The patriarchs portion or, the saints best day Deliuered in a sermon at the funerall of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell in Deuon. Knight, Aprill. 16. 1618. Wherein may be seene, 1 The shortnesse of mans life. 2 A Christians combat against 1 Sathan. 2 The world. 3 The flesh. 4 Sinne. 3 A preparation to die well. 4 The reward of glory after warfare. By Iohn Preston, preacher of Gods word at East-Ogwell, in Deuon.
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             The patriarchs portion or, the saints best day Deliuered in a sermon at the funerall of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell in Deuon. Knight, Aprill. 16. 1618. Wherein may be seene, 1 The shortnesse of mans life. 2 A Christians combat against 1 Sathan. 2 The world. 3 The flesh. 4 Sinne. 3 A preparation to die well. 4 The reward of glory after warfare. By Iohn Preston, preacher of Gods word at East-Ogwell, in Deuon.
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           THE
           PATRIARCHS
           PORTION
           .
           OR
           ,
           The
           Saints
           best
           Day
           .
           
             Deliuered
             in
             a
             Sermon
             at
             the
          
           Funerall
           of
           Sir
           THOMAS
           REYNELL
           of
           Ogwell
           in
           Deuon
           .
           Knight
           ,
           Aprill
           .
           16.
           1618.
           
           Wherein
           may
           be
           seene
           ,
           
             
               1
               The
               shortnesse
               of
               mans
               life
               .
            
             
               2
               A
               Christians
               combat
               against
               
                 
                   1
                   Sathan
                   .
                
                 
                   2
                   The
                   World.
                   
                
                 
                   3
                   The
                   Flesh.
                   
                
                 
                   4
                   Sinne.
                   
                
              
            
             
               3
               A
               preparation
               to
               die
               well
               .
            
             
               4
               The
               reward
               of
               glory
               after
               Warfare
               .
            
          
           By
           
             Iohn
             Preston
          
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           Gods
           Word
           at
           East-Ogwell
           ,
           in
           Deuon
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M
          
           for
           
             Roger
             Iackeson
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           in
           Fleetstreet
           neere
           Fleete
           Conduit
           .
           1619.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             TO
             THE
             RIGHT
             Worshipfull
          
           ,
           Richard
           Reynell
           ,
           
             Esquire
             ,
             and
          
           Thomas
           Reynell
           ,
           and
           Walter
           Reynell
           ,
           
             his
             brethren
             ,
             Grace
             ,
             happinesse
             ,
             and
             Peace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Right
             Worshipfull
             ,
          
        
         
           THe
           world
           may
           well
           woonder
           what
           winde
           hath
           driuen
           these
           Papers
           of
           mine
           to
           the
           Presse
           ,
           or
           what
           should
           presse
           me
           to
           send
           these
           vnpollished
           meditations
           
           〈◊〉
           the
           Censure
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           ●ere
           conceiued
           and
           brought
           forth
           in
           fewer
           dayes
           then
           a
           weeke
           affords
           ,
           but
           (
           being
           sent
           abroad
           )
           why
           I
           should
           bequeath
           them
           to
           your
           protections
           ,
           none
           need
           to
           wonder
           ;
           considering
           the
           many
           encouragements
           and
           continuall
           kindnesses
           I
           receiued
           frō
           your
           worthy
           father
           ,
           whose
           Funerals
           these
           are
           ,
           and
           vnto
           whose
           fauour
           ,
           next
           vnder
           God
           ,
           I
           ascribe
           ,
           the
           
           greatest
           part
           of
           my
           worldly
           wel-being
           .
           I
           am
           ●ot●
           to
           r●bbe
           vp
           and
           open
           〈◊〉
           ●ound
           of
           griefe
           ,
           which
           o●r
           co●ntrey
           recei●●d
           ;
           but
           you
           most
           of
           all
           by
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           your
           deare
           father
           .
           The
           griefe
           will
           bee
           the
           lesse
           to
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           losse
           of
           his
           Person
           ,
           if
           you
           follow
           his
           footsteps
           in
           that
           Religious
           course
           of
           life
           which
           he
           hath
           trodde
           forth
           before
           you
           .
           For
           I
           may
           say
           of
           him
           as
           Austin●
           
           o●
           〈◊〉
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             quidem
             ●…ma
             in
             ●ocieta
             〈◊〉
             fidelium
             &
             c●●t●rū
             recepta
             ,
             laudes
             nec
             curat
             nec
             quaerit
             humanus
             imitationē
             tantū
             quaerit
             :
          
           The
           imitation
           of
           his
           vertues
           will
           be
           more
           pleasing
           and
           praise-worthy
           ,
           then
           either
           my
           commendation
           of
           his
           life
           or
           your
           lamentations
           for
           his
           death
           .
           Children
           wil
           most
           willingly
           writè
           after
           their
           father's
           Copy
           ,
           and
           few
           fathers
           can
           set
           fairer
           Copies
           
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           childre●
           〈◊〉
           yours
           hath
           done
           to
           you
           if
           you
           write
           not
           well
           ,
           the
           world
           will
           wonder
           :
           But
           ●old
           on
           as
           you
           haue
           begun
           &
           you
           ●il
           make
           it
           doubtful
           〈…〉
           ;
           whether
           〈…〉
           happy
           ,
           the
           children
           who
           had
           such
           a
           father
           〈…〉
           them
           ,
           or
           the
           〈◊〉
           ,
           who
           had
           such●
           children
           to
           follow
           fast
           after
           him
           ;
           My
           due
           respect
           for
           that
           vndeserued
           loue
           which
           I
           haue
           alwayes
           found
           from
           your
           
           〈…〉
           these
           papers
           ●●to
           your
           hands
           ,
           wherein
           you
           may
           find
           something
           which
           may
           helpe
           forward
           your
           happy
           course
           towards
           heauen
           ,
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           set
           some
           of
           you
           in
           places
           of
           Authority
           ,
           to
           serue
           〈…〉
           Countrey
           ,
           others
           he
           hath
           sent
           to
           serue
           his
           Prince
           at
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           you
           haue
           need
           both
           of
           good
           heads
           and
           good
           hearts
           too
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           hold
           out
           in
           these
           high
           
           places
           .
           If
           these
           poore
           meditatiōs
           of
           mine
           may
           serue
           as
           Phillips
           boy
           ,
           to
           put
           yo●
           in
           mind
           of
           your
           mortality
           ,
           which
           it
           m●y
           make
           you
           di●
           the
           happier
           ,
           but
           neuer●
           whit
           the
           sooner
           ;
           I
           shoul●
           thinke
           my
           smal
           labor
           ful
           ly
           recompenced
           ,
           and
           m●
           maine
           end
           ,
           which
           is
           God
           :
           glory
           ▪
           somwhat
           furthered
           ,
           To
           your
           honorable
           acceptance
           therfore
           ,
           I
           commē●
           these
           short
           meditations
           ,
           and
           both
           you
           and
           them
           t●
           Gods
           blessing
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             the
             Lo●d
             .
             I.
             P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PATRIARCHS
           PORTION
           ,
           Or
           The
           Saints
           best
           day
           .
        
         
           
             IOB
             71.
             
          
           
             Is
             not
             time
             determined
             of
             warfare
             to
             man
             vpon
             earth
             ;
             And
             are
             not
             his
             dayes
             as
             the
             dayes
             of
             an
             hireling
             ;
          
        
         
           THat
           which
           God
           somtime
           said
           of
           his
           
             Holy
             City
             Ierusalem
          
           ,
           Many
           excellent
           things
           are
           spoken
           of
           thee
           thou
           Citie
           of
           God
           ;
           the
           same
           we
           may
           say
           of
           holy
           Iob
           ,
           many
           excellent
           things
           are
           
           spoken
           of
           thee
           thou
           seruant
           of
           God
           :
           yea
           more
           ,
           many
           excellent
           things
           are
           spoken
           by
           thee
           .
           His
           Piety
           and
           his
           Patience
           are
           most
           remarkeable
           :
           For
           the
           former
           is
           praised
           by
           God
           a
           :
           The
           other
           proposed
           as
           a
           patterne
           to
           bee
           practised
           by
           men
           b
           :
           Hee
           spake
           of
           mans
           entrance
           into
           the
           wo●lde
           ,
           
             Naked
             came
             I
             into
             the
             world
             ,
          
           and
           of
           his
           passage
           out
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           
             Naked
             shall
             I
             go
             out
             againe
          
           c
           :
           of
           mans
           short
           continuance
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           many
           miseries
           that
           meete
           him
           while
           hee
           doth
           continue
           :
           
             Man
             that
             is
             borne
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             is
             of
             short
             continuance
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             t●oubl
          
           d
           :
           That
           profession
           which
           the
           good
           
             Patriarch
             Iacob
          
           makes
           before
           Pharaoh
           .
           e
           
             Few
             and
             ●uill
             are
             the
             dayes
             of
             my
             pilgrimage
             ,
          
           might
           Iob
           as
           truely
           take
           vp
           ,
           few
           in
           comparison
           of
           his
           Fathers
           ,
           
             For
             Abraham
             liued
             175.
             yeares
          
           ,
           f
           
             Isaack
             liued
             180.
             yeares
          
           ,
           g
           
             whereas
             ●●cob
             liued
             but
             130
             yeares
             .
          
           And
           
             are
             not
             my
             dayes
             few
          
           saith
           Iob
           h
           :
           and
           as
           for
           the
           quantity
           they
           were
           few
           ,
           so
           for
           the
           quallity
           they
           were
           euill
           ,
           in
           regarde
           of
           the
           misery
           and
           sorrow
           which
           in
           these
           few
           dayes
           he
           indured
           .
           For
           who
           more
           exercised
           in
           miseries
           then
           Iob
           was
           ,
           who
           
           was
           harder
           held
           vnder
           the
           correcting
           hand
           of
           God
           then
           hee
           .
           For
           first
           ,
           God
           deliuered
           all
           that
           hee
           had
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Sathan
           i
           who
           did
           not
           abate
           him
           an
           inch
           of
           all
           the
           ill
           he
           could
           doe
           ,
           him
           but
           by
           degrees
           brings
           him
           to
           the
           height
           of
           misery
           The
           Sabeans
           tooke
           away
           his
           Oxen
           and
           Asses
           ,
           k
           which
           we
           must
           needes
           grant
           was
           a
           great
           losse
           .
           The
           fire
           burned
           his
           sheepe
           and
           seruants
           l
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           more
           fearefull
           then
           the
           former
           .
           Then
           the
           Caldeans
           fell
           vpon
           his
           Cammels
           ,
           a
           greater
           crosse
           in
           his
           commodity
           then
           all
           the
           former
           .
           Then
           a
           wind
           from
           beyond
           the
           w●lderness●
           blowes
           downe
           the
           house
           ouer
           the
           heads
           of
           his
           Sonnes
           and
           Daughters
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           all
           dead
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           a
           greater
           
             heart
             ▪
             ●reake
          
           then
           all
           the
           rest
           :
           and
           yet
           the
           Diuels
           spite
           doth
           not
           rest
           ,
           but
           gets
           leaue
           from
           the
           Lord
           to
           f●nite
           Iob
           with
           boyles
           ,
           from
           the
           sole
           of
           his
           foot
           to
           the
           crowne
           of
           his
           head
           m
           :
           Whether
           it
           were
           a
           L●prosie
           as
           some
           say
           ,
           or
           the
           
             French
             disease
          
           as
           others
           thinke
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           more
           loathsome
           disease
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           neuer
           man
           before
           him
           felt
           ,
           doubtlesse
           it
           was
           fearefull
           and
           foule
           .
        
         
         
           In
           all
           these
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           misery
           ,
           that
           these
           come
           so
           thicke
           one
           in
           the
           necke
           of
           another
           ,
           before
           the
           former
           haue
           done
           his
           full
           spite
           .
           But
           what
           comfort
           hath
           hee
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           crosses
           ,
           a
           man
           would
           imagine
           his
           wife
           should
           comfort
           him
           ,
           but
           alas
           shee
           addeth
           vnto
           his
           crosse
           ,
           and
           prooues
           the
           sharpest
           corrasiue
           vnto
           his
           soule
           ,
           when
           shee
           bids
           him
           
             blaspheme
             God
             and
             die
          
           n
           :
           and
           what
           comfort
           he
           had
           from
           his
           friends
           we
           finde
           ,
           o
           
             Miserable
             comforters
             are
             you
             all
          
           .
           Hereby
           I
           hope
           you
           see
           what
           cause
           Iob
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             time
             of
             warfare
             appointed
             to
             man
             vpon
             earth
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             his
             dayes
             as
             the
             dayes
             of
             an
             hireling
             ,
          
           as
           wee
           haue
           it
           in
           my
           Text
           :
           In
           which
           words
           Two
           things
           are
           obseruable
           ,
           
             
               1.
               
               The
               sharpnesse
               of
               
                 mans
                 life
              
               ,
               subiect
               to
               many
               troubles
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               :
               
                 Is
                 there
                 not
                 a
                 time
                 of
                 warfare
                 to
                 man
                 vpon
                 earth
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               shortnesse
               of
               
                 mans
                 life
              
               ,
               in
               these
               words
               :
               
                 Are
                 not
                 his
                 daies
                 as
                 the
                 daies
                 of
                 an
                 hireling
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           For
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           you
           may
           conceiue
           them
           better
           ,
           if
           wee
           enlarge
           them
           a
           little
           ,
           as
           if
           Iob
           had
           in
           more
           words
           said
           thus
           .
           As
           God
           hath
           appointed
           how
           long
           euery
           man
           shall
           liue
           ,
           of
           which
           time
           he
           cannot
           come
           short
           if
           hee
           would
           ,
           nor
           go
           beyond
           it
           :
           So
           it
           is
           Gods
           pleasure
           that
           they
           shall
           finde
           little
           pleasure
           ,
           this
           short
           shall
           not
           be
           sweete
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           warfare
           wherein
           hee
           must
           fight
           against
           his
           enemies
           ,
           the
           Diuel
           ,
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           his
           owne
           Flesh
           :
           neither
           may
           hee
           giue
           ouer
           when
           he
           sees
           good
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           that
           is
           hired
           ,
           must
           looke
           to
           doe
           some
           worke
           for
           his
           wages
           ,
           for
           that
           short
           time
           that
           he
           hath
           vndertaken
           :
           so
           must
           we
           in
           the
           dayes
           of
           our
           liues
           ;
           they
           may
           not
           bee
           spent
           vainely
           and
           idely
           ,
           but
           in
           doing
           good
           .
           I
           must
           yet
           come
           nearer
           the
           words
           .
        
