A
Touch-stone
,
WHEREBY
a
good
Christian
may
be
knowen
from
a
Counterfet
.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
fall
of
our
first
parents
,
and
the
miserable
seruitude
of
mankinde
vnder
sinne
and
Satan
by
meanes
thereof
.
GOD
hauing
aforehand
prouided
all
things
needful
for
the
vse
of
man
,
formed
Adams
body
of
the
dust
of
the
earth
,
and
breathed
in
his
face
the
breath
of
life
.
Who
being
thus
made
God
took
(
as
the
Scripture
saith
)
Gen.
2.
15.
and
put
in
the
garden
of
Eden
.
So
then
,
Adam
made
out
of
Paradise
.
by
right
of
creation
Adam
could
not
challenge
Paradise
for
an
habitation
:
only
that
which
placed
him
in
the
earthly
Paradise
,
is
the
same
,
which
shall
place
vs
in
the
heauenly
,
namely
,
the
free
mercie
of
God
.
At
this
time
man
was
in
blessed
estate
:
for
being
made
after
the
likenes
of
his
maker
(
a
better
patterne
than
which
,
I
doe
not
know
)
hee
had
all
things
put
vnder
his
feet
,
Psal
.
8.
All
sheepe
and
oxen
,
yea
and
the
beasts
of
the
field
,
the
fowles
of
the
aire
,
and
the
fish
of
the
sea
,
and
that
which
passeth
thorow
the
pathes
of
the
seas
.
In
a
word
,
God
made
him
to
haue
dominion
ouer
the
workes
of
his
hands
:
but
yet
,
to
the
end
he
might
know
himselfe
to
be
vnder
his
Creator
,
howsoeuer
hee
were
aboue
the
other
creatures
,
it
pleased
God
to
giue
him
a
Law
,
and
to
forbid
him
the
eating
of
one
tree
in
the
garden
,
called
by
name
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
;
permitting
him
neuerthelesse
freely
to
eat
of
al
the
rest
,
among
which
was
the
tree
of
life
.
Of
the
tree
of
life
.
The
tree
of
life
(
as
it
is
thought
)
was
so
called
,
either
because
the
fruit
of
it
would
preserue
a
mans
life
,
as
medicines
doe
:
or
else
,
because
it
was
a
signe
only
vnto
Adam
;
that
whiles
he
did
eat
thereof
,
hee
should
liue
.
And
to
this
opinion
of
the
two
I
rather
incline
:
for
there
is
no
more
reason
,
wherefore
I
should
thinke
,
that
this
tree
would
preserue
a
mans
life
,
than
the
other
would
cause
him
to
know
good
&
euill
,
which
no
man
(
that
I
know
)
doth
imagine
.
Of
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
.
The
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
(
as
it
is
thought
)
was
so
called
,
because
it
was
a
signe
vnto
our
first
parents
,
that
whensoeuer
they
did
eat
thereof
,
they
should
procure
vnto
themselues
the
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
:
but
what
is
meant
by
these
words
,
I
haue
not
certainly
to
affirme
.
Some
are
of
opinion
,
that
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
is
all
one
with
the
tree
of
wisdome
,
according
as
Iosephus
calleth
it
?
Antiq
.
lib
.
1.
cap
.
3.
But
true
wisdome
(
it
seemeth
)
Adam
neuer
wanted
before
his
fall
:
for
Christ
the
second
Adam
came
to
restore
that
,
which
wee
lost
by
the
first
;
and
wee
see
,
that
such
as
being
truly
regenerate
,
doe
most
resemble
Adam
in
his
state
of
innocencie
,
of
all
others
are
most
godly
wise
,
and
therefore
most
truly
wise
.
Surely
,
God
made
man
at
the
first
like
vnto
himselfe
,
and
if
in
other
things
,
no
doubt
in
wisdome
too
:
but
when
man
,
not
content
with
Gods
workmanship
,
would
needs
make
himselfe
after
his
likenesse
;
we
finde
,
that
God
clothed
him
in
beasts
skinnes
,
as
indeed
being
now
become
more
like
vnto
them
:
for
euery
man
(
saith
the
Prophet
)
Ier
.
10.
14.
is
a
beast
by
his
owne
knowledge
.
This
exposition
then
I
can
by
no
meanes
allow
:
and
for
mine
owne
part
I
rather
thinke
,
that
by
the
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
is
meant
the
knowledge
or
experience
of
happinesse
and
miserie
;
Or
else
:
That
it
was
good
to
obey
God
;
and
euill
,
to
disobey
him
.
as
,
that
Adam
and
Eue
,
who
before
knew
what
happinesse
was
,
and
had
experience
thereof
,
should
after
their
eating
know
what
miserie
was
,
and
haue
experience
thereof
likewise
.
In
this
sense
good
and
euill
are
vsually
taken
:
and
we
finde
,
that
presently
after
their
eating
,
Gen.
3.
7.
the
eies
of
them
both
were
opened
,
and
they
knew
that
they
were
naked
.
The
knowledge
then
,
which
our
first
parents
procured
vnto
themselues
,
was
,
tha●
they
were
naked
,
and
in
a
shamefull
and
miserable
estate
.
Thus
now
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
is
all
one
with
the
tree
of
death
:
and
indeed
God
told
them
plainly
,
that
whensoeuer
they
did
eat
thereof
,
they
should
die
the
death
;
and
not
in
obscure
termes
,
that
they
should
know
good
and
euill
.
But
the
reason
,
wherefore
it
pleased
God
to
call
it
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
rather
than
the
tree
of
death
(
as
hee
did
call
the
other
plainly
,
the
tree
of
life
)
may
be
,
that
so
hee
might
make
greater
triall
of
their
obedience
:
for
otherwise
they
would
neuer
haue
beene
perswaded
,
that
by
eating
they
should
haue
gotten
any
good
;
whereas
now
they
were
in
hope
of
obtaining
some
great
matter
thereby
.
Neither
are
we
to
thinke
,
that
God
then
was
the
cause
of
their
sinne
,
seeing
hee
did
not
call
it
the
tree
of
death
,
and
moreouer
made
it
pleasant
to
the
sight
,
and
placed
it
in
the
middest
of
the
garden
neere
to
the
tree
of
life
Gen.
2.
9.
(
for
indeed
,
the
forbidden
fruit
was
not
only
pleasant
to
their
eies
,
but
alwaies
in
their
eies
too
,
euen
as
it
is
likewise
now
a
daies
with
vs
:
)
no
more
,
than
if
a
master
hauing
laid
a
purse
of
gold
in
some
open
place
,
should
be
the
cause
of
his
seruants
sinne
,
if
he
did
steale
it
;
for
the
master
did
it
to
make
triall
of
his
seruant
,
and
so
did
God
of
his
seruants
Adam
and
Eue
,
which
our
owne
reason
being
iudge
he
might
well
doe
.
For
otherwise
,
since
Adams
eating
of
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
wee
are
become
so
wise
in
our
own
conceits
,
that
vnlesse
wee
know
a
reason
of
Gods
doings
,
we
will
hardly
be
perswaded
that
hee
was
altogether
blamelesse
,
especially
in
this
matte●
which
we
haue
in
hand
,
concerning
the
fall
of
our
first
parents
▪
Now
,
that
which
I
thinke
of
both
the
trees
,
is
briefly
thus
▪
The
tree
of
life
was
so
called
,
because
it
was
a
signe
vnto
them
,
that
whiles
they
did
eat
thereof
,
they
should
liue
:
but
their
obedience
in
keeping
Gods
commandement
,
and
not
any
vertue
in
the
tree
,
was
the
cause
that
they
should
liue
.
Againe
,
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
euill
,
or
in
plainer
termes
(
as
I
thinke
)
the
tree
of
death
,
was
a
signe
vnto
them
,
that
when
they
did
eat
thereof
,
they
should
die
:
but
their
disobedience
in
breaking
Gods
commandement
,
and
not
any
thing
in
the
tree
,
was
the
cause
of
their
miserie
and
death
.
Of
this
tree
(
as
thou
hast
heard
)
God
forbade
them
to
eat
:
but
the
Deuill
,
partly
(
as
it
seemeth
)
enuying
their
happinesse
;
partly
bearing
them
no
good
will
,
because
they
resembled
God
his
vtter
aduersarie
;
Gen.
3.
1.
tempted
the
woman
by
word
of
mouth
,
as
hee
did
our
Sauiour
Christ
Matt
.
4.
3.
(
for
before
sinne
he
could
not
happily
suggest
euil
thoghts
to
her
minde
)
and
that
he
might
the
sooner
preuaile
,
spake
in
a
serpent
vnto
her
.
Some
are
of
opinion
▪
that
it
was
not
a
serpent
indeed
,
and
that
by
this
name
the
Deuill
himselfe
is
meant
,
whom
elsewhere
we
finde
called
an
old
serpent
.
Reuel
.
12.
But
their
opinion
I
cannot
approoue
,
and
that
for
these
reasons
.
First
,
because
it
is
said
;
Gen.
3.
1.
The
serpent
was
wiser
than
any
beast
of
the
field
,
which
the
Lord
God
had
made
.
For
to
speake
thus
of
the
Deuill
would
seeme
very
strange
:
and
as
concerning
the
wisdome
of
this
beast
aboue
others
,
wee
haue
that
saying
in
the
Gospell
,
Matt
.
10.
Be
ye
wise
as
serpents
,
and
innocent
as
doues
.
Secondly
,
God
telleth
the
serpent
,
that
hee
shall
go
vpon
his
bellie
,
as
we
know
his
seed
doth
:
and
moreouer
,
shall
eat
dust
,
(
such
as
Adams
bodie
was
made
of
)
which
seemeth
to
be
serpents
food
,
Mic.
7.
17.
They
shall
licke
the
dust
like
a
serpent
.
Thirdly
,
it
is
said
,
Hee
shall
wound
thine
head
,
&
thou
shalt
wound
his
heele
.
Which
words
,
howsoeuer
they
haue
a
mysticall
signification
,
and
are
a
prophecie
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
;
yet
may
they
also
(
I
thinke
)
bee
literally
vnderstood
:
for
the
serpent
being
set
to
goe
on
his
belly
,
is
ready
prepared
as
it
were
to
hurt
a
mans
heele
,
comming
for
feare
priuily
behinde
him
;
and
a
man
with
his
foot
to
tread
vpon
his
head
,
as
who
can
master
him
,
though
his
comming
be
knowen
.
A
serpent
then
it
was
,
I
am
fully
persuaded
:
and
if
any
doubt
,
whether
the
Deuill
were
the
chiefe
Agent
in
this
businesse
,
seeing
there
is
no
mention
made
of
him
;
let
them
consider
that
the
Scripture
attributeth
vnto
him
the
destruction
of
mankind
,
and
for
this
cause
(
as
I
take
it
)
our
Sauiour
calleth
him
a
murtherer
from
the
beginning
.
Ioh
.
8.
Againe
,
the
serpent
speaketh
,
and
in
such
sort
,
as
if
he
had
the
vse
of
reason
:
which
of
himselfe
(
I
thinke
)
he
could
not
,
no
more
than
Balaams
asse
could
;
Num
.
22
It
is
worth
the
noting
that
the
Deuill
abused
the
wisest
bea●…
to
tempt
●…
sinne
:
an●…
God
vsed
the
simplest
bea●…
to
reprou●…
for
sinning
.
for
we
do
not
read
,
that
God
tooke
away
either
his
speech
or
his
reason
,
and
yet
none
of
his
seed
can
so
much
as
speake
.
Moreouer
,
no
creature
(
I
thinke
)
bare
man
euill
will
:
and
God
saith
,
that
they
were
all
very
good
.
But
this
serpent
tempteth
man
to
sinne
,
and
also
belyeth
God
himselfe
:
for
God
knoweth
(
saith
he
)
that
yee
shall
be
as
Gods
.
Whereas
contrariwise
God
knew
,
that
they
should
be
as
Deuils
:
but
this
was
,
to
the
end
they
might
haue
a
bad
opinion
of
him
,
as
though
knowing
the
fruit
to
be
good
for
them
,
of
malice
he
forbad
them
to
eat
thereof
,
lest
happily
they
should
be
equall
to
himselfe
.
These
reasons
haue
induced
me
to
thinke
(
as
before
I
said
)
that
the
Deuill
spake
in
a
serpent
:
and
if
a
Rauen
,
A
Rauen
saluted
the
people
of
Rome
.
Plin
.
lib
.
19.
Parret
,
or
the
like
being
taught
,
can
so
mooue
his
tongue
,
as
that
hee
vttereth
plainly
some
sentences
:
wherefore
should
it
seem
an
hard
matter
for
the
Deuil
being
a
spirit
,
so
to
mooue
the
tongue
of
the
serpent
,
as
that
it
should
speake
,
what
hee
would
haue
it
?
Againe
,
it
must
not
seem
very
strange
,
though
God
gaue
the
Deuill
so
much
power
ouer
the
serpent
,
that
whereas
by
himselfe
he
tempted
Christ
,
by
it
he
should
tempt
the
woman
:
for
we
●ee
,
that
hee
daily
abuseth
Gods
good
creatures
to
the
same
end
,
though
not
in
the
same
manner
.
God
suffered
not
the
Deuill
to
cause
the
serpent
to
sting
man
,
or
any
wayes
to
hurt
him
;
To
tempt
,
is
not
to
hurt
:
for
Christ
was
tempted
,
but
not
hurt
.
1.
Cor
.
15
for
God
bare
a
fauour
vnto
Adam
,
as
bearing
his
owne
image
:
and
whereas
by
means
of
the
serpent
the
sting
of
death
was
fastned
in
him
,
he
himselfe
was
wholly
to
blame
;
for
Adam
might
haue
resisted
the
temptation
,
howsoeuer
the
other
,
being
without
reason
,
and
not
knowing
what
hee
did
,
could
not
chuse
but
tempt
.
It
was
not
sin
in
the
serpent
,
wanting
reason
,
to
tempt
:
no
more
,
than
it
was
a
vertue
in
the
asse
to
reproue
.
Vertue
and
vice
befall
not
beasts
.
If
any
heere
aske
:
wherfore
then
was
God
angry
with
the
serpent
?
I
answer
,
that
if
I
had
a
Parret
,
which
being
taught
,
did
speake
blasphemous
words
against
God
;
though
I
were
more
offended
with
his
instructer
,
yet
could
I
not
be
well
pleased
with
him
;
and
though
hee
knew
not
what
he
spake
,
yet
would
I
cause
his
head
to
be
pulled
off
,
thereby
to
shew
my
hatred
towards
blasphemie
.
Moreouer
,
Gods
iudgments
are
a
depth
without
bottome
:
Rom.
9.
hath
not
the
Potter
power
ouer
the
clay
,
to
dispose
of
it
at
his
pleasure
?
Pry
not
then
too
curiously
into
Gods
wayes
,
for
they
are
past
finding
out
:
and
know
this
for
certaine
,
that
the
Iudge
of
all
the
world
will
doe
right
vnto
euery
creature
.
The
Deuil
now
assaulting
the
woman
in
the
absence
of
her
husband
,
first
asketh
her
this
question
:
Gen.
3.
1.
Yea
,
hath
God
indeed
said
,
Yee
shall
not
eat
of
euery
tree
of
the
garden
?
Vnto
whom
she
answered
:
Wee
eat
of
the
fruit
of
the
trees
of
the
garden
.
But
of
the
fruit
of
the
tree
which
is
in
the
middes
of
the
garden
,
God
hath
said
,
Yee
shall
not
eat
of
it
,
neither
touch
it
(
and
therin
said
more
than
we
finde
God
did
,
for
hee
did
not
forbid
touching
)
lest
peradventure
yee
dye
(
and
therein
said
lesse
)
for
God
said
,
they
should
dye
without
any
peradventure
.
The
Deuill
then
,
being
like
the
serpent
out
of
whom
he
spake
,
hauing
thus
gotten
in
his
head
,
and
made
the
woman
to
hearken
vnto
him
,
easily
brought
in
his
whole
bodie
:
for
he
had
no
sooner
said
,
Yee
shall
not
dye
at
all
;
when
presently
the
woman
was
perswaded
to
eat
,
and
being
more
forwardly
with
her
husband
,
than
the
serpent
was
with
her
,
gaue
vnto
him
,
and
he
did
eat
likewise
.
Although
it
seemeth
very
strange
,
that
Adam
resembling
God
in
wisdome
,
did
not
rather
reprooue
his
wife
,
than
so
rashly
follow
her
example
.
And
forasmuch
as
it
may
seeme
an
vnreasonable
matter
to
reasonable
men
,
that
God
should
be
so
much
displeased
for
the
eating
of
an
apple
,
or
such
like
:
we
are
to
know
,
that
vnder
this
sinne
,
others
also
are
couched
.
As
first
,
infidelitie
or
distrust
of
Gods
goodnesse
:
and
we
see
,
that
a
good
meaning
man
taketh
no
iniurie
so
much
to
heart
,
as
when
such
,
whom
hee
hath
done
well
for
,
haue
a
bad
opinion
of
him
,
as
though
he
were
their
enemie
.
Secondly
,
there
was
pride
,
in
that
not
content
with
the
estate
wherein
God
had
placed
them
,
they
would
needs
better
it
against
his
will
.
And
were
it
onely
a
bare
breach
of
Gods
commandement
,
without
either
distrust
or
pride
adioyned
thereunto
:
we
know
,
that
a
subiect
,
especially
of
the
meaner
sort
,
were
something
to
blame
,
if
he
durst
pull
an
apple
in
his
Princes
garden
,
being
aforehand
forbidden
so
to
doe
.
It
was
then
a
fault
in
Adam
:
and
●oth
not
our
owne
reason
now
●each
vs
,
that
by
how
much
he
is
greater
against
whom
an
offence
is
committed
,
by
so
much
the
offence
is
greater
,
and
deserueth
greater
punishment
?
Gods
greatnesse
then
being
infinite
,
Adams
fault
was
no
lesse
,
our
owne
reason
being
iudge
.
Thus
haue
I
laid
before
thine
eyes
the
grieuousnesse
of
this
sin
:
which
I
counsell
thee
alwaies
to
haue
in
minde
.
For
I
nothing
doubt
,
but
God
by
this
their
sin
in
the
beginning
,
would
haue
vs
learne
euer
after
,
how
he
esteemeth
of
euery
sinne
,
be
it
but
the
eating
of
an
apple
against
his
commandement
.
For
consider
,
it
was
not
murther
,
it
was
not
adulterie
,
nor
any
such
like
;
but
onely
the
eating
of
an
apple
one
time
:
and
yet
by
reason
of
Gods
greatnesse
this
sinne
deserued
euerlasting
damnation
,
according
vnto
reason
it selfe
,
howsoeuer
many
not
well
considering
the
matter
,
doe
thinke
the
contrary
.
Of
the
punishment
for
eating
the
forbidden
fruit
:
God
then
being
iustly
displeased
with
our
first
Parents
,
thrust
them
out
of
Paradise
,
lest
eating
of
the
tree
of
life
they
should
liue
euermore
.
For
although
,
had
the
tree
vertue
to
preserue
mans
life
,
God
might
haue
bereaued
it
thereof
at
his
pleasure
:
yet
,
if
God
gaue
it
for
a
signe
vnto
them
,
that
whiles
they
did
eat
thereof
,
they
should
liue
;
eating
thereof
they
must
needs
liue
,
seeing
God
is
truth
and
cannot
lye
.
That
therefore
they
,
and
their
posteritie
(
as
taking
substance
from
them
)
might
now
taste
of
death
,
not
onely
temporarie
,
but
euerlasting
too
Except
yee
●at
the
●…
esh
,
&
c
.
●oh
.
6.
53.
(
excepting
those
alone
,
which
since
haue
fed
on
Christ
)
they
were
sent
forth
into
this
cursed
earth
:
where
,
how
many
miseries
both
they
and
wee
haue
sustained
,
experience
doth
better
teach
,
than
I
am
able
.
Not
to
stand
then
vpon
bodily
calamities
,
as
pertaining
nothing
to
our
purpose
,
and
which
all
of
themselues
doe
easily
perceiue
:
know
,
that
euery
mothers
child
may
now
say
,
as
the
Prophet
Dauid
doth
,
Psal
.
51.
I
was
borne
in
iniquitie
,
and
in
sinne
hath
my
mother
conceiued
me
.
So
that
by
nature
,
assoone
as
we
haue
any
being
,
wee
are
hatefull
in
the
sight
of
God
:
euen
as
a
young
wolfe
,
or
other
harmefull
beast
,
is
in
our
eyes
;
whom
wee
doe
hate
,
not
for
the
hurt
he
hath
already
done
;
but
because
we
know
his
nature
to
be
such
,
that
when
he
commeth
to
yeeres
,
he
will
doe
harme
,
if
occasion
bee
offered
.
Our
knowledge
of
God
and
goodnesse
is
cleane
gone
,
1.
Cor
.
2.
for
the
naturall
man
perceiueth
not
the
things
of
the
spirit
of
God
;
yea
,
so
foolish
are
wee
and
ignorant
,
Psal
.
73.
euen
as
beasts
before
him
.
If
we
had
knowledge
to
doe
good
,
yet
were
there
no
will
:
if
will
,
then
wanted
wee
power
;
Philip
.
2.
For
it
is
God
that
worketh
in
vs
,
both
the
will
and
the
deed
,
euen
of
his
good
pleasure
.
Nay
,
so
far
are
we
from
knowing
,
or
willing
,
or
doing
that
which
pleaseth
God
,
that
of
our selues
wee
cannot
so
much
as
thinke
a
good
thought
;
for
,
2.
Cor
.
3.
Gen.
6.
5.
all
the
imaginations
(
and
not
some
onely
)
of
thoughts
of
mans
heart
are
wholly
euill
continually
(
and
not
onely
for
a
time
.
)
In
a
word
,
by
nature
we
are
no
better
than
filthy
styes
(
as
it
were
)
of
that
vncleane
spirit
the
Deuill
:
our
wils
being
so
wholly
linked
vnto
his
will
,
that
hee
no
sooner
biddeth
vs
goe
,
but
wee
goe
;
come
,
but
we
come
;
doe
this
,
but
as
obedient
seruants
,
or
rather
willing
slaues
,
we
are
ready
to
doe
it
out
of
hand
.
