Now hee will shew thee the figure of that euerlasting rest which hee will bring thee to through Christ. Now if thou beest not very ready and diligent to attend vpon him the seuenth day thou shewest that all thy labour on the six daies was for thine own pleasure or profit more then for thy obedience toward the Lord thy God for if thou wouldest haue obeyed him in thy labour in the six dayes thou wouldest haue obeyed him in thy rest the seventh day also This shal be a witnes to thine own conscience least that thou bee deceiued as many bee who thinke that they labour all the weeke to please God when indeede they labour to please themselues because that commandement pleaseth their humour better then to keepe holy the Sabbath and they will bee willing to take one houre from the Lord in the morning and another in the afternoone or two it may be which sheweth that their mindes and affections are more on the world then on the true seruice and obedience they owe to God CHAP. 41. Prodigality set out SOme think that the prodigal man taketh too little care for the world but I say he is a wicked man and taketh too much care for the world and too little care to please GOD. Hee is an idle man and will not labour 6. dayes Hee is a disobedient man and wil not keepe holy the seuenth day He is a wast full man he wil spend wastfully for the vaine-glory of the world which somesay they care not for he leaueth those things w ch God hath giuen him and his family without care Yea he is a couetous man for he will borrow of others and spend it wastfully and neuer pay it againe He breaketh the cōmandement which saith Owe nothing to any man but this that you love one another for the holy Ghost saith The vngodly borroweth and paieth not againe but the mercifull man is liberall and lendeth Some will say they would pay if they had it but indeede they will not haue it because they will not obey God and liue as hee hath appointed them They are proud and will spend so far beyond their calling that they haue nothing to lend to the poore children of God because they spend either vpon the wicked or in excesse when there is no neede or vppon those that haue as little or lesse neede then thēselues Such a person is worse then an Infidel because be prouideth not for his owne houshold God doth not say Because hee taketh not care for his owne houshold for all his care should bee to please God but hee careth not to please God neither doth he obey God to labor 6. daies and to see his houshold labour for whilest he is idle or vsing some vaine pastime out of his calling his children seruants dissobey GOD and mispend their time and weaken his estate and all through his owne carelesnesse to please God Hee sheweth himselfe no good Christian for a good Christian life is a carefull life not carefull of the world but carefull least the world should hinder him any way frō seruing of God either in being too negligent in his calling and so prouide not for his houshold become worse then an Infidel or lest hee should bee couetous and become the man whom God abhorreth And yet there bee some so ignorant that they will say The prodigall man beareth a noble mind But hee beares a wicked mind they know not what a noble minde is that say so Our Peeres and Princes are called Noble men because they beare noble mindes that is they are vertuous and temperate discreet gouerning the Cōmon-wealth according to their calling regarding the vertuous keeping vnder the vicious holding in the prodigall who would run away with a whole kingdom if they might haue it nay no kingdome is able to satisfie prodigal persons for their disobedient humour wil neuer be satisfied because they doe not labour to keepe the commandement of God Some are more infected w th this sin then others but all that are not infected with prodigalitie haue a disobedient humour they are vndiscreet because they cannot spend whē they should and spare with discretion when the time is They are vnthankful because they do not heartily thank God for his blessings but wish they were more Neither wil they bee thankefull to the King nor a worthy noble Prince or Peere for if they spend a little prodigally in their seruice they will thinke they are indebted to thē though all of it were by the Prince liberally bestowed on them but indeede such are not to be about Princes or Peeres no more then the couetous Some wise and learned men haue disputed whether the couetous or the prodigal be the worst member in the Common-wealth but I pray God you nor yours be none of both but here what the holy Ghost saith The couetous is the man whom God abhorreth The prodigall is worse then an infidell And thus I leaue them and pray to God for Christs sake they and wee may leaue both those and al other sins and take hold of Christ by faith and liue through him with God for euer and euer CHAP. 42. Difference betweene an act habite of sinning NOw you must know this that the deare children of God for want of discretion doe sometime an act w ch may be called couetous yet not vpon a couetous humor and an act that may be called prodigall and yet not vpon a prodigall humour but for want of discretion at that time for there is none so discreet at all times that is not somewhat infected with either of these sins for wee are infected with all sins and therefore God in great mercy to man made the