celerity_n unto_o the_o grave_n again_o job_n he_o liken_v his_o life_n unto_o a_o ship_n the_o ship_n be_v not_o make_v to_o rest_n but_o to_o sail_v toward_o the_o haven_n in_o like_a sort_n thou_o be_v not_o make_v to_o abide_v in_o pleasure_n but_o by_o labour_n and_o toil_n to_o come_v unto_o the_o haven_n of_o thy_o salvation_n and_o as_o the_o ship_n sail_v most_o swift_o and_o leave_v no_o print_n or_o sign_n of_o itself_o so_o our_o life_n it_o go_v away_o speedy_o and_o no_o memory_n remain_v of_o we_o after_o we_o be_v go_v what_o be_v become_v of_o so_o many_o king_n and_o prince_n which_o live_v sometime_o in_o the_o world_n they_o pass_v away_o swift_o and_o leave_v no_o token_n or_o sign_n of_o their_o be_v here_o great_a be_v the_o danger_n whereunto_o the_o ship_n be_v subject_a unto_o sail_v in_o the_o sea_n she_o may_v drink_v water_n and_o so_o be_v drown_v she_o may_v sink_v into_o the_o sand_n she_o may_v be_v overwhelm_v by_o tempest_n or_o break_v into_o piece_n 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life_n yea_o the_o high_a a_o man_n be_v for_o call_v the_o more_o painful_a and_o miserable_a a_o life_n do_v he_o lead_v the_o heart_n of_o prince_n and_o great_a man_n have_v many_o a_o thorn_n in_o they_o cover_v from_o our_o eye_n and_o hide_v with_o the_o costly_a attire_n and_o with_o garment_n of_o their_o body_n full_o of_o ear_n be_v their_o life_n and_o with_o much_o fear_n do_v the_o mighty_a man_n of_o this_o world_n give_v themselves_o to_o rest_n though_o these_o lie_n upon_o never_o so_o costly_a and_o soft_a bed_n no_o taste_n have_v they_o in_o a_o manner_n of_o all_o their_o commodity_n neither_o much_o delight_n can_v they_o take_v in_o their_o ordinary_a pleasure_n they_o be_v so_o cloy_v with_o the_o common_a use_n of_o they_o and_o when_o sickness_n and_o misfortune_n do_v come_v their_o part_n be_v great_a in_o they_o then_o other_o man_n be_v because_o they_o have_v be_v long_o enure_v to_o pleasure_n and_o delectation_n and_o through_o the_o continual_a licentiousness_n which_o they_o have_v live_v in_o they_o think_v they_o be_v not_o bear_v for_o any_o adversity_n at_o all_o inferior_a and_o private_a person_n they_o both_o sustain_v less_o trouble_n and_o enjoy_v great_a comfort_n forasmuch_o as_o they_o have_v be_v bring_v up_o in_o travel_n &_o take_v pain_n notwithstanding_o this_o life_n be_v to_o all_o man_n both_o penal_a and_o dangerous_a through_o the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n because_o he_o will_v have_v all_o man_n by_o their_o misery_n to_o seek_v those_o joy_n which_o never_o shall_v have_v a_o end_n chap._n 38_o to_o put_v off_o our_o amendment_n from_o time_n to_o time_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n make_v no_o tarry_n to_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o put_v not_o off_o from_o day_n to_o day_n for_o sudden_o shall_v tâ—e_v wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n break_v forth_o and_o in_o thy_o security_n thou_o shall_v be_v destroy_v and_o thou_o shall_v perish_v in_o time_n of_o vengeance_n say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la 7_o thou_o ought_v speedy_o to_o amend_v thy_o life_n for_o thou_o have_v not_o one_o hour_n to_o live_v that_o thou_o be_v sure_a of_o i_o desire_v not_o the_o death_n of_o the_o wicked_a but_o that_o the_o wicked_a turn_n from_o his_o way_n &_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n 11._o god_n do_v here_o promise_v thou_o pardon_v when_o thou_o do_v return_v but_o he_o promise_v thou_o not_o that_o to_o morrow_n thou_o shall_v return_v why_o deferre_v thou_o to_o repâ—t_v from_o day_n to_o day_n when_o perhaps_o thou_o shall_v not_o see_v another_o day_n after_o this_o the_o man_n which_o have_v store_n of_o riches_n and_o fair_a inheritance_n of_o his_o own_o need_v care_v the_o less_o though_o he_o spend_v some_o of_o his_o movable_a thing_n but_o he_o which_o have_v no_o more_o than_o day_n by_o day_n he_o earn_v and_o must_v beside_o give_v a_o account_n to_o his_o master_n for_o that_o also_o for_o this_o man_n to_o lavish_a out_o his_o earrings_a unthrifty_o it_o be_v a_o foolish_a thing_n thou_o be_v not_o sure_a to_o live_v one_o day_n more_o and_o yet_o look_v thou_o for_o a_o other_o year_n to_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n thou_o which_o be_v so_o poor_a of_o time_n that_o thou_o have_v not_o one_o hour_n life_n of_o certainty_n to_o reckon_v upon_o will_v thou_o so_o liberal_o promise_v to_o thyself_o many_o year_n to_o live_v waste_v not_o the_o time_n unprofitable_o which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o i_o pray_v thou_o promise_v not_o so_o many_o thing_n to_o thyself_o for_o thou_o be_v poor_a and_o miserable_a and_o it_o may_v be_v to_o morrow_n a_o straight_o account_v shall_v be_v exact_v of_o thou_o for_o the_o time_n pass_v give_v unto_o thou_o of_o god_n to_o amend_v thy_o wicked_a life_n in_o thou_o live_v in_o continual_a danger_n like_o a_o sheep_n in_o the_o wolf_n mouth_n what_o remedy_n have_v thou_o but_o to_o call_v for_o the_o help_n of_o thy_o shepherd_n even_o christ_n unless_o thou_o will_v be_v swallow_v up_o of_o death_n and_o that_o speedy_o do_v not_o promise_v to_o thyself_o any_o long_a life_n the_o wise_a man_n say_v a_o wicked_a promise_n have_v undo_v many_o a_o man_n know_v you_o not_o that_o the_o father_n have_v put_v the_o time_n and_o season_n in_o his_o own_o power_n 7._o not_o in_o thou_o the_o prophet_n say_v 68â—_n it_o be_v time_n for_o thou_o lord_n to_o work_v for_o they_o have_v destroy_v thy_o law_n unless_o thou_o have_v regard_n of_o the_o time_n god_n he_o will_v shorten_v thy_o day_n in_o the_o time_n of_o noah_n god_n grant_v a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n for_o the_o world_n to_o repent_v 3._o but_o because_o they_o spend_v the_o time_n which_o god_n give_v they_o so_o ill_o he_o take_v from_o those_o year_n twenty_o and_o raise_v the_o flood_n in_o the_o hundred_o year_n 11._o if_o thou_o abuse_v time_n time_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o thou_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n be_v attain_v after_o little_a and_o little_a for_o it_o be_v not_o of_o any_o necessity_n that_o health_n shall_v come_v unto_o any_o man_n upon_o the_o sudden_a but_o the_o health_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o a_o thing_n much_o for_o the_o behoof_n of_o man_n therefore_o it_o may_v be_v get_v at_o a_o instant_n thou_o have_v nothing_o at_o all_o of_o time_n but_o the_o very_a instant_n which_o may_v serve_v for_o thy_o conversion_n look_v not_o for_o another_o day_n because_o it_o may_v be_v a_o count_n may_v be_v exact_v of_o thou_o to_o day_n be_v diligent_a in_o work_v since_o thou_o be_v so_o nigh_o unto_o thy_o end_n this_o life_n be_v give_v to_o thou_o to_o the_o end_n that_o in_o the_o same_o thou_o shall_v labour_v and_o seek_v to_o attain_v everlasting_a life_n he_o that_o promise_v to_o do_v a_o piece_n of_o work_n by_o a_o certain_a time_n it_o stand_v he_o upon_o to_o free_v himself_o from_o all_o other_o business_n that_o he_o may_v keep_v his_o promise_n our_o saviour_n call_v the_o time_n of_o this_o present_a life_n the_o day_n in_o which_o we_o have_v to_o work_v 4_o for_o who_o the_o night_n of_o our_o death_n approach_v then_o can_v we_o work_v no_o more_o we_o can_v neither_o gain_v nor_o loose_v this_o be_v the_o time_n which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o to_o seek_v his_o everlasting_a savour_n in_o have_v a_o eye_n unto_o the_o work_n which_o thou_o have_v now_o in_o hand_n neither_o suffer_v thyself_o to_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o same_o if_o the_o world_n call_v and_o will_v thou_o to_o give_v it_o over_o harken_v not_o unto_o it_o if_o it_o bid_v thou_o to_o leave_v this_o work_n promise_v thou_o for_o so_o do_v riches_n and_o promotion_n say_v thou_o can_v not_o so_o do_v because_o
people_n of_o who_o more_o profit_n shall_v you_o receive_v at_o the_o length_n than_o at_o the_o first_o you_o will_v imagine_v chap._n 29._o the_o world_n must_v be_v despise_v in_o no_o worldly_a respect_n whosoever_o shall_v forsake_v house_n or_o brethren_n or_o sister_n or_o father_n or_o mother_n or_o wife_n or_o child_n or_o land_n for_o my_o name_n sake_n he_o shall_v receive_v a_o hundred_o fold_n more_o and_o shall_v inherit_v everlasting_a life_n say_v the_o lord_n 29_o many_o do_v forsake_v great_a possession_n which_o yet_o receive_v no_o reward_n because_o they_o forsake_v not_o these_o thing_n for_o christ_n his_o sake_n but_o seek_v themselves_o love_v their_o own_o glory_n and_o covet_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n the_o more_o thou_o love_v god_n the_o more_o acceptable_a be_v that_o whatsoever_o thou_o do_v though_o i_o feed_v the_o poor_a with_o all_o my_o good_n and_o tho_o i_o give_v my_o body_n that_o i_o be_v burn_v and_o have_v not_o love_n it_o profit_v i_o nothing_o say_v the_o apostle_n â—_o study_v thou_o only_o to_o please_v god_n and_o let_v his_o love_n only_o move_v thou_o to_o serve_v he_o contemn_v this_o world_n not_o hope_v for_o any_o temporal_a commodity_n god_n he_o praise_v job_n â—â—_o and_o the_o devil_n reply_v again_o do_v job_n fear_n god_n for_o nought_o the_o devil_n he_o deny_v not_o the_o work_n of_o job_n but_o he_o argue_v up_o in_o every_o work_n therefore_o let_v god_n be_v the_o cause_n and_o end_n of_o the_o same_o if_o thou_o have_v no_o purpose_n to_o work_v in_o vain_a chap._n 30._o death_n be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o continunual_a remembrance_n whatsoever_o thou_o take_v in_o hand_n remember_v the_o end_n and_o thou_o shall_v never_o do_v amiss_o say_v a_o wise_a man_n 36_o the_o remembrance_n of_o death_n it_o avail_v much_o to_o make_v we_o to_o contemn_v this_o world_n he_o will_v easy_o despise_v all_o which_o have_v in_o mind_n that_o he_o shall_v die_v unto_o adam_n and_o his_o wife_n do_v the_o lord_n god_n make_v coat_n of_o skin_n and_o clothe_v they_o 2d_o that_o thereby_o they_o may_v have_v in_o remembrance_n the_o sentence_n of_o death_n whereinto_o they_o be_v fall_v through_o sin_n see_v thou_o with_o all_o mortal_a creature_n be_v condemn_v to_o die_v the_o death_n and_o be_v still_o go_v the_o right_a way_n unto_o the_o grave_n thou_o ought_v to_o give_v thyself_o unto_o continual_a mortify_n of_o thyself_o it_o be_v a_o sovereign_a medicine_n for_o to_o refrain_v thy_o sensual_a and_o wicked_a appetite_n to_o have_v death_n in_o remembrance_n whereby_o the_o body_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o dust_n and_o ash_n and_o eat_v up_o of_o worm_n the_o cogitation_n of_o death_n it_o throw_v water_n as_o it_o be_v into_o the_o furnace_n of_o our_o burn_a desire_n to_o quench_v they_o death_n be_v the_o clock_n by_o which_o we_o set_v our_o life_n in_o order_n and_o the_o memory_n thereof_o do_v choke_v up_o much_o of_o that_o love_n that_o we_o do_v bear_v unto_o the_o world_n as_o daniel_n by_o strawing_a of_o ash_n in_o the_o flore_fw-la discover_v by_o the_o print_n of_o the_o foot_n the_o deceit_n of_o the_o false_a priest_n of_o babylon_n 14_o so_o do_v thou_o cast_v in_o thy_o memory_n the_o ash_n whereinto_o thou_o shall_v one_o day_n be_v convert_v and_o thou_o shall_v perceive_v the_o deceit_n of_o the_o world_n the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o secret_a tentation_n whereby_o the_o wicked_a spirit_n do_v impugn_v thy_o soul_n o_o that_o these_o thing_n be_v in_o thy_o mind_n how_o pure_o shall_v the_o life_n believe_v the_o thing_n which_o daily_o thou_o see_v to_o happen_v before_o thy_o face_n think_v that_o every_o moment_n thou_o hear_v that_o terrible_a trumpet_n resound_v in_o thy_o ear_n arise_v you_o dead_a and_o come_v unto_o judgement_n the_o memory_n of_o death_n in_o a_o good_a man_n it_o cleanse_v and_o purify_v all_o that_o pass_v through_o it_o as_o a_o strainer_n cleanse_v all_o that_o liquor_n that_o be_v pour_v into_o it_o drive_a not_o from_o thy_o mind_n the_o remembrance_n of_o death_n for_o it_o will_v detain_v thou_o great_o from_o revenge_a injury_n and_o from_o follow_v the_o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n which_o as_o yet_o abide_v in_o thy_o mind_n and_o study_v to_o get_v the_o christian_a virtue_n which_o high_o do_v please_v god_n and_o be_v profitable_a to_o man_n chap._n 31._o the_o hour_n of_o death_n be_v uncertain_a watch_v for_o you_o know_v neither_o the_o day_n nor_o the_o hour_n when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n will_v come_v say_v our_o saviour_n â—3_n see_v death_n be_v so_o certain_a and_o the_o time_n thereof_o so_o uncertain_a we_o be_v continual_o to_o watch_v and_o to_o think_v that_o every_o day_n shall_v be_v the_o last_o many_o do_v build_v house_n yet_o wot_v they_o not_o whether_o they_o shall_v inhabit_v they_o or_o no_o many_o do_v make_v provision_n against_o the_o year_n to_o come_v which_o it_o may_v be_v they_o shall_v never_o see_v they_o give_v themselves_o to_o this_o life_n which_o be_v uncertain_a and_o overpasse_v the_o caâ—e_n of_o death_n which_o be_v most_o certain_a see_v then_o with_o such_o a_o earnest_a study_n thou_o provide_v for_o uncertain_a thing_n why_o provide_v thou_o not_o against_o death_n which_o be_v of_o all_o most_o certain_a it_o be_v not_o good_a to_o leave_v the_o certain_a for_o the_o uncertain_a man_n know_v noâ—_n his_o time_n say_v the_o preacher_n 2d_o but_o as_o the_o fish_n which_o be_v take_v in_o a_o evil_a net_n and_o as_o the_o bird_n that_o be_v catch_v in_o the_o snare_n so_o be_v the_o child_n of_o man_n snare_v in_o the_o evil_a time_n when_o it_o fall_v upon_o they_o sudden_o why_o tarie_v thou_o long_a upon_o present_a thing_n if_o a_o king_n of_o special_a favour_n shall_v give_v thou_o one_o of_o the_o city_n of_o his_o stingdome_n and_o shall_v assign_v thou_o a_o certain_a hour_n to_o confirm_v his_o grant_n will_v thou_o not_o with_o all_o study_n and_o diligence_n endeavour_v that_o that_o hour_n shall_v not_o be_v overslipt_v but_o now_o a_o far_o more_o excellent_a and_o glorious_a city_n than_o any_o be_v in_o this_o world_n even_o the_o celestial_a jerusalem_n be_v promise_v unto_o thou_o by_o the_o unspeakable_a magnificence_n of_o the_o king_n of_o king_n the_o time_n of_o this_o life_n be_v give_v thou_o to_o attain_v therein_o this_o bless_a city_n leese_n not_o thy_o time_n therefore_o omit_v not_o a_o good_a opportunity_n lest_o thou_o lose_v that_o happiness_n which_o thou_o so_o long_v for_o the_o night_n come_v when_o no_o man_n can_v work_v 4._o no_o man_n have_v a_o hour_n sure_a of_o his_o life_n therefore_o the_o time_n be_v so_o short_a and_o the_o promise_n so_o ample_a what_o a_o wonder_n be_v it_o that_o many_o can_v so_o idle_o pass_v the_o time_n away_o in_o vanity_n and_o pastime_n as_o though_o they_o have_v yet_o a_o hundred_o year_n more_o assure_v they_o to_o live_v and_o look_v for_o none_o other_o world_n after_o this_o life_n if_o for_o the_o get_n of_o some_o temporal_a good_a thing_n thou_o be_v willing_a to_o break_v thy_o sleep_n to_o refrain_v from_o meat_n to_o absent_v thyself_o from_o many_o meeting_n of_o pleasure_n and_o that_o only_o to_o finish_v which_o be_v in_o thy_o hand_n lest_o the_o occasion_n do_v slip_v and_o thou_o wot_v not_o when_o to_o have_v the_o like_a again_o why_o do_v thou_o not_o take_v the_o like_a occasion_n now_o give_v thou_o of_o god_n for_o the_o attain_n of_o that_o life_n which_o shall_v endure_v for_o ever_o those_o five_o foolish_a virgin_n that_o suffer_v the_o time_n praeâ—ent_v unprofitable_o to_o passe-away_a and_o presume_v of_o the_o time_n to_o come_v be_v deceive_v of_o their_o vain_a expectation_n 10._o disire_v not_o a_o long_a but_o a_o good_a life_n nor_o many_o but_o good_a year_n endeavour_n rather_o to_o live_v well_o than_o long_o and_o seek_v not_o only_o to_o have_v a_o goodwill_n but_o add_v thereunto_o good_a work_v many_o content_v themselves_o with_o a_o good_a intentes_fw-la have_v descend_v into_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n uncertain_a be_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n which_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o shall_v stir_v we_o up_o unto_o more_o watchfulness_n in_o our_o call_n it_o be_v extreme_a foolishness_n for_o thou_o to_o live_v in_o that_o state_n in_o which_o thou_o will_v not_o that_o death_n shall_v find_v thou_o and_o seeâ—ing_v this_o may_v fall_v out_o every_o hour_n even_o in_o reason_n it_o stand_v thou_o upon_o to_o live_v well_o for_o little_a do_v you_o know_v the_o hour_n when_o death_n will_v summon_v you_o to_o answer_v for_o your_o life_n before_o the_o judgement_n seat_n of_o god_n chap._n 32._o the_o hour_n of_o death_n be_v unknow_v en_fw-fr because_o we_o
shall_v continual_o prepare_v ourselves_o to_o die_v man_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n be_v but_o of_o short_a continuance_n and_o full_a of_o trouble_n be_v not_o his_o date_n determine_v the_o number_n of_o his_o month_n be_v with_o thou_o o_o lord_n thou_o have_v appoint_v his_o bound_n which_o he_o can_v overpasse_v say_v job_n 5_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n be_v uncertain_a neither_o know_v you_o what_o hour_n your_o master_n will_v call_v you_o unto_o account_n 16_o because_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n be_v uncertain_a we_o shall_v presume_v that_o our_o life_n may_v soon_o be_v end_v and_o that_o the_o last_o hour_n be_v still_o at_o hand_n and_o herein_o as_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n the_o lord_n god_n have_v deal_v most_o merciful_o with_o we_o in_o keep_v from_o our_o knowledge_n the_o hour_n of_o death_n to_o the_o end_n we_o shall_v live_v with_o more_o purity_n of_o heart_n and_o soul_n as_o we_o be_v sound_a at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n so_o shall_v we_o be_v 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all_o wise_a god_n have_v so_o ordain_v that_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n shall_v be_v always_o keep_v from_o thy_o knowledge_n that_o suspect_v death_n always_o to_o be_v nigh_o at_o hand_n thou_o will_v always_o live_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o be_v thankful_a to_o his_o majesty_n for_o this_o so_o singular_a benefit_n of_o conceal_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n whereby_o as_o with_o a_o spurte_n he_o prick_v thou_o on_o to_o follow_v &_o practice_v the_o work_n of_o godliness_n beside_o god_n will_v not_o have_v thou_o to_o know_v the_o hour_n of_o death_n because_o thou_o shall_v learn_v to_o live_v for_o the_o benefit_n of_o other_o and_o not_o to_o thyself_o for_o a_o public_a benefit_n be_v always_o to_o be_v prefer_v afore_o a_o private_a do_v thou_o know_v that_o quick_o thou_o shall_v die_v many_o good_a work_n thou_o will_v leave_v undo_v which_o may_v be_v profitable_a to_o the_o commonweal_n and_o thy_o study_n will_v be_v of_o thy_o own_o salvation_n neglect_v without_o the_o more_o grace_n of_o god_n the_o profit_n of_o thy_o neighbour_n and_o what_o more_o if_o many_o do_v know_v be_v sick_a that_o their_o sickness_n be_v not_o unto_o death_n sure_o neither_o will_v they_o hearty_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n by_o repentance_n nor_o do_v those_o work_n which_o christian_n be_v to_o do_v but_o now_o many_o lie_v grievous_o in_o pain_n upon_o their_o bed_n they_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n god_n know_v themselves_o near_o unto_o death_n which_o questionless_a they_o will_v not_o do_v if_o they_o know_v they_o shall_v live_v still_o and_o not_o die_v last_o of_o all_o even_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o christian_a peace_n and_o concord_n among_o man_n god_n will_v not_o have_v we_o aforehande_o to_o know_v the_o time_n of_o our_o departure_n out_o of_o this_o world_n for_o do_v we_o know_v that_o yet_o many_o year_n we_o shall_v continue_v hear_v there_o will_v follow_v or_o be_v nourish_v still_o in_o we_o hatred_n desire_v of_o revenge_n 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away_o rejoice_v that_o they_o be_v count_v worthy_a to_o suffer_v rebuke_n for_o his_o name_n 41_o why_o do_v â—hese_fw-mi so_o holy_a man_n rejoice_v in_o tribulation_n wherein_o thou_o have_v no_o joy_n sure_o that_o please_v they_o which_o be_v unpleasant_a to_o thou_o once_o do_v thou_o love_v that_o which_o holy_a man_n have_v love_v and_o thou_o shall_v find_v that_o comfort_n which_o they_o have_v in_o trouble_n if_o persecution_n bring_v thou_o grief_n complain_v not_o on_o the_o persecutor_n but_o rather_o on_o thyself_o who_o fly_v from_o that_o wherein_o thou_o shall_v rejoice_v 2._o conform_v thyself_o after_o the_o ensample_n of_o jesus_n christ_n &_o be_v a_o friend_n of_o his_o cross_n and_o suffer_v etc._n resign_v thyself_o whole_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o love_n that_o which_o he_o do_v love_v so_o shall_v sure_o it_o be_v alone_o sufficient_a to_o confound_v then_o which_o in_o title_n only_o be_v christian_n let_v we_o be_v ashamed_a to_o pass_v the_o time_n in_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n when_o our_o captain_n live_v in_o great_a reproach_n and_o peril_n â—â—ee_fw-mi be_v no_o good_a soldier_n which_o behold_v his_o captain_n die_v before_o his_o face_n will_v not_o venture_v himself_o to_o the_o peril_n of_o death_n without_o think_v of_o his_o own_o life_n and_o pleasure_n if_o thou_o seek_v after_o honour_n see_v thy_o captain_n dishonour_v it_o be_v a_o great_a argument_n that_o thou_o be_v none_o of_o his_o band_n and_o count_v thyself_o a_o christian_n thou_o shall_v greatelie_o blush_v if_o thou_o find_v in_o thyself_o any_o love_n at_o all_o of_o vanity_n which_o infidel_n seek_v after_o many_o there_o be_v which_o say_v they_o be_v christian_n but_o very_o few_o do_v imitate_v the_o life_n of_o christ._n they_o be_v in_o name_n like_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o altogether_o unlike_a for_o manner_n if_o the_o life_n of_o many_o christian_n be_v compare_v with_o the_o life_n of_o our_o redeemeâ—_n it_o will_v then_o evident_o appear_v how_o crooked_a their_o heart_n be_v and_o how_o much_o also_o they_o decline_v from_o that_o straitnes_n which_o god_n do_v set_v they_o in_o see_v they_o turn_v themselves_o unto_o the_o love_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o his_o pleasure_n be_v shall_v be_v despise_v i_o will_v glad_o know_v who_o have_v more_o knowledge_n god_n or_o the_o world_n if_o thou_o believe_v that_o god_n know_v more_o mark_v how_o he_o have_v choose_v poverty_n and_o a_o base_a condition_n 20._o and_o this_o only_a may_v suffice_v to_o teach_v thou_o how_o wicked_a thy_o life_n be_v that_o so_o hard_a cratch_n wherein_o he_o lie_v on_o the_o day_n of_o his_o birth_n 7_o condemn_v the_o delicacy_n of_o this_o world_n that_o stable_n do_v demonstrate_v how_o vain_a the_o honour_n and_o prosperity_n of_o this_o life_n be_v those_o vile_a clothes_n wherein_o his_o divine_a majesty_n be_v wrap_v do_v sufficient_o show_v of_o what_o account_n be_v the_o riches_n of_o this_o world_n consider_v a_o 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thou_o live_v and_o thou_o do_v hazard_v thy_o salvation_n if_o thou_o return_v not_o from_o this_o way_n and_o detest_v that_o which_o thou_o so_o love_v and_o earnest_o determine_v with_o thyself_o hereafter_o to_o follow_v his_o step_n which_o can_v err_v o_o what_o a_o abuse_n be_v it_o that_o a_o most_o vile_a worm_n of_o the_o earth_n do_v so_o desire_v to_o be_v great_a when_o the_o god_n of_o majesty_n have_v make_v himself_o so_o small_a etc._n therefore_o christian_a soul_n if_o thou_o see_v thy_o husband_n isaac_n go_v on_o foot_n thou_o must_v after_o th'nsample_n of_o rebecca_n alight_v from_o thy_o camel_n 64_o for_o thou_o shall_v blush_v to_o behold_v jesus_n in_o a_o base_a estate_n &_o thyself_o aloft_o upon_o a_o camel_n of_o worldly_a vanity_n come_v down_o therefore_o come_v down_o i_o say_v as_o she_o do_v by_o contemn_v the_o promotion_n and_o vanity_n of_o this_o present_a world_n and_o conform_v thyself_o according_a to_o the_o life_n of_o thy_o redeemer_n that_o with_o he_o hereafter_o thou_o may_v enjoy_v the_o true_a joy_n and_o eternal_a glory_n chap._n iv._n all_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n be_v vain_a vanity_n of_o vanity_n say_v the_o preacher_n vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n 14._o i_o have_v consider_v all_o the_o work_n that_o be_v under_o the_o sun_n and_o behold_v all_o be_v vanity_n this_o world_n in_o the_o sacred_a scripture_n be_v right_o call_v a_o hypocrite_n who_o though_o to_o the_o outward_a appearance_n it_o seem_v wonderful_a goodly_a yet_o within_o be_v full_a of_o vanity_n and_o corruption_n in_o those_o good_a thing_n which_o be_v sensible_a it_o appear_v good_a whereas_o in_o truth_n it_o be_v full_a of_o falsehood_n and_o deceit_n fasten_v not_o the_o anchor_n of_o the_o ship_n of_o thy_o heart_n in_o the_o sea_n of_o worldly_a love_n the_o
