare
and
comfortable
in
it self
,
and
so
is
it
to
the
eye
that
is
sound
,
yet
to
a
sore
eye
,
it
is
very
grieuous
,
not
through
any
default
in
the
sunne
,
but
by
the
diseased
disposition
of
the
eye
;
so
albeit
,
he
in
himselfe
,
be
perfectly
good
,
and
doth
nothing
but
good
;
yet
to
an
vnrepentant
sinner
he
is
grievous
and
terrible
,
but
if
he
returne
to
him
by
unfained
repentance
,
he
soone
inclineth
to
mercy
;
as
is
euident
in
that
wo
man
,
whom
Christ
so
called
;
upon
her
humiliation
and
acknowledging
her selfe
to
be
no
better
,
she
receiueth
this
gracious
answer
;
Be
it
vnto
the
euen
as
thou
wilt
;
and
againe
,
in
the
Nenivites
;
though
his
decree
was
gone
out
against
them
,
that
yet
forty
dayes
,
and
Ninivie
should
be
destroyed
,
Hee
loveth
not
,
as
man
loveth
;
for
they
in
prosperity
will
regard
vs
,
but
if
Afflictions
or
wants
come
,
they
regard
us
not
;
but
so
farre
is
our
good
God
from
this
,
that
his
beloved
Sonne
CHRIST
IESVS
,
tooke
our
shape
upon
him
,
suffering
Hunger
,
Cold
,
Nakednesse
,
Contempt
,
and
Scornings
;
for
his
owne
mouth
testified
,
That
the
Foxes
had
Holes
,
and
the
Birds
of
the
Ayre
had
Nests
,
but
the
Sonne
of
Man
,
had
not
whereon
to
lay
his
head
;
showing
thereby
to
us
,
how
farre
hee
was
from
contemning
our
Povertie
,
or
refusing
us
for
our
wants
;
let
us
therefore
,
flie
to
this
God
,
who
will
not
fayle
us
nor
forsake
us
:
let
us
cast
our
care
upon
him
,
for
hee
careth
for
us
,
and
set
us
first
seek
the
Kingdome
of
heaven
,
and
the
righteousnesse
thereof
,
and
all
things
else
shall
bee
ministred
unto
us
.
How
many
haue
beene
knowne
,
which
have
gayned
to
themselves
,
Riches
,
or
Honours
,
by
unlawfull
meanes
,
that
have
prospered
,
but
if
for
a
time
they
have
seemed
to
doe
well
,
their
Posteritie
have
come
to
ruine
,
and
theyr
owne
ill-gathered
treasure
,
like
a
dilating
Gangrene
,
hath
rotted
theyr
owne
memory
,
and
consumed
every
part
of
theyr
heyres
possession
;
seeming
as
it
were
,
a
Curse
and
doome
,
intayled
with
the
land
upon
the
successour
,
and
so
proveth
,
not
a
Blessing
,
but
the
bane
of
him
that
Injoyed
it
.
They
may
for
a
time
,
flourish
like
a
Bay
Tree
,
but
suddainely
they
fade
and
their
place
is
no
where
to
bee
found
.
Oh
therefore
!
that
they
would
consider
,
what
great
evils
,
and
how
many
inconveniences
,
this
small
prosperity
bringeth
with
it
,
they
should
find
this
love
of
Riches
,
more
to
afflict
,
by
desire
,
then
to
delight
,
by
use
:
for
it
inwrappeth
the
Soule
,
in
divers
temptations
,
&
bindeth
it
in
infinit
cares
,
it
allureth
it
with
sundry
delights
,
provoketh
it
to
sinne
,
and
disturbeth
the
quiet
,
no
lesse
of
the
body
then
of
the
Soule
,
and
that
which
is
greater
;
Riches
are
never
gotten
,
without
troubles
,
nor
possessed
,
without
care
,
nor
lost
,
without
griefe
;
but
that
which
is
worst
,
they
are
seldome
gathered
,
without
sinne
and
offence
to
GOD
?
Why
then
,
should
man
bee
so
greedy
of
this
Worlds
pelfe
,
life
beeing
so
short
,
and
death
following
at
our
heeles
?
What
neede
is
there
of
so
great
Provision
,
for
so
short
a
Iourney
?
What
would
man
doe
with
so
great
Riches
;
especially
,
seeing
that
the
lesse
he
hath
,
the
more
lightly
and
freely
hee
may
walke
,
and
when
hee
shall
come
to
the
end
of
his
Pilgrimage
,
if
he
be
poore
,
his
estate
shall
not
be
worser
then
rich
mens
,
who
are
loden
with
much
gold
;
the
Grave
shall
both
alike
containe
them
,
as
sayth
IOB
;
Nay
,
it
is
better
with
the
poore
,
then
with
the
rich
;
for
they
shall
feele
lesse
griefe
in
parting
with
this
trash
and
pelfe
of
the
World
,
and
a
smaller
accompt
is
to
be
rendred
before
GOD
;
whereas
on
the
other
side
,
Rich
men
leaves
theyr
Mountaines
of
Gold
,
with
great
griefe
of
heart
,
which
they
adored
as
GOD
;
neyther
are
they
,
without
exceeding
gerat
hazard
and
danger
,
in
rendring
an
accompt
for
them
:
Besides
,
as
hee
came
forth
of
his
Mothers
Wombe
,
Thrice
blessed
then
is
that
man
,
that
feareth
God
,
and
they
whose
God
the
Lord
is
,
and
he
that
sots
his
feare
alwayes
before
his
eyes
;
The
ungodly
man
,
when
he
is
full
of
wealth
dyeth
for
hunger
,
and
when
they
sit
even
up
to
the
lips
in
water
,
yet
they
are
slaine
with
thirst
,
as
the
Poets
in
times
past
,
fabled
of
TANTALVS
.