Sabbath or Lords day so that if a man did in sixe dayes ouerslip himselfe as indeed we all do and did not reconcile himselfe to God euery night as we ought to do yet on the Sabbath day the Lord calleth him to him and sheweth him his faults and wisheth him to bee reconciled vnto him through Christ and breatheth into his face the breath of life again and renueth in him the image of God again that was decayed by his sin and so he goeth home a renued man And therfore I say say truly that all the writers in the world cannot expresse what hurt that man woman or childe doeth himselfe that doth not attend on the Lord on the Sabbath day neither can any man or woman doe their seruants more hurt thē to keepe them frō the Lords house that day The Lord hath charged thee that thou if thou hast any vnder thee shalt see thē come and come thy selfe as thou wilt answere it for the Lord himselfe is now there prepared to teach thee and thine and therfore go to him and go prepared clense thy heart of all earthly things know that hee is there to see thine heart and all thine affection and behauior Some wil say I would
applying the promises of God to himselfe hath great cause to feare that his heart is not true and right before God And therfore if thou canst not pray priuately or feelest thy selfe cold in prayer for to helpe thy selfe thus thou shalt do CHAP. 17. Helpes against the former lets EVery morning so soone as thou canst for the sooner the better before the world get hold on thee either with profit or pleasure for these are the diuels baytes or before thou feedest thy bodie for the body is a great deal more subiect to the Spirit when it is not pampered nor fed at it owne will then I say goe into some priuate place and fall downe on thy face as the Publican did and see thy selfe a farre off and say God bee mercifull to mee a sinner O Lord I acknowledge that I cannot pray pardon mee deare Father for Iesus Christs sake and quicken mee with thy holy Spirit giue me faith to call vpon thee and I beseech thee graciously to remēber thy promise which sayeth Come vnto me all yee that labour and be heauy laden and I will ease you Oh Lord I am loaden with my sinnes and against all reason they keep me from seeking pardon for them and grace to shunne them Good Father for Christs sake remooue my sins far from mee and giue me faith in thy Sonne which may assure mee that thou doest accept of me as of thy seruant in him And though I bee most vnworthy in my selfe yet by thy promises in Christ which shall neuer faile I pray thee accept mee Furthermore for the better stirring thee vp to pray reade some Chapter of the Testament as namely the 6. of Mathew or some other wherein thou mayest heare the promises of GOD in Christ to strengthen thy faith Take heede of idlenesse and slothfulnes which is a great hinderance I know that all sinnes are hinderances to prayer but idlenesse and following the world either for profite or pleasure are wonderfull mighty ones CHAP. 18. To pray often NEuer make account of thy selfe as a diligēt seruant of God if thou doest not twise a day at the least come priuately to God and acknowledge thy infimities and confesse that thou canst not pray and desire GOD to giue thee grace to doe it faithfully When thou feelest a motion to pray doe not ouer-slip it for any cause in the world for thou knowest not what graces or blessings GOD meanes to bestow vpon thee at that time for it is the Spirit of God calling thee and therefore finde no delayes but goe for the nature of man of it selfe will neuer be stirred to priuate prayer But howsoeuer thou doest be thou Master or bee thou seruant bee thou at home abroad or in what condition or place soeuer thou bee doe not sleepe at night till thou hast humbled thy selfe before God on thy knees in prayer for night is a time when the world leaues a man as it were for a while and when the world leaues him the diuell hath not so much power ouer him for the world is a great Instrument for the diuell to worke by Therefore when the world is asleepe as it were the diuels power is weakened and then bee sure thou prayest to God to deliuer thee from the diuell and from the world The world is like Pharaoh which by no meanes would suffer the children of Israel to goe to serue the Lord so doth the world if it know that thou goest to serue God it will bring thee backe againe if it bee possible and therefore it is best to pray priuatly though thou doe it but weakely for within a while this weake prayer wil strēgthen greatly thy faith Pray when the world is asleepe for assoone as it is awake it will cry and call on thee as Pharaoh did on the Israelites to attend it it will bring thee more worke still as hee did to them And as that Tyrant told the Israelites that they should goe and serue their God but when the time came hee would not let them but stil found imploimēt for them euen so will the world doe by any that will beleeue it it will promise At such a time thou shalt goe serue God and When such a thing is done thou shalt go pray but when the time commeth it will finde more worke for him still and will not let him goe Pharaoh is the very figure of the diuell and the diuell calleth himselfe the god of this world And if the diuell hath to do with this world as no doubt but hee hath then it is certaine that the world will neuer giue vs leaue