reed_n when_o they_o begin_v to_o spring_v do_v delight_n the_o sight_n and_o the_o eye_n be_v comfort_v with_o their_o goodly_a hue_n and_o flower_n which_o notwithstanding_o if_o you_o break_v you_o shall_v find_v altogether_o empty_a and_o destitute_a of_o substance_n within_o let_v not_o the_o world_n deceive_v thou_o neither_o suffer_v thy_o eye_n to_o be_v take_v with_o the_o vain_a and_o apparent_a beauty_n of_o the_o same_o for_o do_v thou_o cast_v thy_o eye_n into_o the_o inward_a corner_n thereof_o &_o thou_o shall_v find_v there_o nothing_o but_o mere_a vanity_n if_o the_o world_n be_v open_v with_o the_o sharp_a knife_n of_o truth_n it_o will_v by_o and_o by_o be_v find_v both_o vain_a and_o deceitful_a for_o all_o in_o the_o world_n either_o it_o be_v already_o past_a or_o present_a or_o to_o come_v that_o which_o be_v past_a be_v not_o now_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v be_v uncertain_a that_o which_o be_v present_a be_v unstable_a and_o but_o for_o a_o moment_n it_o be_v vanity_n to_o trust_v but_o great_a vanity_n great_o to_o esteem_v the_o favour_n of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v vanity_n to_o desire_v the_o promotion_n but_o great_a vanity_n to_o love_v the_o riches_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o same_o it_o be_v vanity_n to_o covet_v the_o transitory_a good_n and_o sure_o vanity_n be_v it_o to_o make_v great_a account_n of_o the_o corruptible_a substance_n of_o this_o world_n it_o be_v vanity_n to_o hunt_v after_o the_o wind_n of_o humane_a commendation_n vain_a be_v the_o care_n which_o be_v bestow_v upon_o the_o service_n of_o this_o unhappy_a world_n to_o end_v all_o be_v vanity_n save_v to_o love_n and_o only_o to_o serve_v god_n o_o happy_a be_v that_o man_n which_o be_v not_o mindful_a of_o the_o world_n sure_o he_o shall_v live_v at_o ease_n neither_o can_v any_o thing_n reclaim_v he_o from_o his_o spiritual_a exercise_n so_o long_o as_o he_o enjoy_v the_o sweetness_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o spirit_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v poor_a in_o spirit_n than_o rich_a in_o sin_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v little_a in_o our_o own_o eye_n then_o great_a it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v of_o small_a learning_n with_o humility_n than_o to_o be_v profound_o learn_v with_o &_o vain_a and_o proud_a mind_n to_o abuse_v thy_o knowledge_n &_o other_o grace_n unto_o more_o licenciousnes_n which_o god_n have_v give_v thou_o to_o bind_v thou_o thereby_o the_o more_o zealous_o to_o serve_v he_o it_o be_v also_o mere_a vanity_n &_o arrogancy_n of_o mind_n sure_o sure_o that_o last_o day_n at_o that_o straight_a and_o rigoreus_fw-la judgement_n where_o the_o book_n of_o all_o menâ—_n conscience_n shall_v be_v open_v 22._o and_o red_a in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n 10_o shall_v evident_o declare_v how_o much_o better_o it_o be_v to_o be_v of_o small_a 10._o than_o of_o great_a reputation_n in_o this_o world_n it_o shall_v then_o appear_v that_o better_a it_o have_v be_v to_o have_v love_v god_n than_o to_o have_v dispute_v about_o many_o curious_a and_o subtle_a question_n a_o good_a conscience_n shall_v do_v more_o good_a than_o than_o many_o and_o high_a oration_n utter_v in_o the_o world_n it_o shall_v not_o there_o be_v demand_v what_o we_o have_v say_v but_o what_o we_o have_v do_v neither_o will_v it_o do_v we_o good_a that_o we_o follow_v the_o deceit_n and_o false_a promise_n but_o that_o we_o have_v contemn_v the_o glory_n oâ—_n this_o world_n and_o better_o thou_o shall_v find_v it_o at_o that_o day_n for_o to_o have_v repent_v thou_o of_o thy_o sin_n than_o for_o a_o time_n to_o serve_v thy_o fleshly_a appetite_n and_o afterward_o for_o ever_o to_o be_v câ—st_v into_o the_o pit_n of_o hell_n 41._o consider_v with_o thyself_o and_o count_v how_o much_o thou_o have_v bestow_v upon_o the_o world_n and_o how_o little_a upon_o god_n and_o that_o in_o this_o life_n which_o he_o have_v lâ—nt_v thou_o to_o serve_v he_o in_o what_o be_v become_v of_o so_o many_o year_n without_o profit_n what_o fruit_n have_v thou_o reap_v from_o the_o tim_fw-la thou_o first_o serve_v the_o world_n the_o time_n pass_v can_v be_v recover_v the_o day_n be_v pass_v thou_o wot_v not_o how_o and_o death_n short_o will_v overtake_v thou_o what_o have_v thou_o of_o that_o which_o thou_o have_v do_v thou_o have_v find_v in_o thy_o friend_n no_o fidelity_n in_o they_o upon_o who_o thou_o have_v bestow_v benefit_n ingratitude_n in_o man_n general_o much_o fraud_n and_o dissimulation_n see_v now_o all_o be_v lose_v whatsoever_o thou_o have_v do_v that_o little_a experience_n which_o thou_o have_v of_o man_n and_o the_o thing_n whereof_o thou_o so_o complain_v they_o do_v all_o and_o that_o continual_o cry_v unto_o thou_o that_o god_n above_o shall_v have_v be_v love_v that_o he_o alone_o shall_v have_v be_v serve_v 10._o all_o thy_o labour_n be_v lose_v which_o be_v not_o bestow_v upon_o the_o only_a service_n of_o jesus_n christ._n that_o time_n only_o be_v for_o thy_o good_a which_o thou_o emploie_v upon_o the_o service_n of_o god_n but_o all_o the_o rest_n tend_v unto_o vanity_n and_o destruction_n if_o yet_o more_o exact_o thou_o will_v consider_v the_o ingratitude_n of_o man_n and_o note_v how_o a_o good_a part_n of_o thy_o time_n thou_o have_v spend_v upon_o their_o service_n it_o will_v make_v thou_o to_o lament_v the_o time_n so_o unprofitablie_o consume_v and_o hereafter_o to_o address_v thyself_o to_o serve_v thy_o creator_n and_o see_v the_o time_n pass_v can_v be_v recover_v will_v to_o god_n at_o the_o least_o now_o thou_o will_v begin_v to_o serve_v he_o and_o lead_v such_o a_o life_n now_o before_o thou_o be_v very_o old_a as_o thou_o think_v to_o do_v when_o thy_o hair_n be_v hoary_a and_o thou_o draw_v to_o the_o grave_n doubtless_o it_o be_v great_a vanity_n to_o spend_v the_o life_n in_o please_v of_o man_n resign_v up_o thy_o appetite_n do_v away_o thy_o offâ—ctions_n and_o count_v that_o as_o nothing_o which_o now_o appear_v something_o chap._n v._n the_o end_n of_o worldly_a thing_n show_v they_o to_o be_v but_o vain_a many_o walk_n of_o who_o i_o have_v tell_v you_o often_o &_o now_o tell_v you_o weep_v that_o they_o be_v the_o enemy_n of_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n who_o end_n be_v damnation_n as_o the_o apostle_n say_v 19_o the_o end_n of_o they_o which_o love_v the_o world_n as_o witness_v the_o apostle_n be_v death_n and_o destruction_n cleave_v not_o to_o the_o thing_n which_o the_o world_n do_v offer_v thou_o for_o sudden_o thou_o shall_v fall_v into_o the_o snare_n thereof_o the_o pleasure_n thereof_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o death_n fly_v the_o deceit_n unless_o thou_o will_v be_v catch_v consider_v not_o what_o be_v present_a but_o what_o be_v to_o come_v be_v diligent_a in_o consider_v the_o end_n of_o sin_n by_o weigh_v aswell_o that_o not_o yet_o come_v as_o that_o which_o be_v present_a so_o shall_v thou_o hate_v the_o pleasure_n and_o vanity_n which_o the_o world_n set_v before_o thy_o eye_n our_o life_n be_v like_o a_o river_n run_v unto_o the_o sea_n of_o death_n the_o water_n of_o the_o river_n be_v sweet_a indeed_o yet_o the_o end_n thereof_o be_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o bitter_a water_n of_o the_o sea_n life_n be_v sweet_a to_o they_o which_o love_v it_o but_o it_o will_v prove_v bitter_a to_o such_o as_o draw_v nigh_o death_n the_o end_n of_o the_o pleasant_a water_n of_o the_o river_n prove_v bitter_a so_o the_o end_n of_o man_n life_n be_v bitterness_n itself_o may_v put_v she_o in_o remembrance_n of_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n again_o why_o do_v our_o lord_n weep_v for_o the_o same_o jerusalem_n but_o only_o for_o that_o she_o have_v not_o in_o mind_n the_o evilles_n which_o be_v to_o fall_v upon_o it_o 42._o it_o be_v a_o lamental_a le_fw-fr thing_n to_o have_v a_o eye_n only_o to_o the_o joy_n that_o be_v present_a and_o not_o unto_o the_o pain_n which_o follow_v after_o pleasure_n this_o make_v christ_n to_o weep_v that_o jerusalem_n be_v so_o foolish_o bewitch_v with_o present_a joy_n that_o she_o have_v not_o regard_v of_o the_o trouble_n that_o will_v follow_v even_o so_o doudtle_v it_o be_v much_o to_o be_v lament_v that_o thou_o walt_z suffer_v thyself_o so_o to_o be_v deceive_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o see_v the_o curse_a end_n of_o all_o these_o worldly_a pleasure_n measure_v not_o thyself_o by_o the_o thing_n which_o appear_v at_o the_o first_o but_o wise_o consider_v what_o will_v follow_v â—ee_z rule_v rather_o by_o reason_n than_o by_o a_o vain_a appetite_n and_o when_o thou_o know_v how_o bitter_a the_o end_n of_o these_o worldly_a thing_n be_v make_v not_o account_v of_o the_o good_n thereof_o desire_v nothing_o before_o you_o thorough_o do_v know_v whether_o it_o be_v
convenient_a you_o shall_v have_v it_o or_o no._n and_o mark_v the_o end_n after_o a_o good_a thing_n follow_v a_o evil_a and_o after_o joy_n sorrow_n and_o after_o pleasure_n bitter_a loathsomeness_n it_o be_v a_o rule_n in_o the_o world_n to_o give_v a_o dainty_a dinner_n and_o afterwards_n a_o homely_a supper_n all_o man_n at_o the_o beginning_n set_v forth_o good_a wine_n and_o when_o man_n have_v well_o drink_v they_o that_o which_o be_v worse_o say_v the_o governor_n of_o the_o feast_n 10._o so_o be_v it_o the_o fation_n of_o the_o world_n to_o begin_v with_o mirth_n and_o to_o end_v with_o mourning_n but_o it_o be_v otherwise_o at_o the_o banqueit_n of_o christ_n where_o the_o beginning_n be_v somewhat_o troublesome_a but_o the_o end_n be_v all_o joyful_a the_o beginning_n conceal_v but_o the_o end_n they_o reveal_v the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o world_n when_o they_o shall_v say_v peace_n and_o safety_n then_o shall_v come_v upon_o they_o suden_a destruction_n 3._o the_o end_n give_v be_v to_o all_o thing_n as_o the_o end_n be_v such_o be_v the_o thing_n wherein_o thou_o delight_v the_o end_n of_o pleasure_n be_v pain_n 25._o the_o end_n of_o much_o eat_n be_v sickness_n 19_o the_o end_n of_o this_o life_n 2d_o which_o thou_o so_o love_v be_v worm_n meat_n and_o ash_n 15._o the_o end_n and_o conclusion_n of_o all_o sin_n be_v extreme_a and_o everlasting_a torment_n 41._o chap._n vi_o the_o end_n of_o worldly_a thing_n be_v diligent_o to_o be_v consider_v man_n shall_v not_o continue_v in_o honour_n he_o be_v like_o the_o beast_n that_o die_v say_v the_o psalmist_n 12_o when_o god_n have_v warn_v man_n to_o consider_v what_o shall_v ensue_v and_o to_o mark_v the_o end_n of_o worldly_a vanity_n he_o will_v not_o but_o consider_v only_o the_o present_a honour_n not_o how_o bitter_a the_o end_n thereof_o may_v be_v he_o dwell_v upon_o the_o pleasure_n before_o his_o eye_n and_o regard_v not_o the_o pain_n which_o be_v to_o follow_v yea_o he_o think_v not_o thereof_o at_o all_o until_o he_o feel_v the_o smart_n of_o the_o same_o the_o preacher_n say_v 18_o i_o consider_v in_o my_o hart_n the_o state_n of_o the_o child_n of_o man_n that_o god_n have_v purge_v they_o yet_o to_o see_v to_o they_o be_v in_o themselves_o as_o beast_n after_o that_o adam_n have_v sin_v god_n make_v he_o coat_n of_o skin_n 21_o to_o show_v that_o through_o sin_n he_o be_v fall_v into_o the_o misery_n of_o beast_n when_o the_o sinner_n have_v once_o offend_v he_o cry_v present_o o_o that_o have_v not_o sin_v but_o foolish_a man_n see_v miserable_a experience_n now_o tell_v thou_o how_o nought_o the_o world_n be_v and_o that_o repentance_n come_v after_o unlawful_a pleasure_n why_o do_v thou_o not_o foresee_v it_o before_o thou_o do_v offend_v but_o what_o the_o wise_a man_n do_v in_o the_o beginning_n the_o fool_n do_v in_o the_o end_n it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o prudent_a man_n to_o forethink_v but_o of_o a_o fool_n to_o say_v i_o do_v think_v thereof_o consider_v aforehand_o of_o the_o lamentable_a end_n of_o these_o worldly_a thing_n so_o afterward_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v deceive_v the_o psalmist_n do_v say_v 59_o i_o have_v consider_v my_o way_n and_o turn_v my_o foot_n into_o thy_o testimony_n by_o consider_v the_o end_n of_o sin_n man_n leave_v the_o way_n of_o wickedness_n and_o tread_v the_o path_n of_o god_n commandment_n if_o one_o shall_v say_v unto_o thou_o as_o thou_o be_v in_o thy_o journey_n go_v not_o that_o way_n for_o thou_o can_v not_o escape_v the_o hand_n of_o thief_n &_o robber_n will_v thou_o persist_v in_o thy_o journey_n and_o not_o leave_v the_o same_o or_o at_o least_o take_v another_o way_n in_o the_o way_n of_o voluptuousness_n wherein_o thou_o walk_v there_o be_v thief_n which_o murder_n &_o steal_v thy_o grace_n &_o spiritual_a good_a thing_n 13_o if_o therefore_o thou_o be_v wise_a and_o will_v escape_v the_o danger_n of_o eternal_a death_n thou_o will_v shun_v so_o dangerous_a a_o way_n and_o let_v no_o soon_o a_o tentation_n come_v into_o thy_o mind_n but_o think_v whether_o the_o way_n of_o pleasure_n which_o thou_o be_v enter_v into_o lead_v &_o leave_v the_o same_o the_o apostle_n say_v the_o wage_n of_o sin_n be_v death_n 23_o jaacob_n &_o esau_n be_v in_o the_o same_o womb_n strive_v who_o shall_v first_o come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o in_o the_o birth_n jaacob_n his_o hand_n hold_v esau_n by_o the_o heel_n 29_o the_o head_n be_v the_o high_a &_o the_o heel_n be_v the_o low_a and_o extreme_a part_n of_o man_n this_o be_v the_o difference_n between_o the_o evil_a &_o the_o good_a good_a man_n take_v sin_n by_o the_o heel_n evil_a man_n take_v it_o by_o the_o head_n the_o wicked_a embrace_v all_o kind_n of_o honour_n and_o pleasure_n not_o respect_v what_o be_v the_o end_n of_o they_o but_o the_o good_a take_v the_o world_n by_o the_o foot_n consider_v the_o bitter_a end_n of_o the_o same_o the_o pleasure_n &_o prosperity_n of_o this_o world_n do_v shine_v like_o a_o candle_n that_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n who_o flame_n be_v fair_a so_o long_o as_o substance_n be_v minister_v but_o that_o be_v consume_v all_o come_v in_o the_o end_n to_o smoke_n and_o stench_n so_o though_o now_o the_o pomp_n and_o vanity_n do_v delight_v thou_o much_o yet_o in_o conclusion_n it_o will_v bring_v great_a affliction_n and_o remorse_n if_o in_o time_n thou_o take_v not_o heed_n it_o be_v write_v in_o a_o psalm_n as_o the_o smoke_n vanish_v so_o shall_v thou_o drive_v they_o away_o and_o as_o the_o wax_n melt_v before_o the_o fire_n so_o shall_v the_o wicked_a perish_v at_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n 68_o if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o will_v provide_v for_o thyself_o against_o the_o time_n to_o come_v the_o kingly_a prophet_n say_v 3â—_n the_o meat_n be_v yet_o in_o their_o mouth_n when_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n come_v even_o upon_o they_o the_o man_n of_o this_o world_n do_v scarce_o begin_v to_o taste_v of_o vanity_n when_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n come_v sudden_o upon_o they_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o their_o sin_n to_o end_v see_v affliction_n be_v such_o a_o inseparable_a companion_n of_o worldly_a thing_n if_o at_o the_o beginning_n thou_o will_v advise_o perpend_v what_o shall_v be_v the_o end_n it_o will_v cause_v thou_o to_o reframe_v from_o all_o vanity_n thereof_o chap._n 7_o the_o judgement_n and_o word_n of_o man_n be_v vain_a cast_a thy_o burden_n upon_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o shall_v nourish_v thou_o say_v the_o prophet_n 2._o let_v all_o thy_o study_n be_v to_o â—_o please_v god_n neither_o be_v thou_o puff_v up_o when_o man_n do_v praise_v thou_o nor_o trouble_v in_o mind_n when_o they_o murmur_v against_o thou_o the_o cause_n why_o thou_o be_v ill_o speak_v of_o be_v for_o that_o thou_o seek_v to_o please_v they_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v praise_v thou_o but_o will_v thou_o only_o seek_v to_o please_v god_n and_o to_o get_v his_o favour_n than_o shall_v not_o man_n word_n be_v they_o never_o so_o bitter_a offend_v thou_o at_o all_o therefore_o endeavour_n thou_o to_o please_v none_o but_o god_n only_o so_o shall_v thou_o live_v in_o quiet_a with_o a_o merry_a heart_n let_v nothing_o so_o afflict_v thou_o as_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n let_v nothing_o so_o delight_v thou_o as_o a_o good_a conscience_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o regard_v the_o wicked_a censure_n of_o man_n when_o thou_o be_v at_o peace_n with_o god_n many_o have_v be_v commend_v of_o man_n which_o now_o be_v condemn_v in_o hell_n and_o many_o have_v be_v count_v fool_n which_o enjoy_v the_o true_a happiness_n of_o heaven_n with_o christ._n this_o be_v so_o thou_o shall_v neither_o rejoice_v when_o thou_o be_v commend_v nor_o lament_v when_o thou_o be_v ill_o think_v of_o if_o thou_o be_v just_o praise_v for_o some_o good_a within_o thou_o be_v not_o proud_a thereof_o but_o consider_v the_o secret_a imperfection_n wherewith_o thou_o do_v abound_v which_o if_o man_n do_v know_v assure_v thyself_o they_o do_v not_o so_o much_o commend_v thou_o for_o that_o which_o be_v good_a as_o they_o will_v dispraise_v thou_o for_o thy_o fault_n if_o thou_o be_v praise_v for_o some_o virtue_n which_o thou_o have_v not_o labour_v to_o attain_v the_o same_o that_o the_o world_n be_v not_o deceive_v in_o thou_o if_o they_o have_v cause_n to_o murmur_v labour_v to_o reform_v thyself_o if_o unjust_o thou_o be_v condemn_v confess_v they_o to_o be_v man_n who_o can_v hurt_v but_o profit_v thou_o if_o thou_o have_v patience_n if_o god_n be_v to_o consult_v with_o man_n whether_o he_o shall_v receive_v thou_o into_o his_o glory_n or_o send_v thou_o unto_o hell_n or_o do_v some_o other_o thing_n with_o thou_o