And
in
this
miserable
estate
wee
all
continue
,
as
vtterly
vnable
to
helpe
our selues
;
vntill
it
pleaseth
God
of
his
free
mercy
in
his
sonne
Christ
the
second
Adam
,
to
send
downe
his
holy
Spirit
into
our
hearts
,
who
driuing
the
vncleane
Spirit
out
of
his
possession
,
taketh
vp
his
lodging
there
,
and
regenerateth
,
or
causeth
vs
to
become
new
creatures
.
This
God
doth
vnto
some
at
one
time
and
vnto
others
at
another
;
as
our
Sauiour
sheweth
in
the
Gospell
by
Saint
Matthew
.
Mat
.
20
There
hee
likeneth
God
to
an
householder
,
which
goeth
out
at
the
dawning
of
the
day
to
hire
labourers
into
his
vineyard
:
and
againe
,
about
the
third
,
sixth
,
ninth
,
and
eleuenth
houre
,
which
is
the
last
houre
in
the
day
saue
one
.
For
the
Iewes
parted
the
time
between
sunne-rising
and
sunne-set
into
twelue
parts
,
were
the
day
longer
or
shorter
:
and
when
the
sunne
had
been
vp
one
part
of
the
twelue
,
they
called
that
,
the
first
houre
:
and
when
it
lacked
but
one
part
of
going
downe
,
they
called
that
,
the
eleuenth
houre
.
The
meaning
now
of
this
parable
is
,
that
God
calleth
men
effectually
by
his
holy
Spirit
vnto
amendment
of
life
;
some
being
very
young
,
at
the
first
houre
of
the
day
;
others
,
at
twenty
,
forty
,
threescore
,
yea
fourescore
yeeres
of
age
,
or
vpward
;
when
the
sunne
beginneth
to
set
,
when
their
liues
begin
to
●…
d
,
and
they
are
ready
to
goe
vnderground
.
But
now
,
it
shall
suffice
for
our
purpose
to
make
two
sorts
onely
;
and
to
say
,
that
God
sanctifieth
some
,
before
they
come
to
yeeres
of
discretion
;
and
others
after
they
come
to
some
age
.
Those
,
of
whom
the
holy
Ghost
tooke
possession
,
that
he
might
dwell
in
them
(
as
the
Apostle
speaketh
)
1.
Cor
.
3.
before
they
come
to
yeeres
of
discretion
;
can
hardly
know
by
the
time
before
,
or
when
hee
tooke
possession
,
that
he
is
in
the
house
.
For
being
not
past
fourteene
yeeres
of
age
or
thereabout
,
they
had
not
discretion
to
marke
any
alteration
in
themselues
:
and
moreouer
,
seeing
they
were
not
long
accustomed
to
the
vanities
of
the
world
,
they
found
happily
no
great
difficultie
to
leaue
and
forsake
them
.
But
these
being
(
I
thinke
)
few
in
number
,
may
know
it
by
the
whole
course
of
their
liues
since
,
of
which
I
will
speake
anon
.
Those
,
in
whose
hearts
the
holy
Ghost
tooke
vp
his
lodging
after
they
came
to
some
yeeres
,
may
know
by
the
manner
of
their
liues
before
,
by
the
manner
of
their
liues
when
,
and
by
the
manner
of
their
liues
since
hee
entred
,
that
the
Comforter
is
there
abiding
.
CHAP.
II
.
Of
the
manner
of
our
liues
,
before
we
become
the
Temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
BEfore
the
spirit
of
God
dwelleth
in
a
man
,
hee
shall
haue
trouble
of
minde
,
and
his
conscience
will
bee
much
disquieted
.
For
the
holy
Ghost
vseth
the
word
of
God
(
called
by
S.
Paul
,
the
sword
of
the
Spirit
)
as
a
means
to
expell
the
vncleane
Spirit
out
of
his
dwelling
place
.
The
holy
Ghosts
weapon
.
Ephes
.
6.
This
sword
of
the
Spirit
hath
edges
on
both
sides
:
Reuel
.
1.
this
word
of
God
containeth
in
it
,
both
threatnings
of
death
and
damnation
against
the
wicked
,
and
promises
of
mercie
and
saluation
vnto
those
,
which
repent
from
the
bottome
of
their
hearts
,
and
will
not
suffer
the
Deuill
to
haue
either
vpper
or
lower
roome
there
any
more
.
Now
,
when
a
sinner
,
be
he
an
oppressour
,
adulterer
,
drunkard
,
swearer
,
dicer
,
&c.
heareth
and
considereth
Gods
threatnings
in
his
word
against
his
sinnes
,
hee
beginneth
to
feare
his
own
estate
,
which
feare
is
the
beginning
of
true
wisdome
.
I
know
well
,
there
are
many
so
obstinate
,
that
heare
they
neuer
so
many
threatnings
,
yet
are
nothing
at
all
thereby
made
afraid
:
but
I
speake
of
him
;
vnto
whom
God
being
gracious
,
meaneth
to
bestow
on
him
the
grace
of
his
holy
Spirit
.
Such
a
man
(
I
say
)
hauing
a
guiltie
conscience
,
feareth
lest
those
plagues
will
befall
him
:
but
considering
further
the
promises
of
God
to
the
penitent
,
hee
purposeth
with
himselfe
(
being
mooued
by
the
holy
Ghost
)
to
become
a
new
man
:
which
assoone
as
the
Deuill
perceiueth
,
presently
he
beginneth
to
play
his
part
,
if
by
any
meanes
hee
may
keepe
him
still
vnder
his
subiection
:
and
then
shall
a
mans
minde
be
troubled
,
the
Deuill
tempting
him
to
continue
in
his
sins
,
and
the
holy
Ghost
moouing
him
to
amend
his
former
life
.
When
a
strong
man
armed
keepeth
his
house
,
the
house
it selfe
will
be
in
quietnesse
:
but
when
a
stronger
commeth
to
driue
him
foorth
,
then
will
the
house
be
much
disquieted
and
broken
downe
;
the
one
striuing
to
breake
in
thorow
the
doore
,
window
,
or
wall
;
and
the
other
being
ready
to
resist
at
all
places
.
For
howsoeuer
the
man
within
knoweth
himselfe
to
bee
the
weaker
,
yet
will
hee
not
yeeld
straightway
,
seeing
he
standeth
on
the
surer
ground
,
and
hath
the
house
on
his
side
.
In
like
manner
,
as
long
as
the
Deuill
(
who
is
likened
to
a
strong
man
)
Luk
.
11.
keepeth
our
soules
vnder
his
subiection
,
and
ruleth
vs
at
his
pleasure
;
so
long
(
it
may
be
)
we
shall
haue
quietnesse
of
mind
:
but
when
the
holy
Ghost
being
stronger
commeth
to
take
possession
of
vs
,
then
will
our
minds
be
much
disquieted
.
For
howsoeuer
the
Deuill
be
the
weaker
,
yet
will
he
not
yeeld
in
haste
,
perceiuing
that
we
take
his
part
:
and
being
loth
to
let
vs
goe
,
hee
will
not
spare
the
house
,
but
will
resist
at
all
places
,
and
vse
his
weapons
to
the
vttermost
.
The
Deuils
weapons
.
The
weapons
of
the
Deuill
are
two
:
the
one
,
Despaire
:
the
other
,
Presumption
.
And
he
will
vse
both
to
euery
man
,
if
need
require
;
although
he
will
happily
vse
one
in
greater
measure
than
the
other
.
If
a
man
be
a
common
theefe
,
drunkard
,
swearer
,
whore-master
,
or
any
such
notorious
wicked
liuer
;
and
hearing
out
of
Gods
word
that
none
such
shall
be
saued
,
is
earnestly
mooued
by
the
holy
Ghost
to
forsake
his
sinnes
:
then
for
the
most
part
will
the
Deuill
labour
most
to
haue
such
a
man
despaire
,
perswading
him
,
that
his
sinnes
are
so
horrible
,
his
life
so
wicked
,
that
God
will
not
forgiue
him
.
Thus
hee
serued
Cain
:
Genes
.
4.
thus
hee
serued
Iudas
:
&
thus
(
no
doubt
)
he
hath
serued
some
other
besides
.
If
a
man
be
no
such
notorious
wicked
liuer
,
but
giuen
ouer
much
to
the
vaine
vanities
of
the
world
,
as
dancing
,
carding
,
bowling
,
&c.
and
hearing
that
he
which
is
a
friend
of
this
world
,
is
an
enemie
vnto
God
;
Iam
.
4.
beginneth
to
withdraw
his
affection
from
these
fooleries
:
then
vsually
will
the
Deuill
tempt
such
a
man
most
to
presume
,
assuring
his
conscience
Ioh
.
8.
(
for
the
father
of
lies
makes
no
conscience
of
a
lie
)
that
howsoeuer
he
walketh
in
the
way
to
hel
,
and
keepeth
still
the
same
path
,
yet
Gods
mercie
is
so
great
,
as
that
hee
shall
come
to
heauen
in
the
end
.
Thus
hath
the
Deuill
preuailed
,
I
nothing
doubt
,
with
almost
infinite
thousands
:
yea
,
for
one
that
Despaire
hath
kept
vnder
his
subiection
,
Presumption
(
I
am
perswaded
)
hath
kept
many
hundreds
.
But
now
,
against
these
weapons
of
the
Deuill
the
holy
Ghost
will
oppose
the
two
edged
sword
of
the
Spirit
:
and
that
a
man
should
not
despaire
,
will
put
him
in
minde
of
many
comfortable
sayings
in
Gods
word
;
as
,
that
at
what
time
soeuer
a
sinner
doth
repent
,
&c.
that
God
willeth
not
the
death
of
a
sinner
;
that
he
delighteth
in
mercie
;
that
he
is
the
Father
of
mercies
:
in
a
word
,
that
Gods
mercie
is
infinite
,
and
seeing
his
sinnes
are
not
so
,
therefore
Gods
mercie
is
greater
than
his
sinnes
;
which
he
also
shall
one
day
finde
,
if
presently
he
will
forsake
them
.
Againe
,
that
a
man
should
not
presume
neither
,
the
holy
Ghost
will
lay
before
his
eies
some
terrible
examples
of
Gods
vengeance
vpon
sinners
;
as
,
vpon
Saul
,
for
sparing
the
Amalekites
;
1.
Sam
.
15
vpon
Adam
,
for
eating
an
apple
only
:
and
also
some
fearfull
sayings
;
as
,
that
God
is
a
consuming
fire
;
that
the
soule
which
sinneth
,
shall
die
;
that
wee
shall
giue
accounts
of
euery
idle
word
,
&c.
Thus
then
,
the
Deuill
striuing
to
keepe
our
soules
,
and
the
holy
Ghost
striuing
to
driue
him
foorth
;
our
soules
and
consciences
will
be
much
disquieted
,
the
house
in
the
meane
season
will
be
broken
downe
.
And
to
the
end
(
gentle
Reader
)
thou
mightest
make
some
triall
heereof
in
thy selfe
,
before
I
goe
any
further
:
Art
thou
a
drunkard
,
whore-master
,
profaner
of
the
Lords
day
,
a
dicer
,
a
carelesse
Minister
,
a
corrupt
Magistrate
?
Or
hast
thou
iniured
any
man
by
oppression
,
theft
,
coosening
;
or
liuest
in
any
such
sinne
?
And
doth
the
holy
Ghost
mooue
thee
now
(
marke
,
whether
he
doth
or
not
)
for
feare
of
Gods
anger
to
forsake
this
thy
wickednesse
?
Let
him
then
make
a
breach
in
the
house
;
let
him
perswade
thee
to
amend
;
doe
thou
purpose
with
thy selfe
to
forsake
thy
drunkennesse
,
whoredome
,
dicing
,
&c.
or
if
thou
hast
iniured
any
man
,
to
make
him
some
recompence
.
And
then
shalt
thou
see
,
what
a
stirre
the
Deuill
will
keepe
in
thy
minde
,
before
thou
shalt
bring
it
to
passe
,
and
shalt
forsake
,
either
thy
whoredome
,
gaming
,
profaning
of
the
Lords
day
,
&c.
or
restore
ill
gotten
goods
.
And
now
I
pray
thee
,
marke
what
I
say
.
If
the
Deuill
will
so
much
disquiet
thy
minde
,
before
hee
will
lose
one
roome
in
the
house
,
and
thou
shalt
forsake
any
one
sinne
;
which
hauing
done
,
thou
maist
be
his
slaue
still
:
what
stirre
(
is
it
likely
)
he
will
keepe
,
before
hee
will
lose
all
the
roomes
,
and
thou
shalt
forsake
all
thy
sinnes
;
which
hauing
done
,
thou
shalt
become
the
Temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
?
I
warrant
thee
,
the
Deuill
will
not
so
let
thee
goe
:
but
will
first
much
trouble
thy
minde
,
and
suffer
the
house
to
bee
broken
downe
.
Thou
knowest
,
when
he
was
cast
foorth
of
mens
bodies
,
Mark
.
1.
how
hee
did
vex
and
rent
them
:
and
will
hee
then
be
cast
out
of
our
soules
and
consciences
with
no
adoe
?
No
,
thinke
not
so
:
if
thou
wilt
goe
to
heauen
,
thou
must
saile
by
hell
:
if
thou
wilt
haue
the
peace
of
God
which
passeth
all
vnderstanding
,
thou
must
be
content
to
endure
some
trouble
first
at
the
Deuils
hands
.
Trouble
of
minde
,
in
some
more
,
in
some
lesse
.
Act
〈…〉
.
But
this
trouble
(
I
know
)
is
in
some
lesse
,
and
of
lesse
continuance
;
as
it
was
in
those
,
of
whom
we
reade
in
the
second
of
the
Acts.
For
S.
Peter
had
no
sooner
handled
the
sword
of
the
Spirit
,
and
they
were
only
pricked
in
their
hearts
therewith
;
but
presently
three
thousand
were
added
to
the
Church
,
and
became
the
Temple
of
Gods
Spirit
.
In
some
againe
,
it
is
more
,
and
of
longer
continuance
;
as
it
was
in
S.
Augustine
:
who
setting
downe
at
large
the
strange
combat
that
he
felt
in
himselfe
,
yet
writeth
no
more
(
I
nothing
doubt
)
than
what
some
other
doe
likewise
know
by
experience
.
Now
,
the
reason
of
this
difference
between
men
in
this
case
,
is
very
plaine
and
euident
.
For
suppose
,
that
a
Christian
Prince
should
with
his
armie
breake
into
the
Turkes
dominion
:
would
not
the
Turke
fortifie
those
castles
best
,
out
of
which
being
wonne
,
the
enemie
might
doe
him
most
harme
?
So
,
whom
the
Deuill
seeth
to
be
the
likeliest
instruments
for
the
ouerthrow
of
his
kingdome
,
if
once
they
are
become
the
Temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
;
those
is
he
most
loth
to
let
goe
out
of
his
subiection
,
those
doth
he
fortifie
most
against
all
good
inspirations
;
and
neuer
giue
ouer
,
vntill
he
see
the
castle
beaten
flat
to
the
ground
.
Examine
now
thy selfe
(
gentle
Reader
)
whether
thy
minde
at
any
time
heeretofore
hath
beene
troubled
for
thy
sins
,
or
whether
thou
hast
alwaies
liued
at
one
stay
and
in
quietnesse
.
If
thou
hast
,
it
is
the
more
dangerous
:
for
,
before
possession
be
gotten
,
the
house
must
needs
be
something
battered
.
CHAP.
III
.
Of
the
manner
of
our
liues
,
when
we
become
the
Temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
WHEN
the
holy
Ghost
hath
entred
,
and
a
man
is
truly
sanctified
:
then
,
after
this
storme
,
there
will
follow
a
calme
.
For
thou
knowest
,
that
if
a
strong
man
be
once
driuen
out
of
his
house
by
one
that
is
stronger
,
the
house
shall
not
be
broken
downe
any
more
:
and
when
the
holy
Ghost
hath
driuen
the
wicked
Spirit
cleane
out
of
his
possession
,
a
man
shal
haue
peace
and
quietnesse
of
minde
.
For
then
indeed
shall
he
be
willing
to
forsake
his
sins
;
and
moreouer
,
shall
haue
faith
in
God
,
which
it
is
not
possible
hee
should
haue
,
the
Deuill
bearing
rule
.
For
it
is
the
Spirit
of
God
onely
,
which
can
truly
assure
our
spirits
,
Rom.
8.
that
wee
are
the
children
of
God
.
Which
assurance
vntill
we
haue
,
we
can
no
more
put
our
trust
or
haue
faith
in
God
,
than
wee
can
put
our
trust
in
the
greatest
enemies
we
haue
,
and
looke
for
any
fauour
at
their
hands
.
This
now
is
the
time
,
when
a
man
is
said
to
be
borne
againe
:
●oh
.
3.
Except
a
man
bee
borne
(
saith
Christ
)
of
water
and
of
the
Spirit
,
he
cannot
enter
into
the
kingdome
of
God
.
And
indeed
,
some
shall
feele
such
a
change
,
that
they
shall
thinke
themselues
euen
borne
againe
;
yea
,
new
men
,
and
almost
in
another
world
.
I
doe
not
say
,
that
all
shall
:
but
if
this
alteration
were
small
in
any
,
Christ
would
not
(
I
thinke
)
haue
said
,
Except
a
man
be
borne
,
&c.
hee
would
rather
haue
giuen
it
some
other
word
.
Surely
,
it
is
a
very
strange
matter
to
be
borne
againe
:
but
yet
(
in
my
opinion
)
it
were
more
strange
,
for
a
man
to
be
borne
againe
after
he
commeth
to
yeeres
of
discretion
,
and
not
to
take
notice
thereof
euer
after
.
This
againe
is
the
time
,
when
a
man
shall
first
know
;
that
God
is
light
,
1.
Ioh
.
1.
and
in
him
is
no
darknesse
.
For
some
(
whether
few
,
or
many
,
I
cannot
say
)
shall
euen
sensibly
perceiue
a
light
then
shining
into
their
hearts
and
consciences
.
And
of
this
time
it
is
,
that
Christ
speaketh
in
the
fifteenth
of
Saint
Luke
:
Luk
.
15.
●…
for
assoone
as
the
holy
Ghost
taketh
possession
of
vs
,
hee
giueth
vs
faith
,
whereupon
immediately
followeth
repentance
.
Christs
words
in
S.
Luke
are
:
There
is
more
ioy
in
heauen
ouer
one
sinner
that
repenteth
,
than
there
is
ouer
ninety
and
nine
iust
persons
,
that
need
no
repentance
.
It
is
a
true
saying
,
as
comming
from
him
which
is
truth
it selfe
:
and
I
nothing
doubt
,
but
many
know
this
to
be
true
also
;
There
is
more
ioy
in
one
sinner
when
he
repenteth
,
than
there
is
in
ninety
and
nine
iust
persons
,
which
haue
repented
long
agoe
.
Oh
(
deare
brother
)
consider
with
thy selfe
,
if
thou
laiest
in
prison
fast
bound
,
being
condemned
to
a
cruell
death
;
and
suddenly
one
should
bring
thee
word
,
that
in
stead
of
the
expected
torment
,
thou
shouldest
haue
an
vnexpected
kingdome
,
for
thy
Prince
had
chosen
thee
for
his
heire
:
How
welcome
would
that
tidings
be
vnto
thee
?
How
would
it
comfort
thy
troubled
spirit
?
Couldest
thou
almost
containe
that
sudden
ioy
?
Let
it
not
then
seeme
strange
,
if
that
mans
ioy
●e
then
wonderfull
,
when
the
holy
Ghost
shall
bring
his
conscience
word
;
that
whereas
before
,
he
was
ready
to
be
cast
into
hell
fire
(
which
then
he
shal
both
know
,
and
also
well
consider
)
he
is
now
become
the
child
of
God
,
hauing
all
the
godly
for
his
brethren
,
and
Christ
himselfe
for
his
elder
brother
,
with
whom
he
is
fellow-heire
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
.
The
consideration
of
this
his
estate
will
greatly
reioice
him
euer
after
;
but
yet
,
at
that
time
most
,
when
first
the
holy
Ghost
sealeth
it
in
his
heart
and
conscience
.
The
holy
Ghosts
housewarming
Surely
,
when
the
holy
Ghost
first
taketh
possession
,
his
manner
is
to
keepe
housewarming
for
a
time
.
Examine
now
thy selfe
(
gentle
Reader
)
whether
thy
minde
being
troubled
for
thy
sins
heeretofore
,
it
was
afterwards
quiet
;
or
not
.
If
not
;
then
know
,
that
possession
was
not
gotten
:
for
the
holy
Ghost
would
haue
assured
thy
conscience
of
remission
of
thy
sinnes
,
and
then
would
not
thy
minde
any
longer
be
so
troubled
for
them
.
If
thy
minde
was
quiet
afterwards
,
then
consider
the
manner
of
thy
life
since
,
lest
otherwise
thou
shouldest
happily
be
deceiued
.
For
it
may
be
,
that
thou
hast
had
trouble
of
minde
,
and
quietnesse
after
,
and
yet
possession
not
gotten
;
as
I
will
make
plaine
vnto
thee
by
the
former
similitude
.
When
one
strong
man
striuing
to
driue
another
forth
of
his
house
,
hath
assaied
to
breake
thorow
the
doore
,
wall
,
or
window
:
and
perceiueth
,
that
not
onely
the
man
within
,
but
the
house
also
,
by
reason
of
the
strong
building
,
doth
resist
him
,
and
put
him
to
very
much
labour
:
It
may
be
,
when
he
hath
tried
sometime
,
that
he
●ill
vtterly
giue
ouer
,
as
iudging
it
not
worth
his
paines
;
and
then
the
house
will
be
at
quietnesse
againe
,
and
not
broken
downe
any
more
.
In
like
sort
,
when
the
holy
Ghost
commeth
to
driue
the
Deuill
out
from
ruling
vs
;
and
perceiueth
,
that
not
only
the
Deuill
,
but
wee
also
taking
part
with
the
Deuill
,
doe
very
much
resist
his
good
inspirations
:
It
may
be
,
that
he
will
iudge
vs
vnworthie
of
his
gouernment
;
and
being
offended
(
as
one
that
sought
our
good
,
and
not
his
owne
)
will
after
some
assaults
leaue
troubling
vs
;
and
going
his
way
,
giue
vs
ouer
wholly
to
the
Deuill
againe
.