         
           
             Is
             not
             time
             determined
             of
             warfare
             to
             man
             vpon
             earth
             :
          
           Some
           reade
           thē
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             life
             of
             man
             is
             a
             warfare
             vpō
             earth
             :
          
           Some
           thus
           ,
           
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             certaine
             time
             of
             warfare
             determined
             vnto
             man
             vpon
             earth
             :
          
           Som
           thus
           ,
           
             Is
             there
             not
             a
             day
             of
             warfare
             to
             mortall
             man
             vpon
             earth
             :
          
           Others
           thus
           ,
           
             Is
             not
             time
             determined
             to
             man
             vpon
             earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           world
           signifies
           an
           Armie
           a
           w●rfare
           an
           end
           or
           determinate
           time
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           appointed
           that
           men
           shall
           die
           p
           :
           So
           he
           hath
           determined
           a
           time
           how
           long
           to
           liue
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           die
           :
           Are
           not
           mans
           dayes
           determined
           ,
           the
           number
           of
           his
           monethes
           are
           with
           thee
           ;
           thou
           hast
           appointed
           his
           time
           ,
           which
           (
           if
           hee
           would
           )
           hee
           cannot
           passe
           q
           :
           All
           the
           dayes
           of
           my
           appointed
           time
           ,
           will
           I
           wait
           till
           my
           changing
           come
           ,
           Iob
           14.
           14.
           
        
         
           
             Henc●
             then
             we
             may
             draw
             this
             Doctrine
             .
          
           Th●t
           God
           hath
           decreed
           how
           long
           euery
           man
           shall
           liue
           ;
           no
           man
           can
           liue
           beyond
           the
           time
           determined
           by
           God.
           Dauids
           childe
           doth
           die
           young
           r
           :
           but
           God
           had
           determined
           it
           should
           then
           die
           .
           Methus●●la●
           doth
           die
           aged
           s
           and
           God
           had
           determined
           hee
           should
           not
           die
           till
           then
           .
           The
           one
           in
           his
           infancie
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           his
           
             old
             age
          
           ;
           both
           in
           the
           time
           determined
           by
           God.
           To
           all
           things
           (
           saith
           
             Salomon
             )
             There
             is
             an
             appointed
             time
             ,
             and
             a
             time
             to
             euery
             purpose
             vnder
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             a
             time
             to
             be
             borne
             ,
             and
             a
             time
             to
             di●
          
           t
           .
           Let
           men
           vse
           what
           meanes
           they
           will
           to
           bring
           matters
           to
           passe
           purpose
           and
           plot
           all
           is
           to
           small
           purpose
           :
           for
           b●…ore
           the
           time
           
           they
           shall
           be
           frustrate
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           time
           be
           come
           wherein
           God
           will
           haue
           his
           will
           and
           worke
           effected
           ,
           it
           is
           neither
           force
           nor
           fraude
           ,
           neither
           power
           nor
           pollicie
           ,
           neither
           money
           nor
           might
           ,
           that
           can
           hinder
           it
           .
           The
           Israelites
           could
           not
           bee
           deliuered
           from
           Egypt
           ,
           before
           the
           time
           appointed
           ,
           
             Foure
             hundred
             years
             they
             must
             be
             in
             bondage
          
           u
           :
           but
           when
           the
           date
           of
           this
           indented
           time
           is
           out
           ,
           Pharaoh
           cannot
           keep
           them
           one
           day
           longer
           ,
           for
           euen
           the
           selfe
           same
           day
           that
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           
             That
             all
             the
             hoast
             of
             the
             Lord
             went
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
          
           x
           ,
           yea
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           Gods
           purpose
           at
           his
           appointed
           time
           ,
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           shall
           giue
           way
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           nature
           ,
           I
           meane
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           .
        
         
           The
           deep
           Sea
           shall
           become
           dry
           Land
           ,
           and
           the
           liquid
           waters
           shall
           become
           a
           wall
           to
           make
           way
           for
           Gods
           people
           to
           passe
           at
           their
           appointed
           time
           :
           Of
           this
           
             miracle
             Asaph
          
           may
           sing
           ;
           
             O
             God
             thy
             way
             is
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             thy
             pathes
             i●
             maine
             waters
             ,
             and
             thy
             footsteps
             are
             not
             knowne
          
           y
           :
           a
           like
           maruelous
           worke
           was
           at
           the
           riuer
           Iordan
           ,
           when
           Israel
           entred
           into
           Canaan
           ,
           then
           the
           waters
           that
           came
           downe
           
           from
           aboue
           ,
           
             stayed
             and
             rose
             vpon
             an
             heap
             ,
             so
             the
             people
             went
             right
             ouer
             Iericho
             .
             Iosh.
          
           8.
           16.
           
        
         
           The
           
             Israelites
             wandred
             vp
             and
             downe
             in
             the
             wildernesse
             forty
             yeares
             ,
             being
             oppressed
             of
             their
             enemies
             ,
             Et
             in
             ipso
             articulis
             tēporis
             ,
          
           In
           the
           very
           instant
           of
           time
           which
           God
           had
           decreed
           ,
           they
           were
           deliuered
           .
           Dauid
           was
           tossed
           hither
           and
           thither
           ,
           yet
           could
           not
           obtaine
           the
           kingdome
           before
           the
           time
           appointed
           came
           .
           The
           Iewes
           could
           not
           bee
           deliuered
           from
           the
           Babylonish
           captiuitie
           ,
           til
           the
           seuenty
           years
           were
           expired
           .
           The
           godly
           expected
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           was
           foretolde
           by
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           but
           he
           came
           not
           till
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           time
           was
           come
           z
           :
           when
           our
           Sauiour
           taught
           and
           wrought
           Myracles
           ,
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharisees
           sought
           to
           take
           him
           ,
           but
           they
           could
           not
           till
           the
           time
           appointed
           of
           God.
           The
           people
           tooke
           vp
           stones
           to
           cast
           at
           him
           ,
           a
           they
           gaue
           a
           Commandement
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           man
           knewe
           where
           hee
           was
           hee
           should
           shew
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           take
           him
           b
           :
           but
           when
           the
           time
           appointed
           by
           God
           was
           come
           ,
           hee
           offers
           himselfe
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Whom
             seeke
             yee
          
           c
           .
           The
           Souldiers
           could
           
           not
           keepe
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           graue
           ,
           beyond
           the
           appointed
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           ,
           notwithstanding
           watch
           and
           warde
           ,
           and
           stone
           ,
           and
           seale
           ,
           they
           see
           ,
           and
           an
           Angell
           sayeth
           it
           ,
           
             He
             is
             not
             here
             ,
             for
             hee
             is
             risen
          
           d
           :
           Why
           doe
           the
           Sunne
           and
           the
           Moone
           keepe
           their
           true
           turnes
           and
           times
           of
           rising
           and
           setting
           ,
           the
           Summer
           and
           Winter
           ,
           and
           Atumne
           ,
           and
           Spring
           ,
           their
           settled
           seasons
           ,
           but
           because
           God
           hath
           appointed
           them
           e
           :
           And
           can
           wee
           doubt
           then
           but
           that
           God
           himselfe
           doth
           keepe
           his
           due
           times
           ,
           or
           may
           wee
           thinke
           that
           that
           is
           not
           the
           most
           due
           time
           which
           God
           hath
           determined
           .
        
         
           The
           very
           plough-man
           is
           taught
           by
           experience
           to
           take
           his
           time
           ,
           when
           to
           plough
           ,
           &
           when
           to
           sow
           ;
           when
           to
           reap
           and
           when
           to
           gather
           into
           the
           barne
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           God
           that
           great
           Husbandman
           of
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           both
           know
           and
           keepe
           his
           time
           ,
           to
           plant
           ,
           and
           
             plucke
             vp
          
           as
           hee
           hath
           determined
           ;
           or
           hath
           hee
           not
           determined
           a
           time
           for
           man
           ,
           both
           to
           be
           borne
           and
           to
           die
           ;
           or
           hath
           hee
           left
           it
           in
           the
           power
           of
           man
           to
           liue
           when
           he
           list
           ,
           and
           die
           when
           he
           will
           ,
           doubtiesse
           no.
           The
           time
           of
           death
           none
           can
           preuent
           before
           
           it
           come
           ,
           none
           passe
           it
           when
           it
           doth
           come
           .
        
         
           
             The
             shortnesse
             of
             mans
             life
             .
          
           
             THou
             hast
             numbred
             my
             steps
             saith
             Iob
             f
             &
             whē
             Dauid
             desires
             of
             God
             to
             teach
             him
             that
             heauenly
             Arithmatick
             to
             number
             his
             dayes
             ,
             hee
             did
             not
             doubt
             but
             God
             had
             done
             it
             ,
             hee
             knowes
             not
             the
             number
             onely
             ,
             but
             the
             measure
             ,
             both
             how
             many
             and
             how
             long
             the
             dayes
             are
             which
             wee
             must
             liue
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             g
             :
             yea
             hee
             that
             hath
             numbred
             the
             haires
             of
             our
             heads
             h
             ,
             hath
             numbred
             not
             onely
             the
             yeares
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             but
             the
             monethes
             of
             our
             yeares
             ,
             &
             the
             weekes
             of
             our
             monethes
             ,
             and
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             weekes
             ,
             and
             the
             houres
             of
             our
             dayes
             ,
             &
             the
             minutes
             of
             our
             houres
             ,
             which
             point
             wee
             cannot
             passe
             .
             Indeed
             ,
             God
             doth
             diuers
             waies
             take
             men
             out
             of
             this
             life
             :
             Some
             by
             murther
             ,
             as
             Abel
             i
             ,
             Some
             by
             drowning
             ,
             as
             the
             olde
             world
             ▪
             k
             :
             Some
             by
             burning
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Sodomites
               ▪
            
             l
             :
             Some
             by
             stoning
             ,
             as
             the
             Sabbath
             breakers
             ,
             and
             Achan
             m
             :
             Some
             by
             being
             cut
             in
             peeces
             n
             :
             Some
             by
             the
             fall
             
             of
             an
             house
             ,
             as
             the
             Philistims
             o
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             they
             vpon
             whom
             the
             Tower
             of
             
               Siloam
               fell
            
             p
             :
             Some
             by
             a
             nayle
             as
             Sisera
             q
             :
             Some
             by
             Lyons
             ,
             as
             the
             young
             Prophet
             r
             :
             Some
             by
             Beares
             ,
             as
             the
             scoffing
             children
             s
             :
             Some
             sawen
             to
             death
             ,
             as
             Esay
             :
             Some
             hanged
             ,
             as
             the
             good
             Theefe
             t
             :
             Some
             crucified
             ,
             as
             Christ
             :
             But
             none
             of
             these
             sooner
             or
             later
             then
             the
             Lord
             hath
             appointed
             .
             The
             same
             God
             that
             hath
             determined
             the
             manner
             how
             ,
             the
             meanes
             where
             ,
             had
             likewise
             determined
             the
             time
             when
             they
             should
             die
             .
          
           
             The
             consideration
             of
             this
             ,
             may
             first
             
             comfort
             the
             godly
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             liues
             lie
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             malice
             of
             Satan
             ,
             for
             these
             indeed
             would
             swallow
             them
             vp
             quicke
             when
             they
             are
             displeased
             at
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             godly
             neuer
             want
             the
             wicked
             or
             the
             Diuels
             displeasure
             ;
             you
             shall
             see
             some
             of
             the
             Iewes
             band
             together
             ,
             and
             binde
             themselues
             by
             an
             oath
             ,
             that
             they
             will
             neither
             eate
             nor
             drinke
             ,
             till
             they
             haue
             killed
             Paul
             u
             ,
             but
             their
             plot
             shall
             bee
             preuented
             ,
             and
             Paul
             preserued
             till
             the
             time
             appointed
             of
             God.
             Tyrants
             may
             take
             away
             the
             life
             