than_o it_o be_v good_a policy_n for_o thou_o to_o procure_v their_o commendation_n and_o to_o be_v count_v for_o a_o saint_n but_o sure_o god_n only_o and_o thy_o soul_n must_v enter_v into_o a_o account_n of_o matter_n together_o it_o be_v vain_a to_o procure_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n on_o thy_o behalf_n unto_o god_n for_o god_n will_v not_o require_v their_o opinion_n concern_v thou_o &_o say_v they_o what_o they_o will_v god_n will_v not_o refer_v himself_o unto_o their_o say_n but_o unto_o thy_o own_o conscience_n if_o all_o the_o world_n say_v thou_o be_v a_o saint_n and_o deserve_v glory_n what_o will_v that_o avail_v thou_o afore_o god_n which_o will_v judge_v thou_o according_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o thy_o conscience_n again_o though_o all_o man_n do_v condemn_v thou_o and_o god_n be_v thy_o friend_n what_o can_v their_o obloquy_n hurt_v for_o he_o who_o they_o reprove_v be_v not_o approve_v of_o god_n nor_o what_o they_o allow_v be_v acceptable_a before_o he_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n be_v vain_a for_o they_o know_v neither_o what_o man_n think_v nor_o what_o they_o deserve_v they_o see_v not_o the_o inward_a thought_n of_o the_o mâ—nde_n and_o therefore_o be_v common_o deceive_v they_o can_v give_v grace_n much_o less_o glory_n to_o any_o man_n neither_o be_v it_o in_o their_o power_n either_o to_o condemn_v or_o to_o save_v thou_o i_o say_v unto_o thou_o as_o the_o truth_n be_v be_v all_o the_o man_n in_o the_o world_n thy_o assure_a friend_n they_o all_o can_v neither_o prolong_v thy_o life_n half_o a_o hour_n nor_o deliver_v thy_o soul_n from_o the_o straight_a judgement_n of_o god_n 10_o how_o much_o better_a shall_v it_o be_v at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n to_o have_v god_n on_o thy_o side_n then_o to_o have_v spend_v thy_o whole_a life_n in_o the_o service_n of_o a_o king_n or_o other_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n who_o though_o they_o love_v thou_o much_o yet_o can_v they_o not_o help_v a_o whit_n at_o that_o extremity_n listen_v therefore_o unto_o i_o and_o afflict_v not_o thyself_o if_o thou_o do_v thy_o duty_n howsoever_o man_n murmur_v against_o thou_o labour_v not_o to_o please_v the_o people_n neither_o seek_v their_o praise_n in_o this_o world_n for_o it_o tend_v all_o unto_o vanity_n and_o loss_n of_o time_n but_o turn_v thyself_o unto_o god_n and_o labour_n with_o all_o thy_o strength_n to_o serve_v and_o please_v he_o turn_v away_o thy_o ear_n from_o the_o rumour_n and_o vanity_n of_o this_o unhappy_a world_n chap._n 8_o the_o reproach_n of_o the_o world_n must_v be_v contemn_v as_o touch_v i_o i_o pass_v very_o little_a to_o be_v judge_v of_o you_o or_o of_o man_n judgement_n he_o that_o judge_v i_o be_v the_o lord_n therefore_o judge_v not_o before_o the_o time_n until_o the_o lord_n come_v who_o will_v lighten_v thing_n that_o be_v hide_v in_o darkness_n and_o make_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o heart_n manifest_a &_o then_o shall_v every_o man_n have_v praise_n of_o god_n this_o say_v the_o apostle_n 5_o despise_v the_o judgement_n of_o man_n inasmuch_o as_o god_n be_v privy_a to_o the_o heart_n and_o condition_n of_o every_o man_n &_o he_o can_v search_v the_o heart_n and_o reins_n at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n it_o will_v appear_v who_o be_v the_o good_a or_o the_o evil_a man_n let_v this_o therefore_o move_v thou_o to_o give_v no_o heed_n to_o the_o wicked_a judgement_n of_o man_n but_o to_o please_v god_n they_o which_o run_v a_o race_n regard_v not_o what_o every_o one_o do_v say_v but_o what_o their_o judgement_n be_v which_o must_v give_v the_o reward_n who_o example_n may_v teach_v thou_o not_o to_o care_v for_o the_o praise_n or_o dispraise_n of_o man_n but_o altogether_o to_o bend_v thyself_o to_o please_v god_n the_o supreme_a judge_n 10_o if_o thou_o take_v pain_n for_o his_o glory_n he_o see_v it_o doubt_v thou_o not_o and_o from_o his_o hand_n thou_o shall_v receive_v a_o crown_n of_o righteousness_n 8_o love_v the_o truth_n and_o care_v not_o what_o man_n say_v who_o be_v move_v oftâ—_n through_o love_n or_o hatred_n yet_o wot_v they_o not_o what_o be_v in_o man_n 5_o be_v not_o move_v neither_o take_v it_o grevous_o though_o some_o have_v a_o evil_a opinion_n of_o thou_o be_v thou_o better_a than_o christ_n himself_o read_v the_o gospel_n and_o there_o shall_v thou_o find_v write_v that_o of_o some_o he_o be_v call_v a_o seducer_n 5_o a_o samaritan_n 48_o one_o which_o have_v a_o devil_n 23_o some_o say_v this_o man_n be_v not_o of_o god_n because_o he_o keep_v not_o the_o sabbath_n 1â—_n other_o say_v how_o can_v a_o man_n that_o be_v a_o sinner_n do_v such_o miracle_n insomuch_o that_o as_o john_n do_v testify_v there_o be_v a_o divisior_n among_o they_o if_o then_o so_o diverse_a opiniâ—â—s_n wâ—â—e_v sparse_v abroad_o of_o our_o saviour_n â—hrist_n who_o know_v no_o sin_n 21_o but_o be_v very_o holiness_n and_o goodness_n itself_o why_o be_v thou_o so_o proud_a be_v indeedeful_a of_o imperfection_n that_o will_v have_v all_o man_n praise_v thou_o as_o thou_o do_v if_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n be_v so_o contrary_a about_o our_o most_o innocent_a lord_n and_o master_n what_o reason_n have_v thou_o to_o wish_v that_o all_o man_n with_o one_o mouth_n will_v commend_v thy_o doing_n if_o many_o praise_v thou_o which_o be_v notwithstanding_o a_o weak_a &_o frail_a vessel_n let_v it_o not_o grieve_v thou_o if_o some_o again_o speak_v ill_a of_o thou_o there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o holy_a who_o life_n will_v be_v commend_v of_o all_o man_n nether_a be_v there_o any_o work_n so_o righteous_a but_o wicked_a person_n will_v murmur_v against_o the_o same_o it_o be_v a_o foul_a error_n not_o to_o follow_v virtue_n because_o of_o the_o contradiction_n of_o man_n go_v thou_o about_o the_o most_o holy_a work_n that_o may_v be_v and_o thou_o shall_v be_v sure_a some_o will_v speak_v against_o the_o same_o now_o if_o thou_o be_v so_o light_a as_o to_o esteem_v what_o man_n say_v assure_v thyself_o nothing_o thou_o will_v do_v that_o shall_v please_v god_n that_o blind_a man_n which_o sit_v in_o the_o way_n towards_o jericho_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o help_v want_v no_o reprehender_n &c_n notwithstanding_o the_o more_o he_o be_v rebuke_v the_o more_o earnest_o he_o cry_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o wicked_a by_o no_o mean_n can_v be_v stop_v they_o will_v speak_v 4._o which_o be_v so_o draw_v near_o unto_o god_n abide_v in_o the_o path_n of_o righteousness_n persevere_v in_o a_o good_a thing_n and_o regard_v not_o the_o word_n of_o idle_a person_n who_o manner_n be_v sinister_o to_o interpret_v the_o meaning_n and_o do_n of_o their_o neighbour_n thy_o time_n be_v lose_v if_o curious_o thou_o mark_v what_o man_n do_v say_v labour_n therefore_o that_o always_o thou_o may_v please_v god_n and_o do_v his_o wil._n for_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v but_o vanity_n &_o vexation_n of_o the_o spirit_n chap._n ix_o to_o be_v praise_v of_o man_n be_v a_o vain_a thing_n take_v heed_n that_o you_o give_v not_o your_o alm_n before_o man_n to_o be_v see_v of_o they_o say_v the_o lord_n 1_o and_o although_o in_o a_o other_o place_n our_o saviour_n do_v likewise_o say_v 16_o let_v your_o light_n so_o shine_v before_o man_n that_o they_o may_v see_v your_o good_a work_n yet_o his_o meaning_n be_v not_o that_o we_o shall_v thereby_o seek_v our_o praise_n but_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o he_o add_v immediate_o and_o glorify_v your_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n he_o which_o do_v good_a work_n that_o he_o may_v be_v praise_v seek_v the_o glory_n of_o himself_o and_o not_o of_o god_n god_n do_v not_o forbid_v that_o we_o shall_v do_v good_a work_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n but_o he_o will_v have_v the_o intention_n to_o be_v good_a he_o forbid_v thou_o to_o seek_v thy_o own_o praise_n and_o will_v that_o in_o the_o good_a thing_n which_o thou_o do_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n shall_v be_v seek_v of_o thou_o if_o thou_o measure_v the_o treasure_n of_o good_a work_n by_o the_o tongue_n of_o other_o man_n it_o be_v no_o long_o in_o thou_o either_o to_o keep_v or_o to_o forgo_v the_o same_o keep_v secret_a the_o riches_n of_o virtue_n by_o thyself_o except_o thou_o will_v that_o flatterer_n shall_v bereave_v thou_o of_o they_o quite_o ezechias_n that_o show_v his_o treasur_n to_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n messenger_n be_v grevous_o punish_v for_o the_o same_o etc._n publish_v not_o abroad_o the_o good_a work_n which_o thou_o do_v neither_o seek_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n lest_o god_n he_o punish_v thou_o for_o a_o vain_a and_o arrogant_a man_n seek_v not_o the_o reward_n of_o well_o do_v in_o this_o world_n lest_o thou_o lose_v the_o reward_n of_o eternal_a
what_o answer_n he_o may_v make_v for_o himself_o though_o he_o be_v not_o make_v to_o answer_v for_o the_o soul_n of_o other_o man_n iâ—_n than_o thou_o shall_v be_v so_o busy_v that_o hardly_o thou_o shall_v unwind_v thyself_o from_o the_o sentence_n of_o condemnation_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o sin_n commit_v by_o thyself_o then_o much_o more_o hardly_o shall_v thou_o escape_v the_o same_o have_v take_v upon_o thou_o to_o answer_v for_o the_o conscience_n of_o other_o man_n it_o must_v needs_o therefore_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n after_o this_o manner_n to_o bring_v thy_o salvation_n into_o so_o great_a a_o danger_n it_o be_v vanity_n to_o covet_v supereminence_n over_o other_o in_o this_o place_n of_o banishment_n god_n for_o his_o part_n will_v more_o love_v thou_o if_o thou_o be_v a_o good_a man_n and_o good_a man_n for_o their_o part_n will_v more_o esteem_v thou_o be_v a_o godly_a subject_n than_o a_o proud_a prelate_n i_o grant_v indeed_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v fear_v be_v not_o prefer_v but_o thou_o shall_v be_v love_v which_o be_v the_o better_a of_o the_o twain_o do_v away_o therefore_o thy_o inordinate_a affection_n and_o keeep_v thy_o hart_n from_o vanity_n love_n humility_n as_o the_o servant_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o cast_v from_o thy_o mind_n the_o desire_n of_o honour_n for_o at_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n it_o will_v not_o help_v a_o whit_n but_o rather_o hurt_v thou_o chap._n 14._o this_o world_n be_v not_o our_o native_a country_n but_o a_o place_n of_o banishement_n while_o we_o be_v at_o home_n in_o the_o body_n we_o be_v absent_a from_o the_o lord_n again_o here_o we_o have_v no_o continue_a city_n but_o wen_n seek_v one_o to_o come_v say_v the_o apostle_n 6._o there_o be_v no_o journey_n take_v without_o labour_n 14_o there_o be_v no_o pleasure_n to_o be_v seek_v for_o in_o this_o world_n wherein_o we_o do_v but_o sojourn_v covet_v not_o to_o build_v much_o or_o to_o abide_v in_o the_o world_n see_v thou_o have_v a_o father_n in_o heaven_n so_o rich_a and_o mighty_a but_o hold_v on_o a_o right_a course_n toward_o that_o land_n where_o all_o manner_n of_o felicity_n do_v abound_v s._n peter_n say_v 1â—_n i_o beseech_v you_o as_o stranger_n &_o pilgrim_n abstain_v from_o fleshly_a lust_n which_o fight_v against_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o pilgrim_n to_o lead_v a_o hard_a life_n they_o be_v always_o like_a for_o rainer_n their_o true_a friend_n be_v in_o a_o other_o country_n procure_v not_o that_o friendship_n which_o be_v hurtful_a to_o thy_o soul_n neither_o take_v it_o grievous_o though_o all_o thing_n fall_v not_o out_o according_a to_o thy_o desire_n for_o thou_o be_v but_o a_o travele_a in_o this_o present_a world_n which_o if_o thou_o will_v bear_v in_o mind_n much_o danger_n thou_o can_v not_o but_o avoid_v make_v speed_n therefore_o away_o like_o a_o post_n neither_o purpose_n thou_o to_o stay_v in_o this_o miserable_a world_n he_o that_o betake_v himself_o to_o a_o inn_n there_o to_o tarry_v only_o for_o half_a a_o hour_n bedeck_v not_o the_o house_n for_o so_o short_a a_o time_n for_o than_o will_v he_o be_v count_v a_o egregious_a fool_n thou_o be_v a_o pilgrim_n upon_o earth_n yesterday_o thou_o come_v and_o to_o morrow_n thou_o shall_v depart_v care_v not_o therefore_o for_o these_o honour_n riches_n or_o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n but_o let_v thy_o whole_a mind_n be_v touch_v the_o land_n of_o the_o live_n 5_o where_o the_o saint_n with_o christ_n do_v everlasting_o triumph_v have_v in_o mind_n the_o land_n of_o the_o heavenly_a father_n but_o set_v not_o thy_o heart_n upon_o this_o place_n of_o banishment_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n how_o thou_o can_v promise_v to_o thyself_o in_o this_o world_n any_o stability_n at_o all_o see_v this_o life_n be_v so_o short_a and_o the_o hour_n of_o death_n so_o uncertain_a that_o thou_o know_v not_o whether_o thou_o shall_v live_v till_o to_o morrow_n or_o not_o think_v how_o the_o trouble_n of_o this_o world_n be_v of_o small_a continuance_n and_o very_o short_o thou_o must_v go_v unto_o heaven_n where_o thou_o shall_v rest_v for_o evermore_o 4_o will_v thou_o bear_v in_o mind_n that_o the_o life_n which_o we_o do_v look_v for_o shall_v continue_v yea_o be_v everlasting_a sure_o thou_o will_v think_v this_o life_n though_o it_o be_v to_o last_v a_o thousand_o year_n in_o comparison_n of_o that_o to_o come_v scarce_o half_a a_o hour_n in_o length_n yea_o all_o our_o life_n compare_v to_o that_o be_v but_o a_o moment_n this_o move_v th'apostle_n patient_o to_o bear_v the_o trouble_n of_o his_o pilgrimage_n as_o himself_o write_v unto_o the_o corinthian_n do_v say_v on_o this_o wise_a 417_o our_o affliction_n which_o be_v but_o for_o a_o moment_n cause_v to_o we_o a_o far_o mooe_v excellent_a &_o eternal_a weight_n of_o glory_n while_o we_o look_v not_o on_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v but_o on_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v for_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v see_v artemporal_a 18._o but_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o see_v be_v eternal_a thus_o do_v th'apostle_n meditate_v of_o heaven_n weigh_v with_o himself_o the_o shortness_n of_o this_o lief_a if_o thou_o be_v a_o stranger_n in_o this_o world_n marvel_v not_o though_o thou_o be_v unknown_a to_o man_n if_o the_o labour_n of_o this_o life_n trouble_v thou_o be_v not_o disquiet_v in_o thyself_o for_o short_o thy_o journey_n shall_v have_v a_o end_n the_o father_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n confess_v they_o be_v stranger_n &_o pilgrim_n on_o the_o earth_n 38_o and_o wander_v in_o wilderness_n and_o mountain_n and_o den_n and_o cave_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o never_o find_v rest_n never_o be_v of_o mind_n that_o thou_o must_v inhabit_v this_o earth_n kain_n be_v the_o first_o that_o we_o read_v of_o which_o build_v a_o city_n upearth_n 17_o &_o lose_v he_o not_o heaven_n neither_o be_v saint_n peter_n rebuke_v without_o cause_n who_o be_v a_o stranger_n will_v yet_o have_v a_o house_n build_v upon_o moun_n thaber_n etc._n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v to_o inhabit_v thereupon_o they_o which_o travail_n like_o pilgrim_n use_v not_o to_o buy_v fruit_n tree_n and_o such_o like_a thing_n as_o be_v too_o heavy_a for_o they_o to_o bear_v but_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v of_o light_n carry_v but_o yet_o of_o great_a price_n as_o precious_a stone_n and_o other_o jewel_n in_o like_a sort_n forsake_v thou_o the_o honour_n and_o riches_n of_o this_o life_n and_o â—arrie_v about_o thou_o the_o precious_a jewel_n â—f_o a_o unspoted_a conscience_n why_o then_o heap_a thou_o promotion_n â—pon_n promotion_n so_o fast_o which_o of_o necesâ—â—tie_n thou_o must_v leave_v behind_o thou_o why_o will_v thou_o be_v load_v with_o â—â—ches_n in_o the_o race_n of_o this_o life_n rather_o seek_v for_o the_o inestimable_a jewel_n of_o good_a work_n that_o thou_o may_v live_v in_o perpetual_a riches_n and_o honour_n in_o the_o heaven_n chap._n 15_o beauty_n be_v a_o vain_a thing_n favour_n be_v deceitful_a and_o beauty_n be_v vanity_n say_v solomon_n 30_o if_o no_o vanity_n be_v to_o be_v account_v of_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o and_o beauty_n be_v a_o vain_a thing_n sure_o beauty_n be_v nothing_o to_o be_v account_v of_o then_o most_o vain_a be_v they_o which_o have_v in_o great_a price_n the_o vain_a beauty_n of_o the_o body_n let_v not_o thy_o beauty_n puff_n thou_o up_o neither_o cast_v a_o eye_n unto_o the_o shadow_n of_o thy_o countenance_n lest_o thou_o fall_v into_o destruction_n and_o loose_v thy_o life_n as_o nareissus_fw-la do_v who_o behold_v his_o beauty_n lose_v his_o life_n absalon_n goodly_a lock_n of_o hair_n be_v the_o halter_n to_o hang_v himself_o withal_o 9_o beauty_n be_v give_v unto_o man_n to_o the_o end_n he_o shall_v lift_v up_o his_o mind_n unto_o god_n the_o giver_n of_o the_o same_o when_o thou_o find_v a_o little_a vain_a of_o water_n thou_o follow_v the_o same_o till_o thou_o come_v unto_o the_o spring_n from_o whence_o it_o flow_v first_o even_o so_o when_o thou_o meet_v with_o a_o beutifull_a body_n leave_v not_o until_o thou_o come_v unto_o the_o author_n of_o the_o same_o which_o be_v god_n himself_o the_o fountain_n of_o all_o beauty_n little_o child_n thou_o know_v do_v wonder_n at_o the_o gay_a letter_n &_o picture_n which_o be_v in_o book_n but_o the_o substance_n which_o be_v the_o learning_n comprise_v therein_o they_o regard_v no_o whit_n show_v thyself_o not_o a_o child_n but_o a_o man_n of_o wisdom_n gaze_v not_o so_o curious_o upon_o the_o external_a beauty_n of_o any_o creature_n but_o mark_n diligent_o what_o be_v write_v therein_o to_o the_o end_n thou_o may_v love_v the_o author_n and_o creator_n of_o such_o fairness_n creature_n be_v spectacle_n as_o it_o be_v which_o serve_v we_o
if_o nothing_o they_o further_o unto_o virtue_n but_o hinder_v much_o why_o so_o impatient_o do_v thou_o covet_v they_o be_v thou_o so_o blind_a that_o thou_o see_v not_o how_o embrace_v riches_n thou_o nourish_v a_o serpent_n or_o scorpion_n in_o thy_o bosom_n for_o as_o the_o scorpion_n will_v kill_v they_o with_o poison_n which_o cherish_v they_o with_o their_o heat_n so_o these_o riches_n which_o with_o the_o heat_n of_o in_o ordinate_a desire_n thou_o do_v nourish_v and_o augment_v they_o will_v eat_v thy_o bowel_n gnaw_v thy_o conscience_n choke_v the_o good_a spirit_n hinder_v thou_o from_o salvation_n and_o bring_v thou_o to_o destruction_n both_o of_o body_n and_o soul_n this_o be_v that_o thou_o love_v o_o thou_o blind_a man_n this_o be_v that_o thou_o seek_v this_o be_v that_o last_o that_o spy_v call_v thy_o wit_n together_o a_o little_a and_o behold_v the_o falsehood_n of_o these_o riches_n so_o shall_v thou_o lift_v up_o thy_o mind_n not_o only_o unto_o the_o like_n but_o also_o unto_o the_o love_a of_o thing_n far_o much_o great_a and_o every_o way_n more_o true_a chap._n 21._o to_o love_v riches_n and_o earthly_a thing_n it_o be_v mere_a vanity_n love_n not_o the_o world_n nor_o the_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n say_v s._n john_n 15_o by_o the_o light_n of_o nature_n we_o be_v teach_v not_o to_o love_v these_o natural_a thing_n in_o regard_n of_o themselves_o for_o love_n be_v a_o thing_n so_o precious_a that_o it_o shall_v be_v bestow_v only_o upon_o he_o who_o can_v with_o like_a affection_n of_o love_n answer_v the_o good_a wil._n but_o see_v no_o creature_n natural_a can_v with_o like_a measure_n recompence_n thy_o love_n therefore_o thou_o ought_v not_o to_o apply_v thy_o heart_n to_o the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n doubtless_o can_v thou_o perceiâ—_n thus_o much_o in_o desire_v to_o enjoy_v the_o thing_n which_o be_v ordain_v only_o for_o thy_o use_n thou_o do_v pervert_v the_o order_n of_o god_n god_n alone_o thou_o must_v enjoy_v by_o love_v he_o as_o the_o sovereign_a good_a thing_n from_o the_o bottom_n of_o thy_o heart_n 37_o but_o use_v thou_o must_v the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n as_o servant_n refer_v the_o love_n of_o they_o unto_o god_n and_o to_o the_o set_v out_o of_o his_o glory_n god_n create_v man_n after_o his_o own_o likeness_n 27_o to_o the_o end_n that_o as_o other_o live_a creature_n do_v he_o shall_v love_v his_o like_a see_v therefore_o thou_o have_v no_o likeness_n with_o earthly_a thing_n thou_o be_v bind_v of_o equity_n to_o love_v not_o these_o earthly_a thing_n but_o god_n after_o who_o similitude_n thou_o be_v make_v all_o the_o while_n that_o jacob_n have_v child_n by_o leah_n and_o her_o handmaid_n he_o never_o think_v of_o return_v into_o his_o country_n but_o so_o soon_o as_o rahel_n have_v bear_v he_o a_o son_n he_o have_v a_o longing_n forthwith_o to_o return_v home_o again_o 25._o so_o the_o man_n of_o this_o world_n while_o they_o be_v occupy_v about_o earthly_a thing_n they_o be_v forgetful_a of_o the_o celestial_a country_n but_o when_o they_o once_o bring_v out_o the_o fruit_n of_o godliness_n then_o begin_v they_o to_o loathe_v their_o former_a state_n and_o great_o to_o desire_v the_o happiness_n of_o heaven_n when_o the_o king_n of_o the_o egyptian_n be_v dead_a the_o child_n of_o israel_n sigh_v for_o their_o bondage_n and_o cry_v &_o god_n hear_v their_o moan_n 24._o but_o afore_o his_o death_n though_o they_o cry_v bitter_o yet_o be_v they_o not_o hear_v both_o good_a and_o bad_a all_o cry_n unto_o god_n but_o none_o be_v hear_v save_o they_o which_o have_v kill_v the_o king_n of_o egypt_n that_o be_v the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n which_o worldling_n have_v not_o let_v the_o love_n therefore_o of_o the_o world_n once_o be_v dead_a and_o god_n will_v hear_v thy_o prayer_n out_o of_o hand_n it_o be_v the_o law_n of_o unfeigned_a love_n that_o you_o do_v show_v yourself_o to_o be_v such_o as_o that_o be_v which_o you_o love_v our_o soul_n be_v like_a unto_o wax_n which_o take_v the_o form_n of_o that_o which_o be_v imprint_v thereupon_o as_o that_o be_v which_o you_o love_v such_o be_v thy_o soul_n earthly_a or_o heavenly_a if_o thou_o put_v a_o glass_n towards_o heaven_n thou_o shall_v see_v the_o figure_n of_o heaven_n there-upon_o if_o thou_o turn_v it_o to_o the_o earth_n ward_n there_o shall_v thou_o behold_v the_o figure_n of_o earth_n so_o thy_o soul_n be_v like_a unto_o that_o whereunto_o thou_o apply_v the_o same_o insomuch_o that_o whatsoever_o goodness_n or_o badness_n be_v in_o thou_o thou_o may_v ascribe_v the_o same_o to_o that_o thing_n which_o thou_o so_o leve_v nebuchadnez_a love_v the_o world_n become_v a_o beast_n and_o do_v eat_v grass_n like_o a_o ox_n 31._o but_o lift_v up_o his_o eye_n unto_o heaven_n by_o true_a repentance_n he_o come_v again_o unto_o his_o former_a shape_n when_o god_n have_v make_v the_o sun_n the_o moon_n and_o all_o other_o creature_n he_o say_v of_o they_o all_o that_o they_o be_v very_o good_a 31_o &_o for_o such_o do_v approve_v they_o but_o man_n be_v create_v he_o be_v neither_o say_v to_o be_v good_a nor_o ill_a not_o thereby_o prefer_v other_o creature_n above_o man_n for_o who_o sake_n they_o be_v all_o create_v why_o then_o say_v god_n of_o all_o other_o creature_n how_o they_o be_v good_a and_o say_v not_o so_o of_o man_n who_o be_v better_a than_o they_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n he_o look_v that_o man_n according_a to_o his_o freewill_n shall_v work_v and_o as_o he_o make_v his_o choice_n so_o shall_v his_o title_n be_v good_a or_o evil_a when_o he_o love_v the_o good_a he_o be_v good_a but_o when_o he_o love_v the_o evil_a he_o be_v ill_a for_o man_n only_o of_o all_o creature_n have_v free_a liberty_n to_o choose_v either_o good_a or_o ill_n the_o holy_a apostle_n speak_v of_o certain_a wicked_a man_n say_v 23_o they_o turn_v the_o glory_n of_o th'incorruptible_a god_n to_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o image_n of_o a_o corruptible_a man_n and_o of_o bird_n &_o four_o footed_a beast_n and_o of_o creep_a thing_n as_o they_o make_v god_n such_o be_v they_o themselves_o &_o the_o image_n â—â—ey_v make_v of_o god_n be_v not_o so_o unlike_o he_o as_o they_o resemble_v their_o image_n which_o they_o make_v 18_o the_o proper_a seat_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v in_o heaven_n where_o they_o only_o do_v inhabit_v which_o be_v perfect_a man_n as_o the_o apostle_n do_v say_v 20._o our_o conversation_n be_v in_o heaven_n love_v not_o riches_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v rich_a it_o be_v great_a riches_n not_o to_o covet_v riches_n who_o possess_v much_o even_o he_o that_o desire_v little_a god_n give_v in_o commandment_n that_o no_o man_n to_o his_o proper_a use_n shall_v take_v any_o part_n of_o the_o rich_a spoil_n of_o jericho_n 8._o which_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o mutability_n thereof_o represent_v the_o world_n the_o treasure_n whereof_o shall_v not_o be_v desire_v of_o christian_n lest_o they_o come_v unto_o that_o destruction_n which_o adam_n do_v 25._o chap._n 13._o the_o rice_n of_o this_o world_n be_v to_o be_v contemn_v whosoever_o renounce_v not_o all_o that_o he_o have_v he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n 33_o despise_v from_o thy_o hart_n these_o transitory_a thing_n they_o which_o follow_v christ_n frosooke_v so_o much_o riches_n as_o they_o can_v desire_v which_o follow_v he_o not_o and_o so_o infinite_a be_v our_o will_n in_o covet_v that_o he_o shall_v never_o be_v satisfy_v which_o follow_v the_o same_o and_o he_o which_o renounce_v it_o renounce_v all_o thing_n insomuch_o that_o poor_a s._n peter_n leave_v as_o much_o indeed_o as_o ambitious_a alexander_n can_v in_o heart_n desire_n these_o thing_n if_o thou_o contemn_v thou_o shall_v find_v thyself_o but_o if_o thou_o do_v they_o love_n thou_o do_v fordo_a thyself_o happy_a be_v that_o soul_n which_o earnest_o despise_v these_o transitory_a thing_n which_o the_o covetous_a mind_n so_o greedy_o desire_v for_o by_o contemn_v thing_n corruptible_a the_o riches_n which_o be_v eternal_a be_v attain_v gold_n and_o silver_n be_v to_o load_v a_o beast_n not_o a_o man_n yet_o no_o beast_n be_v so_o void_a of_o understanding_n that_o willing_o will_v take_v more_o than_o it_o can_v bear_v only_o the_o covetous_a man_n as_o more_o void_a of_o reason_n than_o a_o beast_n will_v offer_v himself_o to_o bear_v it_o lay_v on_o he_o what_o or_o how_o long_o soever_o you_o will_n but_o if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o will_v unburden_v thyself_o by_o renounce_v the_o vain_a riches_n of_o this_o world_n so_o assure_v thyself_o thou_o shall_v go_v the_o light_a a_o fond_a man_n thou_o be_v that_o may_v have_v poor_a man_n in_o ough_a to_o bear_v