But
though
many
and
great
be
the
troubles
of
the
Righteous
,
yet
the
Lord
delivereth
them
out
of
all
.
For
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
is
over
the
Righteous
,
and
his
Eare
is
open
to
theyr
cry
,
but
the
Face
of
the
Lord
is
against
them
that
do
evill
,
Who
would
be
unwilling
then
,
to
suffer
ignominies
and
scornings
,
rather
then
with
the
wicked
,
to
injoy
the
pleasures
of
Sin
for
a
season
;
Oh
,
blessed
Sufferings
!
that
makes
us
like
to
God
himselfe
,
if
wee
had
the
Wisedome
of
SALOMON
,
the
Treasure
of
CRoeSVS
,
and
the
long
life
of
METHVSALEM
,
and
out
of
the
favour
and
love
of
God
,
our
Wisedome
were
Foolishnesse
,
for
to
know
him
,
is
perfect
wisedome
,
our
Riches
were
drosse
;
for
riches
will
not
avayle
in
the
day
of
Wrath
,
and
that
life
,
so
long
and
wickedly
led
,
no
better
,
then
a
man
that
dreames
hee
is
a
King
,
honoured
of
all
and
wanting
nothing
,
when
waking
,
hee
findes
himselfe
hated
of
all
,
and
wanting
all
things
.
III.
Of
the
Peace
of
a
good
Conscience
,
and
the
Ioyfull
end
of
the
Godly
.
SALOMON
,
having
set
himselfe
to
behold
all
things
that
were
under
the
Sun
,
&
having
taken
to
himselfe
,
all
that
could
bee
delightfull
,
for
what
can
he
doe
more
that
commeth
after
the
King
,
at
last
concludeth
;
These
Caveats
,
the
godly
man
placeth
before
his
remembrance
,
least
hee
should
fall
into
errors
,
and
making
his
life
of
no
value
to
him
,
hee
despiseth
all
things
,
onely
ayming
at
that
,
may
make
him
happy
,
which
is
,
a
good
Conscience
,
for
that
will
bring
him
peace
at
the
last
;
death
being
to
a
godly
man
,
the
ending
of
Sorrowes
,
and
the
beginning
of
Ioyes
;
he
doth
then
begin
to
live
with
God
,
when
hee
dyes
to
the
World
,
And
St.
IOHN
,
was
commanded
to
Write
:
Blessed
are
the
Dead
,
And
Saint
AVGVSTINS
,
speaking
of
the
Death
of
a
Good
man
,
sayth
;
He
that
desireth
to
bee
dissolved
,
&
be
with
Christ
,
dyeth
not
Patiently
,
but
liveth
Patiently
,
and
dyeth
delightsomely
,
and
it
may
be
sayd
;
That
like
a
Swan
,
he
dyeth
singing
,
yeilding
the
glory
to
God
which
calleth
him
.
With
what
joy
,
doth
that
Soule
behold
his
end
,
who
hath
all
his
Life-time
possessed
a
good
Conscience
,
nothing
fearefull
,
can
present
it selfe
before
him
,
he
sees
all
his
sinnes
,
not
of
a
Crimson
die
,
but
White
as
wooll
,
washed
by
the
blood
of
Christ
;
he
beholds
him
,
not
as
his
Iudge
,
but
his
Sauiour
and
Mediatour
,
his
Iudge
is
,
his
Brother
,
God
in
Christ
is
become
his
Father
,
hee
hath
no
debts
to
pay
,
Christ
Iesus
on
the
Crosse
hath
Cancelled
the
hand
writing
that
was
against
him
,
and
hath
not
onely
made
him
free
,
but
also
an
heyre
of
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
.
The
presence
of
Death
,
is
not
terrible
to
him
,
for
he
feareth
not
Death
,
because
hee
feared
GOD
,
and
hee
that
feareth
him
need
feare
none
other
:
hee
feareth
not
Death
,
because
he
feared
Life
,
but
feare
of
Death
,
are
the
effects
of
an
evill
Life
;
hee
feareth
not
Death
,
because
through
all
his
life
hee
learned
to
dye
,
and
prepared
himselfe
to
dye
;
but
a
man
prepared
and
provident
,
need
not
feare
his
Enemy
;
he
feareth
not
Death
,
because
so
long
as
he
lived
,
he
sought
for
those
things
that
might
helpe
him
,
that
is
,
for
Vertues
and
good
Workes
;
hee
feareth
not
Death
,
because
to
a
Righteous
man
,
Death
is
not
death
,
but
a
sleepe
,
it
is
not
Death
,
but
an
end
of
all
labours
,
it
is
not
Death
but
away
unto
life
,
and
a
Ladder
unto
Paradice
;
for
hee
knoweth
,
that
Death
;
hath
lost
all
the
bitternesse
of
Death
,
after
it
hath
passed
through
the
veynes
of
Life
,
and
that
it
hath
received
the
sweetnesse
of
life
:
hee
feareth
not
the
presence
of
Divels
,
because
he
hath
CHRIST
his
defender
and
Captaine
:
he
feareth
not
the
horror
of
the
grave
,
because
he
knoweth
that
his
body
is
sowne
a
corrup
tible
body
,
but
shall
rise
againe
,
in
incorruptible
body
,
often
boasting
in
the
strength
hee
hath
gained
by
Christ
,
saying
with
cheerefulnesse
of
spirit
;
O
Death
,
where
is
thy
sting
?