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             but
             they
             cannot
             cut
             off
             the
             lappes
             of
             their
             coats
             ,
             nor
             touch
             the
             skirts
             of
             their
             garments
             without
             Gods
             permission
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             neuer
             permit
             them
             before
             the
             appoynted
             time
             .
             Pharaoh
             would
             haue
             taken
             away
             Moses
             his
             life
             often
             ,
             but
             God
             had
             not
             appointed
             it
             so
             ,
             for
             Moses
             died
             in
             the
             land
             of
             Moab
             x
             ,
             Saul
             thought
             to
             make
             sure
             worke
             with
             Dauid
             when
             he
             ran
             at
             him
             with
             a
             speare
             ,
             but
             God
             had
             appointed
             that
             Dauid
             should
             die
             a
             naturall
             death
             ,
             in
             his
             bedde
             as
             he
             did
             y
             :
             wee
             see
             such
             men
             as
             are
             grieuously
             wounded
             ,
             oftentimes
             doe
             not
             die
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             cutting
             of
             a
             corne
             doth
             kill
             some
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             cause
             but
             the
             performance
             of
             Gods
             appoynted
             time
             in
             both
             .
             Asaph
             was
             but
             sick
             in
             his
             feet
             ,
             farre
             from
             the
             heart
             ;
             he
             ●…s
             to
             seeke
             helpe
             of
             the
             Phisition
             ,
             yet
             dies
             of
             the
             disease
             z
             :
             Hezechiah
             was
             sicke
             at
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             poynt
             of
             death
             ,
             yet
             liues
             many
             yeares
             after
             ,
             because
             his
             time
             determined
             by
             God
             was
             not
             yet
             come
             when
             he
             should
             die
             ,
             though
             in
             regarde
             of
             his
             disease
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             man
             ,
             the
             day
             was
             come
             that
             hee
             should
             die
             .
             One
             lies
             long
             sicke
             ,
             yet
             recouers
             
             because
             his
             time
             is
             not
             come
             ,
             another
             as
             hee
             walkes
             in
             his
             chamber
             ,
             or
             sits
             in
             his
             chaire
             ,
             drops
             downe
             and
             neuer
             riseth
             because
             his
             time
             is
             come
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             Vse
             for
             the
             comfort
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             though
             their
             enemies
             that
             seeke
             to
             spill
             their
             blood
             be
             many
             ,
             and
             those
             mighty
             and
             malicious
             withal
             ,
             yet
             all
             these
             cannot
             diminish
             one
             day
             of
             this
             life
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             decreed
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             this
             may
             serue
             for
             reproofe
             
             of
             such
             as
             dreame
             &
             dote
             only
             vpon
             second
             causes
             ,
             and
             neuer
             looke
             to
             Gods
             councell
             and
             decree
             .
             This
             makes
             these
             men
             cry
             out
             and
             say
             ,
             when
             their
             friends
             are
             taken
             away
             ,
             Oh
             it
             was
             for
             want
             of
             learned
             Phisitians
             about
             him
             ,
             yet
             died
             of
             no
             dangerous
             diseases
             ,
             while
             hee
             looked
             to
             second
             causes
             and
             not
             to
             the
             Lord
             without
             whose
             appointment
             nothing
             can
             come
             to
             passe
             .
             A
             Sparrow
             cannot
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             without
             Gods
             guiding
             prouidence
             a
             :
             nor
             a
             bird
             fall
             into
             a
             snare
             where
             no
             fouler
             is
             b
             :
             In
             the
             pestilence
             they
             cry
             out
             of
             the
             infection
             of
             the
             ayre
             ,
             in
             consumptions
             of
             sorrow
             and
             griefe
             ,
             in
             feuers
             of
             cold
             ,
             in
             famine
             of
             
               foule
               weather
            
             ,
             in
             warre
             of
             the
             malice
             of
             
             the
             enemies
             ,
             but
             Moses
             would
             haue
             men
             to
             looke
             to
             a
             higher
             hand
             in
             all
             these
             ;
             For
             it
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             saith
             hee
             ,
             that
             shall
             smite
             men
             with
             consumptions
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             feuer
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             burning
             ague
             ,
             and
             with
             feruent
             heat
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             with
             drought
             ,
             &
             with
             the
             mildew
             .
             c
             The
             second
             causes
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             is
             such
             meanes
             as
             God
             hath
             appointed
             for
             the
             preseruation
             of
             life
             ,
             must
             not
             bee
             despised
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             not
             be
             doted
             vppon
             ;
             vse
             these
             carefully
             ,
             but
             commit
             the
             successe
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             onely
             can
             blesse
             these
             meanes
             ,
             and
             will
             ,
             whensoeuer
             they
             may
             serue
             for
             the
             performance
             of
             his
             purpose
             and
             his
             time
             appointed
             ,
             which
             can
             by
             no
             meanes
             be
             either
             preuented
             or
             auoyded
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             this
             may
             teach
             vs
             to
             waite
             
             with
             patience
             ,
             expecting
             when
             our
             changing
             shall
             come
             ,
             d
             It
             is
             not
             for
             vs
             to
             know
             the
             time
             and
             season
             ,
             the
             yeere
             or
             moneth
             of
             our
             appointed
             time
             which
             God
             hath
             kept
             secret
             to
             himselfe
             .
             It
             is
             comfort
             enough
             ,
             and
             powerfull
             to
             perswade
             a
             patient
             expectation
             of
             our
             change
             ,
             to
             thinke
             how
             happy
             a
             change
             we
             shall
             haue
             ;
             Christ
             shall
             change
             our
             
             vilde
             bodies
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             like
             vnto
             his
             
               glorious
               body
            
             e
             :
             when
             we
             haue
             the
             world
             at
             will
             ,
             and
             nothing
             comes
             crosse
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             we
             can
             be
             content
             ;
             wee
             say
             to
             liue
             as
             long
             as
             the
             Lord
             hath
             appointed
             ,
             but
             when
             we
             are
             pinched
             with
             pouerty
             or
             surcharged
             with
             sickenesse
             ,
             or
             vexed
             with
             sorrow
             and
             griefe
             ,
             then
             most
             impatiently
             we
             pray
             ,
             and
             wish
             that
             wee
             were
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             wee
             will
             not
             waite
             the
             Lords
             leisure
             ;
             but
             with
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             we
             wickedly
             resolue
             ,
             be
             hold
             this
             euill
             is
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             
               what
               should
               I
               wait
               for
               the
               Lord
               any
               longer
               ?
            
             f
             In
             these
             cases
             ,
             we
             can
             alledge
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             to
             die
             ,
             then
             to
             liue
             ;
             because
             Salomon
             saith
             ,
             
               that
               the
               day
               of
               death
               is
               better
               thē
               the
               day
               of
               our
               birth
               .
            
             g
             Salomon
             doth
             not
             say
             that
             the
             day
             of
             death
             is
             good
             simply
             ,
             but
             by
             way
             of
             comparison
             better
             then
             the
             day
             of
             birth
             ;
             and
             yet
             this
             may
             seeme
             in
             humane
             sence
             and
             reason
             to
             be
             absurd
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             
               ioy
               when
               a
               man
               is
               born
               into
               the
               world
               .
            
             h
             The
             number
             of
             the
             children
             of
             God
             is
             
               increased
               ,
               life
            
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             God
             ;
             i
             How
             thē
             can
             the
             day
             of
             death
             be
             better
             then
             the
             day
             of
             life
             .
             The
             meaning
             of
             Salomon
             is
             ,
             that
             life
             is
             
             attended
             with
             many
             miseries
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             borne
             to
             labour
             and
             trauell
             ,
             subiect
             to
             sickenesses
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             and
             sinne
             ,
             nothing
             but
             death
             can
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             all
             these
             ;
             and
             therefore
             better
             is
             the
             day
             of
             death
             then
             the
             day
             of
             birth
             ;
             yet
             be
             it
             neuer
             so
             good
             ,
             be
             it
             better
             then
             life
             ,
             yea
             ,
             be
             it
             best
             of
             all
             to
             be
             with
             Christ
             :
             k
             Though
             we
             haue
             here
             no
             abiding
             Citie
             :
             l
             
               Though
               we
               be
               strangers
               and
               pilgrimes
               :
            
             m
             
               Though
               soiourners
               ,
               as
               all
               our
               fathers
               were
               :
            
             n
             
               Dust
               and
               ashes
            
             ,
             o
             
               Wormes
               of
               the
               earth
            
             ;
             p
             Though
             wee
             were
             worse
             then
             all
             these
             ;
             yet
             we
             must
             wait
             Gods
             appointed
             time
             .
             Though
             the
             euer-liuing
             God
             hath
             condemned
             mankinde
             to
             death
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             wages
             of
             sinne
             :
             and
             to
             the
             graue
             ,
             q
             which
             is
             the
             house
             appointed
             for
             all
             the
             liuing
             ,
             r
             yet
             may
             we
             not
             either
             hasten
             our
             death
             ,
             or
             digge
             our
             own
             graues
             ,
             and
             descend
             into
             them
             before
             we
             be
             dead
             .
             Though
             our
             bodies
             bee
             but
             houses
             of
             clay
             ,
             s
             earthly
             houses
             or
             tents
             rather
             ,
             t
             yet
             may
             wee
             not
             pull
             downe
             these
             houses
             ouer
             our
             heads
             ,
             or
             remoue
             these
             tents
             before
             our
             Generall
             giue
             command
             ,
             but
             waite
             till
             our
             changing
             come
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             God
             hath
             determined
             
             that
             we
             must
             die
             ,
             and
             therefore
             death
             should
             be
             welcome
             ,
             when
             it
             doth
             come
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             determined
             withall
             when
             we
             must
             die
             ,
             and
             therfore
             nothing
             should
             make
             vs
             weary
             of
             waiting
             ,
             till
             it
             doe
             come
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             this
             point
             duly
             considered
             may
             reprooue
             such
             that
             goe
             about
             to
             
             shorten
             their
             liues
             ,
             these
             men
             presume
             to
             appoint
             their
             own
             time
             ,
             &
             with
             a
             fals
             key
             to
             open
             this
             prison
             of
             their
             body
             ,
             and
             let
             their
             soules
             depart
             before
             God
             call
             for
             it
             ,
             or
             giue
             them
             any
             commission
             vnto
             it
             .
             It
             is
             true
             that
             God
             hath
             appointed
             this
             time
             for
             these
             mens
             deaths
             in
             his
             secret
             counsell
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             more
             then
             they
             know
             ;
             and
             for
             ought
             that
             they
             see
             ,
             they
             might
             liue
             longer
             if
             themselues
             were
             not
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             crosse
             the
             reneiled
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             onely
             can
             bee
             our
             warrant
             in
             all
             our
             actions
             .
             Againe
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             so
             much
             of
             Gods
             secret
             Counsell
             ,
             as
             to
             know
             that
             God
             had
             appointed
             this
             to
             be
             the
             time
             ,
             yet
             they
             know
             that
             God
             hath
             not
             appointed
             either
             themselues
             or
             such
             violent
             meanes
             to
             make
             good
             his
             purpose
             at
             his
             appointed
             time
             .
             No
             ,
             no
             :
             it
             is
             misery
             that
             
             makes
             these
             men
             weary
             of
             their
             liues
             ;
             and
             therefore
             like
             the
             foolish
             fish
             ,
             they
             will
             leape
             out
             of
             the
             frying-Pan
             ,
             into
             the
             fire
             ;
             out
             of
             short
             trouble
             here
             ,
             into
             eternall
             torments
             hereafter
             .
             He
             that
             will
             
               liue
               godly
               ,
               must
               suffer
               persecution
            
             ;
             u
             hee
             that
             will
             come
             into
             heauenly
             Canaan
             ,
             must
             passe
             through
             this
             earthly
             Egypt
             ;
             Through
             many
             afflictions
             ,
             we
             must
             enter
             into
             heauen
             ,
             x
             and
             shal
             we
             then
             cut
             off
             the
             thred
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             because
             wee
             finde
             some
             knots
             in
             it
             .
             Abimelech
             cut
             off
             his
             owne
             life
             ,
             y
             so
             did
             Saul
             ,
             z
             so
             did
             Ahithophell
             ,
             a
             so
             did
             Iudas
             ,
             b
             and
             so
             doe
             many
             in
             their
             desperate
             humour
             now
             a
             dayes
             ,
             by
             the
             cunning
             of
             Satan
             ,
             but
             not
             without
             the
             secret
             vnsearchable
             and
             iust
             iudgement
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Fiftly
             ,
             and
             finally
             if
             our
             time
             be
             determined
             ,
             and
             that
             time
             known
             to
             God
             ,
             
             vnknowne
             to
             man
             ,
             certaine
             to
             him
             ,
             vncertaine
             to
             vs
             ,
             we
             must
             prepare
             against
             that
             time
             come
             ,
             we
             are
             men
             ,
             and
             therfore
             mortall
             ;
             weake
             men
             ,
             and
             therefore
             secure
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             euery
             day
             dying
             ,
             and
             cannot
             long
             liue
             ,
             as
             old
             men
             haue
             death
             before
             their
             eyes
             ,
             so
             yong
             men
             haue
             him
             behind
             their
             backs
             :
             and
             betwixt
             old
             and
             yong
             ,
             
             I
             desire
             no
             other
             difference
             but
             this
             ,
             that
             yong
             men
             may
             die
             quickly
             ,
             and
             old
             men
             cannot
             liue
             long
             ,
             and
             therefore
             all
             must
             be
             prepared
             .
             Be
             ye
             prepared
             therefore
             ,
             for
             the
             Sonne
             of
             man
             will
             come
             in
             an
             houre
             when
             ye
             thinke
             not
             :
             c
             All
             must
             prepare
             ,
             old
             and
             yong
             ,
             rich
             and
             poore
             ,
             great
             and
             small
             ,
             noble
             and
             ignoble
             ;
             old
             men
             must
             prepare
             ,
             for
             they
             must
             shortly
             die
             ,
             they
             should
             put
             their
             houses
             in
             order
             ,
             d
             they
             should
             with
             sence
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             confesse
             their
             sinnes
             to
             God
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Against
               thee
               ,
               against
               thee
               onely
               haue
               we
               sinned
               ,
            
             e
             they
             should
             labour
             for
             life
             to
             be
             at
             peace
             with
             God
             and
             their
             owne
             consciences
             ,
             and
             
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               to
               haue
               peace
               with
               all
               men
            
             f
             .
             Yong
             men
             should
             prepare
             ,
             for
             they
             may
             die
             before
             those
             that
             goe
             crooked
             with
             age
             :
             they
             haue
             no
             Charters
             of
             their
             liues
             .
             It
             is
             not
             policie
             ,
             nor
             gay
             and
             gorgeous
             apparell
             ;
             not
             eloquence
             of
             an
             Angels
             tongue
             ,
             not
             strong
             Castles
             and
             stately
             houses
             ,
             not
             pompe
             nor
             promotion
             ,
             can
             take
             day
             with
             death
             ,
             or
             perswade
             the
             wormes
             to
             pitty
             them
             ,
             nor
             preserue
             their
             names
             from
             perpetuall
             infamy
             .
             These
             things
             may
             procure
             honour
             on
             earth
             ,
             but
             no
             
             happinesse
             in
             heauen
             .
             If
             all
             were
             not
             subiect
             to
             death
             ,
             yong
             men
             might
             hope
             to
             be
             exempted
             ,
             but
             a
             new
             ship
             may
             as
             soone
             be
             dasht
             in
             pieces
             meeting
             with
             a
             rocke
             ,
             as
             one
             that
             is
             old
             and
             weather-beaten
             ,
             a
             yong
             tree
             may
             be
             ouerturned
             with
             a
             whirlewind
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             that
             which
             is
             old
             and
             blasted
             ,
             many
             old
             men
             haue
             out-liued
             these
             tha●
             were
             yong
             ,
             but
             neuer
             any
             yong
             or
             olde
             that
             liued
             and
             did
             not
             die
             :
             Doth
             not
             euery
             man
             beare
             about
             him
             in
             his
             own
             bosome
             ,
             that
             which
             will
             bring
             him
             to
             his
             end
             :
             are
             wee
             not
             all
             sick
             of
             the
             same
             disease
             ,
             euen
             the
             consumption
             of
             our
             daies
             .
          