some_o of_o thy_o carriage_n and_o yet_o will_v go_v for_o all_o that_o with_o a_o heavy_a load_n he_o go_v best_o that_o be_v unburden_v and_o do_v wrestle_v best_a which_o be_v naked_a if_o thou_o strive_v with_o satan_n naked_a thou_o shall_v easy_o overcome_v he_o but_o if_o thou_o be_v clad_v with_o vain_a attire_n he_o will_v quick_o subdue_v thou_o christ_n up_o naked_a come_v i_o out_o of_o my_o mother_n womb_n &_o naked_a shall_v i_o return_v thither_o aga_v 21_o the_o wheel_n though_o it_o turn_v all_o the_o day_n long_o about_o and_o stay_v not_o yet_o at_o night_n it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v where_o it_o be_v in_o the_o morning_n it_o change_v not_o his_o place_n so_o howsoever_o thou_o run_v about_a the_o world_n for_o wealth_n yet_o at_o thy_o death_n thou_o shall_v be_v find_v as_o poor_a as_o thou_o be_v at_o the_o come_n into_o this_o world_n naked_a thou_o be_v receive_v out_o of_o thy_o mother_n womb_n and_o naked_a shall_v thou_o be_v deliver_v unto_o the_o graâ—_n so_o in_o that_o state_n which_o thou_o beganne_v in_o the_o very_a same_o thou_o must_v end_v thy_o day_n even_o as_o thou_o come_v so_o shall_v depart_v labour_v what_o thou_o can_v to_o become_v a_o great_a rich_a man_n thy_o cark_n and_o care_n will_v be_v to_o no_o purpose_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n thou_o see_v in_o this_o short_a life_n to_o heap_v riches_n upon_o riches_n despise_v they_o therefore_o and_o so_o with_o christ_n thou_o shall_v triumph_v world_n without_o end_n chap._n 23._o the_o joy_n of_o this_o world_n be_v but_o a_o vain_a thing_n woo_v be_v to_o you_o that_o now_o laugh_v for_o you_o shall_v wail_v and_o weep_v say_v the_o lord_n 25._o woe_n be_v to_o you_o that_o have_v your_o comfort_n in_o this_o world_n for_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v you_o shall_v be_v torment_v woe_n to_o they_o which_o live_v in_o delight_n for_o they_o shall_v suffer_v pain_n and_o tribulatioâ—s_n but_o bless_a be_v he_o that_o in_o this_o world_n be_v mortify_v for_o christ_n do_v always_o bear_v in_o mind_n the_o grievous_a pain_n of_o his_o holy_a passion_n bless_a be_v he_o which_o feed_v himself_o with_o the_o bread_n of_o tear_n in_o this_o vale_n of_o mourning_n much_o aught_o man_n sure_o to_o weep_v while_o he_o think_v upon_o heavenly_a zion_n his_o quiet_a and_o true_a country_n while_o he_o see_v himself_o banish_v amid_o the_o confuse_a and_o bitter_a stream_n of_o this_o babylonish_n world_n bless_a be_v you_o that_o weep_v now_o for_o you_o shall_v laugh_v say_v the_o lord_n 32_o god_n shall_v wipe_v away_o all_o tear_n from_o their_o eye_n 17_o bless_v be_v those_o tear_n which_o the_o godly_a hand_n of_o thy_o creator_n shall_v wipe_v away_o self_n but_o he_o be_v in_o good_a earnest_n with_o thou_o o_o that_o thou_o will_v let_v this_o sink_n into_o thy_o mind_n sure_o sure_o thou_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o lead_v a_o more_o spare_a life_n and_o shun_v vain_a pleasure_n more_o than_o thou_o do_v if_o still_o in_o fresh_a remembrance_n be_v the_o pain_n of_o hell_n where_o if_o thou_o repent_v not_o in_o this_o life_n thou_o shall_v be_v make_v `wil_n thou_o will_v thou_o to_o pay_v full_a dear_o for_o all_o thy_o cosâ—ly_a cate_n and_o as_o job_n in_o the_o person_n of_o good_a man_n say_v my_o sigh_v come_v before_o i_o eat_v which_o be_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n so_o of_o worldly_a man_n write_v the_o same_o job_n 13._o they_o spend_v their_o day_n in_o wealth_n and_o sudden_o they_o go_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n even_o as_o abraham_n say_v to_o the_o rich_a glut_n on_o 25_o son_n remember_v that_o thou_o in_o thy_o life_n time_n receive_v thy_o pleasure_n &_o likewise_o lazarus_n pain_n now_o therefore_o be_v he_o comfort_v and_o thou_o be_v torment_v this_o be_v that_o which_o worldly_a delight_n do_v bring_v unto_o and_o this_o be_v the_o end_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o world_n we_o never_o read_v that_o christ_n laugh_v at_o any_o time_n but_o that_o he_o weep_v we_o often_o read_v for_o at_o his_o nativity_n he_o weep_v at_o the_o raise_n of_o lazarus_n from_o death_n he_o weep_v 35_o over_o jerusalem_n he_o weep_v 42._o on_o the_o 〈◊〉_d rosâ—e_v hang_v he_o weep_v 49._o what_o do_v â—_o mention_v particular_n his_o whole_a life_n be_v a_o daily_a lamentation_n and_o continual_a sorrow_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o man_n very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o 37_o say_v the_o lord_n 3._o except_o you_o be_v convert_v &_o become_v as_o little_a child_n you_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n a_o little_a child_n we_o see_v have_v none_o other_o weapon_n for_o his_o defence_n but_o tear_n do_v thou_o likewise_o defend_v thyself_o against_o the_o rage_n of_o satan_n by_o those_o weapon_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o give_v thyself_o to_o pleasure_n in_o this_o world_n with_o so_o great_a danger_n the_o wise_a man_n say_v 2_o i_o say_v of_o laughter_n thou_o be_v mad_a and_o of_o joy_n what_o be_v that_o thou_o do_v moses_n he_o choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v adversity_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n 24._o &_o will_v not_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o pharaos_n daughter_n the_o tear_n of_o the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v turn_v into_o joy_n so_o say_v our_o saviour_n christ_n 20_o your_o sorrow_n shall_v be_v turn_v into_o joy_n and_o the_o psalmist_n 19_o in_o the_o multitude_n of_o the_o thought_n of_o my_o hart_n thy_o comfort_n have_v rejoice_v my_o soul_n it_o be_v better_a to_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o righteous_a then_o to_o eat_v the_o bread_n of_o pleasure_n at_o the_o table_n of_o sinner_n it_o be_v better_a to_o lament_v solitary_a then_o to_o laugh_v in_o the_o pleasant_a palace_n of_o ungodlie_a prince_n despise_v therefore_o the_o joy_n of_o this_o world_n which_o be_v but_o moment_n any_o that_o afterward_o thou_o may_v tâ—ste_v the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n which_o be_v everlasting_a chap._n 24._o the_o pleasure_n of_o this_o world_n be_v mere_o vain_a what_o joy_n can_v i_o have_v that_o fit_a here_o in_o darkness_n say_v â—obit_n unto_o the_o angel_n 1â—_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o affect_v pleasure_n amid_o the_o darkness_n of_o this_o world_n for_o we_o walk_v in_o the_o dâ—rke_n and_o see_v not_o what_o be_v expedient_a for_o we_o and_o what_o be_v not_o insomuch_o that_o we_o know_v not_o one_o the_o other_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v 1._o no_o man_n know_v either_o love_n or_o hatred_n little_a pleasure_n can_v he_o take_v in_o his_o journey_n which_o doubt_v of_o the_o way_n whâ—ther_o it_o be_v good_a or_o ill_a and_o when_o thou_o walk_v in_o the_o night_n and_o doubte_v of_o the_o way_n it_o be_v a_o manuel_a how_o thou_o can_v be_v merry_a at_o the_o heart_n little_a joy_n can_v he_o have_v that_o see_v his_o neighbour_n house_n on_o fire_n and_o sure_o a_o vain_a man_n thou_o be_v if_o in_o pleasure_n thou_o pass_v thy_o time_n especial_o behold_v thy_o friend_n even_o every_o hour_n to_o leave_v this_o world_n before_o thy_o face_n that_o die_v thou_o shall_v thou_o be_v sure_a but_o how_o thou_o must_v leave_v this_o world_n thou_o wot_v not_o therefore_o vain_a thou_o be_v if_o cast_v the_o face_n of_o god_n from_o thy_o mind_n thou_o give_v thyself_o to_o immoderate_a pastime_n and_o delight_n more_o sorrow_n than_o joy_n have_v that_o paâ—ent_n which_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o day_n see_v his_o son_n both_o to_o be_v bear_v and_o to_o leave_v this_o world_n short_a and_o of_o small_a continuance_n be_v the_o love_n of_o this_o world_n solomon_n say_v 2_o foolishness_n be_v joy_n to_o he_o that_o be_v destitute_a of_o understanding_n it_o be_v a_o vain_a thing_n to_o bewitch_v the_o heart_n with_o delight_n who_o take_v a_o end_n oftentimes_o before_o they_o be_v well_o begin_v the_o prophet_n isaie_n have_v these_o word_n 4_o all_o that_o be_v merry_a of_o heart_n do_v morun_v the_o mirth_n of_o tabret_n rest_v the_o noise_n of_o they_o that_o rejoice_v end_v the_o joy_n of_o the_o hart_n cease_v small_a be_v the_o pleasure_n which_o either_o bird_n in_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o fouler_n or_o fish_n have_v by_o the_o deadly_a bait_n of_o the_o fisher_n even_o as_o vain_a and_o sure_o like_o the_o unreasonable_a creature_n be_v thou_o if_o thou_o joy_v and_o glory_n in_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o world_n see_v death_n continual_o be_v at_o thy_o elbow_n the_o time_n that_o remain_v be_v but_o very_o short_a therefore_o let_v they_o that_o rejoice_v be_v as_o though_o they_o rejoice_v not_o 30_o wisdom_n lead_v righteous_a man_n the_o right_a way_n 10_o the_o way_n
conclude_v see_v the_o worldly_a joy_n be_v vain_a and_o false_a in_o god_n only_o we_o be_v to_o rejoice_v chap._n 23._o the_o honour_n of_o this_o world_n this_o vain_a thy_o friend_n be_v very_o honourable_a o_o god_n &_o their_o dominion_n be_v full_a of_o comfort_n say_v the_o prophet_n if_o thou_o desire_v honour_n love_n thou_o god_n for_o he_o who_o god_n like_v he_o only_o shall_v be_v advance_v 7_o it_o be_v folly_n to_o seek_v after_o the_o honour_n of_o this_o present_a world_n for_o with_o much_o labour_n it_o be_v attain_v and_o maintain_v with_o great_a charge_n and_o when_o all_o be_v do_v easy_o forgo_v the_o true_a honour_n belong_v proper_o to_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n but_o they_o all_o be_v not_o the_o friend_n of_o god_n who_o the_o world_n do_v honour_n the_o honour_n which_o the_o saint_n both_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n also_o be_v adorn_v withal_o they_o get_v the_o same_o not_o by_o seek_v but_o by_o shun_v promotion_n will_v thou_o be_v have_v in_o honour_n and_o reputation_n then_o humble_a thyself_o &_o be_v low_a in_o thy_o own_o eye_n 6._o will_v thou_o be_v know_v of_o all_o man_n labour_v to_o be_v unknowen_a the_o shadow_n fly_v from_o he_o that_o follow_v it_o but_o tarry_v with_o he_o that_o bow_v himself_o to_o the_o ground_n promotion_n it_o be_v get_v by_o humility_n but_o either_o come_v not_o unto_o or_o tarry_v not_o with_o the_o ambitious_a man_n if_o thou_o covet_v the_o eternal_a fly_v temporal_a honour_n consider_v the_o end_n whereunto_o all_o these_o honour_n do_v come_v so_o easy_o thou_o will_v condemn_v they_o al._n in_o procession_n the_o manner_n be_v to_o carry_v about_o and_o that_o with_o great_a pump_n and_o pride_n some_o wooden_a image_n costly_a bedeck_v with_o other_o man_n jewel_n which_o foolish_a people_n gaze_v upon_o and_o have_v in_o admiration_n but_o when_o thâ—_n procession_n be_v do_v the_o gay_a thing_n be_v take_v away_o and_o it_o remain_v as_o it_o be_v a_o very_a block_n even_o so_o fare_v it_o with_o thou_o which_o be_v advance_v the_o image_n be_v wood_n thou_o be_v earth_n and_o a_o great_a sinner_n be_v thou_o never_o so_o high_a the_o gay_a ornament_n which_o it_o have_v be_v other_o man_n thy_o honour_n and_o riches_n it_o be_v but_o borrow_v for_o a_o time_n it_o be_v gaze_v upon_o of_o all_o man_n so_o shall_v thou_o be_v be_v aloft_o but_o when_o the_o procession_n be_v end_v and_o thou_o have_v play_v thy_o pageant_n &_o that_o restore_v again_o wherewith_o thou_o be_v adorn_v and_o thou_o be_v lay_v naked_a upon_o the_o flower_n to_o be_v carry_v unto_o the_o grave_n than_o who_o honour_v thou_o in_o thy_o prosperity_n they_o will_v set_v light_n by_o thou_o in_o thy_o most_o base_a estate_n great_a king_n and_o mighty_a man_n we_o have_v know_v which_o be_v deck_v with_o rich_a apparel_n and_o excel_v for_o honour_n be_v have_v in_o great_a admiration_n like_o that_o wooden_a image_n and_o yet_o be_v now_o bury_v in_o the_o earth_n how_o be_v they_o trample_v upon_o with_o the_o foot_n of_o man_n and_o so_o yesterday_o advance_v to_o day_n throw_v down_o yesterday_o commend_v of_o all_o to_o day_n remember_v of_o none_o the_o wind_n of_o that_o vanity_n be_v pass_v away_o the_o feast_n be_v past_a their_o honour_n be_v even_o wither_a and_o will_v to_o god_n that_o these_o honour_n of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o preferment_n be_v not_o to_o expect_v another_o punishment_n after_o death_n but_o only_o shall_v be_v forget_v of_o man_n and_o that_o may_v not_o befall_v upon_o they_o which_o often_o come_v unto_o the_o image_n which_o be_v break_v into_o piece_n be_v cast_v into_o the_o fiâ—e_n so_o they_o also_o for_o their_o reward_n be_v cast_v headlong_o into_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n see_v you_o not_o the_o goodly_a end_n of_o this_o vain_a honour_n the_o servant_n of_o jesus_n christ_n he_o hunt_v not_o after_o the_o honour_n of_o this_o time_n which_o he_o know_v be_v but_o vain_a and_o transitory_a the_o servant_n of_o christ_n more_o love_v the_o honour_n of_o his_o lord_n than_o his_o own_o happy_a be_v he_o which_o in_o all_o thing_n that_o he_o do_v seek_v only_a the_o honour_n of_o his_o god_n happy_a be_v he_o which_o in_o all_o humility_n follow_v jesus_n christ_n and_o from_o his_o heart_n despise_v the_o vain_a glory_n of_o this_o world_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v reign_v for_o ever_o with_o christ._n covet_v not_o the_o honour_n of_o this_o world_n and_o thou_o shall_v attain_v the_o true_a honour_n of_o heaven_n beware_v thou_o forgo_v not_o the_o truth_n for_o the_o shadow_n the_o apostle_n say_v 20_o be_v not_o child_n in_o understand_v the_o child_n make_v more_o account_n of_o a_o reeden_fw-mi horse_n and_o of_o a_o puppet_n of_o clouâ—es_n than_o of_o true_a horse_n and_o very_a gentlewoman_n in_o deed_n take_v heed_n thou_o set_v not_o more_o by_o a_o shadow_n of_o truth_n than_o by_o the_o truth_n itself_o the_o riches_n &_o honour_n of_o this_o world_n be_v but_o shadow_n as_o it_o be_v of_o true_a riches_n and_o glory_n of_o heaven_n cast_v not_o thy_o mind_n upon_o these_o toâ—es_n and_o vanity_n see_v thou_o be_v a_o reasonable_a man_n endue_v with_o judgement_n and_o discretion_n chap._n 27_o the_o man_n of_o honour_n &_o authority_n in_o this_o world_n be_v in_o dangerous_a state_n ask_v not_o of_o the_o lord_n preeminence_n neither_o of_o the_o king_n the_o seat_n of_o honour_n â—_o they_o which_o climb_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o high_a and_o steep_a building_n be_v in_o great_a danger_n and_o therefore_o they_o have_v need_v to_o have_v a_o good_a brain_n lest_o they_o break_v their_o neck_n if_o thou_o have_v a_o aspire_a mind_n after_o preferment_n get_v thou_o a_o good_a brain_n and_o call_v for_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n otherwise_o thou_o can_v not_o but_o fall_v into_o the_o pittâ—â—f_a hell_n prosperity_n be_v more_o dangerous_a than_o adversity_n a_o thousand_o shall_v fall_v at_o thy_o side_n &_o ten_o thousand_o at_o try_v right_a hand_n 7_o say_v the_o psalmist_n moâ—â—_n perish_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o worldly_a honour_n than_o on_o the_o left_a hand_n of_o a_o low_a degree_n the_o felicity_n of_o worldly_a man_n be_v a_o evil_a that_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o correct_v on_o mount_v not_o up_o to_o the_o place_n of_o honour_n lest_o thou_o be_v make_v to_o go_v down_o again_o with_o shame_n enough_o the_o frantic_a man_n suffer_v many_o imagination_n which_o if_o he_o drive_v not_o aware_a from_o his_o mind_n they_o will_v hazard_v his_o estate_n banish_v these_o care_n of_o honour_n from_o thy_o heart_n which_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o thy_o soul_n must_v needs_o be_v in_o danger_n and_o if_o thou_o will_v attain_v salvation_n remove_v from_o thou_o all_o roude_a cogitation_n which_o will_v never_o permit_v thou_o to_o have_v a_o quiet_a and_o content_a mind_n dangerous_a great_o be_v the_o honour_n of_o this_o world_n and_o in_o the_o same_o many_o have_v perish_v and_o be_v cast_v away_o many_o for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o their_o credit_n among_o man_n they_o blush_v not_o to_o offend_v god_n and_o to_o defame_v their_o neighbour_n many_o have_v rather_o go_v headlong_o into_o hell_n then_o to_o forego_v their_o countenance_n in_o the_o world_n by_o pay_v their_o debt_n even_o among_o the_o chief_a ruler_n many_o believe_v in_o he_o say_v s._n john_n 43_o but_o because_o of_o the_o pharisy_n they_o do_v not_o confess_v he_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o synagogue_n for_o they_o love_v the_o praise_n of_o man_n more_o they_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n this_o be_v that_o dangerous_a condition_n wherein_o the_o lover_n of_o temporal_a glory_n do_v live_v they_o have_v rather_o loose_v their_o soul_n than_o their_o worldly_a reputation_n pilate_n though_o he_o know_v the_o innocence_n of_o christ_n 38._o &_o that_o for_o envy_v the_o jew_n have_v deliver_v he_o 18_o yea_o though_o he_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o set_v he_o at_o liberty_n 5._o yet_o hear_v his_o accuser_n to_o say_v if_o thou_o deliver_v he_o thou_o be_v not_o caesarsfriend_v 12_o and_o fear_v least_o by_o contrary_v their_o affection_n he_o shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o the_o honour_n which_o immoderate_o he_o desire_v he_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n upon_o our_o saviour_n yea_o he_o renounce_v all_o justice_n equity_n reason_n yea_o and_o god_n too_o rather_o than_o he_o will_v fall_v into_o the_o displeasure_n of_o caesar_n and_o lose_v any_o whit_n of_o his_o reputation_n in_o the_o world_n if_o thou_o therefore_o make_v more_o of_o worldly_a honour_n than_o of_o the_o favour_n of_o god_n it_o can_v be_v but_o thou_o must_v all_o into_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o these_o and_o