to serue God Our owne nature is as the nature of the Israelites for they had rather haue tarried with Pharaoh who was the very image of the diuell and haue been his slaues stil then to haue gone thorow the red-sea and the wildernes to the promised land of Canaan which was the figure of heauen and euen so had wee rather bee slaues and drudges to the world which will take all from vs and cast vs to the Diuell as Pharaoh would haue done by the children of Israel then we will leaue the world and all his baites and goe to our God euery day and humble our selues at his foote and confesse our selues to bee weake in faith and acknowledge our frailtie and call earnestly for the helpe of God to ouercome the world for vs and to strengthen vs by his power against the diuell the world and our owne frailty and wicked fleshly lusts and yet except we doe call continually to God for his grace and helpe we can no more ouercome these then the children of Israel could ouercome Pharaoh or goe thorow the red sea without drowning for it was God that ouercame Pharaoh for them and also all their enemies deliuered them out of the red sea and so it must be God that must ouercome the Diuell and all thy enemies in the world and deliuer thee that thou sinke not in the sea of thy owne sinnes CHAP. 20. Not to neglect priuate Prayer WHerefore I desire you and euery one of yours to the worlds end that whatsoeuer seruice of God you omit you doe not neglect priuate prayer for many may heare the Word of God as Adam did and disobey it presently after some heare the Word of of God as Adam did after his fall and had rather bee further off as hee had then But priuate prayer is to offer thy selfe and thy seruice to God confessing thy own imperfections and to call to God for his assistance Now when a sinner by himselfe calleth his owne wayes to remembrance and confesseth his particular sinnes then he seeth what sinne his owne nature is most subiect vnto and prayeth earnestly against that sinne wherwith he is most infected and confesseth his owne weaknesse and wondreth at himselfe that hee is not able to ouercome that one sinne as well as some other sinnes of as great force The reason is this the
if hee doe they are such prayers as some offer to their Saints they speake of God but their hearts are on the world some are troubled with their marchandize som with buying selling some coueting to grow rich some casting to maintain their families but their riches are so vnlawfully vsed and so hard a matter it is for them to vse them lawfully that it cannot by any meanes be expressed But the most mercifull and mighty God hath taught man what to doe in such a case which is to meditate in his lawes day and night then he shall bring forth his fruit in due season and shall know when to serue God and when to deale in the world Take heed therfore you see what danger you are in whilest you are heere on earth for this is a dangerous disease and many die of it and therfore cleaue to the mercies of God in Iesus Christ which hath giuen you such warning of this desperate disease saying Labor not for the meat that perisheth but for the foode of euer lasting life Thus you see what Christ saith hee biddes you not labour for earthly things he tels you they perish he bids you labour for the food of the soule which shal neuer haue end The holy Ghost saith Bodily labour profiteth little but godlinesse is profitable to all things which hath the promise of the life present and of that which is to come Heere you see godlinesse hath the promise of the life present and therefore I maruell men should refuse to be godly it hath the promise of the life present and of the life to come whereas worldlinesse hath not so much promise as of the life present Godlinesse is great gaine Would you haue gaine then embrace godlinesse so shall you haue your desire for that purchaseth a Kingdome and it is profitable for all things Seeke first the Kingdome of God and all things else shall be ministred vnto you Heere Christ promiseth that if you will serue God all worldy things shall bee giuen you Christ saith Care not for tomorrow let to morrow care for it selfe the day hath enough with his owne griefe Heere you see Christ would not haue you care so much for these earthly things as you doe Cast all your care vpon God for hee careth for you Heere you see that God dischargeth you of all your earthlie cares and telleth you that he taketh care for you as if he should say Your care can doe you no good and therefore take none serue mee and I will take care for you as if a father should say to his sonne Goe to the schoole of learning study to serue God your King and Countrie and I wil prouide you all things necessarie and you shall want nothing Labour for learning or else you can neuer get it that is a thing which I cannot buy for you you must get it by your owne industrie and diligent studie if you will haue it but when you haue it it is more worth then all I can leaue you besides It will be a wise master to teach you a diligent seruant to attend you a discreet Counsellour to admonish you a witnesse of the well spending of your time a faithfull friend and of great account able to credit thee euen with Princes and these things cannot by anie means be gotten without thine own diligent study Euen so our louing father in Christ tels vs by the