Even
the
brest-plate
of
righteousnesse
,
My
God
,
my
God
,
why
bast
thou
forsaken
mee
;
Oh
the
height
of
Loved
Oh
the
depth
of
unmeasurable
humility
!
Oh
the
greatnesse
of
Mercy
!
Oh
the
bottomlesse
Pit
of
incomprehensible
Goodnes
:
Oh
Lord
!
if
I
be
so
greatly
indebted
to
thee
,
because
thou
hast
redeemed
mee
,
what
doe
I
not
owe
thee
,
for
the
manner
by
which
thou
hast
redeemed
mee
:
thou
hast
redeemed
mee
with
most
great
dolours
!
with
contumelies
,
and
ignominies
,
not
to
be
borne
;
insomuch
,
that
thou
wast
made
a
reproach
of
men
,
and
the
scorne
of
the
whole
world
;
through
thy
reproaches
,
thou
hast
honoured
me
;
through
thy
accusations
,
thou
hast
defended
me
;
through
thy
bloud
,
thou
hast
washed
me
;
through
thy
death
,
thou
hast
raysed
me
;
and
through
thy
teares
,
thou
hast
freed
me
,
from
everlasting
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth
:
thine
were
the
Wounds
,
that
healed
my
sores
:
thine
was
the
backe
,
that
bare
my
sorrowes
;
thine
was
the
prize
,
that
quit
my
scores
:
thou
assumedst
my
flesh
,
to
redeeme
me
here
,
and
thou
raignest
as
King
,
to
crowne
me
hereafter
.
Thus
by
those
miserable
Torments
,
thou
didst
free
me
from
all
evill
;
and
shall
I
be
unwilling
to
suffer
the
deprivation
of
a
little
happinesse
,
and
the
induring
of
a
few
paines
to
come
unto
thee
,
who
hast
thus
dearely
purchased
me
for
thy selfe
:
these
Meditations
so
ravished
his
soule
,
that
with
aint
PAVL
he
thinkes
himselfe
in
the
third
Heaven
,
hee
hath
drunke
so
freely
of
the
River
of
Paradice
,
one
drop
of
which
is
greater
then
the
Ocean
,
which
alone
is
able
to
quench
the
thirst
of
the
whole
World
,
that
he
loatheth
these
puddell
Waters
,
accounting
all
things
but
drosse
and
dung
in
respect
of
Christ
,
all
is
to
him
in
comparison
,
no
more
then
the
light
of
a
Candle
,
is
to
the
glorious
beames
of
the
Sunne
,
he
is
now
so
farre
from
esteeming
eyther
them
,
or
life
,
that
he
desires
to
be
dissolved
and
be
with
Christ
,
he
longs
for
the
day
of
his
dissolution
,
life
being
to
him
a
Prison
,
and
with
often
groanes
and
sighes
,
cryoth
,
Come
Lord
Jesus
,
come
quickly
;
and
with
DAVID
hee
sayth
:
O
how
I
long
to
appeare
before
GOD.
If
life
were
offered
him
,
with
all
the
pleasures
thereof
,
hee
would
despise
it
,
for
hee
is
fitted
for
God
,
he
is
no
man
for
the
World
,
his
Soule
hath
too
exactly
looked
into
the
worth
of
it
,
to
be
deceived
with
all
the
glithering
shewes
thereof
,
the
which
hee
findes
to
bee
vayne
and
fleeting
,
and
nothing
permanent
in
this
Life
.
IIII.
Of
the
deferring
of
Repentance
,
how
dangerous
it
is
,
and
of
the
deceiveablenesse
of
worldly
Pleasures
.
HAving
now
seen
the
quiet
Happinesse
,
and
happie
Blessednesse
of
the
Godly
,
at
the
houre
of
his
Death
,
mee
thinkes
it
should
incourage
every
man
to
prepare
himselfe
for
his
end
in
the
time
of
Prosperity
,
least
when
the
time
of
changing
shall
come
,
they
bee
found
naked
and
bare
,
and
so
lye
open
to
all
the
assaults
and
batteries
of
Sathan
,
many
there
,
bee
to
whom
the
Day
of
Iudgement
seemes
terrible
,
not
remembring
the
day
of
theyr
Death
,
which
is
the
first
Iudgement
,
the
which
whosoever
passeth
,
on
such
the
second
shall
have
no
power
;
as
Saint
IOHN
sayth
in
the
Revelation
:
The
deferring
of
Repentance
proves
dangerous
.