do_v injury_n to_o the_o heavenly_a father_n which_o more_o than_o liberalie_n provide_v for_o his_o child_n those_o thing_n which_o he_o know_v be_v most_o necessary_a and_o meet_a for_o every_o one_o of_o they_o the_o bird_n of_o the_o air_n will_v no_o long_o stay_v upon_o the_o earth_n than_o mere_a necessity_n drive_v she_o so_o to_o do_v but_o spend_v the_o great_a part_n of_o her_o life_n above_o in_o the_o air_n where_o she_o be_v best_o in_o secutitie_n if_o thou_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o escape_v the_o peril_n of_o this_o life_n shun_v so_o much_o as_o in_o thou_o be_v all_o unnecessary_a business_n of_o this_o world_n it_o be_v thy_o part_n either_o to_o fly_v with_o the_o bird_n or_o to_o swim_v with_o the_o fish_n not_o to_o grovel_v on_o the_o ground_n if_o thou_o will_v live_v in_o safety_n at_o such_o time_n as_o god_n create_v the_o fowl_n and_o the_o fish_n he_o give_v they_o his_o blessing_n 22_o but_o the_o beast_n and_o other_o live_a creature_n that_o creep_v on_o the_o ground_n he_o bless_v not_o at_o all_o 25._o he_o therefore_o which_o desire_v the_o blessing_n that_o god_n impart_v on_o the_o good_a let_v he_o fly_v or_o let_v he_o swim_v that_o he_o may_v escape_v all_o danger_n and_o not_o like_o the_o brute_n beast_n abide_v and_o rest_v upon_o these_o earthly_a thing_n for_o such_o he_o will_v not_o bless_v but_o curse_v say_v unto_o they_o 41_o depart_v from_o i_o you_o curse_v into_o everlasting_a fire_n which_o be_v prepare_v for_o the_o devil_n &_o his_o angel_n live_v therefore_o like_o the_o fly_a soul_n aloft_o in_o heavenly_a meditation_n and_o prayer_n and_o cast_v all_o your_o care_n upon_o god_n as_o the_o apostle_n command_v say_v 7_o cast_v all_o your_o care_n upon_o he_o for_o he_o care_v for_o you_o and_o say_v with_o the_o psal._n miss_v 17_o though_o i_o be_v poor_a and_o needy_a yet_o the_o lord_n care_v for_o i_o now_o if_o the_o lord_n have_v care_n of_o thou_o why_o serve_v thy_o carefulness_n but_o even_o to_o extinguish_v in_o thy_o heart_n the_o word_n of_o god_n the_o desire_n of_o riches_n in_o whosoever_o it_o be_v choke_v the_o good_a seed_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n that_o it_o can_v take_v no_o root_n and_o fructify_v 14_o the_o gentÃle_n and_o heathen_a inasmuch_o as_o they_o be_v of_o opinion_n how_o these_o thing_n be_v give_v we_o of_o fortune_n it_o be_v no_o marvel_v though_o they_o be_v so_o careful_a but_o thou_o which_o do_v admit_v and_o believe_v the_o doctrine_n concern_v god_n providence_n thou_o may_v not_o be_v so_o careful_a see_v well_o thou_o know_v that_o do_v thy_o duty_n according_a to_o thy_o call_n god_n he_o will_v provide_v that_o which_o be_v sufficient_a for_o thou_o if_o god_n preserve_v the_o bird_n which_o he_o create_v for_o man_n will_v he_o not_o much_o more_o have_v a_o care_n for_o the_o substance_n of_o man_n which_o he_o make_v for_o himself_o remove_v from_o thou_o all_o unnecessary_a business_n that_o thy_o heart_n may_v be_v lift_v up_o unto_o god_n our_o nature_n and_o sensual_a part_n be_v very_o strong_a they_o seek_v themselves_o in_o the_o vanity_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o world_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a while_o the_o understanding_n be_v darken_v the_o spirit_n become_v insensible_a and_o all_o spiritual_a exercise_n be_v unsavoury_a unnecessary_a business_n it_o hinder_v the_o inward_a prayer_n of_o the_o heart_n it_o distract_v the_o mind_n it_o blind_v the_o understanding_n and_o final_o drive_v away_o from_o we_o the_o true_a light_n of_o the_o spirit_n therefore_o if_o thou_o have_v any_o desire_n to_o serve_v god_n aband_n from_o thy_o mind_n all_o carefulness_n and_o suffer_v not_o thyself_o to_o be_v distract_v with_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o world_n chap._n 33._o the_o wisdom_n of_o this_o world_n be_v vain_a and_o foolish_a the_o foolishness_n of_o god_n be_v wise_a than_o man_n say_v the_o apostle_n 25_o the_o world_n esteem_v he_o for_o a_o wise_a man_n which_o can_v cloak_v his_o own_o vice_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n and_o cunning_o can_v attain_v unto_o honour_n and_o preferment_n in_o the_o world_n on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o hold_v all_o those_o for_o fool_n which_o despise_v such_o vanity_n the_o wise_a man_n in_o the_o person_n of_o worldly_a man_n say_v 4._o we_o think_v his_o life_n madness_n and_o his_o end_n without_o honour_n the_o cause_n be_v for_o that_o he_o give_v not_o his_o mind_n to_o the_o gather_v together_o of_o riches_n the_o man_n of_o this_o world_n take_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n for_o very_a fool_n without_o all_o forecast_n but_o they_o be_v like_o burn_a lamp_n and_o the_o world_n be_v only_o the_o wind_n which_o blow_v and_o will_v put_v they_o out_o which_o the_o godly_a observe_n they_o do_v hide_v themselves_o that_o they_o may_v be_v secure_a neither_o study_n they_o to_o show_v their_o holiness_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n but_o to_o god_n only_o which_o regard_v not_o the_o outward_a part_n but_o the_o heart_n within_o 20_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n good_a man_n be_v of_o none_o account_v among_o worldly_a man_n but_o they_o be_v great_o esteem_v of_o the_o lord_n the_o iudgemete_n of_o god_n differ_v much_o from_o the_o judgement_n of_o man_n for_o the_o world_n look_v unto_o those_o thing_n which_o appear_v to_o the_o outward_a sense_n take_v he_o for_o happy_a which_o be_v of_o power_n and_o rich_a when_o samuel_n go_v to_o anoint_v one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o â—shai_fw-mi for_o king_n of_o israel_n &_o pass_v by_o he_o who_o the_o father_n make_v great_a account_n of_o he_o anoint_v david_n which_o no_o man_n will_v have_v think_v so_o who_o the_o world_n account_v wise_a man_n god_n number_v among_o fool_n he_o who_o the_o world_n reject_v as_o a_o abject_a be_v elect_v afore_o all_o to_o be_v a_o king_n he_o which_o have_v a_o matter_n to_o be_v plead_v before_o a_o judge_n of_o learning_n and_o integrity_n take_v it_o not_o too_o heavy_o though_o afore_o he_o be_v condemn_v by_o a_o unskilful_a judge_n inasmuch_o as_o he_o repose_v confidence_n in_o the_o sentence_n of_o that_o judge_n which_o be_v well_o see_v in_o the_o law_n the_o man_n of_o this_o world_n like_o partial_a and_o unskilful_a judge_n they_o judge_v the_o poverty_n of_o th'apostle_n and_o the_o beggarly_a condition_n of_o the_o martyr_n but_o very_a foolishness_n but_o the_o judgement_n of_o god_n touch_v this_o matter_n be_v quite_o contrary_a when_o it_o be_v say_v to_o s._n paul_n that_o much_o learning_n have_v make_v he_o mad_a 25_o he_o answer_v that_o he_o be_v not_o mad_a but_o speak_v the_o word_n of_o truth_n and_o soberness_n hereby_o we_o may_v see_v that_o it_o be_v no_o new_a thing_n for_o the_o world_n blindlie_o to_o judge_v that_o which_o it_o know_v not_o neither_o understand_v mere_a foolishness_n but_o death_n will_v one_o day_n come_v when_o the_o servant_n of_o christ_n will_v appeal_v unto_o god_n the_o chief_a and_o upright_o judge_v who_o sounde_o and_o substantial_o will_v consider_v the_o cause_n and_o then_o will_v he_o condemn_v the_o judgement_n of_o the_o world_n as_o altoghether_o unjust_a hy_o his_o righteous_a and_o irrevocable_a sentence_n whereby_o he_o will_v reprove_v all_o that_o which_o be_v approve_v in_o the_o world_n if_o therefore_o thou_o be_v repute_v for_o a_o fool_n in_o the_o world_n be_v not_o dismay_v for_o so_o be_v christ_n esteem_v of_o herod_n 11._o neither_o weigh_v the_o vain_a judgement_n of_o man_n which_o shall_v every_o of_o they_o short_o be_v repeal_v and_o then_o true_a virtue_n and_o they_o which_o be_v true_o veruous_a shall_v shine_v most_o glorious_o in_o the_o celestial_a paradise_n chap._n 34._o the_o true_a wisdom_n be_v the_o wisdom_n of_o christ._n if_o any_o man_n among_o you_o seem_v to_o be_v wise_a in_o this_o world_n let_v he_o be_v a_o fool_n that_o he_o may_v be_v wise_a say_v the_o apostle_n 18_o it_o be_v true_a wisdom_n to_o become_v and_o to_o be_v count_v a_o fool_n for_o christ_n his_o sake_n the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n which_o consist_v in_o true_a mortify_n &_o deny_v of_o a_o man_n self_n be_v take_v but_o for_o foolishness_n among_o man_n the_o wise_a man_n say_v 2_o i_o be_o more_o foolish_a than_o any_o man_n &_o have_v not_o the_o understanding_n of_o a_o man_n in_o i_o the_o child_n of_o this_o world_n be_v in_o their_o generation_n wise_a than_o the_o child_n of_o light_n 191_o therefore_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v that_o he_o have_v not_o the_o understanding_n of_o a_o man_n yet_o have_v he_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n which_o be_v repute_v foolishness_n of_o the_o world_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n can_v reach_v unto_o
the_o same_o so_o be_v the_o battle_n order_v sometime_o by_o the_o captain_n and_o such_o new_a stratagem_n he_o use_v that_o they_o seem_v foolish_a altogether_o to_o the_o barbarous_a soldier_n because_o they_o know_v neither_o the_o ground_n of_o his_o devise_n not_o yet_o the_o end_n whereunto_o it_o tend_v so_o do_v foolish_a man_n judge_v of_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n which_o even_o worldly_a folk_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n confess_v when_o they_o say_v 6_o the_o light_n of_o righteousness_n have_v not_o shine_v unto_o we_o and_o the_o sun_n of_o understanding_n rise_v not_o upon_o us._n for_o the_o weak_a eye_n of_o our_o understanding_n they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o comprehend_v the_o glorious_a light_n of_o heavenly_a wisdom_n moses_n so_o long_o as_o he_o be_v in_o egypt_n he_o be_v take_v to_o be_v a_o very_a wise_a man_n 22._o but_o when_o once_o he_o be_v to_o speak_v before_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n and_o earth_n he_o then_o confess_v that_o slow_a he_o be_v of_o speech_n and_o slow_a of_o tongue_n 10_o for_o he_o be_v only_o wise_a with_o secular_a wisdom_n solomon_n be_v a_o very_a wise_a man_n 31_o yet_o when_o he_o compare_v his_o wisdom_n with_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n he_o think_v himself_o more_o foolish_a than_o any_o man_n 2_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o great_a wisdom_n for_o god_n sake_n to_o contemn_v the_o world_n in_o the_o true_a knowledge_n of_o a_o man_n own_o self_n consistteh_o the_o high_a and_o heavenly_a wisdom_n of_o jesus_n christ._n in_o comparison_n of_o this_o high_a wisdom_n all_o knowledge_n be_v but_o ignorance_n to_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n 8._o if_o thou_o have_v the_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o all_o the_o liberal_a art_n what_o will_v it_o profit_v thou_o if_o thou_o know_v not_o thyself_o thou_o wander_v about_o and_o think_v that_o thou_o know_v much_o when_o in_o deed_n thou_o know_v nothing_o as_o thou_o shall_v happy_a be_v the_o soul_n which_o be_v replenish_v with_o heavenly_a wisdom_n and_o happy_a be_v the_o man_n who_o care_n be_v to_o be_v wise_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n to_o have_v one_o little_a drop_n of_o heaven_n lie_v wisdom_n it_o be_v better_a than_o to_o have_v even_o a_o whole_a vast_a sea_n of_o secular_a knowledge_n true_a wisdom_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o perfect_a mortification_n of_o a_o man_n own_o self_n the_o more_o thou_o know_v the_o more_o ignorant_a show_v thyself_o and_o dead_a unto_o the_o world_n righteous_a man_n which_o see_v god_n as_o jaacob_n do_v because_o they_o know_v god_n they_o be_v lame_a and_o unapte_v as_o it_o be_v unto_o earthly_a affair_n and_o count_v fool_n of_o man_n because_o they_o be_v wise_a in_o god_n sight_n as_o that_o part_n of_o the_o moon_n which_o be_v towards_o the_o sun_n be_v so_o glorious_a with_o light_n that_o the_o other_o part_n thereof_o which_o have_v respect_n unto_o the_o earth_n give_v no_o light_n at_o all_o so_o when_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_a part_n of_o thy_o soul_n be_v fix_v upon_o the_o sun_n of_o righteousness_n it_o will_v be_v so_o possess_v of_o the_o glorious_a beam_n thereof_o that_o it_o will_v have_v no_o light_n to_o cast_v upon_o the_o earth_n &_o earthly_a thing_n the_o fool_n say_v ecclesiasticuâ—_n 11_o change_v as_o the_o moon_n for_o leave_v the_o light_n of_o god_n he_o turn_v himself_o unto_o the_o inferior_a thing_n of_o the_o earth_n the_o wisdom_n of_o this_o world_n it_o be_v confound_v of_o the_o heavenly_a wisdom_n for_o as_o the_o serpent_n of_o moses_n devour_v the_o serpent_n of_o pharoas_n magicioner_n 12_o so_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n devour_v &_o consume_v all_o the_o wisdom_n of_o man_n god_n in_o the_o old_a law_n he_o promise_v riches_n unto_o man_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n desire_v &c_n yet_o notwitstand_v few_o there_o be_v that_o turn_v unto_o the_o jewish_a religion_n which_o be_v the_o true_a worshipe_n of_o god_n but_o christ_n our_o saviour_n when_o he_o come_v and_o preach_v persecution_n and_o tribulation_n 24_o which_o man_n natural_o do_v hate_n 20_o in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n many_o be_v convert_v unto_o the_o faith_n 2._o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n be_v of_o that_o force_n that_o by_o foolish_a thing_n of_o the_o world_n the_o wise_a be_v confound_v and_o by_o weak_a thing_n of_o the_o world_n he_o have_v confound_v the_o mighty_a 27._o when_o they_o profess_v themselves_o wise_a they_o become_v fool_n say_v the_o apostle_n 22_o and_o what_o marvel_v see_v all_o thing_n be_v subject_a to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o god_n this_o wisdom_n satan_n will_v pluck_v from_o thou_o as_o woo_a nahash_n the_o ammonite_n the_o right_a eye_n of_o the_o israelite_n 2._o which_o be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o celestial_a thing_n the_o eye_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v in_o his_o head_n which_o be_v christ_n 15_o neither_o do_v a_o wise_a man_n seek_v nor_o look_v upon_o any_o thing_n but_o jesus_n christ_n accordine_n to_o that_o of_o the_o apostle_n 2_o i_o esteem_v not_o to_o know_v any_o thing_n among_o you_o save_o jesus_n christ_n and_o he_o crucify_v therefore_o let_v thy_o whole_a exercise_n be_v in_o the_o meditation_n of_o the_o passion_n of_o christ_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o know_v he_o in_o part_n here_o on_o earth_n thou_o may_v afterward_o have_v a_o full_a sight_n of_o he_o in_o heaven_n 12_o chap._n 35_o the_o life_n of_o man_n upon_o earth_n be_v but_o both_o short_a and_o vain_a man_n that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o woman_n be_v of_o short_a continuance_n and_o full_a of_o trouble_n say_v job_n 2_o he_o shoot_v forth_o as_o a_o flour_n and_o be_v cut_v down_o he_o vanish_v also_o at_o a_o shadow_n and_o continue_v not_o our_o life_n be_v even_o a_o vapour_n that_o appear_v for_o a_o little_a time_n and_o afterward_o vanish_v away_o 14_o &_o like_o a_o cloud_n in_o the_o air_n which_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o sun_n shine_v disperse_v itself_o this_o life_n so_o much_o account_v of_o seem_v among_o man_n to_o be_v very_o goodly_a insomuch_o that_o it_o ravish_v the_o mind_n of_o many_o with_o the_o glory_n of_o the_o same_o but_o vain_a be_v such_o person_n for_o who_o so_o know_v not_o that_o even_o a_o little_a sickness_n and_o infirmity_n resolve_v even_o the_o goodly_a personage_n into_o dust_n and_o ally_n 19_o so_o that_o he_o become_v very_o vile_a that_o be_v so_o glorious_a but_o a_o while_n before_o what_o be_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o our_o life_n but_o even_o a_o very_a instant_n which_o run_v away_o more_o swift_o than_o the_o wind_n they_o be_v more_o swift_a than_o a_o post_n they_o have_v flee_v and_o have_v see_v no_o good_a thing_n 25_o even_o as_o lighten_v in_o the_o air_n which_o in_o the_o twinkle_n of_o a_o eye_n be_v dissolve_v so_o pass_v away_o both_o the_o life_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o world_n for_o all_o be_v vanity_n â—9_n number_v all_o the_o day_n hour_n month_n and_o year_n of_o thy_o life_n and_o term_v wherebe_n they_o now_o they_o be_v all_o pass_v away_o like_o a_o shadow_n and_o like_o a_o spider_n web_n that_o be_v blow_v away_o with_o the_o wind_n there_o be_v nothing_o stable_a upon_o earth_n whereout_o adam_n be_v form_v and_o his_o child_n i_o here_o be_v nothing_o short_a than_o life_n which_o carry_v death_n always_o with_o it_o it_o be_v both_o short_a and_o miserable_a good_a man_n bear_v it_o mith_o patience_n and_o evil_a man_n love_v it_o with_o great_a delight_n we_o must_v needs_o die_v and_o we_o be_v as_o water_v spill_v on_o the_o ground_n which_o can_v be_v gather_v up_o again_o say_v the_o scripture_n 14_o there_o be_v no_o stream_n that_o run_v so_o fast_o away_o as_o the_o life_n of_o man_n do_v the_o water_n stream_n never_o turn_v back_o again_o and_o the_o day_n that_o be_v pass_v can_v be_v call_v back_o the_o time_n past_a be_v irrecoverable_a thou_o may_v sit_v by_o the_o river_n as_o toby_n do_v at_o the_o flood_n tiber_n 6_o and_o by_o that_o swiftness_n of_o the_o same_o consider_v how_o swift_o thy_o life_n it_o pass_v away_o that_o river_n tiber_n have_v his_o name_n of_o his_o speedy_a runninge_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o the_o course_n thereof_o for_n swift_a as_o be_v the_o course_n of_o thy_o year_n after_o which_o thou_o be_v draw_v immediate_o unto_o death_n in_o this_o consideration_n wash_v the_o foot_n of_o thy_o soul_n affection_n in_o this_o contemplation_n purge_v thyself_o from_o the_o filth_n of_o earthly_a love_n which_o thou_o have_v get_v by_o much_o busy_v thyself_o in_o the_o world_n the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v but_o a_o dream_n and_o deceit_n the_o psalmist_n say_v 1â—_n i_o say_v in_o my_o fear_n all_o man_n be_v liar_n the_o
thou_o wot_v not_o when_o death_n will_v approach_v make_v haste_n and_o be_v diligent_a in_o thy_o business_n for_o now_o the_o time_n draw_v â—eere_o wherein_o thy_o life_n shall_v be_v examine_v and_o according_a to_o thy_o work_n such_o shall_v your_o wage_n be_v the_o falcon_n toward_o night_n be_v greedy_a and_o labour_v eager_o for_o their_o prey_n for_o it_o be_v too_o late_o for_o they_o to_o pray_v when_o the_o night_n once_o come_v remember_v thou_o likewise_o how_o the_o time_n of_o thy_o work_n in_o this_o life_n iâ—_n but_o short_a and_o that_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o thou_o use_v all_o earnest_a painefullnesse_n to_o come_v unto_o heaven_n by_o sigh_v mourn_a and_o pray_v unto_o god_n it_o be_v a_o wonder_n that_o thou_o can_v be_v so_o negligent_a have_v as_o thou_o have_v one_o foot_n in_o the_o grave_n if_o thou_o be_v negligent_a in_o seek_v the_o salvation_n of_o thy_o soul_n it_o may_v be_v affliction_n may_v come_v unto_o thou_o as_o come_v unto_o that_o levite_n 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in_o he_o â—_o you_o can_v promise_v to_o yourself_o nothing_o certain_a from_o these_o man_n for_o if_o they_o favour_v you_o to_o day_n they_o may_v abhor_v you_o to_o morrow_n sleep_v not_o under_o the_o buckler_n of_o strange_a friendship_n or_o of_o riches_n for_o these_o last_o not_o trust_v not_o in_o beauty_n for_o as_o a_o vapour_n it_o vanish_v soon_o away_o put_v no_o confidence_n in_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o world_n for_o as_o the_o wind_n it_o be_v quick_o go_v as_o for_o honour_n alas_o they_o pass_v away_o even_o as_o a_o smoke_n and_o as_o a_o shadow_n whatsoever_o thing_n be_v in_o this_o world_n they_o slide_v away_o and_o be_v transitory_a even_o thyself_o man_n short_o shall_v be_v carry_v to_o the_o grave_n saul_n he_o put_v his_o trust_n in_o the_o strength_n of_o his_o man_n and_o weapon_n which_o he_o have_v about_o he_o and_o therefore_o betake_v himself_o to_o sleep_v to_o the_o hazard_n of_o his_o person_n 8_o even_o so_o many_o man_n repose_v trust_n in_o the_o strength_n of_o their_o body_n and_o youth_n put_v off_o the_o amendment_n of_o their_o life_n secure_o from_o time_n to_o time_n whereby_o they_o fall_v into_o the_o danger_n of_o lose_v the_o life_n of_o their_o soul_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o the_o son_n of_o saul_n ishbosheth_n he_o sleep_v at_o noon_n day_n on_o his_o bed_n in_o a_o troublesome_a time_n where_o he_o be_v smite_v slay_v and_o behead_v 7_o take_v heed_n that_o the_o like_a come_v not_o unto_o thou_o as_o it_o can_v hardly_o be_v avoid_v if_o thou_o sleep_v secure_o in_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o world_n death_n it_o will_v come_v at_o the_o length_n and_o be_v awake_v out_o of_o thy_o slumber_n of_o sin_n thou_o shall_v find_v thyself_o â—ast_o headlong_o into_o that_o unquenchable_a fire_n of_o hell_n at_o the_o point_n of_o death_n how_o will_v thou_o be_v trouble_v in_o mind_n when_o all_o the_o thing_n wherein_o thou_o trâ—stedst_v thou_o shall_v see_v convert_v into_o a_o smoke_n and_o shadow_n sleep_v not_o therefore_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o worldly_a vanity_n lest_o in_o death_n thou_o find_v thyself_o environ_v with_o sundry_a affliction_n and_o torment_n chap._n 10._o it_o be_v a_o miserable_a slavery_n to_o serve_v the_o world_n because_o your_o father_n have_v forsake_v i_o say_v the_o lord_n etc._n etc._n you_o shall_v serve_v other_o god_n day_n and_o night_n 13_o they_o which_o give_v themselves_o to_o the_o satisfy_n of_o their_o own_o desire_n they_o shall_v suffer_v such_o torment_n as_o be_v intolerable_a the_o feign_a love_n of_o delilah_n it_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o samson_n do_v lose_v both_o his_o eye_n and_o his_o liberty_n be_v make_v a_o slave_n to_o grind_v in_o the_o prison_n house_n etc._n thou_o be_v like_a unto_o blind_a samson_n whosoever_o thou_o be_v which_o sub_fw-la due_a the_o unrulie_a passion_n of_o his_o heart_n through_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o word_n do_v it_o not_o argue_v great_a folly_n in_o that_o man_n which_o be_v free_a to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o his_o own_o liberty_n will_v enter_v into_o matrimony_n with_o a_o woman_n that_o be_v bond_n and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o great_a foolishness_n despise_v the_o fear_n of_o god_n for_o the_o will_v to_o submit_v itself_o to_o the_o servitude_n of_o creature_n and_o the_o bondage_n of_o the_o world_n do_v not_o samson_n declare_v a_o great_a oversight_n in_o that_o know_v himself_o often_o to_o be_v deceive_v by_o delilah_n and_o that_o she_o mean_v nothing_o more_o than_o to_o deliver_v he_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o philistine_n his_o enemy_n yet_o have_v rather_o with_o the_o danger_n of_o bondage_n to_o serve_v and_o obey_v she_o as_o it_o fall_v out_o to_o his_o utter_a overthrow_n than_o to_o cross_v her_o desire_n or_o to_o bridle_v his_o own_o affection_n into_o the_o same_o reproach_n think_v not_o but_o thou_o shall_v fall_v if_o thou_o believe_v the_o enticement_n and_o falsehood_n of_o this_o flatter_a world_n take_v heed_n lest_o the_o world_n do_v make_v a_o sale_n of_o thou_o as_o delilah_n do_v of_o samson_n if_o it_o do_v with_o sampsons_n thy_o eye_n shall_v be_v pluck_v out_o so_o that_o thou_o shall_v not_o behold_v the_o deceit_n the_o care_n and_o trouble_n of_o the_o world_n nor_o taste_v any_o whit_n how_o sweet_a the_o yoke_n of_o thy_o saviour_n christ_n be_v 30_o oh_o how_o much_o better_a be_v it_o to_o serve_v god_n and_o so_o to_o reign_v than_o by_o serve_v the_o world_n to_o feel_v that_o intolerable_a hunger_n and_o thirst_n in_o the_o pit_n of_o hell_n 24_o be_v warn_v therefore_o by_o the_o danger_n of_o other_o man_n cast_v off_o that_o most_o grievous_a yoke_n of_o the_o world_n put_v thou_o upon_o