mouth of his Son our Sauiour that we should not care for these earthlie things for they shall bee giuen vnto vs but wee must care for the Kingdome of heauen for that cannot bee gotten without care and labouring for and this is a thing worth our labour this is a kingdome and lasteth for euer it will bring comfort to your hearts euen in this life and bring you in fauour with God and all good men and euerlasting happinesse without woe want or end Furthermore I will tell you what cause you haue to take care for this kingdom if you lose it you fal into a pit of euerlasting destructiō where you shall be tormented with fire and brimstone for euer and euer where no man shal euer come out againe for there is no redemption and therefore by all meanes possible I aduise you to take heede Christ endured the pains of hell for you because he pittied you knew you were not able to ouercome them Therefore you may beleeue mee if you could beare al the pains of hel one houre and then could bee deliuered you would neuer come there againe for all the world nay you would neuer loue the world nor anie thing that is in it because they are nothing but baits to draw men to destruction But if the Diuell get you once there you can neuer come backe againe Christ will neuer fetch you from him for the Diuell and hee are enemies and he is able to liue without anie of his seruants for those that will serue him shall haue an euerlasting Kingdome and liue in ioy and happinesse and those that will serue the diuell he will torment them in fire and brimstone for euer Now if Sathan can get anie to serue him hee is worthie to haue them for Christ will none of them and therfore I tell them now if they come once in hell with the diuel they shall neuer come in heauen with Christ for he is iust and will not meddle with the seruants of another But if anie see his filthie and base waies and consider the miserable and wretched estate it will bring him vnto and then turne to me saith Christ and defie the Diuell and all his workes and serue me I will saue him for I am a Sauiour and that is my name and my glorie for there is no Sauiour but my selfe I came into the world to saue sinners but not such sinners as will serue the Diuell for though there be none in the world but sinners yet those that loue me and keep my commandements them will I saue but them that serue the Diuell I will destroy and torment them Although all are sinners yet those sinners that plucke vp their sinnes as a Gardiner pulleth vp his weedes and cast them behinde them and follow me although they be weake and feare that they cannot ouertake mee yet I will put forth my hand and take hold of them they shall not need to feare The bruised reede will I not breake and smoking flaxe will I not quench I came to binde vp the broken-hearted to preach liberty to the captiues c to cōfort them that mourne let all that labour and are heauy laden come to mee and I will ease them but those that follow their sinnes and are merrie and ioyfull and carrie them lightlie and neuer feele any waight in them they neuer call for helpe to beare them they carrie them well enough they dance after the Diuels pipe they follow the diuell more swiftlie then my seruants follow mee for they
Word preached because hee had no knowledge by the vvord to see his wants He had no knowledge because hee did not continually heare and read the word which would haue taught him to haue knowne God and himselfe If hee prayed sometime without knowledge and faith his prayers were vaine and friuolous And thus he seeth it was his owne negligence that brought him to hell because hee would not labour for the meat that perisheth not and now hee is so vexed at himselfe because he did not follow the counsell of our blessed Sauiour Christ that took such paines for him and gaue him so many warnings and told him how hee should finde it if he would follow his counsell that hee would now if it were possible bee reuenged on himselfe as Iudas whē he had done that which Christ had warned him of and saw that now it could not be vndone hee laid violent hands on himselfe to be reuenged vpon himselfe But when they see they cannot bee reuenged on themselues nor no way can mitigate their torment then they are ten thousand times more tormented with torments which cannot bee expressed then they will defie Sathan crie out against the world they loued so well and say Sathan laid all his baites by the things which are in the world yea manie baits hee laid and tooke manie euen with things that were lawfull to bee vsed in the world by the appointment of God as you shall see Meat is ordained of God for the nourishment of man and yet how manie doth Sathan take with the sinne of gluttonie and therefore take heede that thou eatest temperatelie Meat is ordained for the belly and the belly for meat but God will destroy both them and it Drinke is verie lawfull yet how manie doth Satan take with the sinne of drunkennesse and therefore Christ saith Take heede lest at anie time your hearts bee ouercome with drunkennesse and surfetting and cares of this world Mark this counsel of Christ Lest at anie time As if hee should say bee continuallie carefull lest thou art ouercome with surfetting and drunkennesse and cares of this world for thou mayest surfet and bee drunken with anie thing thou takest care for in this world