Yea
,
consider
with
thy selfe
(
gentle
Reader
)
whether
thy
minde
hath
not
heeretofore
beene
disquieted
,
when
thou
hast
heard
at
a
Sermon
,
or
read
in
some
good
booke
,
Gods
threatnings
against
thy
sinnes
.
Nay
,
is
not
thy
mind
now
troubled
with
feare
?
And
yet
,
as
heeretofore
,
so
when
thou
hast
left
reading
,
thou
shalt
happily
haue
quietnesse
,
and
possession
not
taken
neuerthelesse
.
For
the
holy
Ghost
seeing
thee
to
take
part
with
the
Deuill
(
beware
of
it
therefore
)
will
happily
goe
his
way
,
iudging
thee
vnworthie
of
his
spirituall
regiment
:
and
then
shalt
thou
haue
quietnesse
of
minde
,
as
thou
haddest
,
before
thou
tookest
my
booke
in
hand
.
●oh
.
5.
A
man
then
may
haue
quietnesse
after
trouble
,
and
yet
the
house
not
wonne
:
hee
may
also
haue
some
kinde
of
reioicing
,
and
yet
the
Comforter
not
there
abiding
.
That
thou
maist
not
therefore
be
deceiued
,
consider
the
whole
course
of
thy
life
since
that
time
:
for
a
new
master
will
not
lightly
order
his
house
,
as
he
●…
d
that
was
in
it
before
.
And
howsoeuer
some
(
as
I
haue
said
heeretofore
)
cannot
know
by
the
manner
of
their
liues
before
,
or
when
,
the
holy
Ghost
tooke
possession
,
that
hee
is
in
the
house
:
yet
by
the
manner
of
their
liues
now
(
were
they
sanctified
in
their
mothers
wombe
,
as
Iohn
Baptist
was
)
Luk
.
●
.
euery
one
may
know
,
who
is
housholder
.
For
the
holy
Ghost
will
not
gouerne
vs
,
as
the
Deuill
would
,
they
are
of
so
contrarie
a
nature
.
Marke
well
then
this
that
followeth
:
and
remember
,
that
I
speake
not
of
the
strong
Christian
;
only
I
say
this
vnto
him
,
Let
him
that
standeth
,
take
heed
lest
he
fall
:
but
of
the
weake
Christian
,
who
being
the
Temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
hauing
indeed
a
sauing
faith
,
is
sometimes
much
in
doubt
hereof
;
and
of
the
carelesse
and
presumptuous
Christian
,
who
being
a
slaue
of
the
Deuill
,
and
hauing
no
true
faith
at
all
,
yet
doth
not
perceaue
his
lamentable
estate
.
CHAP.
IV
.
Of
the
manner
of
our
liues
,
after
we
are
become
the
Temple
of
the
holie
Ghost
:
and
first
,
of
his
testimony
vnto
our
soules
and
consciences
.
IF
thou
art
in
the
state
of
saluation
,
and
hast
truely
repented
:
if
thou
art
the
child
of
God
,
and
hast
a
true
sauing
faith
:
if
(
which
commeth
all
to
one
)
the
holy
Ghost
dwelleth
in
thee
,
then
hath
hee
heretofore
made
knowen
to
the
house
who
is
housholder
,
and
doth
still
sometimes
assure
thy
conscience
,
that
thou
art
the
childe
of
God
;
according
to
that
of
S.
Paul
to
the
Romans
,
●om
.
8.
●6
.
The
same
spirit
(
which
dwelleth
in
vs
,
verse
11.
)
beareth
●…
nesse
to
our
spirit
,
that
we
are
the
●…
ildren
of
God
.
But
now
,
seeing
●…
e
Deuill
also
falsly
perswadeth
●…
e
wicked
,
that
they
are
regenerate
,
and
shall
be
saued
:
how
should
a
man
know
,
whether
this
perswasion
or
assurance
commeth
from
the
holy
Ghost
,
or
from
that
wicked
and
deceauing
spirit
?
I
will
shew
thee
how
,
God
assisting
me
with
his
holy
Spirit
.
1.
The
maner
of
the
assurance
.
First
,
if
the
holy
Ghost
dwelleth
in
thee
,
then
will
hee
open
thine
eyes
to
see
thy
sinnes
,
not
onely
outward
,
but
inward
also
;
and
moreouer
,
will
cause
thee
to
esteeme
euery
sinne
(
be
it
neuer
so
little
in
other
mens
sight
)
a
great
offence
against
God
.
For
this
serueth
to
the
setting
forth
of
the
glory
of
Gods
grace
and
mercy
,
which
appeareth
to
be
by
so
much
the
greater
,
by
how
much
his
sins
are
more
hainous
,
whom
God
forgiueth
:
and
we
see
,
how
S.
Paul
doth
magnifie
the
mercy
of
God
,
1.
Tim
.
1.
in
that
when
hee
was
a
blasphemer
and
persecuter
of
the
Church
,
he
was
notwithstanding
receiued
to
fauour
.
Againe
,
this
serueth
to
the
encreasing
of
our
loue
towards
God
:
for
hee
to
whom
much
is
forgiuen
,
will
loue
much
;
whereof
we
haue
an
example
in
the
sinner
,
of
whom
our
Sauiour
testified
,
saying
:
●uk
.
7.
Many
sinnes
are
forgiuen
hir
,
for
shee
loued
much
.
But
now
,
though
a
man
see
his
sinnes
,
and
duly
esteemeth
them
,
yet
will
the
holy
Ghost
assure
his
conscience
of
pardon
,
drawing
his
argument
from
the
mercy
of
God
:
for
indeed
,
though
we
haue
heretofore
and
daily
doe
many
waies
offend
God
,
yet
his
mercy
is
greater
then
our
sins
,
and
for
his
sonnes
sake
hee
will
be
mercifull
to
his
children
.
Contrariwise
,
if
the
Deuill
dwelleth
in
thee
,
hee
will
not
suff●…
thee
to
see
some
sinnes
,
as
thy
●…
nt
of
faith
,
thy
inward
pride
,
malice
,
couetousnesse
,
selfe-loue
&c.
and
those
outward
sins
which
thou
seest
,
as
thy
mocking
,
foo●…
h
iesting
,
lying
,
swearing
,
coosening
,
drunkennesse
,
whoredome
&c.
hee
will
cause
thee
to
esteeme
small
offences
.
Whereas
then
the
holy
Ghost
groundeth
his
testimony
and
assurance
on
the
infinite
mercy
of
God
,
the
Deuill
contrariwise
on
the
smalnesse
of
our
sins
.
And
what
shall
we
heare
some
say
;
I
am
no
common
lyer
,
swearer
,
drunkard
&c.
and
though
I
sometime
lie
,
sweare
,
pilfer
,
deceaue
,
be
drunken
&c.
yet
this
is
no
great
matter
,
God
will
easily
pardon
this
,
and
I
see
al
men
liue
as
bad
;
wherefore
I
shall
be
saued
as
well
as
they
.
2.
Assurance
is
〈◇〉
continuall
Secondly
,
if
this
perswasion
commeth
from
the
holy
Ghost
,
then
is
it
not
continuall
;
nay
,
in
some
very
seldome
:
whereas
their
doubtings
whether
they
shall
be
saued
,
are
very
often
,
and
almost
euery
day
.
For
(
marke
it
well
)
if
a
man
hath
some
assurance
from
Gods
spirit
,
that
he
is
the
childe
of
God
,
and
fellow
heire
with
Iesus
Christ
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
:
then
shall
he
with
Saint
Paul
account
this
world
and
worldly
things
as
vile
in
comparison
thereof
,
according
to
that
of
our
Sauior
Christ
,
Math
.
13.
44.
The
kingdome
of
heauen
is
like
vnto
a
treasure
hid
in
the
field
,
which
when
a
man
hath
found
,
he
hideth
it
,
and
for
ioy
thereof
departeth
,
and
selleth
all
(
not
a
part
only
)
that
he
hath
and
buieth
that
field
.
The
fauour
of
God
then
,
and
his
mercies
in
his
sonne
Christ
,
being
a
mans
chiefest
treasure
,
where
that
is
,
there
will
his
heart
be
also
:
and
seeing
his
assurance
is
b●…
small
(
as
no
mans
,
I
thinke
,
〈◇〉
these
daies
is
great
at
the
first
)
〈◇〉
chiefest
care
shall
be
,
how
he
●…
ay
be
certain
and
out
of
doubt
,
●…
st
happily
in
the
end
he
should
●…
nde
himselfe
deceiued
.
If
a
●orldly
minded
man
were
in
some
hope
of
obtayning
a
kingdome
here
on
earth
,
how
would
hee
beat
his
braines
thereabout
continually
,
casting
this
way
and
that
way
with
himselfe
,
and
neuer
be
quiet
in
minde
day
nor
night
,
vntill
he
were
sure
of
obtayning
his
desired
promotion
;
yea
,
and
though
he
were
neuer
so
sure
,
yet
would
scarse
thinke
himselfe
sure
enough
,
vntil
he
were
in
full
possession
thereof
?
Indeed
,
it
is
most
true
as
our
Sauiour
saith
,
Luk
.
16.
that
the
children
of
this
world
are
in
their
generation
wiser
then
the
children
of
light
:
and
therfore
a
good
Christian
will
not
be
so
carefull
of
his
future
estate
,
as
a
worldling
of
the
present
.
But
yet
,
I
leaue
it
to
thy
consideration
,
whether
the
childe
of
light
is
not
more
carefull
of
comming
to
heauen
,
then
he
himselfe
would
be
of
obtayning
some
earthly
promotion
;
although
not
so
carefull
happily
as
a
child
of
this
world
would
be
in
the
like
case
.
A
weake
Christians
minde
then
running
chiefly
on
these
matters
,
although
at
sometimes
hee
be
in
good
hope
,
and
thinketh
that
he
euer
standeth
on
sure
ground
:
yet
at
other
times
happily
it
will
be
otherwise
with
him
,
and
he
shall
haue
these
or
the
like
cogitations
.
I
know
,
that
I
haue
many
waies
grieuously
offended
God
;
and
howsoeuer
he
hath
promised
to
forgiue
al
those
which
beleeue
in
Christ
:
yet
,
how
doe
I
know
,
that
he
will
forgiue
me
?
How
doe
I
know
,
that
I
doe
truely
beleeue
?
Luk
.
18.
Few
men
(
saith
our
Sauiour
)
hath
a
t●…
e
faith
:
few
men
,
I
often
heare
●…
de
the
straight
gate
:
how
doe
I
know
certainly
,
that
I
am
one
of
those
few
?
I
doe
not
see
it
written
in
the
Scriptures
,
that
God
hath
chosen
me
by
name
.
And
then
,
considering
his
owne
infirmities
,
together
with
the
want
of
Gods
graces
,
his
minde
shall
manie
times
be
much
troubled
with
doubting
.
True
it
is
,
as
before
I
haue
said
,
that
when
the
holy
Ghost
first
taketh
possession
,
there
will
follow
peace
and
quietnesse
:
but
yet
this
quietnesse
in
some
continueth
very
short
time
.
For
the
Deuill
being
in
a
rage
that
he
is
cast
forth
,
will
striue
to
come
in
againe
,
and
seeke
by
all
meanes
to
disquiet
vs
:
so
that
,
what
through
his
temptations
,
what
through
our
own
corrupt
nature
,
we
shal
oftentimes
much
doubt
,
and
some
at
sometimes
euen
almost
despaire
of
their
saluation
.
Of
the
difference
betweene
a
weake
Christian
and
one
that
dispaireth
.
If
here
it
be
asked
:
Seeing
the
Deuill
tempteth
some
to
despaire
before
the
house
is
won
,
and
others
after
;
how
should
I
know
of
whether
sort
I
am
?
Ans
:
Euen
by
this
:
if
the
vnclean
spirit
be
not
yet
cast
forth
,
then
dost
thou
nourish
(
as
it
were
)
such
temptations
:
and
howsoeuer
thou
knowest
thy
lamentable
estate
,
yet
dost
thou
not
call
vpon
God
;
as
Iudas
did
not
,
for
ought
we
finde
:
or
if
thou
dost
with
thy
lips
,
yet
canst
thou
not
for
thy
life
pray
heartily
vnto
him
,
that
he
would
haue
mercie
vpon
thee
.
Whereas
,
if
the
holy
Ghost
hath
gotten
possession
,
then
commonly
disliking
thy selfe
for
distrusting
Gods
goodnesse
;
faine
wouldest
thou
beleeue
,
faine
wouldest
thou
haue
Gods
graces
as
plentifully
as
any
man
,
and
so
(
to
vse
the
words
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
)
Mat
.
5.
d●…
euen
hunger
and
thirst
after
●…
teousnesse
.
Diddest
thou
ne●…
(
gentle
Reader
)
after
long
●…
ing
euen
long
for
the
food
〈◇〉
thy
bodie
?
Such
a
longing
●…
alt
thou
,
feeling
the
want
of
Gods
graces
,
the
spirituall
food
of
thy
soule
,
haue
after
them
also
:
and
therefore
,
seeing
euery
good
gift
commeth
downe
from
aboue
,
Iam
.
1.
shalt
heartily
and
earnestly
call
vpon
thy
heauenly
Father
;
who
meaning
in
some
good
measure
to
satisfie
thee
at
length
,
will
it
may
be
defer
the
time
very
long
,
as
it
shall
seem
to
thee
,
Wherefore
God
deferreth
the
giuing
of
his
graces
.
that
so
thou
maiest
esteeme
his
graces
the
more
,
and
be
more
thankfull
vnto
him
,
when
he
hath
granted
thy
request
.
Contrariwise
,
if
this
perswasion
commeth
from
the
lying
Spirit
,
then
is
it
alwaies
the
same
:
and
such
a
man
thinketh
,
that
hee
hath
a
strong
faith
,
whensoeuer
hee
thinketh
vpon
this
matter
;
which
indeed
he
doth
very
seldome
,
as
hauing
small
care
of
his
owne
estate
.
But
if
vpon
occasion
it
commeth
into
his
minde
,
then
commonly
he
hath
these
or
the
like
cogitations
.
I
know
,
I
am
a
sinner
:
Thus
I
haue
heard
some
speak
.
but
God
is
mercifull
,
God
is
merciful
;
what
need
I
trouble
my selfe
about
these
matters
?
The
Preacher
saith
,
I
must
beleeue
stedfastly
,
and
so
I
will
.
Hereupon
,
he
striueth
to
put
these
thoughts
quickly
out
of
his
minde
,
and
is
perswaded
,
that
hee
hath
alwaies
a
strong
faith
,
whereas
it
is
onely
a
blind
presumption
.
Of
the
difference
between
a
strong
Christian
,
and
one
that
presumeth
.
If
heere
now
it
be
asked
:
Seeing
he
that
hath
a
strong
faith
,
is
alwaies
perswaded
,
that
he
hath
such
a
one
;
how
should
a
man
know
,
whether
he
hath
a
strong
faith
,
or
a
strong
and
blind
presumption
?
Ans
:
Very
easily
.
Few
I
think
haue
a
strong
faith
in
these
daies
.
First
,
he
that
ha●…
a
strong
faith
,
is
euen
al●…
st
as
certaine
of
his
saluation
,
●s
●f
he
were
in
heauen
already
.
Whereas
he
that
blindly
presu●…
th
,
if
he
would
enter
into
his
●…
ne
heart
well
,
should
easily
perceiue
,
that
he
greatly
doub●…
th
of
his
saluation
.
Secondly
,
the
strong
Christian
hath
sometime
(
I
thinke
)
been
something
troubled
with
doubting
of
Gods
fauour
,
and
knoweth
himselfe
to
bee
now
more
assured
thereof
,
than
he
was
heretofore
.
Hast
not
thou
(
gentle
Reader
)
since
thou
wast
a
young
child
,
perceiued
thy selfe
to
grow
&
increase
in
strength
?
Thus
it
fareth
with
a
man
,
after
he
is
borne
againe
,
and
become
the
child
of
God
:
he
receiueth
grace
vpon
grace
,
Ioh
.
1.
and
goeth
from
strength
,
to
strength
,
and
may
(
if
he
marke
it
)
perceiue
how
he
groweth
vp
Ephes
.
4.
vnto
a
perfect
man
,
vnto
the
measure
of
the
age
〈◇〉
the
fulnesse
of
Christ
.
Whereas
the
presumptuous
Christian
knoweth
not
what
a
weake
faith
meaneth
;
he
neuer
perceiued
hi●
faith
to
increase
:
but
fondly
perswadeth
himselfe
,
that
he
hath
now
a
strong
faith
,
and
euer
had
.
Thirdly
,
a
strong
faith
at
all
times
greatly
comforteth
a
man
,
farre
more
than
if
some
Prince
had
chosen
him
to
be
his
heyre
:
for
he
knoweth
himselfe
heyre
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
.
And
,
what
through
the
cert●intie
of
his
saluation
,
what
through
the
hatred
of
his
owne
sinnes
,
he
shall
vnfainedly
say
with
Saint
Paul
,
Philip
.
1.
I
desire
to
be
loosed
,
and
to
be
with
Christ
.
Yea
,
sometimes
I
thinke
he
shall
haue
such
a
longing
after
death
,
as
that
he
can
scarse
be
content
to
liue
any
longer
,
were
it
in
neuer
so
great
worldly
prosperitie
.
Whereas
,
let
him
that
hath
a
strong
pre●…
ption
,
consider
;
whether
〈◇〉
assurance
of
eternall
life
doth
●…
oyce
him
asmuch
,
as
the
assu●…
ce
of
an
earthly
kingdome
●…
ld
:
let
him
examine
him●…
lfe
,
whether
he
would
not
giue
●…
is
hope
of
heauen
heereafter
,
for
a
Lord-ship
out
of
hand
,
so
that
he
might
be
sure
to
dye
as
other
creatures
doe
,
and
neuer
come
to
iudgment
.
As
for
death
,
hee
hath
small
longing
after
it
,
vnlesse
it
be
for
the
miseries
,
wherein
he
liueth
:
it
is
not
for
the
certaintie
of
his
saluation
;
much
lesse
is
it
for
the
hatred
of
his
sinnes
,
because
by
them
he
offendeth
God
,
which
hath
been
to
him
a
louing
father
.
Examine
now
thy selfe
by
that
which
hath
been
said
:
for
if
thou
readest
on
still
without
pausing
,
one
matter
will
bring
another
out
of
thy
head
,
and
so
it
will
do
thee
no
good
.
It
is
God
,
which
mooueth
thee
to
read
;
but
it
is
the
Deuill
,
which
tempteth
thee
lightly
to
passe
it
ouer
:
and
if
he
can
now
keepe
thee
from
examining
thy selfe
,
he
will
doe
it
with
greater
ease
heereafter
.
CHAP.
V.
Of
the
holy
Ghosts
ordering
that
mans
life
,
in
whom
he
dwelleth
.
BEsides
the
testimonie
of
Gods
Spirit
vnto
our
soules
and
consciences
,
there
is
yet
another
marke
,
whereby
a
man
may
know
,
whether
the
holy
Ghost
dwelleth
in
him
,
or
not
:
and
that
is
,
his
behauiour
to
God
and
his
neighbour
.
For
a
good
tree
may
bee
knowen
by
his
good
fruit
:
and
a
good
faith
sheweth
it selfe
by
good
actions
.
A
wise
householder
will
order
his
house
wisely
:
and
if
the
holy
Ghost
dwelleth
in
vs
,
we
shall
be
ordered
ac●ordingly
.
1.
The
inmost
roome
kept
most
cleane
.
Now
,
to
the
well
ordering
of
〈◇〉
house
,
one
thing
required
,
is
,
that
the
outward
roomes
be
not
onely
well
gouerned
,
but
the
inmost
most
especially
,
where
the
Master
is
most
conversant
.
And
if
the
holy
Ghost
be
the
Master
,
then
shall
we
not
onely
doe
that
which
is
good
outwardly
,
as
giue
almes
,
pray
,
heare
or
read
Gods
word
,
and
the
like
:
but
we
shall
doe
it
well
also
,
euen
with
a
good
minde
and
heartily
;
as
seeking
to
please
God
,
who
is
delighted
with
adverbes
,
and
liketh
not
bonum
.
i
.
good
,
vnlesse
it
be
benè
.
●…
well
too
.
Some
keepe
all
the
outward
rooms
cleane
.
There
are
some
which
liue
outwardly
as
well
as
the
best
,
and
are
liberall
,
no
swearers
,
frequent
Sermons
,
&c.
for
the
holy
Ghost
hath
wonne
all
the
outward
roomes
,
and
driuen
the
Deuill
to
the
inmost
,
to
the
castle
,
to
the
heart
;
where
he
bearing
rule
,
marreth
all
.
For
although
hee
cannot
hinder
them
from
giuing
almes
:
yet
hee
can
make
them
do
it
with
a
minde
to
be
praised
,
as
hypocrites
did
.
Mat
.
6.
Although
he
cannot
cause
them
to
murther
the
innocent
:
yet
hee
can
make
them
to
abstaine
onely
for
feare
,
as
the
Scribes
did
.
Luk
.
20.
Although
he
cannot
hinder
them
from
preaching
and
teaching
Gods
word
:
yet
hee
can
make
them
doe
it
with
an
intent
to
procure
talents
to
themselues
,
and
not
to
Christ
,
as
some
false
Apostles
did
in
S.
Pauls
time
.
Philip
.
3.
Whereas
,
if
the
holy
Ghost
ruleth
vs
,
that
roome
,
the
heart
,
will
be
kept
most
cleane
,
as
being
the
chiefest
place
of
his
abode
:
(
although
indeed
,
neither
this
,
nor
the
rest
,
so
cleane
,
but
that
there
needeth
continuall
cleansing
;
for
howsoeuer
the
vncleane
Spirit
be
cast
forth
,
yet
leaueth
〈◇〉
such
a
bad
sauour
behind
him
,
●…
at
it
can
neuer
be
done
away
,
whiles
we
haue
our
being
heere
.
)
Was
not
the
Temple
all
ouerlaid
with
gold
on
the
inside
,
1.
King
.
6.
although
on
the
outside
it
was
couered
with
lead
,
tile
,
or
the
like
?
Marke
then
what
I
say
,
and
God
giue
thee
vnderstanding
in
all
things
.
If
thou
be
the
Temple
of
God
,
if
the
holy
Ghost
dwelleth
in
thee
,
thou
art
all
ouerlaid
with
gold
within
:
though
the
whole
Temple
be
holy
,
yet
the
inmost
roome
is
the
holy
of
holyes
,
or
most
holy
:
thy
hart
goeth
beyond
thy
hand
,
foote
,
eye
,
&c.
so
that
(
like
vnto
S.