Yet
some
inreligious
man
will
say
;
When
I
am
come
to
old
Age
,
I
will
runne
to
the
remedy
of
Repentance
:
Dare
mans
frailtie
presume
thus
much
of
himselfe
,
seeing
hee
hath
not
one
day
of
all
his
Life
,
in
his
owne
power
,
for
though
God
hath
promised
Pardon
to
the
Penitent
;
yet
he
hath
not
promised
to
morrow
to
a
sinner
:
therefore
,
whilst
it
is
called
to
day
,
Mare
mertuum
,
from
whence
there
is
no
Redemption
;
many
are
the
baytes
and
snares
,
which
are
layd
for
man
in
this
life
,
covered
over
with
glittering
wealth
,
and
delightsome
Pleasures
,
but
bare
these
deceits
,
and
cause
them
to
appeare
in
their
own
likenesse
,
and
thou
shalt
finde
this
World
to
bee
a
Casket
of
sorrowes
and
grievances
,
a
Schoole
of
Vanity
,
a
laborinth
of
Errors
,
a
dungeon
of
Darknesse
,
a
Market-place
of
Cousonages
,
a
way
beset
with
Theeves
,
a
ditch
full
of
mud
,
and
a
Sea
continually
tost
and
troubled
with
stormes
and
Tempests
:
what
other
thing
is
the
world
,
but
a
barren
Land
,
a
field
full
of
Thistles
and
Weeds
,
a
Wood
full
of
Thornes
,
a
flourishing
Garden
,
but
bringing
forth
no
fruit
,
a
River
of
Teares
,
a
Fountaine
of
Cares
,
a
sweet
poyson
;
A
Tragedy
pleasantly
framed
,
a
delightfull
Phrenzie
;
the
Worlds
rest
hath
labour
,
the
Security
of
it
without
ground
,
the
feare
of
it
is
without
cause
,
the
Labour
of
it
without
fruit
,
the
Teares
without
purpose
,
and
the
purposes
without
successe
,
the
Hope
of
it
is
vayne
,
the
joy
feyned
,
and
the
Sorrow
true
,
the
Glory
of
this
World
,
is
but
the
singing
of
Syrens
,
sweet
,
but
a
deadly
Potion
,
a
Viper
,
artificially
painted
without
,
but
within
full
of
venemous
poyson
:
If
the
World
fawne
upon
thee
,
it
doth
it
that
it
may
deceive
thee
;
if
it
Exalt
thee
,
it
doth
it
that
thy
fall
may
bee
the
greater
;
if
it
〈◊〉
thee
merry
,
it
doth
it
that
it
afterwards
with
sorrow
may
breake
thy
heart
;
it
giveth
all
her
goods
with
a
mixture
of
incomparable
heavinesse
and
griefes
,
and
that
with
the
greatest
usurie
:
if
a
Sonne
bee
borne
to
thee
and
soone
after
dye
,
thy
sorrow
will
be
seaven
fold
greater
then
was
thy
Ioy
,
the
thing
lost
,
more
afflicteth
,
then
found
joyeth
;
Sicknesse
more
excruciateth
,
then
Health
gladdeth
;
Injury
more
tormenteth
,
then
Honour
contenteth
;
to
conclude
,
what
good
things
are
found
in
the
World
,
which
are
not
counterfeit
,
and
what
〈◊〉
vill
which
are
not
〈◊〉
deed
;
If
these
things
he
so
indeed
as
they
are
,
wherefore
should
man
desire
to
stay
any
longer
in
this
land
of
Aegypt
to
gather
stubble
,
who
would
not
flye
out
of
this
Babilon
,
who
would
not
desire
to
be
delivered
from
this
fire
of
Sodome
and
Gomorrah
:
seeing
therefore
,
that
the
World
is
beset
with
so
many
snares
,
and
that
so
many
downfals
and
break-neckes
are
in
the
way
,
and
the
flame
of
Vices
doe
so
burne
us
,
who
at
any
time
can
bee
secure
and
safe
,
as
the
Wise
man
sayth
;
Can
you
then
,
knowing
to
whom
you
are
to
open
;
stand
with
delayes
;
as
I
cannot
yet
,
I
will
anon
,
but
this
I
cannot
yet
,
I
will
anon
;
is
deferred
so
long
,
that
this
heavenly
ghest
goeth
away
without
a
Lodging
,
by
reason
of
which
,
he
will
hardly
bee
brought
againe
,
without
many
teares
:
Oh
then
I
be
ready
at
the
first
knock
to
open
;
I
meane
the
first
good
motion
,
so
shall
you
receive
a
ghest
,
whose
company
is
sweeter
,
then
the
honey
and
the
honey
Combe
;
On
heart
!
more
hard
then
stone
,
that
can
refuse
him
;
if
considered
who
it
is
,
it
is
CHRIST
,
the
well-beloved
Sonne
of
his
Father
,
it
is
hee
,
in
whom
,
God
the
Father
is
so
well
pleased
,
that
all
thy
sinnes
are
forgiven
,
being
covered
with
the
robe
of
his
Righteousnesse
;
it
is
he
,
that
suffered
Rebukes
,
Buffetings
,
Scornings
,
Spittings
on
,
and
at
the
last
,
death
;
I
,
and
that
,
the
most
cursedst
death
,
even
the
death
of
the
Crosse
,
as
it
is
written
:
Cursed
are
every
one
that
hang
on
a
Tree
.
These
things
being
so
,
have
you
not
hearts
harder
then
an
Adamant
,
thus
to
oppose
his
entrance
:
Oh
doe
not
deferre
this
purchase
to
the
time
to
come
,
for
one
minute
of
this
time
(
which
now
vainely
slydeth
from
thee
)
is
more
precious
,
then
the
Treasure
of
the
whole
world
.