And therfore Christ saith Take no care and doe not say What shall wee eat and what shall we drinke and wherewith shall we bee clothed for after these things seek the Gentiles And your heauenly father knoweth you haue neede of these things But first seeke the Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all these things shall bee ministred vnto you Oh the mercie of God which would tell you that your heauenly Father knew that you had neede of these things and hee would giue you that he knew sufficient Seeke ye the Kingdome of heauen and these things shall bee ministred vnto you Seeke yee the heauenly treasure and a little of this earthly trash wil serue the turne And if you knew all and how Sathan hath poysoned most of it you would be afraid to take anie of it But if you take nothing but at my hands saith Chirst Sathans poison shall neuer hurt you but if you beginne to bee your owne caruers Sathan will so sawce it with sweet poison that hee will deceiue the wisest worldling in the world And therfore see you take nothing but at the hands of the Lord for Sathan hath spred his net as the spider doth her webbe Now the spider lieth close hidden in a darke hole vntill the sillie flie bee entangled and then hee comes and taketh her as his owne and euen so Sathan lieth close vntill hee see you entangled within the things of this world and then hee claimeth the world and you and all for his owne CHAP. 40. The poyson of outward things SEe how Sathan hath poysoned all things in this world as apparel with pride honour with haughtinesse beauty with vanity recreations with swearing riches with couetousnesse a thing clean against reason for the naturall man would thinke that hee which is rich neede not be couetous and yet it is commonly seen the more rich the more couetous Yea and euen our vertues how doth Sathan seeke to poyson them as for liberality how doth hee seeke to poyson it with prodigalitie and honest labour with carefulnesse And therefore S. Iohn saith Loue not the world nor the things that are in the world for the loue of the world is enmity to God Then some worldly man will say What shall we doe nothing Yes but see how soone the Diuel will lay a snare to entangle the withal that thou maist be idle the verie bait with the which hee catcheth all for many desire goods that they may bee idle and the Diuell hath most leisure to talke with a man when he is idle and idlenesse bringeth a man to manie vaine recreations and so to much eating and drinking and to manie wicked sinnes The holy Ghost saith that we shall giue account for euery idle word that wee speake and therefore thou maiest not bee idle by anie meanes Thou must labour sixe daies for GOD hath commanded thee so to doe and thou must doe it not for anie care thou hast of the world but because GOD commanded thee and thou must shew thy selfe obedient to him and all thy care in thy labour must bee how to please him and leaue the successe of thy labor to him and thou must be carefull in thy labour that thou takest no care for thine owne profit nor thine owne pleasure but how to please God and then let it please thee but be sure it please not thee and offend God And thus thou must labour sixe daies and follow the commandement of God and his example after whose image thou wert made and whom thou art to imitate hee laboured and made in sixe daies these things for thee labour thou to obey him hee laboured and looked ouer his worke and saw it was good So thou must labour and looke ouer thy worke and see that it bee good before God Though there are manie imperfections in thee yet because thou art reconciled to GOD in Christ and now shewest thy humble obedience to his commandement that thou wilt neither bee idle nor yet labour for thine owne profit nor plesure nor doe thy owne wayes but see that thou dost those things that hee hath appointed thee taking hold of Christ by faith hee accepteth them for good through Christ who hath fulfilled all for thee for obedience is better then sacrifice Then also thou must rest the seuenth day for so for thy ensample he rested commanded thee to rest that day and to keepe it holy to the Lord. Now he commandeth thee to leaue all earthly businesse and attend vpon him and heare what further instructions hee hath for thee how to strengthen thy faith how to take hold on CHRIST and how to come to his kingdome Now thy care must be how to learne at his mouth to keepe his commandements
goe to the Church but there will be little but I say vnto thee I feare that thou wilt not learne that little If God for thy disobedience wil speak but a little to thee that day yet thou hast a great deale to say to him confesse thy sins shew thine obedience be an example to them which would stay frō the presence of God pray for his grace vpon thee and them the whole Church appeale to the promise of God When two or three be gathered together in his name he will be with them pray that GOD may send his word plentifully for Christs sake although our sinnes deserue to haue it taken away altother seek to doe some good to the poor although there be but a poore company of you gathered together Moue the people to prouide themselues a Preacher tell them of their wants speake to the Magistrates mourne to see the Alehouses full and the Church of God emptie CHAP. 43. The seruice of the Sabbath ought to be