Paul
)
Rom.
7.
thou
canst
not
doe
so
much
good
,
nor
so
sincerely
as
thou
wouldest
.
Wherefore
thou
wilt
dislike
thy
best
actions
,
perceiuing
thine
owne
imperfections
:
and
being
sorry
for
them
,
wilt
call
vpon
God
for
more
grace
,
that
so
thou
maiest
be
able
to
amend
.
If
thou
bee
not
guided
by
the
holy
Ghost
,
then
doest
thou
more
good
than
thou
wouldest
:
for
when
thou
doest
any
,
it
is
not
because
thou
wouldest
doe
good
;
but
either
for
feare
,
or
hope
of
reward
,
otherwise
thou
wouldest
not
haue
done
it
.
And
againe
,
thou
art
sorry
because
enough
others
do
not
perceiue
thy
good
deeds
;
and
wouldest
faine
haue
them
counted
better
than
they
are
.
2.
All
the
roomes
,
&
at
all
times
,
shal
be
well
ordered
.
Another
point
of
a
wise
housholder
is
to
see
,
that
not
some
onely
,
or
at
some
times
;
but
that
all
the
roomes
at
all
times
be
wel
ordered
.
And
if
the
holy
Ghost
be
housholder
,
hee
will
haue
a
care
,
that
the
whole
house
shall
alwayes
be
ordered
according
to
Gods
will
and
pleasure
.
The
hands
and
feet
shal
labour
honestly
for
their
liuing
:
and
if
they
haue
stollen
any
thing
at
any
●…
me
before
,
shal
now
be
ready
to
goe
and
restore
it
againe
.
The
eyes
and
eares
,
in
steed
of
loue-bookes
,
playes
,
and
such
like
;
shall
be
busie
in
reading
and
hearing
,
and
the
tongue
in
talking
,
of
Gods
word
.
The
mind
(
marke
it
well
)
shall
haue
litle
leisure
to
examine
other
mens
liues
,
for
looking
to
his
owne
wayes
,
and
considering
,
whether
the
hands
,
eyes
,
eares
,
and
all
the
parts
of
the
bodie
,
bee
alwaies
obedient
vnto
God
or
not
.
Were
the
holy
Ghost
a
soiourner
onely
,
hee
would
happily
looke
but
to
some
three
or
foure
roomes
,
and
for
three
or
foure
moneths
,
or
thereabout
.
But
now
,
hee
is
said
to
dwell
in
vs
;
1.
Cor
.
3
and
therefore
will
looke
that
all
the
roomes
bee
at
all
times
well
ordered
,
in
respect
of
those
businesses
,
about
which
they
are
imployed
.
Some
keepe
all
the
roomes
cleane
at
some
times
.
There
are
many
now
a
dayes
,
which
haue
certaine
times
of
seruing
God
:
and
then
they
make
a
great
shew
of
religion
,
so
that
neither
right
eye
nor
right
hand
are
spared
;
but
the
one
is
pulled
out
,
the
other
cut
off
,
and
both
cast
away
,
as
though
they
should
neuer
bee
fetched
againe
.
S.
Augustine
reporteth
of
his
time
,
that
it
was
then
a
common
custome
to
deferre
their
Baptisme
vntil
twenty
yeeres
of
age
,
or
vpward
:
and
the
reason
was
,
that
so
in
the
meane
space
they
might
liue
like
Heathens
,
and
more
licentiously
.
Hereupon
came
this
prouerbe
:
Let
him
alone
,
he
may
doe
what
he
will
,
he
is
not
yet
baptised
.
And
is
not
the
like
now
happened
in
the
other
Sacrament
?
So
that
this
may
now
bee
a
prouerbe
:
Let
him
alone
,
he
may
doe
what
he
will
,
hee
meaneth
not
yet
to
receiue
the
Communion
.
This
sort
of
men
,
nough
they
liue
like
Pagans
all
the
yeere
,
yet
they
vsually
counterfet
great
holinesse
at
Easter
:
so
that
a
man
would
halfe
imagine
,
the
vncleane
Spirit
to
bee
cleane
gone
out
of
them
.
Luk
.
11.
But
within
a
while
after
,
we
may
see
him
returned
,
&
to
haue
brought
seuen
Spirits
worse
than
himselfe
;
for
they
commonly
liue
worse
than
they
did
before
:
the
right
eye
and
the
right
hand
are
fetched
againe
in
the
Deuils
name
.
Of
all
kind
of
men
their
state
seemeth
most
desperate
:
for
if
they
dye
at
any
other
time
of
the
yeere
,
there
is
litle
or
no
hope
of
saluation
.
And
though
they
haue
so
good
hap
as
to
dye
at
Easter
,
yet
seeing
man
is
not
iudge
,
who
looketh
vpon
the
outward
appearance
onely
for
the
time
present
;
but
God
,
1.
Sam
.
●…
who
is
a
searcher
of
the
heart
and
reynes
,
and
knoweth
whether
they
meane
with
the
sowe
that
is
washed
,
to
wallow
againe
in
the
mire
;
I
stand
in
great
doubt
of
them
,
least
happily
they
should
not
speed
well
then
neither
.
Others
keep
some
rooms
cleane
at
all
times
.
Others
there
are
,
which
are
content
to
keepe
some
roomes
cleane
at
all
times
:
they
are
like
vnto
Herod
;
who
heard
Iohn
gladly
,
and
reformed
many
things
:
but
one
thing
was
lacking
,
he
would
not
leaue
his
brothers
wife
.
Mark
.
6.
And
so
,
they
do
not
,
neither
would
leaue
all
their
sins
:
but
thinke
within
themselues
,
as
Naaman
sometime
said
;
●
.
King
.
5.
The
Lord
be
mercifull
to
vs
in
this
.
This
is
our
right
eye
:
this
is
our
right
hand
:
should
wee
pull
out
our
right
eye
,
and
cut
off
our
right
hand
,
and
cast
them
from
vs
?
The
Lord
bee
mercifull
to
vs
in
this
.
But
the
Lord
will
not
bee
mercifull
vnto
them
:
for
howsouer
the
holy
Ghost
hath
got●…
n
all
the
other
outward
rooms
,
●…
t
the
Deuill
lyeth
at
the
heart
,
●nd
sheweth
himselfe
through
●…
is
.
As
indeed
it
shall
escape
him
hardly
,
but
lest
hee
should
be
stifled
,
hee
will
haue
one
outward
roome
to
take
the
aire
,
one
roome
whereout
he
may
breath
his
venome
:
wherby
those
which
haue
the
gift
of
discerning
spirits
,
may
soone
perceiue
what
Spirit
ruleth
within
.
If
the
holy
Ghost
had
once
gotten
the
hart
,
the
strongest
roome
,
hee
would
soone
driue
the
Deuill
out
of
all
.
Indeed
,
it
often
commeth
to
passe
,
that
howsoeuer
the
Deuill
hath
lost
all
the
roomes
,
yet
he
afterward
stealeth
into
some
of
them
againe
.
For
,
suppose
that
a
strong
man
bee
driuen
forth
of
his
house
by
one
that
is
stronger
:
yet
when
he
perceiueth
the
other
to
haue
gone
into
some
inward
roome
,
hee
may
breake
in
through
the
doore
or
window
(
the
house
of
it selfe
being
not
strong
inough
)
and
order
the
next
roome
,
as
hee
seeth
good
.
So
,
howsoeuer
the
Deuill
were
wholly
cast
forth
,
yet
when
hee
perceiueth
,
that
the
holy
Ghost
being
grieued
by
vs
,
Ephes
.
4.
is
gone
into
the
inmost
roome
;
and
hauing
left
vs
to
our selues
,
lyeth
hid
at
the
heart
:
hee
may
easily
breake
thorow
the
window
or
doore
,
&
dispose
of
the
next
roome
at
his
pleasure
.
2.
Sam
.
11
Thus
he
brake
through
Dauids
windowes
,
that
is
,
his
eyeliddes
(
Eccles
:
12.
)
and
hauing
gotten
the
rule
of
his
eyes
,
made
him
looke
on
a
woman
,
whereupon
hee
committed
adulterie
.
Mat
.
26.
Thus
hee
brake
through
Peters
doore
,
that
is
,
his
lippes
(
Eccles
:
12.
)
and
hauing
gotten
the
rule
of
his
tongue
,
in
one
night
made
him
three
times
to
denie
his
Ma●…
er
.
And
thus
it
may
befall
any
man
:
but
yet
,
marke
the
difference
between
the
godly
and
the
wicked
in
this
matter
.
A
wicked
man
goeth
with
a
full
intent
to
sinne
,
and
vpon
premeditation
;
2.
Sam
.
13
as
Absalom
did
:
who
hauing
conceiued
mischiefe
a
long
time
,
after
two
yeeres
brought
forth
iniquitie
,
and
slew
his
owne
brother
.
Secondly
,
a
wicked
man
after
the
deed
done
,
feareth
man
more
than
God
;
as
Saul
did
:
who
desired
Samuel
to
honour
him
before
the
Elders
of
his
people
,
1.
Sam
.
1
lest
they
following
his
example
,
should
dishonour
him
,
as
he
had
dishonoured
God
in
not
destroiing
the
king
of
Amalek
.
Thirdly
,
a
wicked
man
,
if
he
escape
vnpunished
,
is
more
emboldened
to
doe
the
like
;
as
Absalom
was
:
who
hauing
taken
away
his
brothers
life
,
and
the
law
being
not
executed
on
him
for
it
;
thought
afterward
to
haue
bereaued
his
father
,
who
neuer
wronged
him
,
both
of
life
and
kingdome
too
.
2.
Sam
.
15
Contrariwise
,
a
godly
man
falleth
at
first
into
sinne
vpon
a
sudden
occasion
,
as
Dauid
and
Peter
did
.
2.
Sam
.
11
For
the
one
walking
vpon
the
roofe
of
his
house
,
saw
a
woman
washing
her selfe
:
and
(
as
it
seemeth
)
before
he
did
either
eat
or
sleepe
,
sent
for
her
,
and
committed
adulterie
.
The
other
followed
after
his
master
into
the
hall
of
the
high
Priest
;
Matt
.
26.
and
when
a
question
vnlooked
for
was
asked
on
the
sudden
,
hee
denied
him
,
saying
,
I
know
not
the
man
.
Secondly
,
a
godly
man
after
an
offense
committed
,
feareth
Gods
anger
more
than
mans
;
and
therefore
when
he
commeth
to
himselfe
againe
,
will
speedily
runne
to
God
for
mercie
,
●sal
.
51.
as
Dauid
did
;
and
Peter
likewise
,
who
w●…
t
foorth
and
wept
bitterly
.
Thirdly
,
a
godly
man
will
looke
better
to
his
owne
waies
,
after
he
hath
wholly
recouered
himselfe
;
Isay
,
after
he
hath
wholly
recouered
himselfe
.
For
the
Deuill
lightly
will
not
be
gone
straightway
;
and
when
he
is
gotten
into
one
roome
(
beware
therefore
at
the
first
)
Marke
this
,
yee
that
feare
God
.
hee
may
soone
breake
into
the
next
,
as
being
onely
a
thinne
tearing
,
or
some
weake
partition
betweene
them
.
Surely
,
if
Peter
hath
once
denied
his
master
,
he
shall
forsweare
him
in
the
end
:
A
fearfull
thing
to
consider
.
if
Dauid
hath
lien
with
the
wife
,
he
shall
murder
the
husband
,
and
vpon
premeditation
too
.
But
when
the
vncleane
Spirit
is
cleane
gone
againe
,
then
shall
a
man
be
more
circumspect
a
good
whiles
after
.
Suppose
,
that
a
theefe
had
broken
into
thy
house
this
last
night
:
wouldest
not
thou
bee
more
carefull
in
looking
to
all
places
;
but
most
especially
that
,
where
the
theefe
brake
in
?
So
wil
the
holy
Ghost
.
If
the
Deuill
hath
brought
the
fire
of
concupiscence
into
Dauids
eies
;
that
roome
shall
bee
well
watered
,
his
troubled
spirit
shall
send
foorth
abundance
of
teares
,
which
may
keepe
the
fire
from
entring
there
any
more
.
If
Peters
tongue
hath
for
one
night
denied
his
master
;
it
shall
afterward
day
and
night
bee
so
farre
from
denying
before
priuate
men
,
as
that
it
shall
confesse
him
boldly
euen
before
the
chiefe
Priest
himselfe
;
Act.
4.
10.
and
(
no
doubt
)
shall
keepe
others
from
doing
the
like
,
according
to
that
charge
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
Luk
.
22.
When
thou
art
conuerted
,
strengthen
thy
brethren
.
Indeed
,
it
may
be
,
that
a
godly
man
may
fal
into
the
same
sinnes
againe
:
the
Deuill
may
brake
in
at
the
same
place
again
,
〈◇〉
also
get
many
other
outward
●…
omes
,
and
keepe
them
long
●…
me
:
but
yet
at
last
,
although
●…
i
th
some
strife
,
hee
shall
againe
be
driuen
foorth
.
For
if
the
holy
Ghost
draue
him
out
of
his
castle
,
much
more
can
he
,
and
will
he
,
out
of
any
other
hold
:
and
alwaies
after
his
departure
greater
care
shal
be
had
to
keepe
him
from
entring
either
at
those
or
any
other
places
.
Thus
,
euery
thing
,
yea
their
sinnes
also
,
shall
turne
for
the
best
vnto
those
which
feare
God
.
Of
the
difference
betweene
t●…
godly
and
wicked
in
praier
.
Thou
seest
now
(
gentle
Reader
)
that
thou
maist
perceiue
who
is
housholder
,
by
the
whole
ordering
of
the
house
;
and
maist
know
,
if
thou
bee
the
childe
of
God
,
by
thy
whole
behauiour
to
thy
father
and
brethren
:
but
yet
there
are
(
I
thinke
)
two
particulars
chiefly
to
be
noted
.
One
is
Praier
.
For
whereas
a
wicked
mans
praiers
are
alwaies
about
one
stay
,
very
cold
;
and
if
he
be
at
any
time
more
earnest
than
other
,
it
is
in
words
onely
when
some
are
present
;
or
else
,
because
of
the
miseries
wherein
hee
liueth
:
A
godly
man
,
as
at
other
times
he
feeleth
great
alteration
in
himselfe
,
so
doth
he
likewise
in
his
praiers
;
sometime
they
are
cold
,
sometime
againe
very
earnest
;
but
yet
commonly
more
earnest
,
when
he
praieth
by
himselfe
,
than
in
companie
;
when
he
asketh
forgiuenesse
of
his
sinnes
,
than
release
of
any
worldly
miserie
.
The
holy
Ghost
(
saith
Paul
)
Rom.
8.
maketh
requests
for
vs
(
that
is
,
stirreth
vs
vp
to
pray
)
with
sighes
,
which
cannot
be
expressed
.
If
then
thou
sometime
,
although
seldome
,
feelest
these
in
thy
praiers
;
seeing
they
come
from
the
heart
,
thou
maist
〈◇〉
●…
ow
who
ruleth
there
.
How
earnestly
hast
thou
seene
a
prisoner
begging
for
his
life
before
an
earthly
Iudge
?
For
him
thus
to
doe
,
it
was
of
nature
:
but
it
is
a
sure
token
of
grace
in
thee
,
if
thou
canst
thus
earnestly
call
vpon
thy
heauenly
Iudge
for
remission
of
thy
sinnes
,
and
the
life
eternall
.
Remember
,
that
Gods
house
is
the
house
of
praier
.
In
the
Temple
sacrifices
were
daily
offered
:
againe
,
the
law
was
read
and
expounded
.
Yet
,
not
the
house
of
offering
sacrifice
;
not
the
house
of
expounding
or
hearing
the
law
:
but
Esay
56.
My
house
(
saith
God
)
shall
bee
called
the
house
of
praier
for
all
nations
.
Of
praier
,
I
say
;
not
,
of
much
babling
and
lip-labour
.
The
Gentiles
vsed
much
babling
,
Matt
.
6.
and
thought
to
bee
heard
for
the
same
.
Luk
20.
The
Scribes
vnder
a
colour
of
long
praying
deuoured
Widowes
houses
heeretofore
.
The
popish
Priests
and
Seminaries
going
beyond
them
,
vnder
a
pretence
of
long
praying
,
through
their
much
babling
deuoure
Gentlemens
houses
in
these
daies
.
But
Gods
house
is
the
house
of
true
praier
,
which
consisteth
plus
affectu
quàm
affatu
,
gemitibus
quàm
verbis
;
not
so
much
in
words
,
as
in
sighes
and
grones
fetched
from
the
bottome
of
the
heart
.
The
other
particular
chiefly
to
be
noted
,
is
,
our
louing
and
peaceable
carriage
towards
our
brethren
.
Not
Dauid
a
man
of
warre
;
but
Salomon
a
Prince
of
peace
must
build
God
an
house
.
1.
Chron
.
22.
And
wee
reade
in
the
Gospell
by
Saint
Iohn
,
that
when
Iesus
had
said
to
his
Disciples
,
Ioh
.
20.
Peace
bee
vnto
you
:
hee
breathed
on
them
,
saying
,
Receiue
ye
the
holy
Ghost
,
as
which
should
breed
and
maintaine
this
peace
among
them
.
Surely
,
the
holy
Ghost
gaue
di●…
s
gifts
to
diuers
men
;
1
Cor
.
12
to
one
,
the
word
of
wisdome
;
to
another
,
the
word
of
knowledge
;
to
another
,
faith
;
to
another
,
the
gifts
of
healing
,
and
the
like
.
But
yet
,
what
saith
S.
Luke
in
the
Acts
?
Act.
4.
The
multitude
of
them
that
beleeued
were
of
one
heart
and
of
one
soule
.
Though
the
holy
Ghost
bestowed
sundry
gifts
vpon
sundry
men
,
yet
hee
gaue
but
one
heart
vnto
al
Christs
Disciples
.
Wherfore
I
doe
not
maruell
though
Christ
saith
;
Ioh
.
13.
By
this
shall
all
men
know
that
ye
are
my
Disciples
,
if
ye
haue
loue
one
to
another
.
It
may
be
some
thinke
,
that
Christ
a
little
forgat
himselfe
:
What
,
shall
I
not
bee
knowen
to
bee
Christs
Disciple
by
my
often
preaching
or
hearing
of
Gods
word
,
by
my
much
fasting
,
long
praying
,
and
the
like
?
But
heereby
(
saith
Christ
)
shall
men
know
you
to
be
my
Disciples
,
if
ye
loue
together
.
For
indeed
,
Hee
that
hath
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
is
none
of
his
:
and
if
we
haue
Christs
Spirit
abiding
in
vs
,
it
will
assuredly
giue
one
heart
vnto
vs
all
,
to
loue
like
brethren
,
and
to
liue
together
in
vnitie
.
By
thy
praier
to
thy
heauenly
father
,
thou
maist
know
:
by
thy
loue
to
thy
brethren
,
both
thy selfe
and
others
may
know
,
whether
Christs
Spirit
dwelleth
in
thee
,
or
not
.
Examine
now
thy selfe
by
that
which
hath
beene
said
.
It
may
bee
,
if
thou
were
asked
,
that
thou
wouldest
say
:
I
see
mine
inward
corruptions
,
I
hunger
after
Gods
graces
,
I
am
willing
to
forsake
all
my
sinnes
,
my
praier
is
feruent
,
my
loue
great
,
and
the
like
.
But
enter
into
thine
own
heart
(
man
)
and
make
diligent
search
there
,
whether
it
be
so
indeed
,
or
not
:
for
I
goe
not
about
to
teach
thee
how
thou
maist
deceiue
another
;
but
onely
,
how
thou
thy selfe
maist
not
bee
deceiued
by
thy selfe
.
And
this
know
for
certaine
,
that
a
weake
Christian
meeting
with
such
matters
as
these
,
will
thorowly
examine
his
owne
estate
,
and
rather
bee
too
suspicious
of
it
than
otherwise
:
as
for
a
carelesse
Christian
,
hee
hath
small
care
of
himselfe
,
and
therefore
will
lightly
passe
it
ouer
,
flattering
himselfe
in
his
owne
carelesnesse
.
This
is
one
marke
more
,
wherby
thou
maist
triethy
selfe
.
CHAP.
VI
.
A
consolation
to
the
weake
Christian
,
remouing
the
causes
of
his
distrustfulnesse
.
A
consolation
to
th●
weake
Christian
Esay
42
TO
the
weake
Christian
this
I
say
:
and
God
grant
,
that
such
a
one
may
know
,
that
I
speake
to
him
.
Thou
art
weake
,
but
thou
shalt
be
strengthned
:
thou
art
bruised
,
but
thou
shalt
not
be
broken
:
thy
Sauiour
is
not
a
destroier
:
he
wil
not
breake
the
bruised
reed
,
nor
quench
the
smoking
flax
.
Thou
(
poore
soule
)
art
often
troubled
with
feare
touching
thine
estate
:
thou
doubtest
,
yea
happily
euen
despairest
of
Gods
mercy
:
and
surely
,
vnlesse
a
man
hath
sometime
heretofore
beene
somwhat
troubled
with
feare
and
doubting
;
I
should
greatly
feare
,
I
should
very
much
doubt
,
least
that
man
were
not
in
the
state
of
saluation
.
Consider
(
good
brother
)
consider
,
that
the
Deuill
is
thine
aduersary
,
a
professed
enemy
to
the
child
of
God
:
hee
chafeth
,
hee
fretteth
and
fumeth
,
that
his
net
is
broken
,
and
thou
art
deliuered
:
faine
would
hee
hereafter
,
but
seeing
he
shal
not
,
now
wil
he
disquiet
thee
.
Remember
,
that
he
was
a
lyer
from
the
beginning
,
and
so
wil
shew
himselfe
vnto
the
end
:
whom
he
seeth
out
of
Gods
fauour
,
whom
he
knoweth
to
be
his
slaues
,
and
ready
to
be
cast
into
hell
fire
;
those
doth
he
falsly
perswade
,
that
they
are
out
of
all
danger
,
and
neuer
suffer
them
so
much
as
to
perceiue
their
lamentable
estate
:
but
whom
he
seeth
God
doth
fauour
,
whom
hee
knoweth
to
be
Christs
brethren
,
and
fellow-heires
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
;
those
will
hee
tempt
very
often
to
feare
,
to
doubt
,
yea
sometimes
euen
to
despaire
of
their
saluation
.