thou_o shall_v never_o taste_v death_n if_o thou_o be_v in_o love_n with_o this_o life_n open_a to_o so_o many_o trouble_n i_o think_v thou_o shall_v much_o more_o desire_n that_o life_n where_o all_o manner_n of_o rest_n and_o felicity_n be_v in_o most_o abundant_a wise_n in_o this_o world_n thou_o be_v a_o pilgrim_n therefore_o labour_n with_o might_n &_o main_a to_o come_v unto_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o celestial_a country_n all_o thing_n that_o be_v see_v in_o this_o world_n they_o fade_v away_o like_o the_o shadow_n a_o foolish_a part_n than_o thou_o shall_v play_v if_o rather_o thou_o have_v to_o perish_v with_o the_o transitory_a world_n than_o to_o flourish_v for_o evermore_o with_o joy_n in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v the_o pain_n which_o thou_o take_v here_o to_o defer_v death_n and_o to_o prolong_v this_o life_n of_o thou_o thou_o may_v do_v well_o to_o bestow_v though_o it_o be_v to_o the_o loss_n of_o this_o present_a life_n for_o the_o attainment_n of_o that_o 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what_o be_v more_o troublesome_a than_o for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v subject_a to_o his_o own_o affection_n who_o can_v promise_v himself_o any_o rest_n at_o all_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o world_n which_o be_v so_o subject_a â—o_o continual_a alteration_n great_a stâ—â—â—e_n be_v there_o between_o the_o herdsman_n of_o lot_n and_o the_o herdsman_n of_o abraham_n which_o debate_n arise_v through_o the_o riches_n which_o they_o have_v 6_o it_o be_v so_o great_a that_o they_o can_v not_o dwell_v together_o one_o of_o the_o great_a plague_n wherewith_o egypt_n be_v afflict_v be_v the_o little_a busy_a fly_n 24_o who_o property_n be_v and_o of_o god_n which_o willing_o refuse_v the_o land_n of_o promise_n for_o the_o like_n they_o take_v of_o gilead_n because_o it_o be_v a_o apt_a place_n for_o cattle_n etc._n last_o of_o all_o neuer_o think_v to_o find_v quietness_n in_o that_o place_n where_o all_o thing_n be_v full_a of_o confusion_n and_o alteration_n the_o worldly_a man_n 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deceive_v thou_o seeing_z within_o they_o be_v so_o full_a of_o gall_n and_o bitterness_n in_o that_o great_a glory_n of_o his_o transfiguration_n christ_n he_o speak_v of_o his_o death_n and_o passion_n 9_o whereby_o thou_o may_v observe_v that_o even_o the_o chief_a comfort_n of_o this_o world_n have_v some_o affliction_n if_o the_o world_n be_v all_o full_a of_o bitterness_n be_v yet_o so_o love_v and_o make_v of_o how_o will_v man_n esteem_v of_o the_o same_o be_v it_o all_o sweet_a and_o void_a â—f_n trouble_v but_o god_n he_o have_v so_o temper_v sorrow_n with_o pleasure_n of_o the_o world_n to_o the_o end_n that_o man_n with_o all_o possible_a speed_n may_v aspire_v unto_o the_o joy_n of_o heaven_n haman_n that_o so_o hunt_v after_o the_o glory_n of_o this_o world_n he_o be_v joyful_a and_o have_v a_o merry_a heart_n because_o he_o be_v invite_v unto_o the_o banquet_n which_o ester_n have_v prepare_v for_o the_o king_n 10_o my_o heart_n pant_v my_o strength_n fail_v i_o &_o the_o light_n of_o my_o eye_n even_o they_o be_v not_o my_o own_o say_v the_o prophet_n of_o himself_o 20_o sure_o i_o may_v say_v thou_o be_v blind_a if_o thou_o see_v not_o the_o misery_n that_o thou_o be_v in_o which_o serve_v the_o world_n as_o the_o hawk_n can_v never_o be_v keep_v quiet_a upon_o the_o perch_n except_o his_o eye_n be_v cover_v with_o a_o hood_n so_o thou_o can_v never_o endure_v the_o miserable_a bondage_n of_o the_o world_n except_o thy_o eye_n be_v blind_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o see_v how_o be_v it_o possible_a that_o thy_o heart_n shall_v be_v so_o fix_v upon_o earthly_a thing_n but_o that_o thou_o see_v not_o the_o vanity_n of_o they_o but_o for_o that_o thou_o be_v blind_a thou_o be_v a_o bond_n man_n open_v thy_o eye_n therefore_o i_o pray_v thou_o that_o thou_o may_v perceive_v the_o miserable_a condition_n which_o thou_o do_v endure_v the_o dung_n of_o the_o sparowe_n which_o fall_v upon_o the_o eye_n of_o tobit_n as_o he_o be_v a_o sleep_n bereave_v he_o of_o his_o eye_n sight_n 10_o the_o apostle_n do_v judge_v all_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v but_o dung_n 8_o and_o experience_n teach_v we_o that_o they_o have_v the_o quality_n to_o make_v man_n blind_a as_o have_v the_o dung_n of_o tobit_n sparrow_n the_o property_n of_o the_o swallow_n be_v to_o sing_v sweet_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o summer_n but_o sudden_o afterward_o she_o become_v both_o blind_a &_o mute_a the_o property_n of_o the_o world_n also_o be_v first_o with_o a_o short_a and_o sweet_a harmony_n to_o bring_v man_n a_o sleep_n and_o after_o to_o make_v they_o blind_a that_o they_o may_v not_o see_v the_o vanity_n of_o the_o same_o man_n of_o this_o world_n they_o lack_v eye_n to_o see_v the_o light_n of_o god_n and_o of_o those_o good_a thing_n which_o they_o forgo_v they_o be_v like_a unto_o eli_n the_o priest_n who_o eye_n be_v so_o dim_a that_o he_o can_v not_o see_v the_o lamp_n of_o god_n 2_o which_o hang_v continual_o burn_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o 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when_o it_o be_v discommend_v of_o ill_a man_n and_o they_o be_v to_o be_v praise_v which_o vile_a person_n dispraise_v it_o be_v no_o reproach_n at_o all_o unto_o the_o light_n that_o the_o bat_n and_o owl_n can_v away_o therewith_o you_o be_v the_o child_n of_o the_o light_n say_v the_o apostle_n to_o all_o good_a christian_n 5_o what_o communion_n have_v light_a with_o darkness_n 14_o knowledge_n be_v contemn_v of_o the_o ignorant_a and_o fool_n despise_v wisdom_n and_o instruction_n 7_o therefore_o let_v not_o the_o child_n of_o the_o light_n be_v grieve_v though_o they_o be_v hate_v and_o persecute_v of_o the_o son_n of_o darkness_n if_o blind_a man_n judge_v amiss_o of_o colour_n the_o blame_n be_v not_o to_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o colour_n which_o may_v be_v good_a and_o beautiful_a but_o upon_o the_o censurer_n which_o lack_v judgement_n to_o be_v praise_v of_o the_o ungodly_a be_v to_o be_v dispraise_v and_o to_o be_v dispraise_v of_o they_o it_o be_v high_a commendation_n so_o then_o to_o despise_v injury_n and_o reproach_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o mind_n that_o be_v right_o noble_a he_o that_o be_v slow_a to_o anger_n be_v better_a than_o the_o mighty_a man_n and_o he_o that_o rule_v his_o own_o mind_n be_v better_a than_o he_o that_o win_v a_o city_n say_v salomen_n 32_o virtue_n it_o wither_v without_o a_o adversary_n true_a love_n it_o be_v fix_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o virtue_n and_o be_v try_v by_o affliction_n the_o patient_a man_n be_v the_o lord_n of_o himself_o he_o that_o know_v of_o what_o love_n to_o usâ—ward_n god_n send_v tribulation_n doubtless_o he_o will_v receive_v it_o with_o a_o grateful_a heart_n aduersitÃe_v it_o be_v the_o good_a gift_n of_o god_n send_v of_o his_o majesty_n to_o such_o as_o he_o like_v and_o love_v well_o for_o the_o set_n out_o of_o their_o soul_n a_o sick_a man_n impatient_a cause_v a_o physician_n to_o be_v rigorous_a if_o thou_o chafe_v at_o the_o bitterness_n of_o the_o medicine_n thou_o do_v but_o augment_v thy_o pain_n but_o that_o which_o be_v take_v with_o a_o willing_a minsd_v it_o hurt_v not_o the_o chief_a part_n of_o wisdom_n be_v patience_n and_o yet_o marvel_v it_o be_v that_o rather_o thou_o have_v to_o abide_v without_o god_n than_o to_o suffer_v somewhat_o if_o thou_o desire_v health_n never_o wrest_v the_o razor_n out_o of_o the_o chirurgeon_n hand_n fly_v not_o the_o trouble_n which_o make_v for_o the_o welfare_n of_o thy_o soul_n abide_v adversity_n if_o thou_o desire_v health_n the_o apostle_n say_v 14_o bless_v they_o which_o persecute_v you_o bless_v â—say_n and_o curse_v not_o and_o again_o 12_o we_o be_v evil_o speak_v of_o and_o we_o pray_v we_o be_v persecute_v and_o we_o suffer_v it_o sail_v thou_o with_o a_o contrary_a wind_n as_o christ_n sail_v upon_o the_o cross_n when_o he_o pray_v for_o his_o enemy_n 34_o &_o do_v good_a to_o his_o very_a persecutor_n as_o for_o the_o wicked_a they_o suffer_v also_o much_o persecution_n and_o trouble_n because_o the_o pleasure_n of_o god_n be_v that_o of_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n they_o shall_v have_v some_o taste_n in_o this_o present_a world_n if_o thou_o see_v a_o man_n to_o be_v grievous_o offend_v for_o the_o affliction_n that_o be_v lay_v upon_o he_o assure_v thy_o selâ—e_n it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o his_o far_a trouble_n in_o the_o time_n to_o come_v but_o if_o he_o thank_v god_n for_o the_o same_o then_o know_v again_o that_o his_o defect_n shall_v be_v put_v away_o and_o his_o reward_n shall_v be_v very_o great_a the_o choose_a and_o elect_a people_n of_o god_n they_o be_v patient_a in_o trouble_n a_o most_o acceptable_a sacrifice_n unto_o god_n be_v patience_n in_o adversity_n &_o tribulation_n be_v therefore_o of_o a_o patient_a mind_n if_o thou_o be_v sad_a to_o day_n thou_o shall_v be_v glad_a to_o morrow_n if_o trouble_v to_o day_n thou_o shall_v be_v comfort_v the_o next_o day_n bridle_v thy_o anger_n and_o lay_v a_o bit_n upon_o thy_o tongue_n for_o break_v oâ—â—_n into_o intemperate_a speech_n take_v not_o adversity_n too_o grievous_o and_o drown_v not_o thyself_o in_o a_o little_a water_n when_o thou_o have_v humble_v thy_o body_n with_o fast_v releive_v the_o poor_n by_o thy_o liberality_n and_o show_v other_o fruit_n of_o a_o penitent_a soul_n little_a shall_v all_o this_o profit_n thou_o afore_o god_n 〈◊〉_d thou_o be_v carry_v away_o with_o the_o vain_a praise_n of_o man_n patience_n be_v like_o a_o treasure_n hide_v in_o the_o field_n where_o patience_n be_v there_o be_v silence_n but_o the_o impatient_a man_n trouble_v many_o with_o his_o word_n he_o that_o can_v bridle_v his_o tongue_n be_v a_o prudent_a man_n and_o worthy_a all_o praise_n and_o the_o more_o thou_o do_v sacrifice_v thy_o heart_n unto_o god_n the_o more_o acceptable_a shall_v thou_o be_v in_o his_o sight_n have_v thou_o patience_n therefore_o &_o assure_v thyself_o that_o all_o thing_n shall_v be_v remedy_v in_o time_n to_o conclude_v be_v thou_o faithful_a unto_o the_o death_n and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o the_o crown_n of_o life_n say_v the_o lord_n 10._o chap._n 24._o the_o world_n be_v not_o to_o be_v account_v of_o fly_v out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o babel_n say_v god_n 6._o the_o world_n be_v â—ul_a of_o confusion_n there_o little_a order_n be_v but_o exceed_a horror_n there_o gold_n be_v more_o esteem_v than_o virtue_n and_o transitory_a thing_n prefer_v afore_o spiritual_a riches_n so_o full_a of_o confusion_n be_v the_o world_n that_o it_o exalt_v the_o wicked_a and_o cast_v down_o the_o good_a the_o world_n promote_v judas_n but_o keep_v back_o the_o virtuous_a from_o preferment_n he_o that_o well_o consider_v the_o confusion_n and_o disorder_n of_o the_o world_n will_v never_o set_v his_o heart_n thereupon_o the_o pleasure_n and_o comfort_n of_o the_o world_n they_o be_v more_o noisome_a than_o the_o water_n of_o jerico_fw-la 19_o &_o more_o changeable_a than_o the_o moon_n hardly_o shall_v thou_o go_v forward_o in_o the_o way_n of_o godliness_n live_v in_o the_o same_o abraham_n look_v towards_o sodom_n and_o gomorah_n and_o towards_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o plain_a see_v the_o smoke_n of_o the_o land_n mount_v up_o as_o the_o smoke_n of_o a_o furnace_n 19â—â—8_n and_o he_o that_o look_v into_o the_o world_n advise_o shall_v find_v from_o thence_o the_o smoke_n of_o pride_n and_o vanity_n and_o the_o flame_n of_o disordinate_a concupiscence_n to_o arise_v holy_a and_o good_a man_n the_o near_o that_o they_o draw_v unto_o death_n the_o more_o earnest_n they_o be_v about_o all_o good_a work_n they_o which_o be_v to_o eat_v the_o passeover_n do_v first_o circumcise_v themselves_o according_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n 48_o if_o thou_o circumcise_v not_o thy_o heart_n from_o the_o inordinate_a love_n of_o this_o world_n and_o the_o delight_n of_o the_o same_o look_v not_o to_o have_v any_o taste_n of_o the_o spiritual_a comfort_n of_o the_o soul_n if_o thou_o have_v come_v lie_v upon_o a_o low_a and_o moist_a flower_n and_o one_o shall_v tell_v thou_o if_o thou_o remove_v it_o not_o it_o will_v â—ot_n and_o putrify_v will_v thou_o not_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o same_o remove_v it_o into_o some_o high_a room_n but_o god_n himself_o in_o his_o word_n have_v warn_v thou_o not_o to_o lay_v â—hine_n heart_n upon_o the_o low_a and_o base_a thing_n of_o this_o earth_n but_o to_o place_v the_o same_o upon_o high_a and_o heavenly_a matter_n 2_o and_o yet_o will_v thou_o not_o harken_v unto_o his_o wholesome_a counsel_n chap._n 25._o the_o world_n never_o keep_v at_o a_o stay_n thou_o have_v make_v the_o land_n to_o tremble_v and_o have_v make_v it_o to_o gape_v heal_v the_o breach_n thereof_o for_o it_o be_v shake_v say_v the_o prophet_n 2_o the_o very_a change_n of_o the_o world_n be_v there_o nothing_o beside_o weâ—e_v sufficient_a to_o cause_v the_o same_o to_o break_v into_o splinte_n and_o piece_n god_n himself_o the_o master_n workman_n of_o all_o &c_n do_v tell_v thou_o how_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o 33_o and_o s._n john_n say_v 17_o the_o world_n pass_v away_o &_o the_o last_o thereof_o honour_n &_o vanity_n do_v fall_v and_o alter_v every_o moment_n consider_v how_o great_a the_o change_n be_v the_o monarchy_n of_o the_o world_n begin_v â—irst_n with_o the_o assyrian_n from_o thence_o it_o come_v unto_o the_o persian_n from_o the_o persian_n unto_o the_o grecian_n and_o from_o the_o grecian_n unto_o the_o romave_n and_o from_o the_o roman_n it_o be_v now_o come_v unto_o the_o almain_n now_o if_o the_o empire_n which_o be_v the_o chief_a place_n of_o honour_n have_v so_o often_o be_v change_v from_o one_o people_n to_o another_o nation_n where_o can_v you_o find_v in_o this_o world_n any_o thing_n
think_v the_o other_o do_v sail_v exceed_o fast_o and_o that_o themselves_o do_v go_v but_o faâ—re_v and_o easy_o or_o rather_o stand_v still_o although_o in_o truth_n one_o ship_n sail_v so_o fast_o as_o the_o other_o even_o in_o like_a sort_n many_o that_o see_v other_o man_n daily_o to_o die_v before_o their_o face_n do_v think_v themselves_o notwithstanding_o to_o be_v immortal_a and_o that_o they_o do_v abide_v stock_n still_o while_o other_o do_v go_v on_o apace_o towards_o death_n if_o death_n do_v come_v upon_o a_o sudden_a and_o do_v carry_v any_o man_n away_o with_o he_o never_o say_v that_o he_o betray_v any_o man_n since_o long_o afore_o he_o have_v proclaim_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o open_a enemy_n of_o we_o all_o and_o it_o be_v a_o evident_a argument_n that_o he_o mean_v not_o to_o be_v at_o truce_n with_o man_n when_o every_o day_n he_o kill_v one_o or_o other_o it_o be_v thy_o part_n therefore_o to_o prepare_v thyself_o and_o every_o moment_n to_o look_v for_o death_n and_o to_o live_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n they_o which_o go_v through_o the_o field_n that_o be_v â—cuered_v with_o snow_n they_o know_v not_o their_o way_n and_o while_o they_o think_v to_o enter_v into_o their_o lodging_n they_o fall_v into_o some_o dangerous_a pit_n or_o place_n even_o so_o the_o man_n which_o enjoy_v all_o manner_n of_o prosperity_n which_o as_o snow_n take_v away_o a_o great_a part_n of_o the_o sight_n of_o man_n while_o they_o think_v how_o still_o they_o shall_v live_v they_o rush_v headlong_o upon_o death_n and_o come_v unto_o destruction_n no_o marvel_n then_o that_o of_o rich_a they_o become_v poor_a and_o from_o pleasure_n and_o pronâ—otion_n they_o come_v unto_o anguish_n and_o plain_a for_o good_a reason_n be_v it_o 〈◊〉_d at_o his_o death_n he_o shall_v forget_v himself_o which_o in_o his_o life_n will_v not_o remember_v god_n and_o then_o can_v he_o hardly_o think_v of_o his_o salvation_n be_v occupy_v with_o the_o deceitful_a light_n of_o the_o world_n unless_o he_o lie_v aside_o first_o all_o hurtful_a stick_v about_o visible_a thing_n so_o ought_v a_o man_n to_o behold_v death_n despise_v all_o the_o vanity_n glory_n and_o worship_n of_o the_o world_n chap._n 34._o pride_n be_v horrible_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n as_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n the_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o the_o pride_n of_o lift_n be_v not_o of_o the_o father_n but_o of_o the_o world_n say_v s._n john_n â—6_n by_o these_o three_o troop_n of_o enemy_n do_v the_o world_n oppugn_v thou_o but_o of_o these_o the_o mighty_a of_o all_o be_v pride_n which_o be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o sin_n 14._o if_o thou_o purpose_v to_o approach_v near_o unto_o god_n fly_v from_o pride_n because_o god_n resist_v the_o proud_a and_o give_v grace_n to_o the_o humble_a 6._o the_o water_n of_o god_n grace_n they_o doâ—_n runneaway_n from_o the_o high_a mountain_n of_o the_o vain_a and_o high_a mind_a people_n and_o go_v into_o the_o valley_n of_o they_o that_o be_v humble_a and_o meek_a heart_a consider_v who_o thou_o be_v and_o thou_o shall_v see_v how_o little_a cause_n thou_o have_v to_o be_v proud_a thou_o shall_v fiâ—de_v that_o in_o thy_o conception_n there_o be_v sin_n in_o thy_o birth_n misery_n in_o thy_o life_n trouble_n and_o in_o thy_o death_n anguish_n and_o vexation_n to_o bring_v down_o thy_o high_a stomach_n withal_o almighty_a god_n have_v ordain_v that_o thou_o shall_v be_v vex_v here_o in_o this_o life_n with_o the_o most_o vile_a and_o simple_a creature_n as_o gnatte_n frog_n and_o such_o like_a vermin_n as_o he_o plague_v the_o proud_a egyptian_n withal_o etc._n boast_v not_o arrogant_o of_o thy_o own_o virtue_n neither_o lay_v open_a the_o fault_n of_o other_o man_n but_o humble_o consider_v thy_o own_o defect_n and_o thy_o neighbour_n virtue_n and_o confess_v thyself_o to_o be_v a_o sinner_n and_o thy_o neighbour_n to_o be_v a_o holy_a man_n do_v not_o thou_o imitate_v the_o poude_a pharisie_n that_o make_v mention_n of_o his_o own_o good_a work_n and_o of_o the_o publican_n wickedness_n 12._o be_v not_o arrogant_a lest_o thou_o fall_v into_o the_o rigorous_a judgement_n of_o the_o almighty_a god_n be_v not_o proud_a man_n for_o thou_o be_v worthy_a all_o shame_n and_o confusion_n thy_o cast_a down_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o thou_o say_v micheas_n 14._o thou_o be_v a_o vile_a worm_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o a_o deâ—ne_n full_a of_o filth_n and_o abomination_n remember_v that_o thou_o be_v but_o dust_n 19_o and_o shall_v return_v again_o into_o ash_n moses_n he_o sprinkle_v ash_n towards_o the_o heaven_n and_o there_o come_v a_o scab_n break_v out_o into_o blister_n upon_o man_n and_o upon_o beast_n 10._o if_o thou_o be_v but_o ash_n 9_o do_v lift_v up_o and_o exaâ—t_v thyself_o by_o pride_n thou_o shall_v be_v punish_v as_o the_o egyptian_n be_v and_o as_o be_v nabuchadnezzar_n etc._n there_o be_v no_o sinnner_n that_o so_o resemble_v satan_n as_o the_o proud_a man_n to_o remove_v this_o sin_n of_o pride_n god_n he_o descend_v upon_o the_o earth_n in_o great_a humility_n etc._n pride_n be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o sin_n 14._o other_o sinner_n be_v separate_v from_o god_n either_o by_o some_o commodity_n or_o pleasure_n but_o the_o curse_a proud_a man_n be_v so_o past_a all_o shame_n that_o voluntary_o he_o renounce_v even_o god_n himself_o other_o sin_n be_v know_v to_o proceed_v from_o certain_a inordinate_a desire_n but_o the_o proud_a man_n in_o all_o that_o he_o do_v make_v show_n of_o pride_n he_o show_v his_o pride_n in_o his_o pompous_a table_n in_o his_o costly_a bed_n and_o in_o many_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v a_o continual_a ague_n that_o continue_v still_o and_o follow_v a_o man_n often_o yea_o even_o to_o the_o grave_n and_o after_o he_o be_v dead_a whereof_o be_v witness_n the_o stately_a monument_n and_o tomb_n which_o they_o cause_v to_o be_v set_v up_o and_o erect_v for_o they_o after_o they_o be_v lay_v full_a low_a in_o the_o grave_n for_o the_o avoid_v of_o this_o pride_n god_n he_o suffer_v man_n to_o fall_v into_o other_o sin_n a_o argument_n that_o of_o all_o it_o be_v the_o great_a every_o proud_a man_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o have_v stretch_v out_o his_o hand_n against_o god_n and_o make_v himself_o strong_a against_o the_o almighty_a say_v job_n 25_o only_o by_o pride_n do_v man_n make_v contention_n say_v solomon_n 10._o with_o other_o sinner_n man_n may_v have_v some_o society_n but_o the_o proud_a man_n will_v admit_v no_o peer_n when_o saul_n be_v little_a in_o his_o own_o fight_n he_o be_v make_v the_o head_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n 23._o but_o after_o he_o become_v proud_a he_o lose_v his_o kingdom_n pride_n it_o be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o vice_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o all_o virtue_n the_o tree_n that_o be_v plant_v upon_o high_a place_n do_v soon_o loose_v their_o leaf_n through_o the_o vehemency_n of_o the_o wind_n study_v therefore_o to_o be_v little_a and_o make_v account_n of_o humility_n for_o therein_o shall_v thou_o find_v most_o safety_n chap._n 35._o god_n give_v grace_n to_o the_o humble_a he_o that_o humble_v himself_o shall_v be_v exalt_v say_v the_o lord_n 11._o as_o much_o as_o pride_n be_v hateful_a 14._o so_o much_o be_v humility_n acceptable_a in_o god_n sight_n this_o humility_n be_v so_o like_v of_o jesus_n christ_n that_o therein_o he_o will_v be_v bear_v and_o therewith_o as_o with_o a_o most_o dear_a friend_n he_o spend_v the_o time_n all_o the_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n enter_v in_o at_o the_o straight_a gate_n for_o it_o be_v the_o wide_a gate_n and_o broad_a way_n that_o lead_v unto_o destruction_n and_o many_o there_o be_v which_o go_v in_o thereat_o because_o the_o gate_n be_v straight_o &_o the_o way_n narrow_a that_o lead_v unto_o life_n say_v the_o lord_n 14._o he_o that_o will_v go_v in_o at_o a_o low_a door_n have_v need_v stouâ—e_n and_o bow_v down_o himself_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o â—umble_v thyself_o thou_o shall_v never_o enter_v into_o heaven_n except_o you_o be_v convert_v and_o become_v as_o little_a child_n you_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n 3._o learn_v of_o i_o that_o be_o meek_a and_o lowly_a in_o heart_n say_v our_o â—aviour_n 〈◊〉_d many_o there_o be_v which_o know_v themselves_o to_o be_v weak_a and_o offender_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o be_v take_v to_o be_v such_o but_o be_v thou_o humble_a in_o will_n and_o be_v content_a to_o be_v as_o slender_o account_v of_o by_o other_o man_n as_o thou_o know_v thyself_o to_o be_v worthy_a of_o the_o same_o and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v humble_a in_o very_a deed_n jesus_n