           
             
               Time
               ,
               pretious
               time
            
             ,
             passeth
             away
             swiftly
             ,
             and
             with
             it
             wee
             passe
             towardes
             our
             end
             ,
             and
             like
             those
             in
             a
             ship
             ,
             we
             perceiue
             it
             not
             ,
             and
             therefore
             prepare
             not
             for
             it
             ,
             or
             thinke
             not
             of
             the
             danger
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             as
             death
             leaueth
             vs
             ,
             so
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             shall
             finde
             vs.
             They
             that
             build
             faire
             and
             sumptuous
             houses
             ,
             are
             not
             certaine
             how
             long
             they
             shall
             hold
             them
             ;
             they
             that
             purchase
             lands
             and
             liuings
             ,
             cannot
             tel
             how
             long
             they
             shall
             possesse
             them
             ;
             they
             that
             haue
             gathered
             in
             a
             great
             haruest
             ,
             cannot
             tell
             whether
             they
             shall
             bee
             
             better
             by
             it
             ;
             they
             that
             plant
             ,
             cannot
             tell
             whether
             they
             shall
             eate
             of
             the
             fruit
             of
             it
             ;
             yet
             all
             these
             men
             are
             prouident
             to
             prepare
             for
             life
             that
             is
             vncertaine
             ,
             and
             forget
             death
             which
             is
             most
             certaine
             shall
             come
             ,
             &
             more
             vncertaine
             when
             it
             shall
             come
             .
             Prepare
             then
             in
             health
             ,
             for
             it
             may
             hardly
             bee
             done
             in
             sicknesse
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             houre
             of
             
               death
               .
               Sicknesse
            
             may
             be
             so
             full
             of
             extreame
             sorrowe
             and
             paine
             ,
             and
             death
             so
             sudden
             and
             present
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             prepare
             thy selfe
             if
             thou
             would
             ;
             or
             if
             thou
             doe
             ,
             yet
             not
             so
             well
             as
             thou
             wouldest
             :
             many
             neglect
             to
             prepare
             themselues
             when
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             would
             cannot
             .
             So
             the
             
               fiue
               foolish
               Virgins
            
             might
             haue
             had
             Oyle
             in
             their
             Lamps
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             lookt
             to
             it
             in
             time
             ;
             but
             afterward
             ,
             when
             willing
             they
             would
             ,
             could
             neither
             buy
             nor
             borrow
             any
             .
             These
             men
             consider
             not
             how
             dangerous
             it
             is
             to
             procrastinate
             ,
             and
             p●…●ff
             their
             repentance
             from
             day
             to
             day
             ,
             a●…
             that
             for
             two
             causes
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             God
             doth
             leaue
             the
             wicked
             destitute
             of
             diuine
             helpe
             in
             that
             howre
             ,
             I
             haue
             called
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             ye
             refused
             ,
             ye
             were
             in
             health
             in
             the
             prime
             
             of
             your
             time
             ,
             in
             the
             flower
             of
             your
             age
             ,
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             lust
             ,
             hauing
             by
             nature
             corrupt
             hearts
             and
             carnal
             affections
             liuing
             in
             pleasure
             ,
             passing
             the
             time
             in
             mirth
             ,
             subiect
             to
             youthfull
             wantonnesse
             and
             to
             vnstaidnesse
             of
             affection
             ,
             full
             of
             loosenesse
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             way
             to
             lewdnes
             ;
             of
             weakenesse
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             way
             to
             wickednesse
             ,
             then
             you
             would
             not
             heare
             ,
             now
             in
             your
             death-bed
             ,
             ye
             shall
             call
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             not
             heare
             ,
             but
             
               laugh
               at
               your
               destructiō
            
             ,
             g
             They
             that
             forget
             
               God
               liuing
               ,
               God
            
             will
             forget
             them
             dying
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             death
             men
             are
             more
             grieuously
             tempted
             ,
             and
             therfore
             it
             is
             dangerous
             to
             deferre
             repentance
             to
             the
             dying
             day
             .
             Remember
             (
             saith
             
               Salomon
               )
               thy
               Creator
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               thy
               youth
               ,
            
             h
             why
             should
             wee
             remember
             God
             in
             youth
             ,
             because
             if
             youth
             be
             spent
             in
             vanity
             ,
             commonly
             old
             age
             will
             end
             in
             prophanenesse
             .
          
           
             The
             Prophet
             speaketh
             of
             Crimson
             sinnes
             ,
             sinnes
             of
             a
             double
             die
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             right
             Crimson
             or
             Purple
             ,
             it
             is
             dyed
             in
             thred
             &
             in
             the
             wooll
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             euer
             a
             deepe
             dye
             ,
             so
             if
             Satan
             dye
             vs
             in
             our
             wooll
             ,
             in
             our
             youth
             before
             we
             be
             men
             ,
             
             before
             wee
             be
             made
             cloath
             ,
             it
             is
             like
             to
             sticke
             by
             vs
             ,
             and
             to
             go
             with
             vs
             to
             our
             graue
             .
             If
             Sathan
             make
             thy
             youth
             vnprofitable
             ,
             of
             all
             the
             ages
             after
             ,
             there
             can
             hardly
             any
             good
             be
             hoped
             for
             ;
             if
             the
             blossome
             be
             nipt
             ,
             where
             is
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             Autumne
             .
             Thus
             much
             for
             the
             first
             point
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             determined
             the
             dayes
             of
             man
             how
             long
             hee
             shall
             liue
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Christians
             combat
             against
             
               
                 1
                 Sathan
                 .
              
               
                 2
                 The
                 World.
                 
              
               
                 3
                 The
                 Flesh.
                 
              
               
                 4
                 Sinne.
                 
              
            
          
           
             THe
             second
             point
             of
             Doctrine
             which
             doth
             arise
             frō
             these
             words
             ,
             is
             this
             ;
             
             That
             the
             time
             appointed
             by
             man
             to
             liue
             vpō
             earth
             ,
             is
             a
             time
             of
             warfare
             .
             Men
             must
             liue
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             die
             Conquerours
             ;
             liue
             fighting
             ,
             and
             die
             ouercomming
             ;
             from
             the
             cradle
             to
             the
             graue
             is
             a
             time
             of
             warfare
             ;
             wee
             haue
             many
             enemies
             ,
             all
             fierce
             and
             furious
             :
             1.
             
             
               The
               Diuell
               .
               2.
               
               The
               VVorld
               .
               3.
               
               The
               Flesh.
               4.
               
               Sinne.
            
             All
             these
             we
             must
             encounter
             and
             ouercome
             too
             ,
             if
             it
             goe
             well
             with
             vs
             ;
             and
             woe
             is
             vnto
             vs
             if
             they
             ouercome
             .
             Conquerors
             shall
             be
             Crowned
             ,
             
             but
             C●wards
             shall
             bee
             shamed
             ,
             and
             the
             Conquered
             shall
             be
             captiuated
             .
          
           
             
               The
               first
               enemy
               is
               the
               Diuell
               .
            
             
               SAthan
               is
               a
               great
               enemy
               ,
               
                 A
                 roaring
                 Lion
                 going
                 about
                 seeking
                 whom
                 he
                 may
                 deuour
              
               i
               :
               A
               Lion
               for
               his
               might
               ,
               roaring
               for
               his
               malice
               and
               wrath
               ,
               with
               a
               hungring
               desire
               to
               hurt
               ,
               going
               about
               without
               wearinesse
               ,
               seeking
               through
               his
               studiousnesse
               to
               deceiue
               ,
               whō
               he
               may
               deuour
               with
               an
               implacable
               wrath
               ,
               to
               wreake
               his
               malice
               both
               vpon
               God
               and
               man
               ;
               for
               all
               his
               paines
               and
               pollicy
               ,
               all
               his
               force
               and
               fraude
               aymes
               at
               this
               ,
               that
               neither
               God
               may
               bee
               serued
               ,
               nor
               man
               may
               be
               saued
               .
               When
               he
               cannot
               secretly
               deceiue
               by
               the
               subtiltie
               of
               a
               Fox
               ,
               hee
               runnes
               vpon
               men
               with
               open
               mouth
               ,
               like
               a
               deuouring
               Lion
               ;
               in
               peace
               hee
               is
               craftie
               ,
               in
               persecution
               cruell
               .
               You
               may
               perceiue
               the
               Lion
               by
               his
               claw
               ,
               and
               iudge
               of
               his
               nature
               by
               his
               names
               :
               Hee
               is
               called
               a
               Serpent
               ,
               k
               and
               therefore
               
                 subtile
                 ,
                 wise
              
               ,
               and
               craftie
               :
               A
               Tempter
               ,
               the
               Tempter
               l
               to
               perswade
               ,
               &
               a
               Diuell
               to
               destroy
               m
               whom
               hee
               doth
               perswade
               ;
               before
               the
               
               sinne
               we
               shall
               finde
               him
               a
               Tempter
               ,
               after
               the
               finne
               wee
               shall
               finde
               him
               a
               Diuell
               ;
               kinde
               in
               the
               entrance
               ,
               cruell
               in
               the
               end
               .
               He
               prooues
               a
               Tempter
               that
               he
               may
               play
               the
               Diuell
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               euery
               place
               ;
               hee
               made
               warre
               in
               Heauen
               ,
               practised
               fraud
               in
               Paradise
               ,
               sowed
               hatred
               amongst
               the
               first
               brethren
               ,
               and
               tares
               in
               the
               wide
               field
               of
               the
               world
               .
               We
               know
               tares
               will
               grow
               fast
               enough
               of
               themselues
               without
               fowing
               ,
               yet
               in
               hope
               to
               haue
               fewell
               enough
               for
               
                 hell
                 fire
              
               ,
               hee
               will
               take
               paines
               to
               sow
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               the
               night
               when
               others
               sleepe
               .
               In
               eating
               hee
               hath
               surfeting
               ,
               in
               drinking
               drunkennesse
               ,
               in
               generation
               wantonnesse
               ,
               in
               labour
               idlenesse
               ,
               in
               conuersation
               enuy
               ,
               in
               gouernement
               couetousnesse
               ,
               in
               correction
               anger
               ,
               in
               promotion
               pride
               ,
               in
               honours
               ambition
               ,
               in
               talke
               vaine
               ostentation
               ,
               in
               profession
               hppocrisie
               ,
               and
               backsliding
               in
               the
               Christian
               race
               ,
               and
               in
               euery
               blessing
               of
               God
               some
               secret
               baite
               to
               draw
               men
               to
               sinne
               .
               Into
               the
               heart
               hee
               doth
               iniect
               e-euill
               thoughts
               ,
               into
               the
               mouth
               euill
               words
               ,
               into
               the
               members
               euill
               workes
               :
               He
               mooueth
               the
               merry
               to
               be
               dissolnte
               ,
               and
               the
               mournefull
               to
               bee
               desperate
               .
               