This
assure
thy selfe
,
that
the
holy
Ghost
neuer
goeth
about
to
haue
a
man
despaire
:
he
it
is
,
which
openeth
our
eyes
to
see
our
sins
,
that
so
we
might
learne
to
amend
:
but
it
is
the
Deuill
which
hereupon
taketh
occasion
to
tempt
vs
to
distrust
Gods
goodnesse
.
And
therefore
take
heed
,
that
thou
resistest
him
;
do
not
nourish
thy
doubtings
,
but
labour
to
ouercome
them
:
and
know
,
that
whom
the
Deuil
tempteth
to
doubt
,
it
is
because
hee
doubteth
of
him
;
whom
hee
would
haue
despaire
,
it
is
because
hee
himselfe
euen
despaireth
to
haue
him
vnder
his
custody
.
Indeed
,
he
hath
this
way
preuailed
with
some
:
but
they
haue
beene
few
in
comparison
.
No
,
no
(
deere
brother
)
it
is
a
dangerous
case
for
him
,
when
a
man
perceiueth
his
owne
danger
:
whom
he
leadeth
,
hee
must
lead
blindfolded
,
that
they
may
be
in
hell
,
before
they
know
whether
they
were
going
:
hee
well
knoweth
,
that
for
one
which
despaireth
of
Gods
mercy
,
many
hundreths
presuming
of
Gods
mercy
,
run
headlong
into
his
kingdome
.
And
now
he
tempteth
thee
to
doubt
of
thy
●…
ation
;
it
is
then
because
him●elfe
doubteth
of
thy
destru●…
ion
.
Of
the
causes
mouing
him
to
doubt
.
But
whence
(
I
pray
thee
)
taketh
the
Deuill
occasion
thus
to
trouble
thy
minde
?
What
is
the
matter
,
that
thou
fearest
,
lest
thou
be
none
of
Gods
children
?
1.
Worldly
calamities
.
Gladly
would
I
be
a
Simon
,
if
it
so
pleased
God
,
to
ease
thee
of
thy
heauy
burthen
.
Is
it
because
thou
liuest
in
miseries
,
art
crossed
and
persecuted
in
this
world
?
Thou
thinkest
,
that
God
wil
not
deale
so
with
those
which
loue
him
,
and
whom
he
loueth
again
?
But
thou
shouldest
consider
,
that
thou
art
good
ground
,
and
therfore
must
often
be
plowed
,
and
twy-fallowed
,
and
harrowed
,
that
thou
maiest
bring
forth
much
fruit
:
the
plowers
(
saith
the
Prophet
)
Psal
.
129
plowed
vpon
my
backe
,
and
made
long
furrowes
.
Thou
art
a
sheepe
of
Christs
fold
;
whose
fleece
must
yeerely
be
taken
off
;
and
must
often
goe
in
hard
pasture
,
abiding
heat
and
cold
;
winde
and
tempest
,
for
thou
art
not
to
be
killed
,
but
kept
.
Thou
art
one
of
Gods
children
:
Heb
.
12.
and
what
sonne
is
it
,
whom
the
father
chasteneth
not
?
But
if
wee
endure
chastening
,
God
offereth
himselfe
vnto
vs
,
as
vnto
sonnes
.
Yea
,
Reuel
.
21.
God
shall
(
in
heauen
)
wipe
away
all
teares
from
our
eyes
:
and
how
should
they
be
wiped
away
,
vnlesse
wee
first
shed
them
here
on
earth
?
Did
not
the
king
of
Heauen
and
Earth
liue
heere
in
pouerty
,
hauing
not
a
place
whereon
to
lay
his
head
?
Was
not
hee
malitiously
sclandered
,
and
called
a
seditious
person
,
a
friend
of
Publicans
and
sinners
,
yea
,
a
worker
with
Beelzebub
the
Prince
of
the
Deuils
?
And
was
not
hee
betrayed
by
his
familiar
friend
,
mocked
,
spitted
on
,
bea●…
n
with
staues
,
buffeted
with
●…
istes
;
and
hauing
a
murtherer
preferred
before
him
,
at
last
condemned
to
the
shamefull
death
of
the
Crosse
?
Now
,
as
S.
Paul
saith
,
Rom.
8.
God
hath
predestinate
vs
to
be
made
like
to
the
image
of
his
Son
,
and
is
God
therefore
angry
with
vs
,
because
hee
makes
vs
like
to
his
beloued
Sonne
Iesus
Christ
?
Surely
,
happy
is
our
estate
,
that
we
are
in
this
world
appointed
as
sheep
to
the
slaughter
:
for
would
we
not
willingly
goe
to
Heauen
with
all
speed
?
And
,
vnlesse
wee
were
killed
,
when
should
wee
die
and
goe
thither
,
seeing
we
seldom
run
into
any
excesse
,
and
haue
most
commonly
light
hearts
,
according
to
that
charge
of
the
Apostle
,
1.
Thess.
5.
Reioyce
alwayes
?
Beare
it
patiently
then
(
deare
brother
)
whatsoeuer
the
Lord
layeth
on
thee
,
as
being
a
great
token
of
his
good-will
:
and
comfort
thy selfe
in
this
,
that
he
is
a
skilfull
Physitian
,
which
throughly
knoweth
the
disease
,
the
medicine
,
and
the
Patients
strength
;
neither
will
lay
more
vpon
vs
,
then
hee
will
giue
vs
grace
to
beare
.
2.
Often
falling
into
sinne
.
Is
it
,
because
of
thy
often
slips
and
infirmities
?
Thou
many
times
grieuously
offendest
God
?
But
tell
me
one
thing
:
dost
thou
goe
with
a
full
intent
to
sin
,
and
not
rather
to
doe
good
;
howsoeuer
vpon
occasion
,
through
the
temptation
of
the
Deuill
,
and
frailty
of
thine
owne
flesh
,
thou
fallest
into
some
sinne
?
If
thou
dost
,
then
art
thou
like
Paul
,
which
saith
:
Rom.
7.
I
doe
not
the
good
thing
,
which
I
would
;
but
the
euill
,
which
I
would
not
,
that
doe
I.
Dost
thou
wish
from
thine
heart
,
that
thou
couldest
abstaine
from
sin
,
and
lead
a
more
godly
life
?
If
thou
dost
,
then
maist
thou
be
sure
,
who
ruleth
at
the
heart
:
suppose
,
the
Deuill
hath
the
outward
roomes
,
yet
the
holy
Ghost
hath
the
in
most
.
Thou
art
sorrie
,
because
thou
canst
not
doe
so
much
good
,
as
thou
wouldest
:
&
I
should
be
sorrie
,
if
thou
wouldest
not
doe
more
good
,
then
S.
Paul
himselfe
could
.
Consider
I
pray
thee
,
that
thou
hatest
sinne
:
and
moreouer
,
that
thou
louest
goodnesse
,
and
therefore
God
who
is
goodnesse
it selfe
;
who
also
being
a
searcher
of
the
heart
,
seeth
that
thou
louest
him
.
And
now
,
should
God
hate
thee
,
which
art
his
friend
,
when
he
so
tenderly
loued
his
enemies
,
that
he
gaue
his
only
Son
to
death
for
them
?
Couldest
thou
loue
God
,
vnlesse
hee
had
loued
thee
first
?
Doubt
thou
not
,
Christ
hath
died
for
thy
sins
:
for
thou
hatest
sin
,
&
louest
goodnes
from
the
heart
:
a
special
marke
of
a
good
Christian
.
3.
Wa●…
〈◇〉
Gods
●…
aces
.
Is
it
,
because
thou
seest
thy
inward
pride
,
malice
,
couetousnesse
,
&c.
and
feelest
the
want
of
faith
,
&
other
good
graces
of
Gods
spirit
?
But
wouldst
thou
be
without
those
inward
corruptions
?
Art
thou
almost
sicke
at
the
heart
after
Gods
graces
?
And
doest
thou
not
perceiue
now
,
that
the
grace
of
God
dwelleth
in
thee
?
Yea
,
it
is
a
great
grace
of
God
,
to
feele
the
want
of
Gods
graces
in
thy selfe
,
&
to
hunger
and
thirst
after
them
:
it
is
in
a
maner
the
possession
of
all
graces
;
for
●atth
.
5.
Blessed
are
they
which
hunger
and
thirst
after
righteousnes
,
for
they
shall
be
satisfied
.
Christ
hath
said
it
,
who
is
the
truth
and
cannot
lie
;
●…
h
.
1.
who
is
the
fountaine
of
graces
,
and
of
whose
fulnes
thou
must
receiue
.
Indeed
,
as
touching
the
time
when
thou
shalt
be
fully
satisfied
,
it
is
in
the
world
to
come
,
and
not
in
this
world
.
For
if
being
hungrie
and
thirstie
,
thou
hast
meat
and
drinke
as
much
as
thou
wouldest
,
thy
hunger
and
thirst
after
this
bo●…
y
food
will
be
gone
:
so
,
if
thou
●…
ouldest
haue
Gods
graces
,
which
are
the
spirituall
foode
of
thy
soule
in
as
great
plenty
as
thou
couldest
desire
,
thou
wouldest
not
hunger
nor
thirst
any
more
after
them
;
which
Christ
knowing
,
hee
will
alwaies
keepe
thee
hungry
.
4.
Gods
withdrawing
of
his
graces
for
a
time
.
Is
it
,
because
thou
wast
once
wel
disposed
,
thou
couldest
somtime
pray
heartily
,
and
diddest
feele
the
Comforter
in
thee
:
but
since
,
thou
hast
grieuously
offended
God
,
and
now
for
a
long
time
thy
prayers
haue
been
cold
,
neither
canst
thou
haue
any
such
comfortable
feelings
as
heretofore
;
which
causeth
thee
greatly
to
feare
,
lest
God
hath
wholly
withdrawen
his
grace
from
thee
?
Surely
,
this
befalleth
many
a
man
,
and
(
no
doubt
)
did
befall
Dauid
after
his
adultery
.
What
inward
comfort
(
is
it
like
)
he
had
?
What
cold
prayers
did
he
make
for
a
long
time
?
But
,
consider
with
thy selfe
,
whether
God
hauing
sent
some
vnto
thee
,
as
hee
sent
Nathan
vnto
Dauid
;
●
Sam
.
12.
Psal
.
51.
thou
dost
confesse
,
I
haue
sinned
;
and
wouldest
be
stablished
with
Gods
free
Spirit
?
If
thou
wouldest
,
then
assure
thy selfe
,
that
doing
as
Dauid
did
,
thou
shalt
haue
as
Dauid
had
,
thy
sinne
pardoned
,
and
a
right
spirit
renued
in
thee
.
Thou
hast
been
indeed
a
prodigall
son
,
but
now
feeling
the
smart
of
it
,
art
willing
to
returne
home
againe
:
and
should
not
thy
father
then
receaue
thee
?
●uk
.
15.
Yes
(
brother
mine
)
when
thou
art
yet
a
great
way
off
,
thy
father
will
see
thee
,
and
haue
compassion
,
and
run
,
and
fall
on
thy
necke
,
and
all
to
kisse
thee
.
Thou
hast
beene
a
wandring
sheepe
,
and
Christ
thy
good
Sheep-heard
hath
long
sought
thee
,
and
called
vnto
thee
by
the
mouth
of
his
Preachers
;
but
thou
wouldst
not
be
found
,
thou
wouldest
not
heare
for
a
long
season
:
and
now
hearing
,
and
being
found
,
and
willing
to
returne
;
should
he
then
leaue
thee
behind
him
?
No
,
thinke
not
so
:
he
will
lay
thee
on
his
shoulders
with
ioy
,
and
bring
thee
backe
to
thy
fellowes
.
Luk
.
15.
Thou
hast
grieued
the
holy
Ghost
,
Ephes
.
4.
wherewith
thou
wast
sealed
vnto
the
day
of
redemption
:
wherfore
he
hath
kept
close
,
he
hath
hid
himselfe
for
a
long
time
,
and
thou
hast
wanted
the
seale
or
assurance
of
thy
redemption
.
But
feare
not
,
the
seale
shall
be
renued
,
the
holy
Ghost
will
shew
himselfe
againe
:
for
,
he
would
winne
the
house
,
though
it
was
altogether
vnwilling
to
be
wonne
;
and
would
he
not
keepe
the
house
,
when
it
was
in
some
measure
willing
to
bee
kept
?
He
could
winne
the
house
,
though
it
held
with
the
Deuill
;
and
could
hee
not
keepe
the
house
,
when
it
held
with
himselfe
?
Call
to
minde
that
saying
of
the
Prophet
;
Psal
.
77.
I
did
consider
the
dayes
of
old
,
&
the
yeers
of
ancient
time
.
I
called
to
remembrance
my
song
in
the
night
:
I
communed
with
mine
owne
heart
,
and
my
spirit
searched
diligently
.
Will
the
Lord
absent
himselfe
for
euer
?
and
will
he
shew
no
more
fauour
?
Is
his
mercy
cleane
gone
for
euer
?
and
doth
his
promise
faile
for
euermore
?
Hath
God
forgotten
to
be
mercifull
?
hath
he
shut
vp
his
tender
mercies
in
displeasure
?
And
I
said
,
This
is
my
death
:
yet
I
remembred
the
yeeres
of
the
right
hand
of
the
most
High
.
Thinke
(
good
brother
)
thinke
euen
now
thus
with
thy selfe
.
I
doe
well
remember
,
o
Lord
my
God
,
when
thou
wast
in
the
house
,
when
I
felt
thee
at
mine
heart
;
and
surely
thou
art
the
stronger
:
o
Lord
God
,
what
a
comfort
should
this
be
to
a
man
in
my
case
,
though
hee
felt
thee
there
but
once
in
all
his
life
time
!
The
stronger
man
,
I
know
well
,
had
once
also
the
house
on
his
side
.
Comfort
thy selfe
(
good
brother
)
with
this
meditation
;
for
I
cannot
but
greatly
reioyce
ouer
thee
,
as
well
knowing
,
that
thou
art
still
the
child
of
God
:
indeed
,
that
thou
thy selfe
doest
not
know
it
assuredly
,
but
doubtest
,
yea
happily
euen
despairest
of
it
;
God
knoweth
,
that
I
pitty
this
thy
present
estate
,
and
would
if
it
lay
in
mee
,
refresh
thy
troubled
spirit
.
Consider
then
,
how
God
doth
pitty
thee
,
how
he
is
both
able
,
and
willing
to
helpe
thee
.
Hath
man
created
,
redeemed
,
or
sanctified
?
hath
man
taken
so
much
paines
about
thee
?
But
thy
God
hath
done
all
this
:
God
the
Father
is
hee
that
created
thee
;
Iesus
Christ
is
hee
that
redeemed
thee
;
the
holy
Ghost
is
hee
that
sanctified
thee
,
which
tooke
such
paines
to
driue
the
strong
man
forth
.
And
now
,
being
created
,
and
redeemed
,
and
sanctified
,
God
keepe
his
seruant
from
thinking
,
that
God
will
loose
so
much
labour
,
and
hee
should
euen
be
wholly
forsaken
.
Tell
mee
,
I
pray
thee
,
this
one
thing
:
Hast
thou
not
now
a
longing
desire
to
bee
in
thy
former
estate
?
And
dost
thou
not
then
perceiue
,
that
thou
art
not
indeed
forsaken
,
&
that
the
holy
Ghost
beginneth
to
shew
himself
again
?
For
,
who
else
can
stirre
vp
this
good
desire
?
Cor
.
3.
Thou
canst
not
of
thy selfe
so
much
as
thinke
a
good
thought
:
it
commeth
not
then
from
thy selfe
,
much
lesse
is
it
the
Deuils
doing
:
it
commeth
therefore
from
the
holy
Ghost
,
who
will
shew
himselfe
in
greater
measure
than
euer
hee
did
;
I
know
he
will
,
it
is
his
manner
,
he
serueth
others
so
.
When
hee
is
grieued
by
vs
,
hee
will
hide
himselfe
for
a
time
,
that
wee
may
beware
of
grieuing
him
afterward
.
Doubt
thou
not
,
hee
will
shew
himselfe
againe
,
onely
doe
thou
carefully
vse
the
meanes
to
bring
him
forth
of
his
closet
:
heare
sermons
,
read
good
bookes
,
goe
to
some
godly
man
for
his
aduice
,
be
he
ten
,
twenty
,
yea
forty
miles
from
thee
;
and
neuer
cease
day
nor
night
to
call
vpon
thy
God
,
that
he
would
remember
his
old
louing
kindnesse
.
And
then
,
as
our
Sauiour
Christ
saith
;
Luk
.
11.
If
yee
which
are
euill
,
can
giue
good
gifts
to
your
children
,
how
much
more
shall
your
heauenly
Father
giue
the
holy
Ghost
to
them
,
that
desire
it
of
him
?
Consider
the
parable
of
the
poore
widow
,
Luk
.
18.
who
through
hir
importunitie
obtained
hir
suit
of
the
wicked
Iudge
euen
halfe
against
his
will
:
and
should
not
that
good
God
,
who
delighteth
in
doing
vs
good
,
and
so
often
calleth
vpon
vs
to
call
vpon
him
in
all
our
necessities
,
heare
thy
petitions
,
if
thou
bee
importunate
,
as
one
that
wil
haue
no
deniall
?
Pray
(
good
brother
)
pray
continually
:
and
feare
not
;
for
if
God
hauing
brought
the
Israelites
out
of
Egypt
,
should
not
haue
brought
them
into
that
good
land
,
Num
.
14.
16.
the
Heathen
would
haue
blasphemed
his
name
,
and
said
,
that
he
wanted
power
to
do
it
.
Take
then
a
good
heart
vnto
thee
:
thy
saluation
is
now
ioyned
with
the
glory
of
God
:
hee
that
neuer
left
any
thing
vnperfect
,
shal
in
his
good
time
perfect
that
good
worke
which
he
hath
begun
in
thee
,
euen
for
his
owne
name
sake
,
onely
forget
not
to
call
vpon
him
.
O
Lord
God
,
open
his
eyes
that
he
may
see
how
much
he
hath
already
receiued
:
and
(
good
Lord
)
encrease
in
him
and
in
vs
all
,
faith
in
thee
,
zeale
of
thy
glory
,
and
loue
to
our
brethren
;
that
men
seeing
thy
childrens
good
workes
heere
on
earth
,
may
glorifie
thee
our
Father
,
which
art
in
heauen
.
Amen
,
Amen
.
CHAP.
VII
.
An
admonition
to
the
carelesse
Christian
,
remoouing
the
causes
of
his
presumption
.
An
admonition
to
the
carel●…
Christian●…
TO
the
presumptuous
and
carelesse
Christian
,
o
Lord
God
,
what
might
a
man
say
,
that
would
doe
him
any
good
!
For
if
I
should
say
,
that
he
is
no
good
Christian
,
and
that
he
belieueth
not
in
thee
,
I
perswade
my selfe
,
that
he
would
not
belieue
mee
so
saying
;
alas
,
without
thy
speciall
grace
he
will
not
surely
perceiue
his
danger
,
which
is
the
first
step
of
auoiding
the
same
.
●…
us
I
●…
e
heard
●…
e
to
●…
ake
.
Thou
that
hast
a
strong
faith
,
and
euer
haddest
:
thou
that
wouldest
not
so
much
as
once
doubt
of
thy
saluation
for
the
whole
world
:
consider
,
I
pray
thee
;
Is
thy
faith
at
this
time
strong
?
Dost
thou
not
euen
now
doubt
of
thy
saluation
?
Happy
indeed
wast
thou
,
if
thou
diddest
not
doubt
:
but
miserable
art
thou
,
that
alwayes
doubting
,
yea
euen
despairing
,
thou
doest
not
perceiue
thy
desperate
case
.
Thy
mind
hath
euer
been
at
quiet
,
thou
neuer
fearedst
,
what
shall
become
of
thee
:
no
maruell
,
〈◇〉
.
4.
though
the
fishers
of
men
could
not
preuaile
;
for
surely
the
best
fishing
is
in
troubled
waters
,
then
shall
our
Masters
net
soonest
lay
hold
.
〈◇〉
8.
Thy
lying
hart
saith
vnto
thee
,
peace
,
peace
,
when
there
is
no
true
peace
.
Thou
thinkest
with
thy selfe
,
Reuel
.
3.
I
am
rich
and
increased
with
goods
,
&
haue
need
of
nothing
;
and
knowest
not
,
how
thou
art
wretched
,
and
miserable
,
and
poore
,
and
blind
,
and
naked
.
Thou
that
art
whole
in
thine
owne
eyes
;
how
shouldest
thou
seeke
to
the
Physitian
?
Thou
that
feelest
not
the
want
of
faith
;
how
canst
thou
pray
,
Luk
.
17.
O
Lord
increase
my
faith
?
Is
there
not
more
hope
of
a
foole
,
than
of
one
wise
in
his
owne
conceit
?
For
with
lesse
adoe
may
that
other
bee
taught
wisdome
,
than
this
man
so
much
as
to
know
his
owne
follie
.
Learne
then
to
become
a
foole
,
that
thou
maist
be
made
wise
:
learne
to
know
thy
griefe
,
that
thou
maist
seeke
for
helpe
;
to
feele
the
want
of
faith
,
that
thou
maist
pray
God
to
giue
it
thee
.
Which
to
the
end
thou
mightest
doe
,
let
vs
a
little
examine
thine
estate
:
Of
the
causes
moouing
him
to
presume
.
How
doest
thou
know
,
that
thou
hast
a
good
faith
,
and
shalt
be
saued
?
Thou
beleeuest
,
that
Iesus
Christ
died
for
some
mens
sins
:
The
reprobate
;
yea
the
Deuils
beleeue
this
,
and
yet
tremble
for
feare
,
which
thou
(
it
may
bee
)
doest
not
.
Thou
must
beleeue
(
man
)
that
Iesus
Christ
died
for
thy
sinnes
:
and
,
how
doest
thou
know
,
that
thou
so
beleeuest
?
1.
The
multi●…
de
.
If
most
that
haue
heard
it
,
could
beleeue
it
,
and
by
faith
applie
Christs
death
vnto
themselues
:
would
our
Sauiour
haue
said
,
Luk
.
18.
When
the
Sonne
of
man
commeth
,
shall
he
finde
faith
on
the
earth
?