Be
like
unto
a
wise
Marchant
,
Having
considered
thus
with
thy selfe
,
tell
mee
if
thou
hast
not
the
greater
reason
to
open
with
the
more
celerity
,
O
wretched
Soule
!
to
loose
such
a
Friend
,
Oh
unhappie
man
!
by
this
opposition
,
to
deprive
thy
selfe
of
all
Happines
:
for
what
greater
Happinesse
canst
thou
have
,
then
to
injoy
that
Fatherly
providence
by
which
God
preserveth
his
,
what
sweeter
Delights
,
then
the
Divine
Grace
,
the
Light
of
wisedome
,
the
consolations
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
the
Ioy
and
Peace
of
a
good
Conscience
,
the
good
event
of
Hope
,
the
true
liberty
of
the
Soule
,
the
inward
peace
of
the
Heart
,
to
bee
heard
in
Prayer
,
to
be
helped
in
Tribulations
,
to
be
provided
for
temporall
necessities
,
and
to
bee
ayded
and
to
taste
of
Heavenly
Comforts
in
death
:
whilst
I
seriously
meditate
upon
these
things
,
my
Soule
is
as
in
a
Rapture
,
me
thinkes
I
see
CHRIST
IESVS
comming
in
the
Clouds
,
with
thousand
of
Angels
about
him
,
the
Heavens
and
Earth
flying
away
at
his
presence
,
millions
of
damned
Soules
,
yelling
and
crying
to
the
Rocks
and
Mountaines
,
to
fall
upon
them
,
and
to
cover
them
,
from
the
fiercenesse
of
his
sight
;
The
Divels
quaking
and
trembling
expecting
the
denouncing
of
their
Torments
;
and
the
Ioyes
the
Godly
have
at
that
houre
:
For
as
it
is
a
day
of
horror
and
terror
to
the
Wicked
,
so
is
it
a
day
of
joy
and
gladnesse
to
the
godly
;
for
as
the
body
of
the
one
rests
in
the
earth
,
without
taste
of
those
miseries
it
hath
deserved
;
even
so
the
Righteous
,
by
this
sleepe
of
Death
,
is
deprived
of
this
blessednesse
in
their
body
,
untill
corruption
hath
put
on
incorruption
,
and
mortality
hath
put
on
immortality
;
and
that
they
are
wakened
by
the
sound
of
the
Trumpet
;
which
sūmoneth
them
to
appeare
before
CHRIST
;
when
then
their
soules
become
againe
reunited
to
their
bodyes
,
and
both
with
Ioy
,
beholds
the
face
of
God
,
not
as
their
Iudge
,
for
he
is
their
Brother
;
and
therefore
can
expect
from
him
,
nothing
but
mercy
;
he
hath
purchased
them
for
himselfe
,
with
no
meaner
a
〈◊〉
price
,
then
his
owne
precious
bloud
;
and
there
fore
,
must
needs
bee
to
him
acceptable
,
this
is
theyr
yeare
of
Iubilee
,
this
is
the
Marriage
of
the
Lambe
,
with
him
they
enter
,
Come
yee
blessed
of
my
Father
;
Whereas
,
if
thou
deferre
thy
Repentance
from
time
to
time
,
putting
farre
from
thee
the
evill
day
,
if
thou
doe
not
expect
the
comming
of
thy
Lord
,
but
become
drunken
,
and
fall
to
smiting
thy
fellow
Servants
,
if
thou
hide
thy
Talent
in
the
Earth
,
which
God
in
his
goodnesse
hath
bestowed
on
thee
to
better
uses
:
Thy
Lord
will
come
when
he
is
not
looked
for
,
V.
Comforts
for
the
weake
Christian
;
and
to
beware
of
Backesliding
.
OVR
most
subtle
malicious
Enemy
retayning
still
the
hatred
hee
bare
our
first
Parents
at
the
beginning
,
seeketh
to
bring
us
into
ever
lasting
Perdition
,
and
so
to
gaine
us
to
himselfe
by
one
meanes
or
other
;
to
a
man
nouzeled
in
Sinne
,
hee
useth
no
other
wayes
,
then
the
lulling
him
still
the
faster
asleepe
in
worldly
pleasures
;
the
Miser
he
perswadeth
still
to
covet
Riches
,
thereby
making
his
Gold
his
God
;
by
which
meanes
hee
filleth
up
the
measure
of
Wrath
against
the
day
of
Iudgement
:
the
Adulterer
hee
draweth
on
more
easily
,
by
the
delightsomnesse
of
the
sinne
,
telling
him
that
stolne
bread
is
sweet
,
Therefore
,
thou
O
man
I
that
wouldest
doe
the
good
thou
doest
not
,
but
through
the
deceiveablenesse
.
of
thy
flesh
standeth
loytering
,
and
with
SALOMONS
fluggard
cryeth
;
Yet
a
little
sleepe
,
a
little
slumber
;
a
wake
and
behold
CHRIST
comming
in
the
Clouds
.
Stand
up
and
gird
thy selfe
like
a
man
,
lift
up
thy
eye
of
Faith
and
behold
thy
Saviour
,
whose
merits
plead
for
thee
?
See
him
dying
for
thee
,
and
thereby
paying
thy
debts
?
See
thy
Iudge
a
just
one
,
and
therefore
will
not
require
that
againe
,
which
Christ
hath
already
satisfied
,
hee
hath
beheld
the
thoughts
of
thine
heart
,
and
found
thy
desires
,
are
to
serve
him
concerning
,
the
inward
Man
,
and
though
thou
didst
fall
into
sinnes
most
offensive
to
the
eyes
of
his
Divine
Maiesty
,
yet
hee
knowes
,
that
the
evill
thou
didst
hate
,
that
thou
didst
:
But
it
was
a
Law
in
thy
Members
that
ledde
thee
captive
to
the
Law
of
sin
:
Let
the
remembrances
of
these
Mercies
,
waken
thy
Soule
from
the
drowsinesse
of
Sinne
,
and
remember
who
hath
sayd
:
Awake
,
Let
not
thy
Faith
be
as
a
House
built
upon
the
Sands
,
which
will
shake
with
every
blast
of
Temptations
,
or
Afflictions
,
but
found
it
upon
the
Rocke
CHRIST
IESVS
;
against
which
,
whatsoever
beateth
shall
returne
with
a
greater
repulse
to
it selfe
,
as
not
being
able
to
move
it
;
and
having
once
attayned
this
perfection
,
take
heed
of
recoyling
,
for
CHRIST
sayth
;
He
that
layeth
hand
upon
the
Plough
and
looketh
backe
,
is
not
meet
for
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
.