               What
               then
               shall
               wee
               doe
               ?
               shall
               wee
               faint
               and
               feare
               ,
               and
               fly
               from
               him
               ;
               no
               ,
               then
               wee
               are
               sure
               to
               bee
               foyled
               ;
               wee
               must
               fight
               it
               out
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               resolutely
               resist
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               flie
               .
               Indeed
               wee
               cannot
               doe
               it
               by
               our
               owne
               strength
               ,
               flesh
               and
               blood
               are
               but
               vnequall
               matches
               for
               spirits
               of
               the
               ayre
               ,
               as
               these
               are
               .
               What
               then
               ,
               
                 Wee
                 must
                 put
                 on
                 the
                 whole
                 Armour
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 resist
                 in
                 the
                 euill
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 hauing
                 finished
                 all
                 things
                 stand
                 fast
              
               n
               :
               The
               first
               weapon
               is
               the
               truth
               of
               God
               ,
               with
               this
               the
               minde
               must
               bee
               so
               confirmed
               and
               strengthned
               ,
               that
               Sathan
               doe
               not
               keep
               vs
               continually
               in
               doubting
               .
               The
               second
               weapon
               is
               innocency
               of
               life
               ,
               that
               Sathan
               doe
               not
               extinguish
               all
               heat
               and
               light
               of
               Religion
               in
               our
               soules
               &
               seruice
               of
               God.
               The
               third
               is
               an
               allacrity
               and
               chearfulnesse
               to
               embrace
               the
               Gospell
               of
               peace
               .
               The
               fourth
               is
               faith
               ,
               which
               the
               Diuell
               desires
               to
               robvs
               of
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               the
               Casket
               ,
               yea
               the
               Castle
               of
               all
               our
               comfort
               ;
               and
               in
               this
               warfare
               both
               sworde
               and
               
                 buckler
                 .
                 Resist
                 stedfast
                 in
                 the
                 faith
              
               o
               :
               and
               this
               is
               our
               victory
               wherby
               we
               ouercome
               the
               world
               ,
               euen
               our
               faith
               p
               :
               And
               the
               Apostle
               
               saith
               ,
               
                 Watch
                 yee
                 ,
                 stand
                 fast
                 in
                 the
                 faith
                 ,
                 gird
                 you
                 like
                 men
                 and
                 be
                 strong
              
               q
               :
               VVatch
               ,
               sleepe
               not
               in
               sinne
               ;
               stand
               ,
               flie
               not
               to
               sin●
               
                 stand
                 fast
              
               ,
               fall
               not
               through
               sin
               ;
               watch
               ,
               for
               the
               Lord
               commeth
               to
               
                 Iudge
                 ;
                 stand
              
               ,
               for
               Sathan
               commeth
               to
               
                 tempt
                 ;
                 stand
                 fast
              
               ,
               for
               the
               flesh
               perswadeth
               to
               
                 yeeld
                 ;
                 in
                 faith
              
               ,
               for
               
                 Sathan
                 would
                 winnow
                 vs
                 like
                 wheat
              
               r
               :
               and
               not
               winnow
               vs
               onely
               ,
               but
               also
               win
               vs
               from
               God.
               The
               fift
               weapon
               is
               hope
               ,
               which
               in
               this
               skirmish
               must
               holde
               vp
               our
               hearts
               .
               The
               sixt
               ,
               is
               the
               
                 word
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               which
               is
               
                 powerfull
                 to
                 saluation
              
               s
               :
               which
               is
               
                 sharper
                 then
                 a
                 two
                 edged
                 sword
              
               t
               :
               which
               is
               
                 a
                 lanterne
                 to
                 our
                 feet
              
               u
               :
               which
               is
               able
               to
               make
               vs
               wise
               vnto
               saluation
               x
               .
               The
               last
               spirituall
               weapon
               is
               prayer
               ,
               which
               to
               the
               partie
               that
               prayeth
               is
               ayde
               ,
               to
               God
               a
               sacrifice
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Diuell
               a
               scourge
               .
               In
               sicknesse
               ,
               prayer
               is
               a
               
                 medicine
                 .
                 Hezechias
              
               prayed
               in
               his
               sicknesse
               vnto
               the
               Lord
               y
               .
               In
               sorrow
               it
               is
               a
               sollace
               z
               .
               In
               trouble
               it
               is
               a
               comfort
               a
               :
               Prayer
               ouercommeth
               the
               Diuell
               ,
               and
               stayeth
               the
               hands
               of
               God
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               messenger
               which
               relateth
               our
               affaires
               to
               God
               faithfully
               ,
               and
               bringeth
               his
               answere
               wished
               for
               ,
               speedily
               .
               God
               that
               
               would
               not
               be
               ouercome
               with
               the
               brags
               of
               the
               proud
               Pharisie
               ,
               was
               ouer
               entreated
               by
               the
               prayers
               of
               the
               humble
               Publican
               b
               :
               To
               conclude
               ,
               All
               these
               weapons
               we
               must
               haue
               if
               we
               conquer
               Satan
               ;
               and
               all
               these
               weapons
               wee
               shall
               haue
               if
               we
               put
               on
               Christ.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               second
               enemy
               is
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               THe
               second
               enemy
               is
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               a
               world
               of
               enemies
               in
               the
               belly
               of
               this
               beast
               ,
               worldly
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               worldly
               pompe
               ,
               and
               worldly
               pride
               ,
               and
               worldly
               prophanonesse
               ,
               and
               worldly
               profits
               ,
               which
               all
               fight
               together
               against
               our
               poore
               soules
               ,
               and
               fight
               amongst
               themselues
               which
               shall
               haue
               the
               first
               blowe
               at
               vs.
               But
               the
               loue
               of
               the
               world
               is
               the
               Captaine
               of
               them
               all
               ,
               which
               hath
               carried
               many
               
                 captiue
                 .
                 Demas
              
               louing
               the
               world
               did
               forsake
               the
               world
               c
               :
               nay
               it
               makes
               men
               forsake
               God
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               become
               Gods
               foe
               ;
               for
               he
               that
               will
               be
               a
               friend
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               maketh
               himselfe
               the
               enemy
               of
               God
               d
               :
               And
               loue
               not
               the
               world
               saith
               Saint
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 For
                 whosoeuer
                 loueth
                 the
                 world
                 the
                 loue
                 of
                 God
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 him
              
               e
               .
               
               This
               world
               is
               a
               strumpet
               which
               by
               her
               beauty
               doth
               bewitch
               vs
               ;
               a
               staffe
               of
               reede
               which
               by
               his
               brittlenes
               doth
               deceiue
               vs
               ,
               when
               we
               lie
               or
               relie
               vpon
               it
               .
               The
               world
               doth
               promise
               vnto
               men
               mountaines
               of
               gold
               ,
               huge
               &
               high
               towers
               of
               honours
               ,
               but
               these
               are
               but
               towers
               of
               Babell
               ,
               which
               will
               fall
               vpon
               the
               heads
               of
               the
               builders
               ,
               and
               bring
               them
               to
               confusion
               .
               The
               Sea
               somtime
               doth
               hoise
               vp
               the
               Ship
               towards
               heauen
               ,
               but
               presently
               it
               is
               plunged
               down
               in
               the
               deep
               ;
               so
               doth
               the
               world
               lift
               vp
               many
               men
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               but
               ere
               long
               they
               faile
               of
               their
               footing
               ,
               and
               fall
               downe
               to
               the
               bottome
               of
               basenesse
               or
               beggerie
               .
               That
               part
               of
               the
               wheele
               which
               is
               one
               while
               highest
               ,
               is
               presently
               down
               againe
               in
               the
               durt
               ;
               so
               they
               that
               to
               day
               are
               in
               the
               top
               of
               honour
               ,
               before
               to
               morrowe
               may
               be
               brought
               to
               deep
               disgrace
               .
            
             
               Agathocles
               of
               a
               Potter
               became
               a
               Potentate
               ,
               being
               aduanced
               from
               the
               dirty
               Clay
               to
               the
               Crowne
               &
               Diademe
               :
               On
               the
               contrary
               Dionisius
               fell
               from
               his
               princely
               Throne
               to
               a
               poore
               Pedagogue
               in
               
                 Corinth
                 ,
                 God
                 hath
                 put
                 downe
                 the
                 mighty
                 from
                 their
                 seate
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 exalted
                 the
                 humble
                 and
                 meeke
              
               f
               :
               God
               taketh
               the
               simple
               
               out
               of
               the
               dust
               ,
               and
               lifteth
               the
               poore
               out
               of
               the
               mire
               ,
               that
               hee
               may
               set
               him
               with
               Princes
               ,
               euen
               the
               Princes
               of
               the
               people
               g
               :
               Wrastlers
               vse
               to
               list
               thē
               vp
               on
               high
               whom
               they
               purpose
               to
               cast
               downe
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               with
               greater
               violence
               :
               such
               a
               wrastler
               is
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               hath
               hoysed
               many
               ,
               but
               to
               giue
               them
               a
               greater
               fall
               .
               The
               world
               is
               troublesome
               as
               the
               Sea
               which
               cannot
               rest
               Esay
               57.
               20.
               such
               tossing
               and
               troubling
               there
               is
               in
               it
               ;
               It
               is
               as
               brittle
               as
               glasse
               ,
               very
               bright
               but
               quickly
               broken
               ;
               
                 The
                 world
                 passeth
                 away
                 and
                 the
                 lust
                 thereof
              
               h
               :
               The
               world
               is
               a
               swelling
               Sea
               through
               pride
               ,
               blew
               thorow
               enuy
               ,
               feruent
               through
               anger
               ,
               deepe
               through
               dissembling
               ,
               vnquiet
               through
               couetousnesse
               ,
               fomie
               through
               wantonnesse
               ,
               supping
               vp
               all
               through
               the
               care
               of
               the
               belly
               .
            
             
               Where
               the
               greater
               fishes
               eat
               vp
               the
               lesse
               .
               Is
               the
               world
               so
               turbulent
               and
               transitory
               ,
               what
               madnesse
               is
               it
               then
               to
               bee
               so
               fast
               nayled
               to
               it
               in
               our
               affections
               ,
               that
               wee
               can
               hardly
               bee
               knockt
               off
               from
               it
               ,
               or
               as
               wee
               did
               verily
               beleeue
               there
               were
               no
               other
               
                 world
                 to
                 come
              
               .
               Wee
               suffer
               a
               great
               deale
               of
               trouble
               which
               is
               certaine
               
               to
               prolong
               our
               dayes
               a
               little
               time
               ,
               which
               are
               vncertaine
               ;
               for
               this
               world
               is
               not
               our
               mansion
               house
               ;
               or
               permanent
               ;
               but
               an
               Inne
               or
               rather
               but
               a
               thorow-fair
               ,
               through
               which
               we
               must
               passe
               to
               our
               owne
               house
               and
               home
               :
               Heere
               we
               must
               so
               lodge
               this
               day
               ,
               as
               that
               we
               must
               be
               ready
               to
               depart
               the
               next
               ;
               and
               though
               wee
               loue
               it
               neuer
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               liue
               in
               it
               neuer
               so
               long
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               ,
               and
               be
               forced
               to
               confesse
               at
               last
               ,
               when
               wee
               must
               leaue
               it
               ;
               that
               it
               hurts
               many
               ,
               heales
               few
               ;
               promseth
               much
               ,
               performes
               nothing
               .
               Let
               worldly
               men
               vaunt
               of
               their
               knowledge
               ,
               how
               to
               get
               ,
               and
               keepe
               ,
               and
               saue
               ,
               and
               thriue
               ;
               the
               knowledge
               is
               little
               worth
               while
               the
               world
               knoweth
               not
               God
               i
               :
               they
               may
               speak
               of
               their
               quicke
               and
               stirring
               spirits
               ,
               but
               a
               better
               Spirit
               then
               theirs
               hath
               spoken
               it
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 world
                 receiueth
                 not
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 truth
              
               k
               :
               They
               may
               reprooue
               the
               Saints
               of
               God
               for
               singularity
               ,
               but
               the
               
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 reprooueth
                 the
                 world
                 of
                 sinne
              
               l
               :
               They
               may
               thinke
               themselues
               iolly
               wise
               
                 men
                 ,
                 But
                 the
                 wisedome
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 is
                 but
                 foolishnesse
                 with
                 God
              
               m
               :
               They
               may
               prey
               vpon
               the
               poore
               ,
               but
               our
               
                 Sauiour
                 did
                 not
                 pray
                 for
                 the
                 world
              
               n
               :
               They
               may
               play
               
               Rex
               ,
               and
               domineere
               as
               Kings
               here
               ,
               but
               
                 Christs
                 kingdome
                 is
                 not
                 of
                 this
                 world
              
               o
               :
               Now
               if
               any
               godly
               soule
               shall
               say
               ,
               how
               may
               wee
               ouercome
               this
               world
               ;
               I
               will
               tell
               him
               in
               a
               word
               or
               two
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               sooner
               sayd
               then
               done
               :
               First
               ,
               
                 Wee
                 must
                 not
                 loue
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 things
                 of
                 this
                 world
                 more
                 then
                 God.
              
               Secondly
               ,
               wee
               must
               not
               liue
               after
               the
               fashions
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               which
               are
               all
               either
               vaine
               or
               wicked
               p
               :
               Thirdly
               ,
               
                 Wee
                 must
                 vse
                 this
                 world
                 as
                 though
                 wee
                 vsed
                 it
                 not
              
               q
               :
               Fourthly
               ,
               wee
               must
               not
               bee
               seruant
               to
               our
               seruant
               the
               worlde
               .
               Fiftly
               ,
               if
               we
               truely
               iudge
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               of
               all
               the
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               profits
               ,
               and
               dedelights
               thereof
               ,
               as
               Salomon
               hath
               taught
               vs
               ,
               who
               had
               tryed
               it
               well
               ,
               that
               all
               is
               
                 vanity
                 and
                 vexation
                 spirit
              
               .
            
             
               The
               best
               but
               vanity
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               vexation
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               for
               our
               second
               maine
               enemy
               which
               is
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               third
               enemy
               is
               the
               Flesh.
               