It
is
an
easie
matter
to
beleeue
in
him
,
and
let
him
come
when
hee
will
,
he
shall
finde
inough
in
all
places
,
which
haue
a
strong
faith
,
and
euer
had
:
but
,
how
then
doth
hee
aske
,
whether
hee
shall
now
finde
faith
on
the
earth
?
Either
he
or
we
(
assure
thy selfe
)
are
greatly
dceiued
.
Call
to
minde
the
daies
of
Noah
,
how
few
godly
were
then
liuing
:
consider
the
time
of
Christs
first
comming
,
whether
he
came
not
among
his
owne
,
&
they
receiued
him
not
:
and
now
he
complaineth
of
the
small
number
of
beleeuers
at
his
second
comming
to
iudgement
.
Our
Sauiour
is
hee
that
saueth
,
and
he
knoweth
whom
hee
shall
saue
:
hee
it
is
in
whom
wee
must
beleeeue
,
&
should
not
he
know
who
beleeueth
?
should
not
hee
know
his
owne
?
Thou
doest
(
I
hope
)
beleeue
him
,
in
whom
(
as
thou
faiest
)
thou
doest
beleeue
:
few
men
then
haue
a
true
faith
,
few
shall
enter
in
at
the
strait
gate
:
and
,
how
doest
thou
know
assuredly
,
that
thou
art
one
of
those
few
?
I
greatly
feare
lest
this
thy
perswasion
was
grounded
on
the
multitude
:
thou
liuedst
as
well
as
the
most
,
and
therefore
haddest
as
good
a
faith
,
and
shouldest
be
saued
assoone
.
Was
it
not
so
,
I
pray
thee
?
Hast
thou
not
thought
thus
with
thy selfe
?
Examine
thine
owne
hart
(
man
)
whether
thou
hast
or
not
:
and
consider
that
few
finde
the
narrow
way
to
heauen
:
Mat
.
7.
this
world
for
many
,
and
the
next
for
few
;
euen
as
the
earth
2.
Esdr.
8.
giueth
much
earthly
matter
to
make
pots
and
little
dust
that
gold
commeth
of
.
But
heere
thou
wilt
happily
say
:
and
should
not
God
then
be
a
cruell
tyrant
?
No
,
God
forbid
:
hee
is
the
father
of
mercies
,
his
mercy
is
infinite
:
he
put
his
Sonne
,
his
only
Sonne
,
his
beloued
Sonne
,
to
death
for
his
enemies
;
Rom.
5.
and
should
he
then
be
cruell
to
mankinde
?
Consider
,
what
wonderfull
mercy
he
daily
sheweth
thee
,
euery
time
thou
willingly
offendest
him
,
be
it
in
the
misse-spending
of
an
houre
,
or
deceiuing
thy
neighbour
of
a
pennie
,
or
such
like
.
Doest
thou
not
then
esteeme
the
profit
of
a
penny
before
his
fauour
,
thou
being
dust
,
and
hee
a
God
of
maiestie
;
yea
,
when
thou
doest
beleeue
,
that
he
put
his
Sonne
to
death
for
that
and
other
thy
sinnes
?
Doest
thou
not
abuse
his
good
creature
to
his
owne
dishonour
;
nay
,
to
the
honour
of
his
and
thine
vtter
aduersarie
,
the
Deuill
?
Doest
thou
not
doe
it
in
his
presence
,
when
hee
telleth
thy
conscience
of
it
,
when
thou
knowest
that
he
seeth
thee
;
nay
,
when
he
knoweth
,
that
thou
art
not
ignorant
,
he
is
aware
of
it
?
And
yet
thou
wilt
sinne
,
onely
because
hee
is
mercifull
,
for
otherwise
thou
durst
not
:
what
an
horrible
prouocation
is
this
?
But
yet
consider
further
,
Iob
35.
that
he
is
God
all
sufficient
:
if
he
did
punish
thee
,
thou
couldest
not
hurt
him
:
if
hee
should
spare
thee
,
thou
couldest
not
profit
him
?
And
,
is
it
not
then
wonderfull
mercie
,
that
hee
spareth
thee
one
only
time
?
And
now
,
how
many
thousand
times
?
Gods
mercie
is
infinite
:
but
seeing
he
sheweth
such
mercie
vnto
thee
,
when
thou
takest
no
notice
of
it
;
beware
,
lest
when
thou
lookest
for
mercie
heereafter
,
thou
findest
him
a
seuere
Iudge
,
in
stead
of
a
mercifull
Father
.
And
to
the
end
the
wonderfull
greatnesse
of
Gods
mercie
vnto
mankinde
in
this
world
might
the
better
appeare
;
adde
heereunto
,
what
dutifulnesse
many
of
vs
looke
for
at
our
seruants
hands
,
as
that
they
must
not
speake
an
idle
word
or
looke
awry
in
our
presence
:
for
if
we
could
endure
them
to
abuse
vs
,
our
abusing
of
God
were
not
so
intolerable
.
We
need
not
the
Queene
of
the
South
or
any
other
,
Mat
.
12.
to
rise
vp
in
iudgement
,
and
to
condemne
vs
:
euery
mans
owne
example
may
suffice
to
condemne
himselfe
to
the
pit
of
hell
,
seeing
wee
performe
more
obedience
vnto
man
,
when
a
greater
than
man
is
alwaies
present
.
I
say
nothing
,
what
traiterous
mindes
many
beare
vnto
God
:
how
that
they
could
wish
in
their
hearts
,
there
were
no
God
at
all
,
that
so
they
might
die
as
other
creatures
doe
,
and
neuer
come
to
iudgement
:
or
else
,
that
the
Deuill
were
in
his
roome
,
that
so
,
if
they
are
Magistrates
,
they
might
take
bribes
;
if
Ministers
,
they
might
neglect
their
dutie
;
if
of
any
estate
whatsoeuer
,
they
might
passe
their
time
in
drunkennesse
,
whoredome
,
dancing
,
dicing
,
&c.
and
yet
,
as
dutifull
seruants
to
such
a
master
,
be
sure
to
come
to
heauen
afterward
.
Examine
thine
owne
conscience
well
touching
this
matter
,
gentle
Reader
:
and
if
thy
heart
condemne
thee
herein
,
vnderstand
,
1.
Ioh
.
3.
that
God
is
greater
than
thy
heart
,
and
knoweth
all
things
.
What
wonderfull
mercie
then
is
it
,
that
he
suffereth
such
a
traitour
to
liue
one
day
to
an
end
?
Surely
,
as
one
faith
,
Gods
mercie
in
this
world
seemeth
to
be
follie
,
and
his
iustice
in
the
next
will
seeme
to
be
furie
.
Although
indeed
they
are
not
so
:
for
God
is
not
as
man
,
and
both
his
mercie
and
iustice
are
according
to
his
nature
,
which
is
infinite
.
But
not
to
stand
longer
heereupon
:
if
thou
wouldest
thorowly
consider
,
how
intolerably
God
is
heere
abused
,
thou
wilt
bee
so
farre
from
thinking
,
either
that
God
is
not
mercifull
,
or
that
few
men
shall
bee
saued
:
as
that
thou
wilt
wonder
,
how
God
can
bee
so
mercifull
,
as
to
saue
euen
a
very
few
of
vs
;
but
indeed
his
mercie
is
wonderfull
to
mankinde
.
2.
The
learned
.
Relie
not
now
vpon
the
multitude
;
no
,
nor
yet
vpon
the
learned
,
as
though
liuing
as
they
doe
,
thou
wast
in
safetie
.
For
whiles
we
be
young
plants
,
we
are
rather
bowed
to
Aristotle
,
than
to
Christ
:
lesse
care
is
had
,
that
wee
follow
Christ
in
manners
,
than
Aristotle
in
opinions
;
and
as
we
are
then
bowed
,
many
of
vs
grow
euer
after
.
Then
learne
wee
such
cunning
to
deceiue
others
,
that
in
the
end
wee
deceiue
our
owne
selues
:
if
God
say
,
Few
men
shall
be
saued
;
wee
say
,
Hee
doth
not
meane
so
,
it
is
onely
to
feare
vs
,
and
yet
we
will
not
be
feared
neither
.
When
wee
first
reade
the
Scriptures
,
and
see
Gods
threatnings
against
sinners
,
we
shall
be
much
mooued
for
a
time
,
the
holy
Ghost
will
make
the
house
to
quake
for
feare
:
but
if
he
doth
not
win
the
house
at
some
three
or
foure
assaults
,
the
Deuill
in
short
time
will
so
fortifie
it
;
that
reade
we
neuer
so
many
threatnings
,
see
we
neuer
such
fearefull
examples
,
wee
shall
bee
mooued
nothing
at
all
.
Hast
not
thou
,
which
knowest
little
,
done
some
things
against
thy
knowledge
?
Why
should
it
then
seeme
strange
,
if
those
which
know
more
,
doe
many
things
against
theirs
?
Yea
,
often
times
they
which
read
the
Scriptures
most
,
practise
least
of
that
they
reade
:
for
seeing
they
haue
still
in
their
hands
Gods
word
,
Mat
.
16.
the
keies
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
;
the
Deuill
will
lay
more
bolts
on
their
heeles
to
presse
them
downe
vnto
hell
,
and
will
not
be
content
to
haue
them
liue
as
bad
onely
as
other
men
doe
.
Thinke
not
then
with
thy selfe
;
If
I
liue
as
some
great
learned
man
doth
,
I
shall
be
saued
:
lest
making
part
of
the
Deuils
chaine
,
hee
should
hold
one
linke
fast
;
and
then
surely
all
others
fastened
thereunto
,
will
follow
headlong
into
the
pit
of
destruction
.
Another
mans
wicked
life
shall
not
saue
himselfe
,
much
lesse
shall
it
saue
thee
;
it
must
be
thine
owne
good
life
,
and
nothing
else
.
Ground
not
thy
saluation
vpon
anothers
destruction
:
fetch
not
thy
assurance
from
the
vices
in
other
men
,
but
rather
from
Gods
graces
in
thy selfe
.
3.
Good
motions
,
and
a
qu●…
conscienc●…
And
so
happily
thou
doest
after
a
sort
:
for
thou
thinkest
;
I
haue
often
times
good
motions
:
I
am
no
common
drunkard
,
swearer
,
lier
,
theefe
,
&c.
my
conscience
doth
not
accuse
me
.
But
as
touching
thy
good
motions
,
know
,
that
the
most
wicked
haue
them
,
vnlesse
they
be
giuen
ouer
to
a
reprobate
sense
.
The
holy
Ghost
indeede
assaulteth
the
house
:
but
,
doth
the
house
yeeld
to
his
assaults
?
Doest
thou
put
in
practise
,
what
the
holy
Ghost
putteth
into
thy
minde
?
He
that
shooteth
a
bullet
into
a
castle
,
and
causeth
it
to
shake
or
mooue
,
(
for
thou
speakest
of
thy
good
motions
)
hath
not
straightway
gotten
possession
:
but
if
a
man
shoot
a
bullet
foorth
of
a
castle
,
this
is
a
sure
token
that
hee
is
within
.
Luk
.
6.
What
good
now
out
of
the
treasure
of
thine
heart
,
hast
thou
brought
foorth
?
None
at
all
from
thy
heart
,
I
warrant
thee
.
And
as
touching
thy
small
offenses
,
for
which
thy
conscience
doth
not
accuse
thee
:
it
is
,
because
thou
hast
now
a
dead
conscience
;
which
will
then
beginne
to
liue
,
when
thou
beginnest
to
die
.
〈…〉
conscience
,
and
a
good
quiet
conscienc●
.
A
dead
quiet
conscience
will
not
accuse
a
man
,
vnlesse
for
some
horrible
sins
,
as
murder
,
adulterie
,
drunkennesse
,
whoredome
,
and
such
like
:
but
a
good
quiet
conscience
will
accuse
a
man
for
●…
ry
willi●…
sinne
,
vntill
he
hath
〈…〉
forgiuenesse
,
and
then
〈…〉
quiet
.
Thy
dead
consci●…
〈◇〉
not
comfort
thee
〈◇〉
any
more
▪
but
a
good
cons●…
〈…〉
●…nuall
feast
,
the
g●…
〈…〉
of
no
man
kno●…
〈…〉
hath
it
.
〈…〉
It
may
be
,
that
〈…〉
with
thy selfe
;
〈…〉
wicked
man
.
I
should
not
so
prosper
in
this
world
.
And
doest
thou
not
remember
,
how
that
Diues
was
clothed
in
purple
,
and
fared
delicately
euery
day
,
Luk
.
16.
and
receiued
(
marke
the
word
)
his
pleasures
heere
in
his
life
time
?
Call
to
minde
,
what
the
Prophet
saith
of
the
wicked
;
Psal
.
73.
They
are
not
in
trouble
as
others
are
:
neither
are
they
plagued
with
other
men
:
their
eies
stand
out
with
fatnesse
:
they
haue
more
than
heart
can
wish
.
Thou
art
fatted
(
man
)
against
the
day
of
slaughter
.
Consider
with
thy selfe
:
what
care
hast
thou
had
of
thy
saluation
?
Hast
thou
not
cared
more
for
thy
swine
,
than
for
Christ
?
for
this
world
,
than
for
the
world
to
come
?
Thou
wilt
happily
denie
it
in
words
:
but
,
examine
thy
deeds
,
I
aduise
thee
;
for
God
will
not
beleeue
thy
words
,
if
thy
workes
shew
the
contrary
.
Hast
thou
sought
as
earnestly
for
eternall
life
at
any
time
heeretofore
,
as
thou
wouldest
seeke
at
this
time
for
thy
swine
,
were
they
lost
;
●…
m
.
9.
or
,
as
Saul
did
once
seeke
for
his
fathers
asses
,
who
went
from
place
to
place
,
&
at
length
got
him
to
the
Seer
,
to
learne
of
him
,
if
hee
did
see
,
what
was
become
of
them
?
And
though
thou
hast
gone
from
towne
to
towne
after
Preachers
;
as
a
cer●…
ne
man
would
follow
Christ
,
Luk
.
9.
●…
ithersoeuer
hee
went
;
whose
●…
art
our
Sauiour
knowing
,
re●…
sed
his
companie
.
Though
againe
,
thou
hast
after
a
sort
delighted
to
heare
the
word
:
as
the
Iewes
would
haue
reioiced
in
Iohn
Baptists
light
for
a
season
,
Ioh
.
5.
and
went
a
great
way
to
heare
him
:
yet
know
,
that
Luk
.
13.
many
shall
seeke
to
enter
in
at
the
strait
gate
,
and
shall
not
bee
able
.
Doth
thy
conscience
tell
thee
,
that
thou
hast
sought
first
and
principally
Matt
.
6.
the
kingdome
of
God
,
and
the
righteousnesse
thereof
?
No
,
it
doth
not
:
thy
affection
hath
beene
most
set
on
earthly
things
.
And
now
,
Matt
.
7.
seeing
Christ
forbiddeth
vs
to
cast
our
pearles
before
swine
:
should
hee
giue
the
kingdome
of
heauen
,
Reuel
.
21
a
Citty
built
of
gold
and
pretious
stones
,
to
those
which
esteeme
so
lightly
of
it
?
No
,
he
will
not
:
thy
minde
runneth
,
not
most
commonly
on
this
kingdome
;
a
sure
token
,
that
it
belongeth
not
to
thee
,
that
as
yet
thou
art
not
heire
apparent
.
If
thou
doest
not
so
perswade
thy selfe
,
examine
well
the
grounds
of
thy
contrary
perswasion
.
Are
they
not
,
the
multitude
,
the
learned
,
thy
good
motions
without
effect
,
thy
dead
conscience
,
and
worldly
prosperity
?
Thou
hast
no
assurance
from
the
holy
Ghost
,
no
loue
to
goodnesse
,
no
feruancy
in
prayer
,
no
inward
consolation
;
in
a
word
,
no
care
of
thy selfe
.
Happy
mightest
thou
be
,
if
thou
haddest
this
only
care
,
to
perceiue
thine
owne
carelesnesse
,
and
what
care
God
now
hath
of
thee
.
A
Sparrow
(
saith
Christ
)
●at
.
10.
shall
not
fall
on
the
ground
without
your
father
:
and
should
this
booke
come
into
thine
hands
without
the
prouidence
of
God
?
It
is
of
more
value
then
many
Sparrowes
.
Thou
doest
not
looke
(
I
hope
)
that
God
should
send
an
Angel
from
heauen
to
warne
thee
;
and
now
hee
warneth
thee
by
a
messenger
:
O
Lord
,
giue
him
grace
to
thinke
so
of
it
.
Call
to
minde
thy
life
past
:
examine
well
thine
owne
waies
:
striue
to
see
thine
inward
sinnes
,
to
feele
the
want
of
Gods
graces
:
keepe
good
company
:
heare
Sermons
,
reade
good
bookes
:
call
vpon
God
day
and
night
for
his
grace
.
Why
shouldest
thou
perish
in
thy
sinnes
,
seeing
God
would
not
the
death
of
a
sinner
,
and
now
so
louingly
doth
call
vnto
thee
?
Should
I
be
the
cause
of
thy
greater
paines
in
Hell
,
whiles
I
seeke
to
bring
thee
to
the
ioyes
of
Heauen
?
Harden
not
thine
heart
like
an
adamant
:
stop
not
thine
eares
like
the
deafe
Adder
;
Psalm
.
●…
when
thou
maiest
heare
with
thine
eares
,
and
vnderstand
with
thine
heart
,
by
what
meanes
thou
shouldest
be
saued
.
(
O
Lord
,
do
thou
open
his
deafe
eares
,
and
mollifie
his
stony
heart
.
)
Wilt
thou
doe
now
,
as
I
haue
said
?
What
answer
doth
thy
conscience
make
to
him
that
sent
mee
,
and
to
him
which
created
thee
,
who
is
also
here
present
,
euen
in
this
very
place
?
Thou
dost
not
see
him
?
For
indeed
,
he
is
The
word
●…
irit
)
is
〈◇〉
plaine
●…
glish
,
●…
de
or
●…
ath
,
{αβγδ}
●…
fieth
●…
h
.
Iohn
●…
.
And
●…
gh
God
●…
alled
a
●…
suming
Deut.
●4
.
yet
●…
t
c●m●…
y
is
he
●…ed
a
●…
it
,
●…
de
,
or
●…
th
;
as
●…
ch
doth
●…
t
resem●…
is
na●…
.
a
Spirit
,
inuisible
,
as
the
winde
or
aire
,
which
vnseene
goeth
euen
to
thine
heart
it selfe
.
But
(
I
pray
thee
)
dost
thou
not
feele
him
?
doth
hee
not
now
moue
thine
heart
?
doth
he
not
now
assault
the
house
?
Faine
would
he
win
it
:
hee
is
the
stronger
man
:
hee
can
driue
the
Diuell
forth
;
only
do
thou
beware
of
taking
part
with
the
Deuill
.
Consider
(
man
)
that
thou
hast
a
soule
to
saue
:
remember
,
that
thou
hast
but
a
short
time
to
saue
it
;
this
life
is
a
moment
,
whereupon
hangeth
all
eternity
.
Hast
thou
now
any
care
of
thy selfe
?
Wouldest
thou
indeed
faine
be
saued
?
Doe
then
but
thorowly
examine
thine
estate
at
this
time
.
If
thou
dost
thus
;
know
,
that
the
holy
Ghost
hath
won
one
roome
already
:
and
alwaies
,
when
hee
moueth
thee
to
pray
,
to
heare
or
read
Gods
word
,
to
giue
almes
,
to
doe
good
or
abstaine
from
euill
;
yeeld
to
his
good
motions
,
and
thinke
thus
with
thy selfe
.
Now
doth
the
holy
Ghost
assault
the
house
:
now
would
he
faine
win
one
roome
more
.
And
if
thou
alwaies
yeeldest
vnto
him
,
thou
shalt
see
,
that
winning
one
roome
after
another
,
he
will
soone
driue
the
Deuill
out
of
all
,
euen
to
thy
euerlasting
and
vnspeakeable
comfort
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
Of
certain
impediments
,
which
hinder
the
carelesse
Christian
from
giuing
entertainment
to
the
holy
Ghost
,
and
reforming
his
life
.
●…
taine
●…
edi●…
nts
.
BVt
here
I
am
not
ignorant
,
what
the
old
Serpent
suggesteth
to
thy
minde
:
namely
,
that
hereafter
thou
wilt
hearken
to
this
good
counsell
,
and
obey
the
good
inspirations
of
Gods
spirit
.
Thou
art
now
poore
,
and
wouldest
first
gather
riches
;
or
young
,
and
wouldest
first
come
to
some
yeeres
:
then
(
if
it
pleaseth
God
)
thou
wilt
reforme
thy
life
,
and
become
a
new
man
;
but
wheras
it
best
pleaseth
him
,
thou
shouldest
euen
now
amend
,
that
thou
wilt
not
do
by
any
meanes
.
And
art
thou
indeed
perswaded
,
that
thou
shalt
then
doe
it
with
greater
ease
?
1.
Pouerty
.
Thou
hast
not
(
I
●…
st
)
forgotten
,
what
answer
some
made
,
when
they
were
called
vnto
supper
.
Luk
.
14.
I
haue
bought
a
Farme
,
and
I
must
needes
goe
and
●…
e
it
:
I
pray
thee
haue
me
excused
.
I
haue
bought
fiue
yoke
of
Oxen
,
and
I
goe
to
prooue
them
:
I
pray
thee
haue
me
excused
.
When
thou
hast
gotten
a
Farme
,
or
Oxen
,
or
the
like
;
then
maist
thou
well
be
excused
from
comming
,
as
hauing
other
matters
to
looke
vnto
.
Then
thou
wilt
thinke
with
thy selfe
,
as
no
doubt
many
of
our
rich
men
doe
thinke
in
these
daies
.
If
I
were
a
poore
man
,
I
would
surely
haue
a
care
to
please
God
;
that
seeing
in
this
world
I
could
not
,
I
might
liue
pleasantly
in
the
world
to
come
:
but
it
must
not
seene
strange
,
that
I
haue
now
more
care
to
please
my selfe
.
Indeed
,
I
am
more
beholding
vnto
God
,
then
such
a
one
is
:
but
I
can
haue
a
kingdome
out
of
hand
,
and
therefore
no
maruel
,
though
I
prefer
it
before
a
kingdome
hereafter
.
Mat
.