christ_n our_o bless_a redeemer_n do_v manifest_v his_o glorious_a transfiguration_n but_o only_o unto_o three_o oâ—_n his_o disciple_n etc._n but_o the_o shame_n of_o his_o reproachful_a death_n he_o make_v open_a to_o all_o the_o world_n die_v upon_o a_o cross_n public_o in_o the_o great_a city_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o solemn_a â—east_n of_o easter_n â—ut_fw-la the_o guise_n of_o man_n be_v not_o so_o which_o desire_v that_o his_o virtue_n and_o fame_n but_o not_o his_o imperfection_n and_o shame_n shall_v be_v know_v of_o any_o oâ—ten_o do_v our_o saviour_n preach_v of_o humility_n because_o he_o will_v have_v that_o lessoâ—_n to_o be_v well_o remember_v and_o great_o be_v he_o touch_v with_o compassion_n towards_o the_o humble_a after_o the_o centurion_n have_v say_v 10._o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a that_o thou_o shall_v come_v under_o my_o roof_n he_o be_v prefer_v afore_o all_o israel_n s._n paul_n that_o say_v 10._o he_o be_v not_o meet_v to_o be_v call_v a_o apostle_n be_v the_o chief_a preacher_n of_o all_o the_o apostle_n and_o labour_v more_o abundant_o than_o theâ—_n all_o s._n peter_n that_o fall_v down_o at_o jesus_n knee_n say_v lord_n go_v from_o i_o for_o i_o be_o a_o sinful_a man_n h_z be_v straightway_o make_v a_o fisher_n of_o man_n s_o john_n baptist_n that_o humble_a man_n that_o say_v he_o be_v not_o worthy_a to_o bear_v the_o shâ—â—s_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n 13._o be_v not_o withstand_v the_o choose_a friend_n of_o the_o bridegroom_n and_o baptise_a christ._n god_n always_o from_o the_o beginning_n have_v choose_v for_o himfelfe_n the_o least_o and_o the_o simple_a thing_n in_o show_n of_o the_o first_o two_o brethren_n that_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o world_n kaine_n and_o habel_n he_o choase_n habel_n that_o be_v the_o young_a 4_o of_o the_o son_n of_o abraham_n ishmael_n and_o isaak_n he_o choase_n isaak_n that_o be_v the_o young_a 21._o of_o the_o son_n of_o isaak_n esau_n and_o jaakob_n he_o choase_n jaakob_n which_o be_v the_o young_a 13._o of_o the_o 12._o son_n of_o jaakob_n he_o choase_n joseph_n one_o of_o the_o young_a and_o make_v he_o ruler_n over_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n 7._o of_o the_o son_n of_o ishai_n he_o choase_n the_o least_o and_o young_a david_n that_o keep_v his_o father_n sheep_n 13._o he_o make_v saul_n king_n of_o israel_n be_v of_o the_o least_o tribe_n &_o the_o mean_a familâ—e_fw-fr of_o all_o the_o jew_n â—6_n again_o when_o christ_n himself_o come_v into_o the_o world_n to_o show_v that_o he_o â—â—ned_v humility_n he_o choase_n not_o the_o great_a and_o mighty_a man_n to_o be_v his_o disciple_n but_o poor_a man_n that_o use_v the_o trade_n of_o fish_v etc._n amongst_o all_o his_o unreasonable_a creature_n he_o have_v plant_v in_o the_o very_o mean_a and_o in_o the_o least_o in_o a_o manner_n of_o they_o all_o as_o the_o pismire_n etc._n the_o coâ—ies_v the_o grasshopper_n the_o spider_n etc._n such_o a_o wisdom_n at_o the_o wise_a man_n in_o the_o world_n can_v but_o wonder_v at_o the_o same_o in_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n have_v not_o god_n of_o materia_fw-la prima_fw-la as_o the_o philosopher_n do_v term_v it_o the_o vile_a matter_n make_v all_o thing_n yea_o of_o nothing_o as_o the_o scripture_n teach_v â—_o furthermore_o the_o son_n of_o god_n christ_n make_v himself_o of_o no_o reputation_n and_o take_v on_o he_o the_o form_n of_o a_o servant_n and_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o man_n and_o be_v find_v in_o shape_n as_o a_o man_n he_o humble_v himself_o and_o become_v obedient_a unto_o the_o death_n even_o the_o death_n of_o the_o cross_n â—_o to_o commend_v humility_n unto_o man_n suffer_v little_a child_n and_o forbid_v they_o not_o to_o come_v unto_o i_o for_o of_o such_o be_v the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n say_v christ_n 1_o at_o a_o other_o time_n to_o make_v pride_n odious_a unto_o we_o he_o break_v out_o into_o these_o word_n against_o capernaum_n 23_o and_o thou_o capernaum_n which_o be_v lift_v up_o unto_o heaven_n shall_v be_v bring_v down_o to_o hell_n the_o glory_n of_o a_o proud_a man_n shall_v soon_o turn_v into_o confusion_n and_o as_o pride_n be_v hateful_a to_o god_n &_o man_n so_o contrariwise_o humility_n purchase_v favour_n as_o ash_n do_v keep_v and_o preserve_v the_o fire_n so_o do_v humility_n preserve_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n abraham_n say_v unto_o god_n i_o have_v begin_v 〈◊〉_d speak_v unto_o my_o lord_n be_v but_o dust_n and_o ash_n 27_o the_o deep_a the_o well_n be_v the_o sweet_a be_v the_o water_n thereof_o and_o the_o more_o lowly_a thou_o be_v the_o more_o lovely_a art_n thou_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n seek_v not_o ambitious_o after_o promotion_n and_o dignity_n in_o the_o world_n for_o all_o these_o thing_n full_a speedy_o shall_v come_v unto_o a_o end_n if_o thou_o know_v to_o what_o a_o miserable_a end_n the_o proud_a shall_v come_v thou_o can_v not_o choose_v i_o think_v but_o contemn_v pride_n when_o corn_n be_v cut_v in_o the_o field_n all_o lie_v alike_o on_o the_o ground_n together_o and_o no_o man_n can_v discern_v which_o be_v the_o high_a ear_n although_o that_o in_o the_o grow_a one_o ear_n do_v much_o overgrowe_n another_o so_o likewise_o in_o the_o field_n of_o this_o world_n although_o that_o some_o be_v high_o than_o other_o and_o that_o a_o few_o do_v exceed_v the_o residue_n in_o learning_n honour_n wealth_n and_o dignity_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o when_o death_n come_v with_o his_o hook_n and_o cut_v we_o all_o down_o and_o bereave_v we_o of_o our_o life_n then_o shall_v we_o be_v all_o equal_a and_o no_o difference_n make_v between_o one_o and_o another_o of_o us._n if_o thou_o open_v the_o grave_n thou_o can_v not_o tell_v which_o be_v the_o rich_a man_n and_o which_o be_v the_o poor_a which_o be_v the_o king_n and_o which_o be_v the_o subject_a which_o be_v the_o noble_a and_o which_o be_v a_o abject_a in_o the_o world_n so_o than_o if_o all_o man_n of_o power_n and_o honour_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v bring_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o misery_n with_o the_o poor_a man_n and_o of_o no_o reputation_n â—urely_o it_o be_v vanity_n to_o desire_v to_o mount_v aloft_o in_o this_o present_a world_n â—hinke_v therefore_o humble_o of_o thyself_o so_o shall_v thou_o find_v grace_n with_o god_n covet_v to_o be_v low_a and_o little_a so_o god_n will_v promote_v and_o exalt_v thou_o chap._n 36._o the_o covetous_a man_n be_v good_a for_o none_o no_o not_o to_o himself_o no_o covetous_a person_n which_o be_v a_o â—â—olater_n have_v any_o inheritance_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o god_n say_v s._n paul_n 5_o under_o covetousness_n be_v comprise_v another_o troup_n of_o enemy_n which_o do_v set_v upon_o man_n for_o his_o destruction_n easy_o in_o this_o battle_n may_v thou_o overcome_v if_o thou_o will_v bear_v in_o mind_n wherefore_o thou_o come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o that_o all_o the_o riches_n of_o the_o same_o be_v to_o be_v account_v but_o as_o dung_n 8._o &_o must_v be_v leave_v by_o death_n 21._o there_o be_v no_o man_n more_o barbarous_a and_o cruel_a than_o the_o covetous_a man_n the_o covetous_a man_n be_v void_a of_o love_n he_o know_v neither_o mother_n noâ—_n brother_n neither_o his_o own_o nor_o stranger_n ecclesiasticus_fw-la do_v say_v 5._o he_o that_o be_v wicked_a to_o himself_o to_o who_o will_v he_o be_v good_a what_o good_a can_v a_o man_n look_v for_o at_o a_o covetous_a man_n hand_n see_v he_o be_v cruel_a against_o himself_o he_o do_v no_o good_a but_o when_o he_o die_v he_o that_o be_v covetous_a and_o spare_v of_o his_o good_n be_v of_o his_o honour_n and_o credit_n over_o lavish_a and_o prodigal_a it_o be_v a_o wonderful_a thing_n that_o man_n create_v for_o to_o love_n god_n shall_v so_o be_v addict_v to_o the_o inordinate_a love_n of_o the_o vile_a thing_n of_o this_o life_n there_o be_v nothing_o worse_o than_o a_o covetous_a man_n say_v ecclesiasticus_fw-la 9_o other_o sinner_n though_o they_o hurt_v themselves_o yet_o they_o do_v good_a to_o other_o man_n in_o some_o sort_n but_o the_o covetous_a man_n hurt_v all_o man_n as_o well_o private_o as_o public_o for_o while_o he_o hide_v the_o good_a thing_n of_o the_o earth_n he_o cause_v a_o grievous_a and_o miserable_a dearth_n to_o arise_v in_o the_o land_n a_o covetous_a man_n be_v a_o poor_a man_n yea_o so_o poor_a as_o none_o be_v poor_a he_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o his_o own_o misery_n there_o can_v be_v no_o great_a poverty_n than_o to_o have_v nothing_o a_o covetous_a man_n lack_v as_o well_o that_o which_o he_o possess_v as_o that_o which_o he_o have_v not_o the_o thing_n which_o he_o have_v he_o use_v not_o yea_o he_o make_v
to_o fool_n as_o paper_n of_o infamy_n though_o prodigality_n be_v a_o vice_n yet_o covetousness_n be_v worse_a because_o a_o prodigal_a man_n do_v good_a to_o many_o but_o the_o covetous_a person_n do_v profit_v none_o chap._n 38._o unlawful_a lust_n be_v loathsome_a in_o god_n his_o sight_n know_v you_o not_o that_o you_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o you_o if_o any_o man_n destroy_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n he_o shall_v god_n destroy_v â—saith_o the_o apostle_n 17_o now_o come_v the_o third_o band_n of_o enemy_n to_o be_v speak_v of_o comprise_v in_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n other_o vice_n do_v defile_v but_o on_o part_n of_o man_n only_o namely_o the_o soul_n but_o this_o vice_n pollute_v the_o whole_a man_n look_v not_o to_o escape_v the_o terrible_a judgement_n of_o god_n if_o thou_o handle_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n dishonest_o for_o unlawful_a lust_n the_o lord_n destroy_v the_o old_a world_n with_o water_n 3_o sodom_n &_o gomorrah_n with_o the_o five_o city_n next_o adjoin_v 5_o hamor_n and_o the_o sichimite_n 26._o onan_n 4â—_n and_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o benjamin_n in_o a_o manner_n with_o the_o sword_n for_o this_o vice_n be_v amon_n murder_v 2_o solomon_n bereft_a of_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n etc._n samson_n blind_v 11_o david_n many_o way_n afflict_v etc._n the_o two_o elder_n that_o accuse_v susanna_n unrust_o stone_v 62_o three_o and_o twenty_o thousand_o in_o one_o day_n put_v unto_o the_o sword_n 8._o and_o most_o grievous_a plague_n for_o this_o vice_n have_v the_o lord_n send_v among_o his_o people_n fly_v from_o this_o infection_n and_o god_n his_o spirit_n will_v comfort_v thou_o have_v death_n in_o mind_n and_o lust_n will_v soon_o be_v quench_v avoid_v idleness_n and_o repel_v the_o tentation_n of_o the_o flesh_n from_o thou_o remember_v the_o fire_n of_o hell_n where_o fleshly_a man_n shall_v burn_v for_o ever_o and_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o flesh_n will_v not_o so_o inflame_v thou_o it_o seem_v to_o thou_o hard_o to_o resist_v tentation_n but_o much_o hard_a will_v it_o be_v to_o suffer_v the_o pain_n of_o hell_n he_o that_o be_v not_o deliver_v from_o the_o first_o shall_v not_o escape_v the_o second_o fire_n one_o heat_n evercom_v another_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o infernal_a fire_n will_v extinguish_v the_o flame_n of_o the_o internal_a fiâ—e_n if_o thou_o be_v hold_v with_o the_o love_n of_o god_n all_o other_o vanity_n will_v vanish_v from_o thy_o heart_n he_o be_v the_o servant_n of_o satan_n which_o serve_v the_o lust_n and_o wicked_a affection_n of_o the_o mind_n of_o this_o sin_n do_v the_o apostle_n speak_v when_o he_o say_v 21_o they_o that_o do_v such_o thing_n shall_v not_o inherit_v the_o kingdom_n god_n the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n be_v a_o fire_n of_o hell_n and_o the_o maintainer_n thereof_o be_v riotousness_n and_o gluttony_n the_o flame_n thereof_o be_v filthiness_n the_o ash_n uncleanness_n the_o smoke_n infamy_n the_o end_n vexation_n of_o the_o mind_n destruction_n of_o the_o body_n shipwreck_n of_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o a_o horrible_a contempt_n of_o the_o holy_a commandment_n of_o god_n many_o of_o they_o be_v utter_o cast_v away_o through_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n which_o give_v themselves_o to_o this_o vice_n if_o thou_o will_v overcome_v thou_o must_v fly_v from_o this_o sin_n according_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o apostle_n from_o god_n himself_o 18._o this_o victory_n be_v get_v by_o fly_v and_o not_o by_o violence_n dainty_a fare_n provoke_v lust_n but_o a_o sober_a diet_n with_o godly_a exercise_n keep_v chaste_a a_o wonder_n it_o be_v that_o ever_o thou_o can_v avoid_v this_o persecution_n of_o the_o flesh_n fare_v delicious_o and_o live_v in_o idleness_n the_o water_n of_o tear_n quench_v the_o flame_n of_o concupiscence_n and_o unless_o thou_o avoid_v occasion_n hereunto_o it_o be_v almost_o impossible_a but_o at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o thou_o will_v yield_v unto_o his_o sin_n few_o there_o be_v but_o either_o in_o youth_n or_o in_o age_n do_v humble_a themselves_o before_o this_o idol_n and_o give_v themselves_o to_o the_o flesh_n many_o there_o be_v which_o commend_v the_o unspotted_a life_n but_o few_o retain_v the_o chastity_n of_o the_o body_n much_o less_o of_o the_o mind_n they_o will_v seem_v honest_a and_o praise_v honesty_n but_o yet_o they_o avoid_v not_o as_o they_o ought_v the_o occasion_n which_o cause_v they_o either_o to_o be_v or_o to_o be_v think_v dishonest_a their_o meaning_n be_v good_a but_o their_o knowledge_n be_v but_o small_a and_o not_o sufficient_a happy_a be_v that_o soul_n which_o in_o a_o pure_a body_n serve_v her_o spouse_n jesus_n christ_n and_o happy_a be_v that_o man_n which_o prepare_v in_o his_o heart_n a_o habitation_n for_o the_o holy_a spirit_n remember_v still_o the_o death_n the_o corruption_n and_o the_o filthynesse_n whereinto_o our_o body_n shall_v be_v resolve_v and_o do_v so_o much_o will_v thou_o be_v move_v to_o serve_v god_n in_o all_o holiness_n of_o conversasion_n whereby_o thou_o shall_v enjoy_v he_o bless_o in_o the_o heaven_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o fire_n of_o hell_n where_o they_o continue_v boil_v in_o torment_n which_o like_a beast_n in_o this_o world_n do_v give_v themselves_o to_o all_o inordinate_a desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n chap._n 39_o the_o chaste_a christian_a god_n delight_v in_o wisdom_n can_v enter_v into_o a_o wicked_a heart_n nor_o dwell_v in_o the_o body_n that_o be_v subject_a unto_o sin_n say_v the_o wise_a man_n 4._o gather_v thy_o sense_n together_o and_o refreine_a thy_o appetite_n death_n be_v come_v up_o into_o our_o window_n and_o be_v enter_v into_o our_o palace_n say_v jeremie_n 21._o unless_o thou_o set_v a_o watch_n over_o thy_o sense_n thy_o soul_n be_v in_o danger_n to_o die_v of_o a_o evil_a death_n because_o ishbosheth_n look_v not_o well_o unto_o his_o door_n he_o lose_v his_o life_n even_o in_o his_o own_o house_n lie_v upon_o his_o bed_n 7._o consider_v in_o thy_o mind_n what_o mischief_n come_v into_o the_o world_n through_o euahs_n cast_n her_o eye_n upon_o the_o forbid_a fruit_n 6._o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o thou_o inordinate_o to_o behold_v that_o which_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o thou_o in_o heart_n to_o desire_v have_v not_o david_n cast_v a_o unchaste_a eye_n upon_o â—athsheba_fw-mi 3._o he_o have_v neither_o lose_v so_o many_o good_a thing_n neither_o fall_v into_o so_o many_o evil_n etc._n as_o he_o do_v look_v wary_o unto_o thy_o sense_n the_o want_n hereof_o bring_v destruction_n unto_o olofernes_n 12._o no_o vice_n so_o trouble_v th'understanding_n 8._o nor_o overthrow_v the_o reason_n of_o man_n as_o do_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o flesh_n god_n who_o be_v all_o simple_a and_o pure_a he_o fee_v among_o the_o lily_n as_o the_o spouse_n do_v say_v 16._o signify_v thereby_o how_o he_o be_v delight_v altogether_o in_o cleanness_n 2._o and_o chastity_n the_o purity_n of_o the_o creature_n be_v most_o grateful_a before_o god_n and_o therein_o do_v he_o most_o glad_o rest_v himself_o it_o be_v write_v 27._o that_o there_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o it_o the_o heavenly_a city_n any_o unclean_a thing_n the_o principal_a beauty_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v principal_o ascribe_v unto_o chastity_n through_o bring_v the_o flesh_n in_o subjection_n to_o the_o spirit_n the_o memory_n of_o the_o chaste_a person_n be_v afore_o god_n immortal_a and_o renown_v of_o man_n chastity_n be_v compare_v unto_o the_o roase_n not_o only_o for_o the_o beauty_n and_o sweetness_n thereof_o but_o also_o for_o that_o it_o spring_v increase_v and_o continue_v as_o the_o rose_n do_v among_o thorn_n for_o chastity_n never_o grow_v nor_o continue_v but_o where_o there_o be_v sharpness_n and_o austerity_n of_o life_n and_o mortification_n of_o the_o flesh_n it_o be_v always_o in_o danger_n where_o pleasure_n be_v chastity_n can_v live_v where_o no_o fast_a be_v use_v nor_o temperance_n appear_v and_o a_o wonder_v it_o be_v that_o such_o as_o be_v not_o sober_a shall_v be_v chaste_a if_o thou_o will_v continue_v chaste_a be_v still_o do_v of_o some_o good_a work_n or_o other_o fly_v the_o company_n of_o dissolute_a person_n and_o prepare_v a_o place_n in_o a_o pure_a body_n for_o the_o holy_a ghost_n the_o dove_n which_o noah_n send_v out_o of_o the_o ark_n can_v have_v no_o foot_n at_o all_o but_o upon_o carrion_n which_o she_o like_v not_o and_o therefore_o return_v unto_o the_o ark_n again_o 9_o the_o holy_a ghost_n which_o sometime_o be_v resemble_v to_o a_o dove_n 16._o it_o can_v abide_v in_o body_n that_o be_v unclean_a but_o in_o the_o pure_a and_o holy_a fly_v the_o vice_n of_o the_o flesh_n as_o thou_o will_v the_o plague_n or_o pestilence_n that_o thy_o soul_n may_v remain_v pure_a
the_o death_n of_o the_o other_o they_o be_v so_o link_v together_o that_o be_v two_o they_o be_v yet_o but_o one_o and_o be_v one_o be_v nevertheless_o two_o between_o these_o twain_o pass_v the_o whole_a course_n of_o the_o life_n and_o therefore_o sundry_a name_n and_o title_n be_v give_v they_o by_o the_o apostle_n when_o he_o call_v the_o one_o spirit_n 16._o the_o other_o flesh_n etc._n the_o one_o the_o soul_n 1â—_n the_o other_o the_o body_n 13_o the_o one_o the_o law_n of_o the_o mind_n 23._o the_o other_o the_o law_n of_o the_o member_n 23_o the_o one_o the_o inner_a man_n 16_o the_o other_o the_o outward_a man_n walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n say_v the_o apostle_n 16_o if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v but_o if_o you_o mortify_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o body_n you_o shall_v live_v 13_o the_o flesh_n lust_v against_o the_o spirit_n and_o the_o spirit_n against_o the_o flesh_n 13_o a_o wonderful_a war_n be_v this_o questionless_a wherein_o peace_n be_v 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he_o that_o hate_v love_v christ_n jesus_n do_v say_v 25._o he_o that_o love_v his_o life_n shall_v loose_v it_o and_o he_o that_o hate_v his_o life_n in_o this_o world_n shall_v keep_v it_o unto_o eternal_a life_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o much_o the_o victory_n which_o the_o soul_n atchieve_v be_v better_a than_o the_o victory_n of_o the_o body_n and_o what_o gain_n be_v get_v by_o bring_v thy_o affection_n under_o the_o yoke_n of_o reason_n if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o will_v help_v the_o soul_n to_o subdue_v the_o sensual_a part_n of_o man_n the_o conflict_n thereof_o be_v but_o short_a the_o victory_n will_v be_v glorious_a and_o the_o reward_n most_o bless_v shun_v no_o labour_n if_o thou_o look_v for_o a_o reward_n which_o be_v not_o give_v but_o to_o he_o that_o strive_v be_v thou_o faithful_a unto_o the_o death_n and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o crown_n of_o life_n say_v the_o lord_n 10_o chap._n 13._o the_o knowledge_n of_o ourselves_o bring_v we_o unto_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o he_o that_o be_v his_o eternal_a power_n and_o godhead_n be_v see_v by_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n say_v the_o apostle_n 20_o if_o any_o creature_n in_o the_o world_n do_v by_o the_o creation_n thereof_o declare_v unto_o we_o the_o great_a wisdom_n and_o omnipotency_n of_o god_n sure_o man_n do_v the_o same_o which_o be_v make_v according_a to_o the_o image_n or_o likeness_n of_o god_n himself_o 27_o many_o there_o be_v which_o know_v much_o and_o yet_o they_o know_v not_o themselves_o they_o see_v other_o but_o they_o pass_v by_o themselves_o they_o seek_v god_n in_o outward_a neglect_v inward_a thing_n where_o chief_o he_o may_v be_v find_v the_o more_o thou_o know_v thyself_o the_o more_o perfect_o shall_v thou_o know_v god_n and_o although_o by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o noble_a condition_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o true_a and_o perfect_a knowledge_n of_o god_n greatness_n be_v best_a see_v and_o perceive_v yet_o to_o abase_v thy_o pride_n withal_o thou_o have_v always_o before_o thy_o eye_n the_o misery_n of_o the_o body_n and_o the_o shortness_n of_o thy_o life_n that_o thou_o may_v come_v by_o that_o way_n unto_o some_o knowledge_n of_o god_n in_o know_v of_o thyself_o thou_o will_v humble_v thyself_o and_o in_o humble_v thyself_o thou_o will_v fear_v god_n and_o because_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o wisdom_n 7._o thou_o be_v first_o to_o begin_v at_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thyself_o if_o thou_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o know_v who_o thou_o be_v take_v a_o glass_n and_o behold_v thyself_o in_o it_o the_o glass_n that_o a_o man_n may_v best_o behold_v himself_o in_o be_v another_o man_n now_o if_o another_o man_n which_o thou_o behold_v be_v but_o earth_n ash_n and_o a_o very_a worm_n sure_o even_o such_o be_v thou_o how_o rich_a soever_o and_o of_o great_a estimation_n thou_o seem_v to_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o that_o thou_o may_v not_o be_v deceive_v behold_v not_o thyself_o in_o a_o glass_n that_o be_v hollow_a which_o make_v a_o show_n of_o the_o thing_n represent_v therein_o clean_o contrary_a to_o that_o which_o it_o be_v indeed_o but_o take_v unto_o thou_o a_o glass_n that_o be_v plain_a which_o set_v out_o a_o man_n according_a as_o he_o be_v in_o truth_n if_o thou_o behold_v thyself_o in_o the_o inside_n of_o a_o silver_n spoon_n that_o be_v bright_a and_o clear_a thou_o shall_v see_v thy_o face_n with_o the_o wrong_a end_n turn_v upwarde_o thy_o beard_n above_o and_o thy_o forehead_n beneath_o so_o in_o man_n there_o be_v two_o glass_n and_o state_n one_o be_v of_o life_n the_o other_o of_o death_n life_n be_v the_o hollow_a glass_n which_o make_v we_o to_o seem_v otherwise_o than_o we_o be_v it_o show_v thou_o forth_o to_o be_v sound_a lusty_a strong_a and_o long-lived_n all_o which_o be_v vanity_n and_o lie_v if_o thou_o behold_v therein_o fresh_a and_o lusty_a youth_n do_v not_o trust_v therein_o for_o it_o will_v deceive_v thou_o favour_n be_v deceitful_a and_o beauty_n be_v vanity_n 30_o this_o false_a life_n of_o we_o it_o seem_v some_o great_a thing_n unto_o man_n when_o it_o be_v nothing_o so_o but_o the_o state_n of_o death_n or_o of_o a_o dead_a man_n be_v the_o plain_a and_o true_a glass_n which_o do_v manifest_a thing_n even_o as_o they_o be_v without_o fraud_n and_o deceit_n therefore_o if_o thou_o will_v see_v what_o thou_o be_v in_o deed_n then_o look_v not_o upon_o thyself_o alive_a but_o upon_o another_o man_n that_o be_v dead_a so_o thou_o shall_v perceive_v that_o thou_o be_v earth_n ash_n a_o very_a sink_n of_o all_o filthiness_n a_o little_a set_v out_o and_o beautify_v on_o the_o out_o side_n by_o