            
             
               THe
               third
               
                 enemy
                 is
                 our
                 flesh
              
               ,
               an
               enemy
               in
               our
               owne
               house
               which
               lies
               betwixt
               our
               brests
               and
               bosome
               ,
               and
               therefore
               more
               dangerous
               .
               This
               flesh
               of
               ours
               
               is
               a
               Iudas
               which
               doth
               kisse
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               to
               kill
               ;
               a
               Dalilah
               in
               Sampsons
               bosome
               ,
               a
               Caine
               to
               Abel
               ,
               an
               Absolon
               to
               Ammon
               ,
               a
               Ioab
               to
               Amasa
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               word
               the
               common
               cut-throat
               of
               our
               soules
               .
               As
               a
               moath
               which
               is
               bred
               in
               a
               garment
               and
               nourished
               by
               it
               ,
               doth
               notwithstanding
               fret
               and
               spoyle
               it
               ,
               so
               the
               flesh
               doth
               goe
               about
               to
               eate
               out
               our
               soules
               ,
               and
               doth
               fight
               against
               the
               spirit
               which
               giues
               life
               &
               beeing
               to
               it
               r
               :
               Ciuill
               warres
               you
               know
               are
               farre
               more
               fearefull
               then
               forraine
               innations
               :
               such
               is
               this
               fight
               of
               the
               flesh
               against
               the
               spirit
               ,
               it
               is
               inward
               ,
               and
               neare
               at
               hand
               to
               hurt
               vpon
               all
               occasions
               ,
               wee
               beare
               about
               with
               vs
               our
               greatest
               enemy
               ,
               which
               will
               stab
               the
               soule
               ,
               or
               rob
               it
               of
               all
               rich
               graces
               of
               the
               spirit
               ;
               darken
               the
               vnderstanding
               ,
               dull
               the
               memory
               ,
               fatte
               the
               heart
               ,
               blind
               the
               eyes
               ,
               stop
               the
               eares
               ,
               and
               strip
               the
               soule
               starke
               naked
               of
               all
               goodnesse
               .
               If
               wee
               haue
               a
               Pharaoh
               a
               bloody
               Tyrant
               abroad
               ,
               wee
               shall
               haue
               a
               Iudas
               a
               plodding
               traytour
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               how
               hard
               is
               it
               to
               preuent
               the
               harmes
               which
               such
               an
               insinuating
               and
               close
               aduersary
               may
               pull
               vpon
               vs.
               Hee
               that
               ruleth
               his
               owne
               minde
               ,
               is
               better
               then
               hee
               that
               winneth
               
               a
               Citie
               s
               :
               He
               that
               represseth
               &
               keepeth
               vnder
               his
               intemperate
               passions
               and
               violent
               affections
               ,
               doth
               a
               greater
               exploit
               ,
               and
               more
               praise
               worthy
               ,
               then
               hee
               that
               conquereth
               Cities
               ,
               and
               Castles
               ,
               and
               Townes
               ,
               and
               
                 Towers
                 ,
                 Anger
                 ,
                 wrath
                 ,
                 couetousnesse
                 ,
              
               and
               such
               corrupt
               affections
               are
               our
               capitall
               enemies
               ;
               I
               may
               tearme
               them
               our
               Turkes
               against
               whom
               wee
               must
               dayly
               warre
               and
               fight
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               fainting
               ,
               least
               they
               bring
               vs
               into
               bondage
               ,
               for
               of
               whomsoeuer
               a
               man
               is
               ouercome
               ,
               euen
               vnto
               the
               same
               is
               he
               in
               bondage
               t
               :
               Sampson
               did
               much
               hurt
               to
               his
               enemies
               the
               Philistims
               ,
               yet
               himselfe
               was
               ouercome
               ,
               if
               not
               with
               filthy
               ,
               yet
               with
               fond
               and
               foolish
               
                 loue
                 .
                 Alexander
              
               the
               Great
               Conquered
               a
               great
               part
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               yet
               would
               hee
               not
               conquer
               his
               owne
               anger
               ,
               or
               command
               his
               drunken
               desires
               .
               Many
               rule
               and
               gouerne
               
                 Cities
                 ,
                 Armies
              
               ,
               and
               Families
               ,
               yet
               are
               seruants
               to
               their
               sensuall
               pleasures
               and
               delights
               .
               That
               Emperour
               therefore
               is
               worthy
               praise
               ,
               which
               ruleth
               his
               owne
               propper
               affections
               ;
               If
               thou
               wilt
               haue
               all
               subiect
               to
               thee
               ,
               subiect
               thy selfe
               to
               reason
               .
               Thou
               shalt
               gouerne
               many
               ,
               if
               reason
               gouerne
               thee
               ,
               and
               rule
               
               many
               ,
               if
               thou
               be
               ruled
               by
               reason
               ,
               but
               if
               thou
               suffer
               the
               flesh
               ,
               to
               haue
               the
               soueraignty
               ,
               &
               set
               the
               Crowne
               on
               her
               head
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               be
               sure
               to
               liue
               like
               a
               slaue
               ,
               and
               die
               no
               better
               then
               a
               beast
               .
               But
               how
               shall
               wee
               ouercome
               this
               Enemy
               that
               is
               alwayes
               at
               home
               ?
               I
               will
               tell
               thee
               ,
               by
               these
               meanes
               ,
               and
               with
               these
               weapons
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               
                 we
                 must
                 obstaine
                 from
                 fleshly
                 lusts
                 which
                 sight
                 against
                 the
                 soule
              
               u
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               we
               must
               tame
               our
               
                 bodies
                 by
                 fasting
                 and
                 bring
                 them
                 into
                 subiection
              
               x
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               
                 we
                 must
                 mortifie
                 our
                 members
              
               y
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               we
               must
               
                 abstaine
                 from
                 all
                 appearance
                 of
                 euill
                 .
              
               Fiftly
               ,
               
                 wee
                 must
                 not
                 pamper
                 the
                 flesh
                 .
              
               Sixtly
               ,
               we
               must
               reiect
               such
               motions
               as
               the
               flesh
               doth
               iniect
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               their
               first
               entrance
               ,
               the
               Serpent
               must
               be
               crushed
               in
               the
               shell
               ,
               the
               Foxe
               must
               bee
               taken
               while
               he
               is
               a
               cubbe
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               last
               enemy
               is
               sinnne
               .
            
             
               THe
               last
               Enemie
               with
               whom
               we
               are
               to
               make
               warre
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               is
               Sin
               ,
               a
               busie
               enemie
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               a
               borderer
               ,
               an
               inhabitant
               ,
               an
               innmate
               ;
               one
               that
               eateth
               with
               vs
               ,
               sleepeth
               with
               vs
               ,
               walketh
               
               with
               vs
               ,
               rideth
               with
               vs
               ,
               and
               meeteth
               vs
               at
               euery
               turning
               :
               as
               fire
               in
               the
               flint
               ,
               so
               sinne
               is
               in
               the
               seede
               ,
               it
               is
               bred
               in
               the
               bones
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               out
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               vntill
               
                 Iosephs
                 bones
              
               be
               carried
               out
               of
               Aegypt
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               vntill
               we
               be
               out
               of
               this
               World.
               Sinne
               is
               a
               Iebusite
               ,
               a
               seditious
               neighbour
               ,
               and
               an
               insinuating
               mate
               ,
               so
               hath
               it
               eaten
               into
               the
               nature
               of
               Man
               with
               its
               canker
               and
               contagion
               ,
               that
               his
               affection
               is
               infection
               ,
               his
               
                 reason
                 treason
              
               ,
               and
               his
               will
               wayward
               altogether
               ,
               and
               auerse
               from
               good
               .
            
             
               The
               more
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               doth
               forbid
               sinne
               ,
               the
               more
               doth
               man
               commit
               sinne
               ;
               we
               run
               with
               all
               might
               and
               maine
               to
               that
               which
               is
               forbidden
               ,
               for
               it
               falleth
               out
               commonly
               with
               sinners
               as
               it
               doth
               with
               sicke
               men
               :
               Commonly
               the
               meats
               that
               are
               forbidden
               by
               the
               Phisitian
               ,
               are
               a
               kind
               of
               sauce
               to
               prouoke
               appetitite
               in
               the
               patient
               ,
               most
               of
               all
               to
               desire
               these
               meats
               .
               As
               swelling
               waters
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               are
               barred
               their
               course
               ,
               the
               more
               they
               rage
               and
               swell
               ,
               and
               ouerflow
               and
               beare
               downe
               all
               before
               them
               ;
               so
               the
               more
               the
               Law
               doth
               seeme
               to
               barre
               and
               bolt
               the
               current
               of
               committing
               sinne
               ,
               and
               to
               set
               the
               bounds
               which
               they
               should
               
               not
               passe
               ;
               the
               more
               is
               sinfull
               mans
               nature
               enraged
               ,
               and
               the
               more
               the
               swelling
               waues
               of
               wickednes
               do
               ouerflow
               &
               make
               their
               fultide
               ;
               the
               more
               shold
               be
               our
               care
               &
               courage
               to
               encounter
               it
               ,
               and
               set
               our selues
               to
               fight
               against
               it
               .
               Of
               our selues
               indeed
               we
               cannot
               ouercome
               it
               ,
               but
               if
               we
               follow
               our
               Captaine
               
                 Christ
                 Iesus
              
               ,
               it
               shall
               neuer
               ouercome
               vs.
               Saint
               Paul
               had
               experience
               both
               of
               his
               conflict
               with
               sinne
               ,
               and
               conquest
               ouer
               
                 sinne
                 .
                 O
                 wretched
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 am
              
               (
               saith
               he
               )
               
                 who
                 shall
                 deliuer
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 this
                 death
                 .
                 I
                 thanke
                 God
                 through
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 our
                 Lord
              
               z
               .
               
                 He
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 was
              
               made
               a
               sacrifice
               for
               sinne
               a
               ,
               as
               Ioshua
               shut
               vp
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               in
               Caues
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               rolled
               great
               stones
               on
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Caues
               b
               :
               So
               sinne
               shutteth
               vp
               greatest
               Emperours
               prisoners
               ,
               and
               rowleth
               stones
               ,
               and
               layeth
               great
               stumbling
               blocks
               in
               their
               way
               :
               and
               as
               none
               could
               ouercome
               the
               roaring
               Lyon
               ,
               but
               the
               Lyon
               of
               the
               tribe
               of
               Iuda
               c
               :
               So
               none
               could
               free
               men
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               prison
               whereinto
               sinne
               had
               cast
               them
               ,
               but
               onely
               Christ
               ;
               For
               this
               cause
               Christ
               tooke
               flesh
               vpon
               him
               ,
               that
               so
               hee
               might
               die
               in
               
               his
               flesh
               ,
               &
               through
               death
               destroy
               death
               ,
               and
               him
               that
               had
               the
               power
               of
               death
               that
               is
               the
               diuell
               d
               .
               So
               that
               Christ
               hath
               carryed
               away
               the
               gates
               of
               death
               ,
               as
               Sampson
               sometime
               did
               the
               gates
               of
               Azzah
               e
               ,
               and
               hath
               by
               his
               power
               preuailed
               ouer
               those
               vncircumcised
               Philestims
               ,
               euen
               sinne
               and
               death
               ,
               and
               the
               diuell
               and
               hell
               ;
               and
               though
               we
               be
               too
               weake
               of
               our selues
               to
               conquer
               sinne
               ,
               yet
               we
               must
               follow
               our
               Captaine
               Christ
               ,
               as
               fast
               as
               we
               can
               ,
               and
               as
               farre
               as
               wee
               may
               .
               First
               ,
               by
               flying
               from
               sinne
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               by
               dying
               vnto
               sinne
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               by
               hating
               all
               sinne
               ,
               yea
               the
               very
               garments
               spotted
               with
               the
               flesh
               f
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               by
               true
               faith
               ,
               for
               that
               doth
               purifie
               the
               heart
               g
               .
               And
               thus
               much
               for
               the
               fourth
               Enemie
               ,
               now
               take
               a
               view
               of
               all
               these
               together
               ,
               consider
               their
               malice
               ,
               their
               might
               and
               the
               multitude
               of
               souldiers
               which
               fight
               vnder
               them
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               plainly
               see
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               point
               proposed
               ,
               that
               while
               we
               liue
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               wee
               must
               looke
               to
               fight
               and
               prepare
               our selues
               for
               this
               Warfare
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A
             preparation
             how
             to
             die
             well
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Vse
             is
             for
             instruction
             ,
             in
             
             that
             we
             haue
             so
             many
             Enemies
             to
             stand
             vpon
             our
             guard
             ,
             let
             vs
             keep
             watch
             and
             ward
             continually
             ,
             let
             vs
             be
             as
             carefull
             to
             resist
             ,
             as
             our
             aduersaries
             are
             to
             assault
             .
             A
             carefull
             watch
             is
             the
             chiefest
             point
             in
             Warre
             ,
             and
             therefore
             this
             is
             often
             commanded
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             
               Watch
               ,
               for
               you
               know
               not
               what
               houre
               your
               master
               will
               come
            
             h
             :
             
               VVatch
               and
               pray
            
             i
             ,
             
               Awake
               to
               liue
               righteously
            
             ,
             k
             ,
             
               Be
               sob●r
               and
               watch
            
             l
             .
             Vnto
             this
             command
             ,
             God
             had
             for
             our
             incouragement
             annexed
             a
             promise
             of
             no
             lesse
             then
             
               blessednesse
               .
               Blessed
            
             is
             the
             seruant
             whom
             the
             
               Master
               when
               he
               commeth
               shall
               finde
               watching
            
             m
             .
             
               Blessed
               is
               he
               that
               watcheth
            
             n
             .
             