19.
Diddest
thou
neuer
heare
of
a
certaine
rich
man
,
who
not
being
guilty
to
himselfe
of
the
breach
of
any
commandement
euen
from
his
youth
;
yet
came
running
with
speed
vnto
Christ
,
that
he
might
learne
,
if
any
thing
were
wanting
?
What
one
rich
man
in
these
daies
may
in
any
sort
be
compared
vnto
him
?
And
yet
,
when
one
thing
was
lacking
,
he
went
away
sorrowfully
:
whereupon
our
Sauiour
vttered
that
feareful
saying
,
which
made
his
Disciples
,
though
poore
men
,
exceedingly
amazed
;
It
is
easier
for
a
Camell
to
goe
through
the
eye
of
a
needle
,
then
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
the
kingdome
of
God
.
I
know
well
,
that
all
things
are
possible
with
almightie
God
:
but
,
were
it
not
a
wonder
to
see
a
Camel
going
thorow
a
needles
eye
?
It
is
a
wonder
then
if
any
rich-man
in
the
world
be
saued
:
and
God
sheweth
wonders
seldome
,
for
were
they
common
,
they
should
not
be
wonders
.
Surely
,
when
riches
encrease
,
men
lightly
set
their
hearts
vnto
them
:
and
God
by
no
meanes
will
suffer
Mammon
to
come
into
his
kingdome
.
Riches
cause
men
to
swell
with
pride
:
and
is
it
for
a
swollen
man
to
enter
in
at
a
straight
gate
?
Nay
verily
,
he
must
rather
be
sicke
of
a
consumption
,
and
be
nothing
in
his
owne
eyes
.
Riches
make
men
high
minded
,
and
heauen
gate
is
too
low
:
they
which
meane
to
goe
in
thereat
,
must
learne
of
Christ
to
be
humble
and
lowly
of
heart
.
Few
,
I
warrant
thee
,
encrease
so
fast
in
goods
,
but
they
decrease
as
fast
in
goodnesse
.
And
moreouer
,
if
thou
gettest
goods
honestly
,
thou
maiest
aswell
doe
it
after
repentance
:
if
wrongfully
,
then
must
thou
repay
them
,
when
thou
hast
truly
repented
,
or
else
thy
conscience
will
neuer
be
quiet
.
With
what
face
canst
thou
say
;
I
thanke
thee
(
ô
God
)
for
this
meat
,
this
clothing
&c.
when
thy
conscience
shall
tell
thee
in
the
meane
season
,
that
happily
thou
art
beholding
to
the
Deuill
for
it
?
A
little
leauen
leaueneth
the
whole
lumpe
;
and
so
doth
a
litle
goods
wrongfully
gotten
:
for
thou
canst
not
say
of
any
,
This
I
haue
honestly
;
seing
if
thou
haddest
no
ill
gotten
goods
,
thou
shouldest
it
may
be
,
haue
done
away
that
.
Wherfore
,
when
thou
commest
to
meat
,
let
this
be
thy
grace
:
I
thanke
thee
(
o
Lord
)
for
this
meat
,
vnlesse
I
am
beholding
to
the
Deuill
for
it
.
And
if
thou
bee
ashamed
to
say
thus
,
then
must
thou
make
restitution
,
for
at
leastwise
thou
shalt
thinke
thus
.
Yea
,
marke
whether
thou
dost
not
thinke
so
the
next
time
thou
commest
to
table
,
if
thou
hast
iniuried
any
man
in
his
goods
,
and
thy
conscience
be
not
altogether
dead
.
Dost
thou
not
see
,
that
when
saluation
was
come
to
Zaccheus
his
house
,
Luk
.
19.
Christ
the
Sauiour
being
entred
thereinto
,
that
hee
stood
forth
and
said
;
Behold
,
Lord
,
the
halfe
of
my
goods
I
giue
to
the
poore
:
and
if
I
haue
taken
from
any
man
by
forged
cauillation
,
I
restore
him
fourefold
?
Oh
that
our
couetous
worldlings
would
now
lay
vp
this
in
their
hearts
;
that
if
euer
saluation
come
to
their
houses
,
and
that
Christ
the
Sauiour
dwelleth
in
them
by
his
Spirit
,
Ro
.
8.
19
Luk
.
16.
the
riches
of
iniquitie
gotten
by
iniquitie
must
bee
thrust
out
of
doores
,
and
three
times
asmuch
with
it
,
for
feare
lest
any
should
remaine
behind
!
It
would
cause
them
to
tremble
,
being
as
yet
worldly
minded
,
to
offer
the
least
iniurie
whatsoeuer
.
In
a
word
:
were
he
not
a
foolish
thiefe
,
that
would
keepe
his
stollen
goods
,
both
in
the
sight
of
his
accuser
&
iudge
?
A
mans
conscience
now
is
his
accuser
,
and
God
his
iudge
,
and
both
know
of
it
:
when
therefore
he
becommeth
wise
vnto
saluation
,
he
shall
make
restitution
assuredly
.
If
thou
hast
first
restored
thy
heart
vnto
God
,
thou
wilt
afterward
restore
euery
mans
goods
vnto
himselfe
.
●…
Young
●…
eres
.
As
touching
the
other
impediment
,
thy
young
yeeres
;
thou
hast
great
cause
to
reioyce
ouer
them
:
for
being
a
young
plant
,
thou
maiest
easily
be
bowed
any
way
;
whereas
comming
to
some
yeeres
,
thou
wilt
rather
breake
than
bowe
.
Then
thou
wilt
say
,
as
others
now
doe
:
Wee
are
too
old
to
learne
any
goodnes
:
our
sinnes
haue
taken
such
hold
on
vs
,
that
we
can
by
no
meanes
cast
them
off
:
this
spirituall
sicknes
●…
th
runne
on
so
long
,
that
wee
●…
e
euen
now
dead
in
our
sinnes
,
●ltogether
past
cure
,
there
is
no
hope
of
recouerie
.
Indeed
,
if
the
●ound
had
been
looked
too
in
●ime
,
before
it
was
festered
,
then
(
no
doubt
)
some
good
might
haue
been
done
.
Oh
,
how
many
●…
re
there
,
which
running
in
the
way
to
hell
,
do
first
come
to
their
●ourneyes
end
;
before
the
time
●e
come
,
wherein
they
meant
to
●et
one
foot
forward
towards
the
kingdome
of
heauen
!
There
are
some
,
which
prefixing
no
certain
time
of
repentance
,
put
off
all
vntill
the
last
day
,
come
when
it
will
.
But
seeing
they
had
need
to
heare
Gods
word
all
that
day
,
and
pray
all
that
day
,
and
giue
thankes
all
that
day
,
and
giue
almes
all
that
day
,
and
visit
the
sicke
all
that
day
,
and
(
in
a
word
)
perform
all
the
duties
of
a
Christian
all
that
day
long
,
and
yet
all
too
litle
:
how
strangely
(
I
pray
thee
)
should
that
last
day
be
pestered
with
good
works
?
Others
there
are
,
which
will
aske
but
one
houre
before
death
:
and
if
they
haue
time
to
say
,
Lord
haue
mercy
on
vs
,
it
is
inough
,
they
shall
be
saued
.
But
doe
they
not
heare
,
that
many
shall
say
,
Mat
.
7.
Lord
,
Lord
,
which
shall
not
enter
into
the
kingdome
of
heauen
?
And
here
I
would
aske
them
,
how
they
know
assuredly
,
that
they
shall
haue
an
houre
?
They
may
dye
suddenly
:
or
else
their
vnderstanding
and
memorie
may
faile
them
;
for
in
the
iust
iudgment
of
God
,
they
which
in
their
life
time
willingly
forget
him
,
at
their
deaths
many
times
forget
themselues
.
But
be
it
,
that
neither
of
these
befall
:
doe
they
thinke
it
so
easie
a
matter
to
repent
them
truly
of
their
sinnes
?
Indeed
,
were
the
repentance
,
which
God
requireth
,
only
from
the
lips
outward
,
I
could
not
much
blame
them
so
to
imagin
;
for
it
is
an
easie
matter
to
say
,
I
repent
:
but
this
is
a
repentance
(
as
they
shall
one
day
finde
)
to
be
repented
of
for
euermore
.
Heare
what
the
Prophet
saith
,
At
what
time
soeuer
a
sinner
doth
repent
him
of
his
sinnes
from
the
bottome
of
his
heart
,
&c.
and
there
is
a
great
distance
between
the
bottome
of
the
heart
and
the
lips
,
as
euery
one
well
knoweth
.
Poenitentia
dicitur
quasi
punientia
:
and
surely
poenitet
quem
poena
tenet
,
he
onely
repenteth
that
is
pained
at
the
heart
for
his
iniquities
.
When
as
the
remembrance
of
thy
sinnes
doth
so
much
grieue
thine
heart
,
as
the
committing
〈◇〉
them
did
reioyce
the
same
heeretofore
:
then
doest
thou
repen●…
according
to
the
will
of
God
▪
this
,
and
this
onely
is
that
repentance
which
remission
of
sinnes
doth
accompanie
.
Thy
heart
must
be
pricked
,
as
theirs
were
,
of
whom
we
read
in
the
Actes
of
the
Apostles
:
Act.
2.
it
must
bee
rent
asunder
,
as
the
Prophet
willeth
;
Rent
your
hearts
,
and
not
your
garments
:
Psal
.
51.
it
must
bee
wounded
,
as
Dauids
was
;
A
broken
and
contrite
heart
shalt
thou
not
despise
:
so
that
the
very
bloud
issue
forth
,
I
meane
,
teares
;
for
Lachrimae
sunt
animae
sanguis
;
but
then
they
must
be
amarae
,
bitter
teares
,
as
Peters
were
,
who
went
forth
and
wept
bitterly
.
And
to
the
end
thou
mightest
not
bee
deceiued
:
consider
I
pray
thee
,
what
griefe
and
sorrow
thou
hast
sustained
heretofore
,
for
the
losse
of
thy
parents
,
children
,
or
by
reason
of
any
other
great
calamitie
that
hath
befallen
thee
.
To
grieue
thus
at
any
worldly
crosse
,
it
is
of
nature
:
but
it
is
of
grace
,
thus
to
grieue
for
thy
sinnes
,
in
asmuch
as
they
are
such
;
I
adde
,
in
asmuch
as
they
are
such
.
For
I
am
not
ignorant
,
that
Saul
&
Ahab
were
sorry
for
their
transgressions
,
1.
Sam
.
15
1.
King
.
21.
in
asmuch
as
they
were
a
meanes
to
pull
downe
the
vengeance
of
God
vpon
their
heads
.
And
now
hearken
to
good
counsell
.
In
this
weeke
following
make
triall
,
whether
thou
canst
thus
repent
,
that
is
,
grieue
for
thine
iniquities
,
whereupon
amendment
of
life
,
as
an
effect
hereof
,
ensueth
immediatly
.
What
a
folly
,
or
madnesse
rather
were
it
for
thee
in
a
matter
of
such
weight
,
to
presume
that
thou
shalt
bee
able
to
repent
at
the
last
gaspe
:
and
not
to
make
proofe
aforehand
in
thy
life
time
,
whether
it
be
in
thy
power
so
to
doe
,
or
not
?
If
vpon
triall
this
next
weeke
thou
findest
,
that
thou
hast
so
much
grace
at
command
:
then
shall
it
be
lawful
for
thee
afterward
to
returne
with
the
sowe
that
is
washed
to
thy
wallowing
againe
in
the
mire
,
if
thou
wilt
;
I
say
,
If
thou
wilt
;
as
being
well
assured
thou
wilt
not
.
For
how
should
that
heart
,
which
hath
been
pricked
,
rent
asunder
,
and
euen
broken
to
pieces
for
sinne
,
euer
be
willing
to
commit
sinne
,
for
which
it
should
bee
pricked
,
rent
asunder
,
and
broken
to
pieces
againe
?
On
the
contrarie
side
:
if
vpon
triall
thou
findest
,
that
thy
stony
heart
refuseth
to
be
smitten
:
or
being
smitten
in
some
sort
,
yet
by
reason
of
the
hardnesse
thereof
will
not
cleaue
asunder
,
that
so
the
bitter
waters
may
flow
out
abundantly
:
then
it
stands
thee
vpon
to
repent
thee
of
thy
folly
in
delaying
thy
repentance
,
and
betimes
to
looke
about
thee
;
lest
that
time
which
God
hath
giuen
thee
to
repent
in
,
should
bee
past
;
Reuel
.
2.
Heb
.
12.
and
then
with
Esau
thou
shalt
finde
no
place
of
repentance
,
though
thou
carefully
seekest
it
with
teares
.
Deceiue
not
thy selfe
:
this
hearty
sorrow
for
sinne
,
this
rew
,
this
hearbe
of
grace
,
seldome
or
neuer
growes
vpon
a
sudden
,
as
Ionah
his
gourd
did
,
vnlesse
it
be
miraculously
:
and
were
it
not
a
wonder
,
that
thou
shouldest
be
saued
by
a
miracle
?
Obiect
:
1.
Ob
:
Did
not
the
thiefe
repent
on
a
sudden
at
the
last
gaspe
,
and
obtaine
mercy
at
the
hands
of
God
?
Answ
:
True
:
but
we
haue
not
the
like
example
againe
throughout
the
whole
Scriptures
.
Now
then
,
seeing
one
repented
so
late
,
we
haue
cause
not
to
despaire
of
any
,
and
to
hope
and
pray
still
for
their
conuersion
.
But
seeing
it
was
one
onely
,
and
no
more
;
thou
hast
farre
greater
cause
to
feare
,
that
thou
shalt
not
be
another
:
thou
I
say
,
which
I
feare
me
in
one
respect
art
worse
than
the
thiefe
.
For
he
as
it
seemeth
,
before
this
time
had
no
knowledge
of
Christ
,
neither
did
wilfully
and
desperately
so
long
delay
the
meanes
of
his
saluation
:
wheras
thou
canst
not
pretend
ignorance
,
and
yet
when
Christ
standeth
without
at
the
doore
,
and
knocketh
Reuel
.
3.
(
as
now
I
hope
he
doth
)
offering
thee
grace
to
amend
thy
former
life
;
through
the
hardnes
of
thine
heart
thou
shuttest
the
doore
against
him
,
giuing
him
his
answere
without
,
and
saying
vnto
him
as
it
were
.
Lord
,
I
am
not
willing
to
haue
thy
companie
so
long
:
keep
thy
grace
with
thy self
yet
for
a
time
:
but
come
againe
heereafter
when
my
time
is
almost
past
,
and
for
a
litle
time
I
am
content
to
giue
thee
entertainment
.
Thou
vile
ingratefull
wretch
,
which
doest
belieue
,
that
God
will
haue
mercy
vpon
thee
repenting
so
late
;
and
yet
canst
finde
in
thy
wicked
heart
to
offend
so
good
and
gracious
a
God
one
houre
to
an
end
.
Obiect
:
2.
Ob
:
Hath
not
God
said
,
At
what
time
soeuer
a
sinner
doth
repent
him
of
his
sinnes
from
the
bottome
of
his
heart
,
I
will
put
all
his
wickednesse
out
of
my
remembrance
?
Answ
:
It
is
true
,
but
hee
hath
not
further
said
;
&
at
what
time
soeuer
a
sinner
will
hee
can
repent
him
of
his
sinnes
from
the
bottome
of
his
heart
.
Nay
,
thou
shalt
finde
that
true
,
which
a
godly
Father
saith
;
God
,
who
hath
promised
grace
at
any
time
to
the
poenitent
,
hath
not
promised
a
man
grace
to
repent
at
any
time
.
If
for
all
that
can
be
said
,
thou
still
presumest
,
that
it
is
in
thy
power
to
repent
at
thy
pleasure
:
then
if
thou
wilt
,
thou
canst
amend
straightway
;
but
this
thou
wilt
not
,
and
then
belike
God
must
tarry
thy
leasure
.
Should
thy
sonne
abuse
thee
euery
houre
,
and
being
demanded
,
why
hee
did
so
;
should
answer
,
That
an
houre
before
death
he
would
amend
:
wouldest
thou
take
this
for
an
answer
?
For
,
when
death
commeth
,
though
hee
would
,
yet
can
hee
not
abuse
thee
any
longer
.
Let
those
which
will
not
leaue
their
sinnes
before
death
,
take
heed
;
lest
when
they
would
leaue
their
sinnes
,
their
sinnes
will
not
leaue
them
,
but
goe
with
them
,
and
accuse
them
before
Gods
iudgement
seat
.
To
conclude
.
If
thou
being
in
thine
house
wast
this
day
set
vpon
by
thine
enemie
;
and
after
his
departure
,
diddest
feare
his
returne
againe
ere
it
were
long
:
wouldest
thou
not
very
diligently
make
vp
the
breaches
,
and
fortifie
thine
house
in
the
best
manner
thou
couldest
deuise
?
Be
not
then
so
foolish
,
as
to
thinke
the
old
Serpent
not
so
politicke
as
thy selfe
:
hee
will
in
time
make
the
house
(
I
warrant
thee
)
euen
invincible
.
Thou
,
whose
heart
I
hope
beginneth
now
to
relent
,
and
is
almost
battered
with
good
inspirations
from
aboue
:
if
at
this
time
possession
be
not
gotten
,
take
heed
lest
by
litle
&
litle
it
grow
harder
and
harder
,
vntill
at
length
thou
be
no
more
mooued
,
than
if
a
bullet
were
shot
against
a
rocke
of
stone
.
Oh
,
how
many
haue
we
seen
lying
in
their
death
beds
,
either
not
at
all
assaulted
by
the
holy
Ghost
;
or
if
they
be
,
yet
their
stonie
hearts
so
obdurate
,
as
that
not
the
least
impression
may
bee
made
in
them
!
3.
Atheisme
.
Psal
.
14.
Hebr
.
11.
But
thou
art
happily
one
of
those
fooles
,
which
say
in
their
hearts
,
There
is
no
God
:
and
then
all
my
paines
aforetaken
should
be
altogether
lost
.
For
,
Hee
that
that
will
come
to
God
,
must
first
belieue
that
hee
is
:
and
surely
(
as
it
followeth
in
the
Psalme
)
corrupt
are
they
,
and
become
abominable
in
their
wickednesse
,
there
is
none
(
of
these
fooles
)
that
doth
good
.
I
cannot
affirme
,
that
there
are
any
so
foolish
,
as
to
say
openly
with
their
tongue
,
There
is
no
God
:
for
they
well
know
,
that
there
are
men
,
which
would
not
suffer
such
villanie
vnpunished
.
But
the
number
of
those
,
which
say
in
their
hearts
or
thinke
thus
,
is
(
I
feare
me
)
exceeding
great
,
as
their
abominable
doings
sufficiently
declare
.
I
haue
thought
good
therefore
in
this
place
briefly
to
answer
the
Deuils
chiefest
arguments
,
whereby
hee
goeth
about
to
bring
foolish
men
into
this
worse
than
diuelish
minde
,
I
say
,
worse
than
diuelish
;
for
hee
belieueth
,
Iam
.
2.
that
there
is
a
God
,
though
he
would
perswade
men
,
that
there
were
none
.
One
of
his
arguments
often
vrged
to
many
mens
consciences
,
is
;
If
there
were
a
God
,
hee
would
not
suffer
the
godly
to
liue
heere
in
miserie
,
and
the
wicked
contrariwise
in
prosperitie
.
But
consider
with
thy selfe
:
whether
those
sheep
,
which
thou
meanest
to
kill
,
goe
not
in
fat
pasture
;
when
others
feed
on
the
hard
common
?
And
againe
,
whether
heauen
was
not
more
welcome
to
Lazarus
,
than
it
would
haue
been
to
the
rich
glutton
?
Indeed
,
we
men
punish
our
enemies
,
and
pleasure
our
frinds
,
in
this
world
;
for
when
they
are
once
dead
,
wee
can
doe
neither
:
but
there
is
no
reason
,
wherefore
God
should
thus
deale
;
seeing
he
can
reward
his
friends
,
and
punish
his
enemies
,
for
euer
heereafter
.
And
yet
by
his
dealing
with
men
in
this
life
,
we
may
well
learne
,
that
there
is
a
God
:
seeing
none
of
those
horrible
plagues
befall
the
godly
,
which
haue
light
vpon
the
wicked
;
as
vpon
Sodome
,
Gen.
19.
vpon
Herod
,
●ct
.
12.
and
diuers
others
in
these
our
daies
.
Another
argument
is
:
That
we
cannot
see
by
our
reason
,
how
any
thing
should
be
,
vnlesse
it
had
a
beginning
,
and
were
made
;
which
none
hold
of
God
.
●…
r
reason
●…
th
com●…
vs
to
●…
eeue
●…
t
which●
〈◇〉
beyond
〈◇〉
son
.
And
indeed
,
it
is
most
true
,
that
wee
cannot
see
thus
much
by
our
reason
:
but
yet
our
reason
doth
teach
vs
,
that
there
must
needs
be
something
,
which
had
no
beginning
,
neither
was
made
.
For
we
know
,
that
there
is
the
world
,
and
that
we
our selues
are
in
the
world
.
Now
,
either
the
world
was
made
,
and
had
beginning
;
or
not
:
if
not
,
then
there
is
something
already
,
that
was
not
made
,
neither
had
beginning
;
namely
,
the
world
.
If
the
contrary
bee
true
;
then
,
what
made
the
world
?
For
it
could
not
make
it selfe
,
vnlesse
it
were
before
it selfe
.
And
then
;
what
made
that
,
which
made
the
world
?
Againe
,
what
made
the
last
?
Thus
at
length
our
reason
will
teach
vs
,
that
there
must
needs
be
something
that
was
not
made
,
nor
had
beginning
;
and
this
indeed
is
God
.
If
it
be
said
:
The
world
was
from
euerlasting
.
Then
I
say
:
This
were
a
wonder
,
and
beyond
all
reason
of
man
:
but
yet
it
is
farre
more
agreeable
to
reason
,
that
one
thing
should
be
,
and
not
be
made
;
than
many
thousands
,
as
Sunne
,
Moone
,
starres
,
birds
,
beasts
,
fishes
,
trees
,
and
infinite
other
,
all
which
haue
not
so
much
power
,
as
to
make
one
dust
of
nothing
.