knowledge_n both_o of_o god_n and_o himself_o and_o that_o be_v attain_v he_o fall_v out_o of_o love_n with_o this_o world_n and_o thereby_o god_n bless_v he_o with_o new_a strength_n to_o serve_v he_o withal_o chap._n 17._o he_o that_o will_v live_v with_o christ_n must_v first_o die_v to_o the_o world_n for_o thy_o sake_n be_v we_o slay_v continual_o say_v the_o psalmist_n 22._o happy_a be_v that_o soul_n to_o which_o christ_n both_o in_o life_n and_o in_o death_n be_v advantage_n 21._o so_o long_o as_o thou_o live_v in_o thy_o flesh_n thou_o must_v die_v to_o the_o world_n that_o after_o thy_o death_n thou_o may_v live_v for_o ever_o with_o christ._n thou_o shall_v be_v quiet_a within_o if_o thou_o use_v not_o to_o gad_n much_o abroad_o but_o to_o keep_v thyself_o at_o home_n he_o that_o fervent_o seek_v after_o outward_a thing_n must_v needs_o wax_v cold_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o god_n if_o thy_o disordinate_a appetite_n and_o desire_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o dead_a in_o thou_o look_v never_o to_o obtain_v the_o true_a comfort_n of_o the_o spirit_n christ_n he_o die_v for_o all_o that_o they_o which_o live_v shall_v not_o hence_o forth_o live_v unto_o themselves_o but_o unto_o he_o which_o die_v for_o they_o and_o rose_z again_o 15._o i_o live_v yet_o not_o i_o now_o but_o christ_n live_v in_o i_o say_v the_o apostle_n 20_o that_o christ_n may_v come_v into_o thy_o soul_n it_o be_v needful_a that_o first_o thou_o die_v unto_o sin_n and_o that_o the_o inward_a man_n may_v live_v the_o outward_a man_n must_v be_v mortify_v you_o be_v dead_a and_o your_o life_n be_v hide_v with_o christ_n in_o god_n say_v the_o apostle_n 3_o thou_o die_v when_o thou_o cease_v to_o be_v such_o as_o thou_o be_v before_o in_o wickedness_n if_o we_o live_v in_o the_o spirit_n say_v the_o apostle_n 25._o let_v we_o walk_v in_o the_o spirit_n for_o if_o you_o true_a after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v but_o if_o you_o mortify_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o body_n by_o the_o spirit_n you_o shall_v live_v 13._o saul_n he_o spare_v agag_n and_o put_v he_o into_o prison_n be_v command_v from_o god_n himself_o to_o destroy_v all_o the_o amalikite_n and_o to_o have_v no_o compassion_n upon_o any_o of_o they_o 9_o so_o many_o do_v enclose_v and_o shut_v up_o their_o wicked_a passion_n for_o a_o while_n but_o they_o kill_v they_o not_o present_o as_o god_n will_v have_v they_o to_o do_v for_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o thou_o to_o imprison_v thy_o affection_n that_o they_o burst_v not_o forth_o but_o thou_o must_v beside_o kill_v they_o so_o that_o all_o inordinate_a concupiscence_n and_o desire_v of_o the_o world_n have_v no_o life_n at_o all_o in_o thou_o there_o be_v diverse_a and_o sundry_a person_n which_o like_o the_o tree_n in_o winter_n seem_v as_o it_o be_v dead_a unto_o the_o world_n but_o they_o be_v no_o soon_o ill_o entreat_v but_o they_o can_v only_o murmur_v but_o rail_v too_o for_o the_o root_n be_v leave_v alive_a they_o begin_v to_o spring_v again_o assoon_o as_o the_o tentation_n of_o summer_n come_v upon_o they_o because_o thou_o have_v let_v go_v out_o of_o thy_o hand_n a_o man_n who_o i_o appoint_v to_o die_v thy_o life_n shall_v go_v for_o his_o life_n say_v the_o prophet_n unto_o ahab_n 42._o the_o life_n which_o thou_o give_v unto_o thy_o fleshly_a part_n which_o god_n will_v have_v kill_v it_o shall_v be_v recompense_v by_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o soul_n consider_v advise_o who_o it_o be_v that_o live_v within_o thou_o if_o the_o flesh_n do_v live_v than_o be_v the_o spirit_n dead_a thou_o shall_v never_o give_v thyself_o unto_o devoute_a prayer_n and_o meditation_n unless_o first_o thou_o be_v mortify_v in_o mind_n yea_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o all_o thy_o spiritual_a exercise_n begin_v at_o mortification_n many_o will_v fly_v without_o wing_n they_o profit_v smallie_o which_o be_v not_o mortify_v of_o this_o be_v thou_o sure_a thou_o shall_v never_o see_v god_n unless_o thy_o affection_n be_v so_o ravish_v with_o the_o love_n of_o god_n that_o thou_o be_v through_o mind_v in_o regard_n thereof_o to_o despise_v thyself_o the_o pure_a love_n of_o god_n make_v thy_o mind_n simple_a and_o so_o free_a from_o all_o worldly_a desire_n that_o it_o do_v without_o all_o pain_n and_o labour_n mount_v up_o unto_o the_o lord_n if_o thou_o be_v dead_a unto_o the_o world_n the_o world_n also_o will_v be_v dead_a unto_o thou_o again_o as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o glorious_a apostle_n s._n paul_n 14._o even_o as_o the_o sea_n retain_v in_o it_o those_o man_n that_o be_v live_v and_o cast_v out_o to_o the_o shore_n such_o as_o be_v dead_a so_o the_o world_n it_o make_v great_o of_o those_o which_o live_v to_o the_o world_n and_o suffer_v they_o to_o have_v no_o rest_n therein_o which_o be_v as_o dead_a thereunto_o for_o christ_n his_o sake_n chap._n 18._o by_o abstinence_n the_o flesh_n mâ—_n be_v bring_v in_o subjection_n to_o the_o spirit_n if_o you_o live_v after_o the_o flesh_n you_o shall_v die_v but_o if_o you_o mortify_v the_o deed_n of_o the_o body_n by_o the_o spirit_n you_o shall_v live_v say_v the_o apostle_n 13._o thou_o shall_v never_o please_v the_o spirit_n except_o thou_o subdue_v thy_o body_n by_o abstinence_n and_o true_a repentance_n for_o thy_o sin_n if_o thou_o burden_v thy_o body_n with_o much_o meat_n thou_o shall_v depress_v thy_o soul_n through_o the_o weight_n of_o sin_n the_o devil_n by_o offer_v the_o forbid_a fruit_n to_o our_o first_o parent_n overcome_v they_o and_o bring_v they_o and_o we_o by_o they_o into_o the_o displeasure_n of_o god_n &_o the_o first_o tentaion_n wherewith_o job_n be_v try_v arise_v from_o the_o riot_v and_o bellie-cheere_n of_o his_o son_n and_o daughter_n etc._n s._n paul_n notwithstanding_o he_o know_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o elect_a vessel_n of_o the_o lord_n yet_o he_o bear_v down_o his_o body_n 27._o and_o we_o on_o the_o other_o side_n know_v ourselves_o most_o heinous_a sinner_n in_o respect_n of_o he_o we_o live_v and_o fare_v delicious_o without_o scruple_n of_o conscience_n take_v heed_n to_o yourselves_o least_o at_o any_o time_n your_o heart_n be_v oppress_v with_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n and_o care_n of_o tâ—tâ—_n life_n say_v our_o saviour_n 34_o daniel_n to_o be_v the_o better_o prepare_v to_o receive_v the_o heavenly_a consolation_n he_o be_v in_o heaviness_n for_o three_o week_n of_o day_n and_o eat_v no_o pleasant_a bread_n neither_o come_v there_o any_o flesh_n or_o wine_n into_o his_o mouth_n till_o three_o week_n of_o day_n be_v fulfil_v etc._n and_o immediate_o thereupon_o he_o see_v most_o heavenly_a vision_n and_o revelation_n from_o god_n if_o thou_o will_v overcome_v thy_o enemy_n bereave_v he_o of_o his_o weapon_n the_o armour_n that_o satan_n take_v to_o foil_v thou_o with_o all_o be_v thy_o own_o flesh_n he_o that_o give_v himself_o to_o bodily_a pleasure_n shall_v fall_v into_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o devil_n labour_v to_o destroy_v the_o idol_n of_o the_o flesh_n by_o abstinence_n watch_v and_o prayer_n so_o shall_v thou_o carry_v away_o from_o satan_n a_o most_o glorious_a victory_n nothing_o make_v the_o devil_n more_o bold_a to_o invade_v as_o thy_o delicious_a pamper_n of_o thy_o flesh_n he_o that_o think_v he_o can_v live_v chaste_a fare_v dainty_o and_o delicious_o deceive_v himself_o and_o be_v a_o fool_n take_v away_o delicate_a fare_n as_o wood_n and_o thou_o shall_v quench_v the_o fire_n of_o sensual_a desire_n after_o that_o lot_n have_v out_o of_o measure_n quaff_v up_o wine_n and_o be_v drink_v he_o commit_v incest_n with_o his_o own_o daughter_n &c_n though_o a_o man_n ascend_v unto_o the_o mount_n of_o meditation_n and_o profess_v religion_n yet_o will_v he_o fall_v with_o lot_n unless_o he_o keep_v a_o sober_a diet_n &_o abstain_v it_o be_v dangerous_a ride_v of_o a_o colt_n which_o neither_o be_v tame_v nor_o have_v a_o bridle_n hold_v in_o the_o colt_n the_o flesh_n with_o the_o bridle_n of_o abstinence_n lest_o he_o throw_v thou_o down_o to_o thy_o hurt_n bind_v his_o mouth_n with_o bit_n and_o bridle_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v 9_o rush_v not_o violent_o into_o the_o water_n of_o worldly_a delight_n unless_o thou_o will_v be_v drown_v as_o pharaoh_n with_o all_o his_o host_n be_v 28_o they_o sink_v like_o stone_n into_o the_o bottom_n as_o thou_o shall_v likewise_o both_o in_o body_n and_o soul_n unless_o thou_o tame_v and_o restrain_v thy_o flesh_n with_o the_o bridle_n of_o abstinence_n by_o abstinence_n much_o sin_n be_v avoid_v unlawful_a pleasure_n banish_v our_o salvation_n further_v grace_n confirm_v and_o chastity_n be_v retain_v it_o be_v a_o shameful_a thing_n for_o the_o master_n to_o be_v overcome_v of_o the_o servant_n as_o great_a shame_n
to_o continue_v in_o do_v well_o lest_o the_o curse_n of_o god_n come_v upon_o we_o as_o it_o do_v upon_o the_o unfruitful_a fig_n tree_n chap._n 33._o perseverance_n in_o godliness_n be_v necessary_a he_o that_o endure_v to_o the_o end_n he_o shall_v be_v save_v say_v jesus_n christ_n 22_o many_o do_v begin_v well_o but_o few_o hold_v out_o it_o boot_v not_o to_o hau_o begin_v except_o thou_o persevere_v take_v away_o perseverance_n and_o neither_o virtue_n shall_v have_v her_o reward_n nor_o a_o good_a work_n a_o recompense_n the_o friend_n of_o job_n they_o begann_v well_o in_o that_o they_o not_o only_o agree_v together_o to_o come_v to_o lament_v with_o he_o and_o to_o comfort_v he_o 1_o but_o also_o in_o that_o see_v he_o they_o weep_v rend_v their_o garment_n sprinkle_a dust_n upon_o their_o head_n toward_o heaven_n and_o sit_v by_o he_o upon_o the_o ground_n seven_o day_n and_o seven_o night_n mourn_v without_o speak_v any_o word_n because_o his_o grief_n be_v very_o great_a but_o they_o persevere_v not_o in_o do_v the_o duty_n of_o friend_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v rebuke_v and_o that_o deserve_o of_o the_o lord_n 78._o the_o begining_n of_o saul_n be_v good_a 9_o but_o persevere_v not_o in_o goodness_n he_o die_v a_o evil_a death_n 4_o if_o thou_o despise_v the_o vanity_n of_o the_o world_n thou_o shall_v bepursue_v of_o worldly_a man_n many_o have_v renounce_v the_o world_n and_o because_o they_o look_v back_o as_o do_v lot_n his_o wife_n unto_o sodom_n 26_o they_o both_o in_o this_o life_n be_v and_o in_o the_o life_n to_o come_v shall_v everlasting_o be_v torment_v endeavour_v thou_o to_o proceed_v in_o that_o good_a way_n where-into_a thou_o be_v enter_v be_v thou_o faithful_a unto_o death_n and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o a_o crown_n of_o life_n say_v god_n 10._o upon_o the_o skirt_n of_o the_o chief_a priest_n vesture_n there_o be_v make_v pomgranet_n of_o blue_a silk_n and_o purple_a and_o scarlet_a round_o about_o the_o skirt_n thereof_o and_o bell_n of_o gold_n between_o they_o round_o about_o 33._o of_o all_o fruit_n that_o grow_v only_o the_o pomegranate_n have_v a_o crown_n on_o the_o top_n the_o which_o be_v the_o reward_n of_o virtue_n be_v place_v among_o good_a work_v which_o be_v signify_v by_o the_o little_a bell_n of_o gold_n they_o be_v not_o set_v in_o the_o high_a part_n nor_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o garment_n because_o they_o be_v not_o give_v unto_o those_o either_o that_o begin_v well_o or_o be_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o well_o do_v but_o they_o be_v set_v in_o the_o end_n or_o low_a part_n of_o the_o vesture_n because_o they_o only_o shall_v receive_v the_o crown_n which_o persevere_v in_o do_v their_o duty_n unto_o the_o end_n the_o tree_n that_o be_v often_o remove_v do_v seldom_o bear_v fruit_n or_o not_o so_o much_o as_o that_o which_o continue_v in_o a_o good_a soil_n and_o be_v well_o bend_v if_o thou_o change_v thy_o mind_n from_o one_o thing_n unto_o another_o thou_o shall_v never_o bring_v forth_o the_o wholesome_a fruit_n of_o christianity_n or_o not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o constant_a man_n by_o exercise_v of_o good_a work_n and_o add_v virtue_n unto_o virtue_n the_o very_a habit_n of_o godliness_n be_v attain_v there_o be_v nothing_o better_a than_o god_n and_o therefore_o the_o service_n of_o god_n be_v not_o to_o be_v omit_v for_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n the_o talk_n of_o he_o that_o fear_v god_n all_o wisdom_n as_o for_o a_o fool_n he_o change_v as_o the_o moon_n say_v the_o wise_a man_n 11._o be_v not_o move_v with_o every_o wind_n the_o fowl_n they_o fall_v on_o the_o carcase_n which_o abraham_n be_v to_o offer_v unto_o the_o lord_n and_o trouble_v the_o good_a man_n very_o much_o yet_o can_v they_o not_o make_v he_o to_o give_v over_o his_o good_a work_n but_o he_o drive_v they_o away_o 11._o if_o busy_a and_o importunate_a care_n do_v trouble_v thou_o be_v about_o to_o offer_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o prayer_n and_o thanksgiving_n unto_o the_o lord_n yet_o let_v they_o not_o altogether_o discourage_v thou_o but_o drive_v they_o away_o as_o abraham_n do_v the_o fowl_n but_o let_v they_o never_o drive_v thou_o from_o that_o which_o be_v good_a what_o boot_v it_o to_o take_v great_a thing_n in_o hand_n unless_o thou_o bring_v they_o unto_o a_o good_a end_n consume_v not_o thy_o time_n in_o beginning_n to_o do_v well_o for_o fear_v least_o death_n do_v come_v upon_o thou_o and_o find_v thou_o idle_a and_o out_o of_o the_o right_a way_n a_o paint_a image_n of_o a_o man_n that_o be_v make_v sit_v in_o a_o chair_n give_v a_o show_n to_o the_o eye_n as_o though_o it_o will_v rise_v and_o stand_v up_o but_o it_o never_o stand_v it_o seem_v as_o though_o it_o will_v go_v but_o it_o never_o move_v and_o so_o play_v many_o a_o man_n that_o be_v often_o determine_v to_o draw_v towards_o god_n but_o yet_o he_o go_v not_o unto_o he_o at_o all_o he_o make_v many_o proffer_n of_o go_v and_o yet_o stand_v stock_n still_o our_o lord_n himself_o say_v 62_o no_o man_n that_o put_v his_o hand_n to_o the_o plough_n and_o look_v back_o be_v apt_a to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n the_o four_o beast_n mention_v in_o the_o revelation_n they_o never_o cease_v day_n nor_o night_n praise_v and_o magnify_v he_o that_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n 9_o no_o more_o shall_v thou_o do_v the_o cow_n that_o be_v yoke_v together_o and_o bring_v the_o ark_n of_o the_o lord_n from_o the_o philistine_n although_o they_o have_v young_a calf_n yet_o do_v they_o go_v the_o straight_a way_n to_o beth-shemesh_a and_o keep_v one_o path_n and_o lowed_a as_o they_o go_v and_o turn_v neither_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n nor_o to_o the_o left_a 12._o and_o since_o thou_o have_v take_v upon_o thou_o to_o carry_v the_o yoke_n of_o our_o lord_n and_o to_o bear_v on_o thy_o back_n the_o burden_n of_o his_o most_o holy_a commandment_n thou_o must_v not_o go_v out_o of_o thy_o way_n neither_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n nor_o to_o the_o left_a though_o thy_o sensual_a appetite_n like_o young_a child_n do_v draw_v and_o call_v thou_o back_o again_o from_o the_o service_n of_o god_n let_v the_o love_n of_o god_n vanquish_v natural_a affection_n and_o whatsoever_o the_o child_n of_o the_o world_n do_v cry_v and_o say_v yet_o pass_v thou_o forward_o as_o one_o that_o have_v neither_o ear_n nor_o mouth_n until_o thou_o come_v unto_o beth_n shemish_n the_o house_n of_o the_o son_n even_o unto_o that_o light_n eternal_a and_o incomprehensible_a glory_n where_o thou_o shall_v see_v god_n even_o as_o thou_o be_v now_o see_v 12._o chap._n 34._o tentation_n can_v be_v avoid_v my_o son_n if_o thou_o will_v come_v into_o the_o service_n of_o god_n stand_v fast_o in_o righteousness_n &_o fear_n &_o preyare_n thy_o soul_n to_o tentation_n say_v the_o wise_a man_n 1_o when_o thou_o be_v tempt_v fear_v not_o for_o be_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n thou_o have_v weapon_n appoint_v to_o defend_v thyself_o with_o all_o pharaoh_n the_o king_n of_o egypt_n do_v more_o persecute_v the_o israelite_n after_o they_o make_v suit_n to_o go_v into_o the_o wilderness_n to_o do_v sacrifice_n unto_o god_n than_o ever_o he_o do_v afore_o etc._n so_o deal_v our_o adversary_n the_o devil_n with_o us._n he_o plague_v he_o with_o great_a storm_n of_o tentation_n that_o be_v about_o to_o forsake_v he_o and_o to_o give_v his_o mind_n to_o serve_v god_n than_o he_o who_o already_o he_o keep_v in_o his_o own_o possession_n god_n he_o suffer_v thou_o to_o fall_v into_o tentation_n to_o the_o end_n he_o may_v see_v whether_o thou_o will_v persevere_v in_o that_o which_o good_a be_v or_o no._n but_o beware_v thou_o consent_v not_o unto_o a_o wicked_a tentation_n though_o that_o fire_n be_v strike_v out_o of_o a_o flint_n by_o force_n of_o the_o steel_n yet_o if_o there_o be_v no_o apt_a matter_n under_o it_o for_o the_o fire_n to_o take_v hold_v on_o it_o serve_v to_o no_o purpose_n so_o though_o the_o devil_n with_o the_o steel_n of_o his_o tentation_n do_v strike_v upon_o the_o stone_n of_o thy_o sensuality_n yet_o shall_v he_o never_o strike_v any_o fire_n out_o of_o it_o that_o shall_v do_v thou_o harm_n except_o thou_o join_v the_o consent_n of_o thy_o will_n thereunto_o unless_o thou_o be_v very_o circumspect_a thou_o shall_v soon_o be_v deceive_v for_o some_o do_v come_v to_o you_o in_o sheep_n clothing_n which_o inward_o be_v raven_a wolf_n 15._o dissemble_v their_o naughty_a purposeâ—_n of_o all_o tentation_n that_o be_v the_o soare_v because_o under_o the_o show_n of_o virtue_n they_o fain_o good_a will_n be_v utter_a enemy_n the_o rover_n on_o the_o sea_n do_v carry_v in_o their_o ship_n with_o
create_v he_o that_o have_v a_o soul_n live_v as_o though_o he_o have_v none_o and_o he_o that_o give_v his_o understanding_n and_o mind_n to_o the_o get_n of_o worldly_a riches_n and_o honour_n do_v great_o hurt_v and_o endamag_n his_o soul_n for_o unto_o these_o end_n he_o be_v not_o create_v happiness_n be_v the_o final_a end_n of_o man_n whereunto_o all_o thing_n be_v ordain_v place_v not_o thy_o felicity_n in_o earthly_a thing_n for_o rest_n shall_v thou_o find_v neither_o in_o honour_n neither_o in_o riches_n not_o in_o learning_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v create_v call_v home_o thy_o heart_n from_o all_o earthly_a thing_n love_n god_n only_o of_o who_o and_o for_o who_o thou_o be_v create_v despise_v this_o present_a world_n and_o so_o shall_v thou_o come_v unto_o thy_o desire_a end_n this_o very_a reason_n be_v there_o no_o more_o beside_o be_v sufficient_a to_o persuade_v thou_o to_o contemn_v the_o vanity_n of_o the_o world_n if_o thou_o do_v bear_v in_o mind_n that_o create_v thou_o be_v for_o heaven_n and_o not_o for_o this_o world_n abase_v not_o thyself_o so_o much_o as_o to_o delight_v in_o these_o base_a and_o contemptible_a thing_n of_o this_o world_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v quiet_a here_o in_o this_o world_n for_o the_o time_n and_o happy_a and_o glorious_a for_o ever_o afterward_o in_o the_o heaven_n chap._n 38._o terrible_a and_o horrible_a shall_v be_v the_o day_n of_o judgement_n unto_o the_o wicked_a enter_v not_o into_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n say_v the_o kingly_a prophet_n 2_o david_n be_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n and_o yet_o lo_o he_o have_v in_o remembrance_n the_o day_n of_o judgement_n so_o rigorous_a shall_v the_o judgement_n of_o death_n be_v that_o even_o the_o holy_a prophet_n so_o belove_v of_o god_n do_v quake_v again_o at_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o same_o see_v therefore_o he_o that_o faithful_o do_v serve_v god_n so_o fear_v god_n judgement_n how_o much_o shall_v he_o stand_v in_o dread_n of_o the_o same_o which_o serve_v not_o god_n but_o the_o world_n enter_v not_o say_v he_o in_o judgement_n with_o thy_o servant_n if_o the_o righteous_a scarce_o be_v save_v where_o shall_v the_o ungodly_a and_o the_o sinner_n appear_v 18_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n much_o to_o be_v lament_v that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v addict_v to_o these_o vanity_n which_o we_o have_v so_o spoken-of_a especial_o be_v so_o near_o unto_o the_o end_n wherein_o god_n will_v lighten_v thing_n that_o be_v hide_v in_o darkness_n and_o make_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o heart_n manifest_a 5_o belshazzar_n king_n of_o babylon_n live_v in_o all_o manner_n of_o voluptuousness_n and_o satisfy_v his_o lust_n in_o all_o kind_n of_o sin_n have_v sudden_o the_o sentence_n of_o god_n displeasure_n pronounce_v against_o he_o 27._o &_o herd_n mene_n god_n have_v number_v thy_o kingdom_n and_o have_v finish_v it_o tekel_n thou_o be_v weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n &_o be_v find_v to_o light_n peres_n thy_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v and_o give_v to_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o hour_n be_v very_o â—igh_a at_o hand_n when_o a_o straight_a reckon_n shall_v be_v take_v of_o all_o thy_o deed_n word_n and_o thought_n all_o the_o secret_n of_o thy_o heart_n shall_v be_v disclose_v and_o with_o all_o rigour_n of_o justice_n punish_v thou_o shall_v not_o have_v the_o face_n to_o deny_v any_o thing_n for_o thy_o own_o conscience_n shall_v be_v thy_o accuser_n neither_o shall_v thou_o have_v power_n and_o courage_n to_o reason_v the_o matter_n before_o the_o glorious_a majesty_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o king_n of_o king_n thy_o sin_n shall_v be_v put_v into_o the_o balance_n and_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o they_o shall_v be_v weigh_v and_o all_o the_o benefit_n which_o god_n bestow_v upon_o thou_o &_o thou_o most_o curse_o do_v contâ—ne_v shall_v be_v rehearse_v then_o shall_v thy_o kingdom_n be_v divide_v when_o thy_o body_n shall_v be_v commit_v to_o the_o earth_n to_o be_v 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