               Blessed
               is
               the
               man
               that
               watcheth
               daily
               at
               my
               gates
            
             o
             .
             Christ
             will
             cause
             them
             that
             watch
             ,
             to
             sit
             downe
             at
             Table
             with
             him
             ,
             where
             they
             shall
             be
             at
             ease
             from
             paine
             ;
             at
             rest
             ,
             from
             labour
             ;
             full
             without
             
               hunger
               ,
               healthy
            
             without
             sickenesse
             ;
             and
             haue
             fulnesse
             of
             ●irth
             and
             solace
             ,
             without
             any
             mixture
             of
             sorrow
             or
             mourning
             :
             God
             is
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             as
             euery
             thing
             doth
             rest
             in
             his
             
             Center
             ,
             so
             our
             soules
             shall
             rest
             in
             God
             :
             My
             people
             ,
             saith
             God
             ,
             by
             his
             Prophet
             ,
             shall
             dwell
             in
             the
             Tabernacle
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             in
             sure
             dwellings
             ,
             &
             in
             safe
             
               resting
               places
            
             p
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             as
             we
             haue
             precept
             to
             watch
             ,
             and
             promise
             of
             blessednesse
             if
             we
             doe
             watch
             ;
             so
             wee
             haue
             a
             patterne
             and
             example
             of
             watching
             ,
             worthy
             to
             be
             imitated
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             Christ
             himselfe
             .
             What
             Souldier
             will
             not
             be
             glad
             to
             watch
             with
             his
             Captaine
             ?
             what
             Christian
             will
             not
             runne
             to
             watch
             ,
             when
             they
             heare
             Christ
             thus
             kindly
             calling
             them
             ?
             Could
             ye
             not
             watch
             with
             me
             one
             houre
             q
             .
             VVatch
             ,
             Behold
             the
             easinesse
             ,
             I
             bid
             you
             not
             fight
             for
             mee
             ,
             or
             die
             with
             me
             ;
             but
             watch
             onely
             ,
             and
             that
             an
             houre
             :
             Behold
             the
             easinesse
             ,
             not
             a
             yeere
             ,
             or
             a
             weeke
             ,
             or
             a
             day
             ,
             but
             an
             houre
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             by
             watching
             as
             wee
             follow
             
               Christs
               patterne
            
             ,
             so
             we
             shall
             be
             prepared
             hereby
             for
             Christs
             comming
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             in
             an
             houre
             that
             we
             
               know
               not
            
             r
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Vse
             serues
             to
             teach
             vs
             to
             cast
             off
             all
             carnal
             security
             seeing
             we
             haue
             
             so
             many
             enemies
             to
             encounter
             withall
             .
             The
             Diuell
             is
             another
             Herod
             ;
             the
             World
             is
             a
             flattering
             Pharasie
             ,
             the
             Flesh
             a
             treacherous
             Iudas
             ,
             and
             Sinne
             a
             seditious
             Iebusite
             ;
             
             And
             therefore
             little
             cause
             haue
             wee
             to
             walke
             without
             our
             weapons
             ,
             or
             sleep
             in
             security
             .
             Whē
             the
             old
             world
             was
             secure
             ,
             it
             was
             drowned
             s
             .
             When
             Sodome
             and
             Gomorrha
             were
             secure
             ,
             they
             were
             burned
             t
             .
             Whē
             Sampsō
             was
             secure
             ,
             his
             eyes
             were
             put
             out
             u
             .
             When
             Ionah
             was
             secure
             ,
             and
             slept
             in
             the
             side
             of
             the
             ship
             ,
             hee
             is
             shaken
             with
             the
             waues
             ,
             and
             the
             lo●
             doth
             designe
             him
             to
             bee
             cast
             into
             the
             Sea
             x
             .
             When
             the
             rich
             man
             was
             secure
             ,
             his
             soule
             was
             taken
             from
             him
             y
             .
             As
             Bankrupts
             neuer
             care
             to
             pay
             their
             debts
             till
             the
             Serieant
             bee
             vpon
             their
             backs
             ;
             so
             many
             secure
             men
             neuer
             thinke
             how
             farre
             they
             runne
             daily
             in
             arrerages
             with
             God
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             arrested
             by
             death
             ,
             at
             the
             suite
             of
             the
             great
             Iudge
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             cast
             into
             prison
             .
             This
             security
             is
             the
             Mother
             of
             negligence
             ,
             and
             high
             way
             to
             destruction
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             oxe
             when
             he
             is
             driuen
             to
             the
             slaughter
             ,
             goeth
             willingly
             ,
             because
             his
             hope
             is
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             speake
             it
             )
             that
             he
             shall
             goe
             to
             grasse
             in
             some
             better
             pasture
             ,
             and
             neuer
             feare
             ,
             till
             the
             axe
             be
             ready
             to
             fall
             vpon
             his
             head
             ;
             or
             as
             a
             foole
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             led
             to
             the
             stoak●
             ,
             goeth
             cheerefully
             ,
             and
             neuer
             
             shrinketh
             vntill
             his
             feet
             bee
             fast
             snared
             therein
             ;
             euen
             so
             many
             men
             goe
             securely
             forward
             ,
             wandring
             in
             the
             broad
             way
             without
             remorse
             of
             conscience
             ,
             perswading
             themselues
             they
             are
             safe
             ,
             when
             indeed
             they
             are
             secure
             ,
             and
             neuer
             perceiue
             their
             owne
             folly
             ;
             till
             they
             be
             insnared
             in
             destruction
             :
             many
             are
             carefull
             for
             others
             ,
             but
             secure
             for
             thēselues
             ;
             they
             looke
             on
             other
             mens
             faults
             with
             both
             eyes
             ,
             but
             scarcely
             with
             one
             on
             their
             owne
             ;
             either
             they
             will
             not
             see
             their
             sinnes
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             see
             them
             ,
             they
             wil
             slightly
             passe
             them
             ouer
             without
             any
             serious
             consideration
             :
             They
             cry
             
               Peace
               ,
               Peace
            
             ,
             when
             destruction
             is
             at
             their
             doores
             z
             .
             They
             that
             finde
             themselues
             in
             good
             health
             ,
             neuer
             seeke
             or
             send
             to
             the
             Phisitian
             ;
             and
             they
             also
             that
             are
             soule
             sicke
             ,
             and
             dangerously
             diseased
             ,
             but
             feele
             it
             not
             ,
             doe
             neuer
             cry
             after
             Christ
             ,
             they
             seeke
             little
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             set
             lesse
             by
             him
             :
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             hope
             of
             a
             happy
             reward
             should
             encourage
             vs
             to
             wage
             Warre
             against
             those
             our
             enemies
             ;
             He
             that
             neuer
             comes
             forth
             to
             fight
             ,
             can
             neuer
             conquer
             ;
             &
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             conquer
             ,
             shal
             neuer
             be
             crowned
             ;
             he
             that
             ouercommeth
             ,
             will
             I
             
             giue
             to
             eate
             of
             the
             Manna
             that
             is
             hidde
             ,
             and
             will
             giue
             him
             a
             white
             stone
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             stone
             ,
             a
             new
             name
             written
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             knoweth
             ,
             sauing
             he
             that
             receiueth
             it
             a
             .
             
               He
               that
               ouercommeth
               and
               keepeth
               my
               words
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               to
               him
               will
               I
               giue
               power
               ouer
               Nations
            
             b
             .
             To
             him
             that
             
               ouercommeth
               ,
               will
               I
               giue
               to
               eate
               of
               the
               Tree
               of
               life
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               Paradise
               of
               God
            
             c
             .
             And
             so
             often
             in
             the
             same
             Chapter
             you
             may
             see
             it
             to
             be
             the
             posee
             of
             all
             the
             Epistles
             ;
             to
             him
             that
             ouercommeth
             will
             I
             giue
             ,
             either
             grace
             ,
             or
             glory
             ,
             or
             both
             ;
             not
             to
             him
             that
             steppeth
             forth
             into
             the
             battel
             ,
             and
             starts
             backe
             againe
             ;
             nor
             to
             him
             that
             draweth
             his
             Sword
             ,
             or
             giue
             a
             blow
             ,
             or
             looseth
             some
             blood
             ;
             but
             to
             him
             that
             ouercommeth
             ,
             that
             fights
             it
             out
             till
             hee
             haue
             foiled
             his
             enemy
             and
             wonne
             the
             field
             .
             So
             if
             wee
             suffer
             with
             Christ
             ,
             we
             shall
             raigne
             with
             him
             ;
             suffer
             here
             ,
             raigne
             in
             heauen
             ;
             suffer
             misery
             ,
             raigne
             in
             glory
             ;
             for
             ,
             from
             the
             crosse
             ,
             wee
             must
             come
             to
             the
             Crowne
             .
             A
             Souldier
             must
             fight
             before
             he
             can
             winne
             the
             victory
             ;
             he
             must
             be
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             bee
             a
             Captaine
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Crowne
             of
             
               righteousnesse
               laid
               vp
            
             ;
             But
             for
             whom
             ?
             for
             such
             
             as
             haue
             
               fought
               a
               good
               fight
            
             d
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             a
             good
             fight
             ,
             vnlesse
             we
             ●uercome
             .
             The
             penny
             of
             eternall
             life
             is
             promised
             to
             labourers
             ,
             not
             to
             loiterers
             ,
             to
             workers
             ,
             not
             to
             idle
             ●wanderers
             ;
             to
             those
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Vineyard
             ,
             not
             to
             such
             as
             stand
             staring
             in
             the
             market
             place
             .
             Suffer
             affliction
             ,
             saith
             the
             Apostle
             ,
             as
             the
             good
             Souldier
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ;
             No
             man
             that
             warreth
             ,
             entangleth
             himselfe
             with
             the
             affaires
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             because
             hee
             would
             please
             him
             that
             hath
             chosen
             him
             to
             be
             a
             Souldier
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             man
             striue
             for
             a
             mastery
             ,
             hee
             is
             not
             crowned
             vnlesse
             he
             striue
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             doe
             e
             ,
             and
             can
             wee
             then
             hope
             to
             bee
             crowned
             ,
             if
             we
             striue
             not
             at
             all
             .
             Worldlings
             wrastle
             for
             a
             corruptible
             Crowne
             ,
             as
             vncertaine
             whether
             they
             shall
             obtaine
             it
             or
             no
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             not
             so
             with
             the
             true
             Christian
             ,
             he
             runneth
             not
             as
             vncertainly
             ,
             he
             fighteih
             not
             as
             one
             that
             beateth
             the
             ayre
             f
             :
             Some
             will
             say
             that
             afflictions
             and
             troubles
             doe
             hinder
             many
             Souldiers
             that
             they
             cannot
             fight
             as
             they
             would
             :
             but
             the
             Apostle
             puts
             them
             both
             together
             .
             Suffer
             thou
             affliction
             ,
             as
             the
             good
             Souldier
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             looking
             to
             the
             reward
             that
             Christ
             is
             ready
             to
             giue
             thee
             
             as
             soone
             as
             the
             battell
             is
             ended
             .
             Thy
             fighting
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ;
             thy
             triumph
             is
             for
             euer
             ;
             thy
             fighting
             is
             light
             ,
             thy
             reward
             heauy
             ;
             
               A
               waight
               ,
               and
               excellent
               waight
               ;
               a
               more
               excellent
               ,
               a
               farre
               more
               excellent
               and
               eternal
               wayght
               of
               glory
            
             g
             .
             Where
             God
             purposeth
             to
             heale
             ,
             he
             spareth
             not
             to
             launce
             ;
             he
             ministreth
             bitter
             pils
             to
             purge
             corrupt
             humours
             ,
             and
             sendeth
             Embasies
             of
             death
             and
             renenge
             where
             he
             meanes
             to
             preserue
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             purposeth
             to
             bestow
             
               eternall
               life
            
             and
             felicitie
             .
             Ioseph
             accused
             his
             brethren
             as
             spies
             ,
             when
             he
             meant
             them
             least
             hurt
             ,
             and
             restrained
             
               little
               Beniamin
            
             as
             guilty
             of
             that
             ,
             whom
             he
             knew
             full
             well
             to
             bee
             a
             
               guiltlesse
               innocent
            
             ;
             but
             these
             accusatious
             were
             like
             water
             in
             a
             Smiths
             Forge
             ,
             which
             serueth
             to
             kindle
             ,
             not
             to
             quench
             ;
             it
             was
             a
             rough
             entrance
             ,
             to
             a
             most
             kinde
             vsage
             ;
             an
             outward
             shew
             of
             suspition
             ,
             the
             more
             plainly
             to
             vtter
             his
             entire
             affection
             ;
             so
             dealeth
             God
             with
             his
             children
             for
             they
             haue
             gone
             through
             fire
             and
             water
             ,
             but
             he
             hath
             brought
             them
             out
             into
             a
             
               wealthy
               place
            
             h
             .
             Many
             goe
             out
             of
             prison
             and
             chaines
             ,
             but
             their
             iourneyes
             end
             is
             to
             a
             Kingdome
             ,
             many
             in
             
             few
             things
             are
             vexed
             ,
             but
             in
             more
             they
             are
             well
             considered
             .
             Though
             the
             godly
             are
             tryed
             like
             gold
             in
             the
             furnace
             ,
             yet
             God
             loues
             them
             neuer
             the
             lesse
             for
             it
             ,
             but
             makes
             them
             the
             purer
             by
             it
             :
             If
             afflictions
             be
             grieuous
             ,
             yet
             at
             the
             least
             the
             godly
             gaine
             this
             by
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             the
             soule
             more
             sober
             :
             If
             God
             beginne
             ,
             
               with
               I
               haue
               afflicted
            
             thee
             ,
             he
             will
             doubtlesse
             end
             with
             
               I
               wil
               afflict
               thee
               no
               more
            
             i
             .
             And
             as
             we
             are
             partakers
             of
             
               Christs
               suf●erings
            
             ,
             so
             wee
             shall
             be
             also
             of
             his
             consolation
             k
             :
             If
             we
             die
             with
             him
             ,
             with
             him
             shal
             we
             liue
             :
             And
             if
             we
             bear
             his
             Crosse
             we
             shall
             weare
             his
             Crowne
             ,
             God
             woundeth
             vs
             sometimes
             ,
             but
             his
             wounds
             are
             the
             wounds
             of
             a
             friend
             ,
             for
             whether
             hee
             denounce
             iudgement
             ,
             or
             inflict
             it
             ,
             all
             is
             for
             our
             good
             in
             the
             end
             .
             He
             sent
             Ionah
             to
             Ni●●neh
             to
             threaten
             and
             ouerthrowe
             ,
             but
             his
             intent
             was
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             repentance
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             manifest
             his
             greater
             mercies
             .
             He
             sent
             Esay
             to
             Hezekiah
             to
             tel
             him
             of
             his
             
               dying
               day
            
             l
             :
             but
             his
             meaning
             was
             to
             mooue
             him
             to
             amendment
             that
             he
             might
             adiourne
             his
             life
             yet
             longer
             :
             Hee
             suffered
             Daniel
             to
             bee
             throwne
             into
             the
             Denne
             of
             Lions
             but
             
             it
             was
             to
             aduance
             him
             to
             greater
             credite
             .
             Hee
             that
             had
             seene
             Ioseph
             in
             prison
             vniustly
             ;
             Mordacay
             with
             a
             gibet
             before
             his
             eyes
             ,
             would
             haue
             bewayled
             there
             case
             ,
             but
             had
             hee
             knowne
             that
             Iosephs
             prison
             would
             haue
             ended
             in
             a
             Princedome
             ,
             and
             Mordecay
             his
             perill
             with
             royall
             preferment
             :
             hee
             would
             rather
             thinke
             them
             much
             beholding
             to
             God
             for
             the
             ensuing
             felicitie
             ,
             then
             greatly
             to
             be
             pitied
             for
             their
             present
             misery
             .
          