But
not
to
stand
longer
heereupon
:
my
counsell
to
the
foole
,
if
he
be
but
reasonably
wise
,
is
;
that
so
many
beleeuing
there
is
a
God
,
and
hee
not
certainly
knowing
the
contrary
,
that
he
would
at
leastwise
doubt
thereof
,
and
therefore
for
feare
of
the
worst
(
if
for
nothing
else
)
would
heare
Sermons
,
reade
good
bookes
,
abstaine
from
euill
,
doe
good
,
and
liue
orderlie
,
seeing
it
is
not
very
troublesome
;
whereas
,
if
in
the
end
it
should
fall
out
,
that
there
is
a
God
,
his
punishment
for
doing
the
contrary
should
bee
exceeding
intolerable
.
Surely
,
were
a
man
not
altogether
out
of
his
wits
,
and
stood
in
some
little
feare
only
,
of
being
cast
into
our
●…
re
;
he
would
not
sticke
to
pricke
his
finger
with
a
pinne
,
if
hee
had
any
hope
at
all
,
thereby
to
auoid
the
danger
.
CHAP.
IX
.
Of
the
Deuils
dealing
with
those
,
which
by
good
bookes
,
or
other
meanes
,
are
called
to
repentance
.
NOw
then
,
to
draw
towards
an
end
of
this
my
discourse
.
Like
as
heeretofore
God
sent
Moses
to
deliuer
the
Israelites
from
the
tyrannie
of
Pharaoh
and
the
Egyptians
:
so
doe
thou
thinke
,
that
at
this
time
hee
hath
sent
this
booke
to
deliuer
thee
from
the
slauerie
of
the
Deuill
and
his
wicked
Angels
.
And
looke
,
what
Pharaohs
behauiour
was
,
before
the
Israelites
could
get
out
of
his
dominion
:
the
like
will
the
Deuils
behauiour
be
,
before
thou
shalt
be
freed
from
his
subiection
.
When
Moses
and
Aaron
did
their
message
vnto
Pharaoh
from
the
Lord
,
Pharaoh
answered
;
Exod
.
5.
Moses
and
Aaron
,
why
cause
yee
the
people
to
cease
from
their
workes
?
get
you
to
your
burdens
:
and
heereupon
made
their
bondage
more
grieuous
.
Wherefore
the
officers
came
to
Pharaoh
to
complaine
:
but
Pharaoh
said
vnto
them
;
Idle
,
idle
are
yee
;
therefore
ye
say
,
Let
vs
goe
offer
sacrifice
vnto
the
Lord
.
And
so
(
assure
thy selfe
)
the
Deuill
thinketh
,
that
I
haue
caused
thee
to
cease
from
thy
workes
;
thou
mightest
now
haue
beene
about
thy
burdens
,
a
spending
thy
time
in
drunkennesse
,
dicing
,
dancing
,
&c.
idle
,
idle
hast
thou
beene
,
thou
hast
had
too
much
leisure
,
or
else
thou
wouldest
not
regard
these
vaine
words
.
Wherefore
the
Deuill
will
goe
about
to
lay
more
burdens
on
thee
,
hee
will
not
be
content
to
haue
thee
liue
as
bad
as
heeretofore
,
but
will
striue
to
bring
thee
more
vnder
his
subiection
.
Beware
of
him
therefore
,
I
counsell
thee
:
for
hence
is
it
,
that
in
those
places
,
where
Gods
word
is
most
sincerely
preached
;
some
liue
more
wickedly
,
than
in
any
other
.
Although
indeed
,
this
also
commeth
partly
from
the
nature
of
the
glorious
Gospell
of
Iesus
Christ
the
Sunne
of
righteousnesse
:
Malac
.
4
which
shining
vpon
one
that
hath
any
life
,
will
more
reuiue
and
quicken
him
;
but
if
hee
be
altogether
dead
in
sinne
,
it
will
cause
him
to
stinke
before
the
face
of
God
and
man
.
When
God
plagued
Egypt
,
then
Pharaoh
began
to
yeeld
,
and
would
haue
them
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
in
his
land
.
Exod
.
8
▪
25.
But
this
Moses
hauing
refused
,
and
God
continuing
his
plagues
stil
;
Pharaoh
said
vnto
Moses
and
Aaron
:
Exod
.
10.
11.
Goe
yee
men
(
out
of
my
land
)
and
serue
the
Lord
;
but
your
children
and
cattle
shall
remaine
behinde
.
And
though
the
Deuill
bee
somewhat
loth
,
yet
at
length
he
will
peraduenture
bee
content
,
that
thou
shalt
halfe
serue
God
,
so
that
thou
wilt
serue
him
as
much
.
Thou
shalt
goe
to
the
Church
,
and
pray
,
and
heare
Gods
word
:
but
afterward
,
thou
shalt
goe
to
the
tauerne
,
bowlingally
,
&c.
and
spend
halfe
thy
time
in
drinking
,
swearing
,
and
the
like
.
For
the
Deuill
is
not
ignorant
,
that
Mat
.
6.
no
man
can
serue
two
masters
:
he
well
knoweth
,
that
God
is
a
true
Father
,
which
by
no
meanes
will
haue
his
childe
diuided
.
When
Pharaoh
saw
,
that
one
plague
followed
on
anothers
necke
,
and
that
with
the
froward
,
God
delt
frowardly
:
then
said
he
vnto
Moses
;
Exod
.
10
24.
Goe
,
serue
the
Lord
:
only
your
sheepe
and
your
cattle
shall
abide
,
and
your
children
shall
goe
with
you
.
And
if
there
be
no
remedie
,
then
will
the
Deuill
(
though
very
loth
)
suffer
thee
wholly
to
serue
the
Lord
,
and
to
forsake
all
thy
sinnes
:
onely
thy
couetousnesse
,
or
drunkennesse
,
or
whoredome
,
or
dicing
,
&c.
onely
one
sinne
shall
abide
behinde
.
Pharaoh
well
knew
,
that
where
the
Israelites
treasure
was
,
there
was
their
heart
also
;
and
where
their
hart
was
,
there
would
the
whole
body
be
ere
it
were
long
.
And
the
Deuill
is
not
ignorant
,
that
if
one
sinne
remaine
behinde
,
the
whole
body
of
sinne
may
be
brought
in
againe
.
Let
Herod
heare
Iohn
gladly
,
and
reforme
many
things
:
but
let
him
keepe
his
brothers
wife
,
and
the
Deuill
will
bring
it
so
to
passe
,
that
Herod
sorrowing
,
Mark
.
6.
and
against
his
will
,
shall
command
Iohns
head
to
be
cut
off
.
Let
Iudas
bee
an
Apostle
,
and
heare
Christ
,
and
preach
the
Gospell
;
Matt
.
10.
nay
,
let
him
cast
Deuils
out
of
others
:
but
let
him
retaine
a
couetous
minde
,
and
the
Deuill
will
enter
into
Iudas
himselfe
,
so
that
he
shall
be
compelled
to
betray
his
owne
master
.
When
Moses
would
not
accept
this
offer
,
but
said
,
There
shal
not
an
hoofe
be
left
:
then
was
Pharaoh
presently
in
a
rage
.
Then
,
Exod
.
10.
28.
Get
thee
from
mee
:
looke
thou
see
my
face
no
more
:
for
whensoeuer
thou
commest
in
my
sight
,
thou
shalt
die
.
Now
,
I
see
that
euill
is
before
your
face
:
I
well
perceaue
,
you
now
intend
some
mischiefe
:
when
you
are
once
gotten
out
of
Aegypt
,
you
neuer
meane
to
returne
hither
againe
.
And
if
thou
wilt
needes
giue
vp
thy
body
Rom.
12.
a
liuing
,
holy
,
acceptable
sacrifice
vnto
God
;
which
accepteth
no
sacrifice
,
vnlesse
it
be
altogether
without
spot
and
blemish
:
then
will
the
Deuil
presently
take
on
:
I
am
a
Serpent
,
and
if
I
can
keepe
in
but
my
head
,
I
doubt
not
of
bringing
my
whole
body
in
againe
.
But
,
if
thou
wilt
wholy
shut
me
out
,
if
thou
wilt
forsake
all
thy
euill
waies
:
then
,
euill
is
before
thy
face
,
thou
surely
meanest
me
no
good
:
and
then
God
best
knoweth
,
what
stir
hee
will
keepe
in
some
mens
consciences
.
But
let
Pharaoh
rage
neuer
so
much
,
yet
shall
there
not
an
hoofe
be
left
in
Egypt
:
and
though
the
Deuill
be
euen
mad
with
anger
;
yet
doe
not
thou
forsake
God
,
and
God
will
not
forsake
thee
,
vntill
he
hath
brought
thee
wholly
out
of
his
subiection
,
and
giuen
thee
a
willing
minde
to
forsake
all
thy
sinnes
.
Vntill
which
time
,
thou
art
not
fit
to
offer
thy selfe
a
sacrifice
vnto
the
Lord
.
For
,
if
any
thing
remaine
behinde
,
Exod
.
10.
26.
either
hand
,
eye
,
eare
,
&c.
how
dost
thou
know
,
whether
God
will
be
serued
with
it
,
or
not
?
And
,
how
canst
thou
heartily
pray
to
God
for
his
grace
,
when
thou
wouldest
not
haue
grace
to
forsake
some
sinne
or
other
?
I
know
well
,
that
howsoeuer
the
Israelites
were
wholly
gotten
out
of
Egypt
;
yet
Pharoah
did
his
vttermost
to
fetch
them
backe
again
:
and
although
thou
hast
set
thy selfe
wholy
to
serue
the
Lord
,
yet
wil
the
Deuill
doe
his
endeuour
to
bring
thee
once
more
vnder
his
subiection
.
But
,
as
Pharaoh
with
his
army
were
ouerthrowen
in
the
red
sea
:
so
shall
the
Deuill
with
his
Angels
bee
ouercome
by
Reu
.
12.
the
blood
of
the
Lambe
.
I
know
also
,
that
the
Israelites
loathing
Manna
,
fell
a
lusting
after
the
flesh-pots
,
the
Onyons
,
and
Garlicke
of
Egypt
:
and
thou
sometime
being
euen
weary
of
Gods
graces
,
wilt
peraduenture
haue
a
longing
after
thy
former
vile
pleasures
.
But
their
mercifull
God
did
not
take
away
their
Manna
,
nor
suffer
them
to
returne
into
Aegypt
:
onely
he
gaue
them
part
of
their
desire
,
hee
gaue
them
flesh
vntill
it
became
loathsome
,
that
so
their
Angels
food
might
better
relish
in
their
mouthes
.
And
thy
louing
father
will
not
vtterly
withdraw
his
graces
,
nor
suffer
thee
to
become
againe
a
slaue
of
the
Deuill
:
only
,
he
will
it
may
be
,
giue
thee
ouer
to
some
sinne
or
other
,
vntill
thou
thy selfe
shalt
loath
it
,
that
so
his
graces
might
be
the
better
esteemed
.
The
Israelites
for
their
murmurings
were
faine
to
wander
fortie
yeeres
in
a
wildernesse
:
and
thou
for
thy
sins
shalt
not
altogether
escape
vnpunished
.
I
will
not
flatter
thee
:
if
thou
wilt
serue
the
Lord
,
prepare
thine
heart
to
temptation
;
for
he
chastiseth
euery
child
,
whom
hee
receiueth
.
But
bee
not
heerewith
discouraged
:
though
the
Israelites
wandred
forty
yeeres
in
a
wildernes
,
yet
did
not
the
comfortable
presence
of
their
God
at
any
time
forsake
them
:
and
though
thy
calamities
bee
neuer
so
great
,
yet
assure
thy selfe
,
that
as
the
sufferings
of
Christ
doe
abound
in
thee
,
so
thy
consolation
shall
abound
through
Christ
;
2.
Cor
.
1.
and
by
how
much
the
outward
man
is
corrupted
,
by
so
much
shall
the
inward
man
daily
be
renued
.
If
thou
becommest
lame
in
bodie
,
thou
shalt
run
the
way
of
Gods
commandements
more
swiftly
:
if
thou
fallest
into
a
lower
estate
,
God
will
giue
thee
a
more
lofty
minde
to
contemne
this
world
&
worldly
things
:
no
sooner
was
the
man
cast
out
of
the
Synagogue
,
Ioh
.
9.
but
Christ
opened
himselfe
more
familiarly
vnto
him
.
Whatsoeuer
thou
art
,
wheresoeuer
thou
art
,
keepe
thy
Sauiours
words
,
and
he
and
his
Father
will
come
,
and
dwell
with
thee
:
thy
bodie
also
shall
become
the
temple
of
the
holy
Ghost
.
Ioh
.
14.
23.
Thus
,
the
whole
Trinitie
will
keep
thee
companie
:
the
Father
and
Son
will
dwell
with
thee
,
the
holy
Ghost
will
dwell
in
thee
:
and
is
it
likely
,
that
God
will
forsake
heauen
for
thy
sake
?
No
,
thinke
not
so
:
what
then
(
gentle
Reader
)
will
God
doe
?
Surely
,
he
wil
bring
heauen
with
him
at
his
comming
:
thou
shalt
haue
some
litle
taste
of
those
heauenly
ioyes
aforehand
,
as
the
Israelites
had
of
the
fruit
of
Canaan
before
they
entred
thereinto
.
Consider
with
thy selfe
:
should
not
the
holy
Ghost
,
the
true
comforter
of
a
godly
man
,
and
dwelling
within
,
more
inwardly
reioyce
his
heart
;
than
this
world
,
an
enemie
to
a
godly
man
,
and
being
also
without
?
Beware
,
that
thou
bee
not
in
any
sort
pleased
with
thy selfe
;
vntill
the
assurance
of
those
true
and
euerlasting
ioyes
doe
more
reioyce
thine
heart
;
than
any
of
these
vaine
and
momentarie
delights
,
whether
riches
,
honour
,
beautie
,
pastimes
,
or
other
worldly
vanitie
whatsoeuer
.
The
conclusion
.
Thus
haue
I
now
,
as
one
of
Gods
builders
,
labored
to
make
thee
a
Temple
of
Gods
Spirit
:
and
though
I
haue
not
beaten
with
hammers
thereabout
;
yet
haue
I
beaten
my
braines
,
as
thou
seest
;
if
by
any
meanes
thy
stonie
heart
might
bee
fitted
to
this
purpose
.
Heeretofore
,
the
Temple
at
Ierusalem
was
Gods
house
,
wherein
hee
was
said
to
dwell
:
but
since
Christs
comming
,
God
hath
chosen
the
bodies
of
his
children
to
bee
his
Temple
.
For
,
Know
yee
not
(
saith
S.
Paul
)
1.
Cor
.
3.
16.
&
6.
16.
that
your
bodie
is
(
now
)
the
Temple
of
God
,
and
that
the
Spirit
of
God
dwelleth
in
you
?
Whersoeuer
then
a
good
Christian
is
,
there
is
the
Temple
of
God
;
there
is
the
Arke
or
chest
;
Ar●a
pect●ris
.
and
there
within
the
Arke
,
are
the
tables
written
with
the
finger
of
God
;
for
,
Ier
.
31.
I
will
put
my
Law
in
their
inward
parts
,
and
write
it
in
their
hearts
.
How
blessed
now
is
the
state
of
a
godly
man
euen
in
this
vale
of
miserie
!
For
,
seeing
he
alwaies
carieth
about
him
the
Tables
of
the
testimonie
;
Exod
.
31.
how
should
hee
not
sometime
haue
the
testimonie
of
Gods
Spirit
vnto
his
spirit
,
Rom.
8.
that
he
is
heire
of
the
kingdome
of
heauen
?
Seeing
againe
,
God
hath
promised
to
heare
those
which
call
vpon
him
in
his
holy
Temple
;
1.
King
.
8.
29.
and
9.
3.
how
should
he
not
heare
a
good
Christian
praying
heartily
vnto
him
?
For
whensoeuer
such
a
man
praieth
with
his
heart
,
he
alwaies
praieth
in
the
Temple
of
God
:
although
indeed
,
if
at
any
time
hee
praieth
with
his
lips
only
,
let
him
know
,
that
hee
praieth
without
at
the
doore
,
and
hath
no
promise
to
be
heard
.
Now
,
I
haue
endeuoured
my selfe
,
that
thou
mightest
be
partaker
of
this
great
blessing
,
as
to
become
the
Temple
of
God
himselfe
,
who
is
the
Lord
of
Lords
,
and
King
of
Kings
:
but
if
thou
vilely
esteemest
of
this
high
calling
,
and
thereby
makest
thy selfe
vnworthy
thereof
;
yet
this
is
my
comfort
,
that
I
am
sure
not
to
lose
my
labour
,
For
wee
are
(
saith
Paul
)
2.
Cor
.
2.
vnto
God
the
sweet
sauour
of
Christ
,
in
them
that
are
saued
,
and
in
them
that
perish
:
to
the
one
we
are
the
sauour
of
death
,
vnto
death
;
and
to
the
other
the
sauour
of
life
vnto
life
.
My
desire
is
,
that
vnto
thee
I
might
be
the
sauour
of
life
vnto
life
:
for
this
cause
(
God
knoweth
)
I
haue
written
.
And
if
for
this
cause
thou
hast
read
likewise
;
then
know
,
that
two
things
are
yet
lacking
vnto
thee
.
The
one
,
diligent
meditation
:
for
it
was
one
propertie
of
the
cleane
beasts
,
Leuit.
11
to
ruminate
or
chew
the
cud
.
Surely
,
though
there
be
some
hope
,
that
the
stonie
ground
may
bee
watered
often
,
&
the
thorny
ground
may
haue
the
thornes
cut
vp
:
yet
if
the
crowes
deuoure
the
seed
,
before
it
taketh
any
roote
downeward
;
there
is
no
hope
at
all
,
that
it
should
bring
forth
fruit
vpward
vnto
eternall
life
.
The
other
,
continuall
prayer
:
for
Paul
that
planteth
,
1.
Cor
.
3.
and
Apollos
that
watereth
,
are
nothing
;
neither
is
it
Rom.
9.
in
him
that
willeth
,
or
in
him
that
runneth
,
but
in
God
that
hath
mercy
.
Aboue
all
things
then
forget
not
that
saying
of
our
Sauiour
Christ
;
Mat
.
7.
Aske
,
and
it
shall
be
giuen
you
:
seeke
,
and
yee
shall
finde
:
knocke
,
and
it
shal
be
opened
vnto
you
.
And
now
to
end
in
a
word
.
Thou
art
(
I
am
sure
)
a
man
endued
with
reason
:
consider
then
,
if
Christ
first
sending
his
Spirit
to
knock
at
the
doores
of
our
hearts
,
wee
will
not
suffer
him
to
enter
in
:
whether
it
bee
not
very
reasonable
,
that
wee
afterwards
knocking
at
his
gate
of
mercy
,
he
should
not
open
vnto
vs
neither
.
Vnlesse
God
first
dwell
in
thee
heere
on
earth
,
thou
shalt
neuer
dwell
with
God
in
the
kingdome
of
heauen
.
A
prayer
to
the
holy
Ghost
.
O
God
the
holy
Ghost
,
one
God
with
the
Father
and
Sonne
,
by
whom
wee
were
first
created
,
and
hitherto
haue
been
preserued
,
that
we
might
becom
thy
Temple
,
euen
an
house
for
thine
Honour
to
dwell
in
.
Come
downe
(
we
pray
thee
)
vnto
vs
,
the
works
of
thine
owne
hands
:
take
possession
now
of
thy
Temple
,
which
is
ready
prepared
:
we
are
willing
(
o
Lord
)
euen
now
to
entertaine
thee
;
o
help
(
we
beseech
thee
)
our
vnwillingnesse
.
And
if
there
be
any
of
vs
,
which
had
rather
continue
a
stinking
dungeon
of
that
vncleane
Spirit
,
the
Deuill
:
it
is
(
o
Lord
)
because
he
doth
not
know
,
how
sweet
and
comfortable
an
house-holder
thou
art
.
Breake
in
then
with
violence
:
spare
not
the
house
(
good
Lord
)
spare
not
the
house
:
get
in
euen
against
his
will
;
and
he
which
is
now
most
loath
thou
shouldest
enter
in
,
shall
then
bee
more
loath
thou
shouldest
depart
againe
.
We
must
needs
acknowledge
(
o
most
glorious
God
)
that
we
are
an
vnfit
mansion
for
such
a
Master
:
but
,
doe
thou
abide
in
vs
,
we
humbly
beseech
thee
,
that
so
in
some
measure
we
may
be
fit
.
Cleanse
thou
vs
,
and
we
shall
be
cleane
:
wash
thou
vs
,
and
we
shall
be
whiter
than
the
snow
.
Wee
haue
one
Father
,
which
created
vs
:
wee
haue
one
Sauiour
,
which
redeemed
vs
:
bee
thou
also
one
Sanctifier
,
which
maist
dwell
in
vs
continually
.
That
so
we
,
which
are
many
in
bodie
,
may
bee
all
of
one
minde
:
and
howsoeuer
in
this
world
wee
be
strangers
one
to
another
;
yet
we
may
be
all
together
fellow-citizens
of
the
heauenly
Ierusalem
,
there
to
dwell
with
our
Father
,
our
Sauiour
,
and
Sanctifier
,
world
without
end
.
Amen
,
Amen
.
A
Prayer
.
O
Lord
God
,
I
acknowledge
and
confesse
,
that
thou
only
art
the
author
of
all
goodnesse
:
and
if
this
my
enterprise
bee
good
,
o
prosper
then
thy
handy
worke
.
I
can
but
cast
the
seed
:
and
through
thy
grace
I
haue
done
what
I
can
.
Now
this
remaineth
,
that
thou
(
o
Lord
)
which
art
onely
able
,
shouldest
giue
encrease
.
O
giue
encrease
then
(
I
beseech
thee
)
for
thy
name
sake
;
that
so
thy
power
may
appeare
,
which
art
able
to
saue
by
whom
thou
wilt
:
and
this
Readers
faith
may
not
bee
in
the
wisdome
of
men
,
1.
Cor
.
but
in
the
power
of
God
.
Thus
shall
thy
name
(
o
Lord
)
which
is
only
glorious
,
onely
bee
glorified
.
Vnto
God
almightie
,
who
only
giueth
seed
to
the
sower
,
and
grace
to
sowe
it
,
and
a
blessing
vnto
it
being
sowen
:
Vnto
God
,
who
onely
is
all
in
all
things
,
bee
giuen
all
honour
and
glory
both
now
and
euermore
,
Amen
.
FINIS
.