be publike SOme will goe to the Church of God in the forenoone and in the afternoone they will serue God at home but thou canst not doe God so great seruice at home serue him six daies at home and the seuenth go to the Church of the Lord if God bee truely worshipped there as I pray God he euer may bee in our Churches to the worlds end and I pray God you may bee true worshippers of God And alwaies in the Church of God both forenoone and afternoone let there be one the more for thee But of this I warn you for the loue I beare to your soules bodies if you cannot get the people to prouide a Preacher w ch may dispēce the Word truly sincerely remoue you where you may haue and heare the Word so preached for where the Word of the Lord is not truly preached the people perish for want of knowledge But if you can get a Preacher where you dwell and doe good both to your selfe and others I thinke it better so for the haruest is great but the laborers are few therefore pray the Lord of the haruest to send forth labourers into his haruest for the true laborers indeed are not few but verie few for as the holy Ghost saith All seeke their own and not that which is Iesus Christs All is taken heere as it is in many other places for the most part for the most seek their own nay it would seeme well if some would be contented with their owne but they seeke more then their owne if they examine themselues well they shall find it so whereas the true Preachers of Gods word will be contented with lesse then their owne so they may win soules vnto Christ they care not They count al the world dung as indeede it is so they may bee Christs and draw many to him I hope in God that through his grace som of you wil be preachers I pray God for Christs sake to enlighten you with his Spirit and giue you grace that you may betruly godly and very zealous for the glorie of God labouring by all meanes possible to encrease the glorious kingdom of Christ. And of this bee sure if you will lose nothing of your own you will neuer winne manie to Christ and marke how the holie Ghost saith They seeke their owne He doth not say They seeke more then their owne but They seeke their owne As if he should say as indeede hee meaneth They busie themselues about seeking their owne but in the meane time they neglect the great worke and the great businesse that I haue set thē about to gather together the souls that Iesus Christ the Son of God shed his heart bloud for contrarie to all reason they look for their wages before they haue done their work S. Paul which was called to be a Preacher of the Word of God saith Woe be to me if I preach not the Gospel But hee doth not say Woe bee to mee if I seek not goods He saith Necessitie is laid vpō me to preach the Gospell But he doth not say Necessitie is laid vpon me to get goods Yet some of them will say they must not lose their goods right rather they must go to law for them but contrary to the Law of God they neglect their duty in his Church they doe not studie how to diuide the word of God aright to giue to euery one that which is fit for him What doth the holie Ghost call negligent Preachers but dumb dogs that will not barke The dog will barke and giue warning to the whole household within if anie danger be neere but those that shold deliuer my message vnto the people they busie themselues about their owne affaires they slumber and delight in sleeping they will not call out to the people and giue them warning of the danger that is neere them I pray tell me or let any man tell me if he be a good seruant which will goe about his owne busines and neglect his masters or no no man will account of such a seruant but will cast him off for naught euen so God will cast them off for naught that seek their owne neglect the diligent seeking of that which is Iesus Christs CHAP. 44. The honourable calling of Ministers stained by worldlines I Must needs say I haue bin verie desirous and haue of ten begged of GOD that some of you might be Preachers yea and all of you and yours if it might please his diuine Maiestie to bestow such graces vpō you as were meet for so high a calling But God knowes I neuer desired it because you should get any thing in the world but because you should get seruants to God and soules to Christ and because you might be so enlightned with the Word through the holy Ghost working within you that you might make no account of the world as indeede it is nothing nay it is worse then nothing for nothing doth no hurt and the world doth much hurt I pray not for the world saith Christ but for those thou hast giuen mee out of the world those that though their bodies be in the world yet their hearts their minds and their affections are as high as heanen If you be risen with Christ seeke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God set not your affections on things which are on the earth but on things which are in heauen I pray GOD for Christ his sake you may bee of those which Christ prayed for those which haue their mindes and hearts busied about heauenly things neuer taking care for the things of the world Woe is mee which feare lest anie of you or yours should loue this world but if it please God that anie of you heereafter should bee a Preacher and loue the world I cannot expresse the greefe it would be to me euen so long as I were in the world If