What
though
the
way
to
Heaven
be
narrow
,
and
full
of
Difficulties
?
Wilt
thou
not
therefore
,
beeing
entred
,
perseuere
?
Who
would
wish
or
desire
to
walke
in
a
way
strowed
with
Roses
,
and
planted
with
divers
fragrant
Flowers
,
if
the
assured
end
of
it
be
death
;
and
who
would
refuse
a
rough
and
difficult
path
,
that
leadeth
unto
life
;
is
it
not
commonly
seene
,
that
many
men
to
attaine
to
Preferment
,
run
into
most
apparent
dangers
,
and
hazard
the
losse
of
theyr
life
;
(
nay
I
know
thou
wouldest
doe
it
thy selfe
)
and
shall
it
bee
troublesome
and
grievous
to
thee
,
to
doe
that
for
thy
Soule
,
which
thou
refuseth
not
to
doe
for
thy
Body
?
Shall
it
seeme
a
great
thing
unto
thee
,
to
suffer
a
little
trouble
heere
,
that
hereafter
thou
mayst
escape
eternall
torment
?
What
would
not
the
rich
covetous
man
buryed
in
Hell
,
willingly
doe
,
if
he
might
have
licence
to
come
into
the
World
againe
,
that
he
might
amend
his
errors
?
Is
it
meet
that
thou
shouldest
doe
lesse
now
,
then
he
would
doe
;
seeing
,
that
if
thou
dost
persever
in
thy
wickednesse
,
the
same
torments
remaine
for
thee
.
He
that
runneth
a
Race
leaveth
not
till
hee
come
to
the
Gole
;
So
run
as
you
may
obtaine
:
Remember
LOTS
Wife
,
who
looking
backe
became
a
Piller
of
Salt
;
so
take
heed
,
lest
thou
by
looking
backe
upon
the
vanities
of
this
life
,
forget
the
care
of
thy
Soule
,
commanded
thee
by
God
;
&
so
of
his
child
,
become
not
a
Piller
of
Salt
,
but
a
child
of
Perdition
;
a
man
having
much
riches
,
is
still
●●vetous
of
more
,
and
what
wealth
to
be
compared
to
the
Soule
?
A
thing
so
great
in
it selfe
;
that
what
gayneth
hee
,
that
getteth
the
whole
world
,
and
looseth
his
Soule
;
even
as
great
a
purchase
,
as
hee
,
who
having
with
much
Labour
and
great
charge
,
obtayned
a
precious
lewell
,
straight
giueth
it
for
a
trifle
.
Nay
,
were
it
so
,
it
were
the
lesse
,
for
that
were
but
the
undoing
of
the
body
,
this
the
losse
of
the
Soule
;
that
friends
againe
may
rayse
,
this
is
a
losse
irrecoverable
:
Wherefore
,
thinke
no
paynes
wearisome
,
no
labours
irksome
,
nor
any
troubles
grievous
,
to
attaine
true
happinesse
;
For
our
light
afflictions
,
VI.
That
Man
ought
to
bee
wonne
to
follow
Godlinesse
,
in
respect
of
the
Eternall
Happinesse
.
HAving
now
set
before
thee
,
These
things
beeing
thus
?
Why
shouldest
thou
O
man
!
delight
to
begge
,
and
live
of
Almes
,
when
thou
shalt
finde
such
aboundance
in
Heaven
,
looke
upon
thy selfe
and
consider
,
how
the
Lord
hath
bestowed
upon
thee
a
countenance
of
Majesty
,
with
thy
face
erected
towards
Heaven
,
and
thy
eye-lids
to
move
upwards
,
thereby
to
teach
thee
,
that
thou
wert
not
formed
,
to
spend
thy
dayes
in
the
moiling
cares
of
this
troublesome
world
,
but
to
aspire
to
that
true
Happines
,
that
maketh
all
the
other
Misery
.
Marke
the
Sea-mans
Needle
,
whose
nature
of
that
Iron
is
,
that
in
what
part
it
hath
touched
the
Loadstone
,
that
part
alwayes
looketh
towards
the
North
,
and
remaineth
unsetled
,
till
it
hath
found
the
Pole
:
even
so
hath
God
created
Man
,
and
hath
infused
into
him
a
naturall
inclination
and
readinesse
,
that
hee
should
alwayes
looke
to
his
Maker
,
as
to
the
Pole
and
onely
true
happines
.
When
the
Children
of
Jsrael
in
the
Wildernesse
,
were
stung
by
fiery
Serpents
,
none
could
live
,
but
those
,
that
looked
up
to
that
brazen
Serpent
,
which
MOSES
erected
;
so
no
man
beeing
stung
by
those
fiery
Serpents
of
sin
,
can
live
;
but
those
,
that
by
the
eye
of
Faith
looke
up
to
CHRIST
IESVS
,
beholding
him
,
dying
upon
the
Crosse
,
and
applying
his
death
and
merits
,
to
their
otherwise
deadly-wounded
Soule
,
whereby
that
Vlcer
is
cured
and
they
assured
of
life
.
After
ADAM
had
sinned
in
eating
the
forbidden
fruit
,
What
is
it
,
that
thou
canst
desire
heere
upon
Earth
,
that
thou
shalt
not
there
freely
possesse
?
If
thou
defirest
pleasures
,
lift
up
thy
heart
and
see
how
delightfull
that
Good
is
,
that
contayneth
in
it
,
the
delight
and
pleasure
of
all
good
things
?
If
this
life
created
doth
please
thee
,
how
much
more
shall
that
life
please
thee
,
which
hath
created
all
things
?
If
health
given
make
thee
merry
,
how
much
more
shall
he
make
thee
merry
,
that
giveth
all
health
?
If
the
knowledge
of
the
Creatures
bee
sweet
,
how
much
more
sweeter
shall
the
Creator
himselfe
be
?
if
beauty
bee
acceptable
unto
thee
,
it
is
he
,
at
whose
beauty
,
the
Sunne
and
Moone
admire
;
the
glory
of
which
,
was
so
great
,
that
when
MOSES
went
up
to
the
Mount
,
though
he
saw
but
the
hinder
part
thereof
,
his
Face
became
so
bright
and
shining
,
that
the
Israelites
could
not
behold
him
;
what
should
I
stand
longer
to
set
forth
the
beauty
of
that
,
which
if
I
had
the
tongue
of
Men
and
Angels
,
I
could
not
doe
;
for
as
the
Apostle
fayth
;
Wilt
thou
then
choose
with
the
Prodigall
Sonne
,
to
eate
Huskes
with
the
Swine
,
rather
than
to
returne
home
to
thy
Heavenly
Father
,
will
not
all
these
delights
move
thee
,
nor
cause
thee
to
desire
it
;
it
may
bee
thou
art
timerous
,
knowing
thy
owne
unworthinesse
;
but
bee
incouraged
by
the
words
of
thy
Saviour
,
who
seeing
thy
faint
heartednesse
,
sayth
:
Feare
not
little
flocke
,
Canst
thou
now
have
any
doubts
or
waverings
in
thy
Mind
?
Repayre
unto
him
,
and
in
true
humility
of
Soule
confesse
thy selfe
unto
him
,
and
say
;
Father
I
have
sinned
against
Heaven
and
against
thee
,
and
I
am
no
more
worthy
to
bee
called
thy
Sonne
:
This
done
,
doubt
not
but
hee
will
imbrace
thee
in
the
Armes
of
his
Mercy
,
the
Ring
and
Robe
shall
be
brought
,
and
the
fatted
Calfe
shall
be
kild
:
for
there
is
more
joy
in
Heaven
,
over
one
sinner
that
repenteth
,
than
of
ninety
and
nine
just
persons
:
It
is
a
place
prepared
for
thee
,
before
the
Foundations
of
the
World
were
layd
.
O
happy
Soule
!
that
art
made
possessor
of
this
blessednesse
!
How
art
thou
able
to
behold
any
thing
in
this
life
,
with
true
contentment
,
having
seriously
beheld
this
;
though
thou
didst
dayly
suffer
torments
,
if
for
a
long
time
thou
didst
indure
Hell
it selfe
,
so
that
at
the
length
thou
mightest
see
CHRIST
in
his
glory
,
and
injoy
this
blessednesse
,
and
haue
society
with
the
Saints
;
were
it
not
worthy
all
Sufferings
?
All
Bitternes
?
and
all
Crosses
,
that
thou
mightest
be
partaker
of
all
this
good
.
At
last
,
what
though
the
world
account
not
of
thee
,
but
deride
thee
for
thy
vertuous
living
?
Remember
ELIZEVS
the
Prophet
of
the
Lord
,
who
was
mocked
and
called
Bald-head
,
in
contempt
;
Resolve
with
thy selfe
,
no
sooner
to
enter
into
the
path
of
Godlinesse
,
but
such
is
the
malitiousnesse
of
thy
Mortall
Enemie
,
that
hee
will
set
his
members
in
the
way
agaiust
thee
;
that
if
it
bee
possible
,
they
may
hinder
thy
proceedings
,
and
turne
thee
backe
againe
into
the
broad
way
of
Errors
,
that
leadeth
to
destruction
.
No
sooner
did
SAVL
Prophesie
,
but
the
wicked
and
the
men
of
BELIAL
,
had
him
in
derision
,
who
better
affected
,
then
PAVL
the
Apostle
,
whilst
he
remayned
a
Persecutor
of
CHRIST
in
his
members
,
and
carried
with
him
the
authority
of
the
High
Priests
,
to
strengthen
his
proceedings
;
but
no
sooner
was
he
converted
,
but
how
many
enimies
had
he
,
which
streight
sought
his
destruction
,
hayling
him
to
Prisons
,
to
Scourging
,
and
to
Stonings
to
death
.
Yet
so
farre
were
they
from
being
disheartned
by
this
,
as
that
they
reioyced
that
they
were
counted
worthy
to
suffer
for
the
name
of
CHRIST
.
When
we
enter
into
Baptisme
,
we
professe
to
become
CHRISTS
souldiers
,
and
to
fight
vnder
his
banner
;
and
is
it
the
part
of
a
Souldier
,
to
flye
at
the
first
onset
,
he
that
indureth
to
the
end
,
gaineth
not
onely
the
honour
,
but
the
reward
;
nay
,
the
fiercer
the
assault
is
,
the
more
we
ought
to
oppose
our selues
against
it
,
and
though
through
the
roughnes
of
the
incounter
,
we
may
thinke
we
haue
the
worst
,
yet
if
with
patience
wee
striue
to
perseuer
,
our
Captaine
CHRIST
IESVS
will
be
at
hand
to
helpe
vs
,
for
carefull
is
he
of
his
owne
,
as
his
owne
mouth
testifieth
;
when
he
saith
,
to
his
Father
,
All
thou
hast
giuen
me
,
I
haue
kept
,
and
none
of
them
is
lost
.
Let
all
these
proofes
arme
thy
minde
,
to
be
resolute
in
going
on
in
goodnes
,
till
thou
attaine
the
end
where
thou
shalt
gaine
the
reward
of
thy
abours
,
and
take
with
theel
,
the
Counsell
of
the
Philosopher
HERMES
,
who
sayth
,
It
is
better
,
to
suffer
shame
for
vertuous
dealing
,
then
to
win
honour
by
vicious
living
.
When
SALOMON
had
builded
the
Teinple
and
sanctified
it
,
none
might
enter
into
Sanctum
Sanctorum
,
the
holiest
of
all
,
but
the
Priest
onely
.
So
none
can
enter
into
this
Kingdome
,
which
is
the
true
Sanctum
Sanctorum
;
but
those
who
haue
by
a
Religious
course
of
life
,
put
off
the
vanities
of
this
world
,
and
cloathed
themselves
with
the
Robe
of
CHRISTS
Righteousnesse
,
whereby
they
are
Consecrated
&
made
fit
to
enter
.
When
the
Children
of
Jsraell
were
in
the
Wildernes
,
they
were
commanded
every
day
to
gather
.
Manna
,
but
on
the
Sabboth
they
that
went
to
gather
,
found
none
for
that
they
were
on
the
Even
to
provide
for
that
day
:
so
fayle
not
thou
euery
day
of
thy
life
,
to
gather
this
Manna
,
the
food
of
thy
soule
,
and
to
lay
vp
in
store
against
this
day
of
thy
rest
,
least
when
thou
hopest
to
find
,
thou
become
frustrate
,
and
so
thy
soule
starue
with
want
thereof
,
feede
not
thy selfe
with
hopes
of
entertainement
,
vnlesse
thou
haue
furnished
thy selfe
with
the
wedding
garment
,
neither
thinke
to
passe
with
one
that
is
counterfeit
,
though
neuer
so
neare
the
colour
;
for
if
it
be
not
found
the
right
one
,
thou
shalt
be
taken
and
bound
hand
and
foot
,
and
cast
into
utter
darkenesse
;
therefore
it
is
that
the
Apostle
sayth
,
Examine
your selves
whither
yee
be
in
the
Faith
,
There
are
many
,
nay
most
that
vnderstanding
the
infinitnesee
of
the
happines
of
this
place
,
that
with
BALAAM
will
desire
to
dye
the
death
of
the
Righteous
,
A
man
who
hath
beene
long
kept
from
his
father
and
mother
,
wife
or
children
,
by
imprisonment
,
being
once
at
liberty
,
and
entred
on
his
lourney
toward
them
,
regardeth
not
neither
the
length
of
the
way
,
the
wearisomnes
of
his
owne
steps
,
nor
the
dangerousnes
of
the
places
he
is
to
passe
,
but
goeth
on
with
chearefulnesse
and
longings
,
till
he
attaine
the
end
,
and
as
a
spurre
to
whet
on
his
speed
,
placeth
before
the
eye
of
his
remembrance
the
sweete
content
hee
shall
finde
at
meeting
,
can
these
earthly
delights
cause
a
man
to
vndergoe
so
many
difficulties
,
and
shall
not
the
delights
which
God
hath
prepared
for
his
and
whereof
I
haue
giuen
thee
a
glimpse
,
cause
thee
with
much
more
feruencie
,
to
long
to
attaine
to
this
place
of
happinesse
,
and
setting
a
part
all
hinderances
whatsoever
,
six
thy
eye
of
Faith
vpon
those
vnspeakeable
pleasures
which
thy
soule
shall
then
gayne
,
&
in
Ioy
when
thou
shalt
meete
with
God
thy
Father
,
Christ
Iesus
thy
Brother
and
Sauiour
,
who
hath
by
the
infinitenes
of
his
love
espoused
thee
vnto
himselfe
;
and
made
the
possessor
of
Heauen
,
where
thou
shalt
as
sayth
Saint
AVGVST
.
imbrace
a
certaine
imbracing
aboue
all
imbracings
.
Thou
shalt
find
a
sweetnes
aboue
all
sweetnesse
,
thou
shalt
see
alight
aboue
all
lights
,
thou
shalt
smell
a
sauour
aboue
all
savours
,
most
delectable
,
thou
shalt
heare
a
voyce
aboue
all
voyces
for
rarenes
,
for
that
voyce
doth
sound
where
no
ayre
doth
moue
it
,
this
light
doth
shine
,
where
no
place
doth
receiue
it
,
this
savour
doth
smell
where
no
blast
doth
carry
it
,
and
this
imbrace
is
there
touched
,
where
it
is
not
sundred
;
to
conclude
if
thou
desirest
to
inioy
all
blessednesse
,
and
to
escape
all
kinde
of
punishments
,
tribulations
,
and
miseries
,
there
thou
shalt
find
libertie
&
freedome
from
them
all
.
The
God
of
our
Lord
IESVS
CHRIST
,
the
Father
of
Glory
,
give
vnto
vs
,
the
spirit
of
wisdome
&
knowledge
of
him
,
that
the
eyes
of
our
vnderstanding
being
inlightned
,
we
may
know
,
what
is
the
hope
of
his
calling
,
and
what
the
Riches
of
the
Glory
of
the
inheritance
of
his
Saints
,
Amen
.