           
             The
             Musitian
             straineth
             not
             his
             strings
             to
             high
             for
             feare
             of
             breaking
             ,
             neither
             doth
             let
             them
             to
             low
             ,
             for
             feare
             of
             discord
             ;
             so
             God
             will
             keepe
             a
             meane
             ,
             neither
             suffering
             vs
             to
             bee
             carelesly
             secure
             ,
             nor
             driuing
             vs
             for
             want
             of
             comfort
             to
             dispaire
             .
             Who
             then
             wil
             not
             warre
             when
             hee
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             triumph
             hereafter
             ;
             If
             wee
             ouercome
             ,
             we
             shall
             goe
             home
             to
             our
             
               fathers
               house
            
             m
             :
             
               To
               the
               Citie
               of
               the
               liuing
               God
               ,
               the
               heauenly
               Ierusalem
               :
               Heb.
            
             12.
             22.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             we
             must
             fight
             for
             feare
             wee
             be
             ouercome
             ,
             for
             then
             what
             mercy
             can
             bee
             expected
             at
             the
             hauds
             of
             our
             spirituall
             Pharaoh
             ,
             what
             delight
             in
             the
             prison
             ,
             
             where
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             :
             howling
             for
             griese
             ,
             gnawing
             of
             the
             tongue
             for
             sorrow
             ,
             gnashing
             of
             the
             teeth
             for
             feare
             &
             paine
             n
             :
             There
             is
             neither
             hope
             ,
             nor
             helpe
             ,
             nor
             ease
             ,
             for
             the
             fire
             is
             vnquenchable
             ,
             &
             the
             
               worme
               shall
               not
               die
            
             o
             :
             there
             is
             no
             end
             ,
             for
             the
             paine
             is
             euerlasting
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             light
             but
             darknesse
             ,
             nay
             a
             land
             of
             darkenesse
             more
             palpable
             then
             that
             of
             Egypt
             p
             :
             It
             is
             violent
             fire
             which
             shall
             deuoure
             the
             adnersary
             q
             :
             
               A
               lake
               of
               fire
               burning
               with
               brimstone
            
             r
             :
             In
             which
             Lake
             the
             men
             that
             are
             ouercome
             are
             cast
             ,
             and
             shall
             lie
             burning
             day
             and
             night
             for
             euermore
             s
             :
             where
             insteed
             of
             order
             ,
             there
             shall
             bee
             confusion
             ;
             insteed
             of
             Halaluiah
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             cursing
             ;
             insteed
             of
             
               mirth
               ,
               mourning
            
             ;
             insteed
             of
             ioy
             vnspeakeable
             ,
             vnconceiueable
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             worst
             of
             all
             ,
             
               eternall
               torments
            
             .
             In
             that
             place
             the
             sweetest
             harmony
             shall
             be
             howling
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             cōfort
             confusion
             of
             faces
             .
             When
             Adeni-zedeck
             was
             taken
             the
             men
             of
             I●da
             &
             
               Simeon
               cut
               off
               the
               thumbes
               of
               his
               hands
               ,
               &
               of
               his
               feet
            
             t
             :
             So
             our
             spirituall
             enemies
             will
             deal
             with
             vs
             if
             they
             ouercome
             vs
             ,
             and
             farre
             more
             cruelly
             .
             They
             will
             
             put
             out
             our
             eyes
             that
             wee
             shall
             not
             lift
             them
             vp
             to
             the
             
               heauens
               from
               whence
               our
               help
               doth
               come
            
             ;
             they
             will
             cut
             off
             our
             hands
             ,
             that
             wee
             shall
             not
             
               lift
               them
               vp
               in
               prayer
               vnto
               God
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Apostle
             exhorteth
             u
             :
             They
             will
             pull
             out
             our
             tongues
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             not
             speake
             to
             God
             in
             prayer
             ,
             and
             they
             will
             binde
             vs
             hand
             and
             foot
             that
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             helpe
             our selues
             ,
             or
             goe
             to
             other
             to
             seeke
             for
             helpe
             x
             :
             
               Thus
               wee
               haue
               seene
               the
               quality
               of
               mans
               daies
               ,
            
             how
             they
             are
             sharpe
             ;
             The
             second
             generall
             point
             notes
             
               the
               quantity
               of
               our
               dayes
            
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             short
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Are
               not
               his
               dayes
               as
               the
               daies
               of
               an
               hireling
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Christians
             Crowne
             of
             glory
             after
             warfare
             .
          
           
             
               ARe
               not
               his
               dayes
               as
               the
               dayes
               of
               a
               ●ireling
               ,
            
             an
             hireling
             hath
             a
             time
             appointed
             and
             limited
             how
             long
             hee
             shall
             labour
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             haue
             his
             wages
             ;
             so
             man
             hath
             a
             time
             appointed
             to
             warre
             and
             fight
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             haue
             his
             reward
             ,
             which
             is
             promised
             by
             him
             that
             di●
             neuer
             deceiue
             any
             ,
             the
             grand
             Captaine
             ,
             
               Christ
               Iesus
            
             ,
             who
             will
             confesse
             such
             as
             
             serue
             him
             before
             his
             Father
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             
               holy
               Angels
            
             y
             :
             an
             hireling
             looketh
             and
             waiteth
             when
             his
             day
             will
             end
             that
             hee
             may
             haue
             his
             hire
             ;
             so
             the
             godly
             ,
             
               desire
               to
               bee
               dissolued
               and
               to
               bee
               with
               Christ
               ,
            
             that
             they
             may
             receiue
             the
             Crown
             ,
             of
             
               glory
               prepared
               for
               thē
            
             .
             Many
             profitable
             points
             might
             hence
             bee
             collected
             ,
             but
             the
             time
             will
             not
             giue
             me
             leaue
             to
             stand
             vpon
             all
             ,
             onely
             this
             I
             will
             briefly
             vrge
             .
          
           
             That
             man
             shall
             then
             receiue
             his
             rewarde
             when
             hee
             hath
             ouercome
             ,
             when
             he
             hath
             done
             his
             worke
             ,
             God
             will
             not
             denie
             his
             wages
             ,
             this
             rewarde
             is
             not
             carnall
             but
             spirituall
             ,
             not
             earthly
             but
             heauenly
             ,
             not
             mans
             but
             Gods
             ,
             not
             merited
             but
             giuen
             of
             mercy
             .
             This
             
               reward
               is
               layd
               vp
            
             z
             :
             and
             it
             is
             a
             Crowne
             ,
             not
             of
             thornes
             ,
             as
             on
             Christs
             head
             ,
             nor
             of
             gold
             ,
             as
             on
             earhly
             Kings
             heads
             ,
             but
             a
             
               Crowne
               of
               righteousnesse
            
             ,
             so
             
               Paul
               cals
               it
               a
               Crowne
               of
               life
            
             ;
             so
             Iames
             names
             it
             a
             :
             a
             
               Crown
               of
               glory
            
             ;
             so
             Peter
             stileth
             in
             b
             :
             
               yea
               a
               Crowne
               incorruptible
               and
               euerlasting
               .
            
             When
             thou
             hearest
             of
             a
             Crowne
             conceiue
             a
             triumph
             ,
             for
             Crownes
             are
             layde
             vp
             for
             them
             that
             after
             victory
             triumph
             ouer
             the
             enemy
             .
             There
             is
             no
             garland
             
             where
             there
             is
             no
             gole
             to
             runne
             to
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             victory
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             enemy
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             hire
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             labour
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             happinesse
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             no
             tryall
             by
             temptation
             :
             and
             rather
             then
             such
             as
             
               fight
               the
               Lords
               battels
               against
               sin
            
             and
             Sathan
             ,
             the
             world
             and
             the
             flesh
             ,
             shall
             want
             either
             Credit
             or
             Comfort
             ,
             God
             himselfe
             shall
             be
             their
             Crown
             .
             In
             that
             day
             shall
             the
             Lord
             of
             hostes
             be
             for
             a
             Crowne
             of
             glory
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             
               Diadem●
               of
               beauty
               vnto
               the
               residue
               of
               his
               people
               ,
               Esa.
            
             28
             5.
             
          
           
             
               So
               runne
               that
               you
               may
               obtaine
               this
               Crowne
               .
            
             Such
             as
             wrastle
             or
             runne
             in
             a
             race
             ,
             will
             diet
             themselues
             before
             hand
             ,
             and
             endure
             much
             when
             they
             come
             to
             fight
             or
             runne
             ,
             euen
             sweate
             ,
             and
             pant
             ,
             and
             blow
             ,
             and
             bleed
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             should
             Christians
             in
             this
             course
             &
             conflict
             of
             Christianitie
             ;
             especially
             ,
             considering
             the
             enemies
             with
             whom
             wee
             are
             to
             fight
             and
             wrastle
             are
             farre
             mightier
             ;
             for
             they
             wrastle
             but
             with
             men
             made
             of
             the
             same
             mould
             and
             mettall
             that
             wee
             are
             :
             wee
             with
             principalities
             and
             powers
             ,
             and
             wicked
             spirits
             :
             the
             time
             that
             we
             are
             to
             fight
             is
             farre
             longer
             ,
             they
             but
             for
             an
             
             houre
             or
             two
             ;
             but
             we
             al
             the
             daies
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             the
             Crowne
             for
             which
             wee
             striue
             is
             farre
             better
             :
             they
             did
             wrastle
             for
             the
             applause
             and
             commendation
             of
             men
             ,
             or
             for
             a
             garland
             of
             flowers
             ,
             which
             did
             fade
             in
             a
             day
             :
             we
             for
             an
             incorruptible
             
               Crowne
               of
               glory
            
             ,
             which
             God
             shall
             giue
             vs
             in
             his
             kingdome
             .
             Let
             no
             man
             looke
             for
             his
             reward
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             after
             death
             :
             then
             the
             wages
             shall
             bee
             paid
             ,
             when
             wee
             rest
             from
             our
             worke
             .
             As
             L●…ch
             called
             his
             sonne
             Noah
             because
             he
             should
             comfort
             him
             ,
             and
             make
             all
             his
             labour
             and
             sorrow
             to
             eease
             and
             end
             c
             :
             Euen
             so
             all
             iust
             and
             righteous
             men
             may
             call
             death
             their
             Noah
             ,
             the
             sonne
             of
             their
             rest
             ,
             and
             end
             of
             there
             labours
             ,
             and
             sorrowes
             ,
             and
             sicknesses
             ,
             and
             sinne
             ,
             and
             shame
             ;
             for
             then
             these
             and
             all
             other
             miseries
             shall
             bee
             done
             away
             ,
             and
             shall
             neuer
             be
             againe
             ,
             and
             then
             shall
             hee
             be
             crowned
             that
             hath
             ouercome
             .
          
           
             This
             may
             serue
             to
             let
             Christians
             see
             what
             a
             gracious
             Master
             they
             serue
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             see
             their
             
               worke
               vnrewarded
            
             .
             The
             wicked
             indeed
             in
             a
             pow●ing
             and
             repining
             humour
             ,
             will
             say
             as
             Iob
             settes
             it
             downe
             d
             :
             
               VVhat
               is
               the
               Almighty
               that
               
               we
               should
               serue
               him
               ,
               and
               what
               profit
               should
               we
               haue
               of
               we
               pray
               vnto
               him
               :
            
             But
             the
             Christian
             will
             gladly
             confesse
             ,
             that
             their
             wages
             is
             farre
             beyond
             their
             worke
             ,
             for
             if
             wee
             ouercome
             ,
             the
             Crowne
             is
             not
             due
             of
             debt
             :
             heauen
             is
             no
             purchase
             of
             ours
             ,
             but
             a
             free
             inheritance
             giuen
             to
             the
             godly
             for
             Christs
             sake
             .
             
               Eternall
               life
               it
               the
               gift
               of
               God
               through
               Iesus
               Christ
               our
               Lord
            
             e
             :
             Euery
             man
             shall
             receiue
             according
             to
             his
             workes
             ,
             but
             not
             for
             the
             worth
             and
             merit
             of
             his
             workes
             .
             The
             Crowne
             is
             of
             mercy
             ,
             not
             of
             merit
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             is
             need
             of
             mercy
             (
             as
             what
             man
             doth
             not
             need
             it
             )
             there
             is
             no
             standing
             vpon
             merit
             .
             The
             Apostles
             reason
             in
             this
             point
             is
             plaine
             :
             
               If
               saluation
               bee
               of
               grace
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               more
               of
               workes
               ,
               for
               else
               were
               grace
               no
               more
               grace
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               be
               of
               workes
               it
               is
               ,
               no
               more
               of
               grace
               ,
               for
               else
               were
               workes
               no
               more
               workes
            
             f
             :
             
               But
               saluation
               is
               of
               grace
            
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             Apostle
             hath
             plainely
             deliuered
             g
             :
             
               By
               grace
               are
               you
               saued
               through
               faith
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               of
               your selues
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               gift
               of
               God
               ,
               not
               of
               workes
               least
               any
               man
               should
               boast
               .
            
             Indeed
             we
             are
             created
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             vnto
             
               good
               workes
            
             ,
             that
             wee
             should
             
               walke
               in
               them
            
             ,
             as
             it
             followes
             
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ;
             that
             we
             should
             walke
             in
             them
             ,
             not
             that
             we
             may
             merit
             by
             them
             .
             For
             good
             workes
             are
             the
             way
             wherin
             wee
             must
             walke
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             not
             the
             cause
             that
             wee
             are
             Crowned
             when
             wee
             
               come
               there
            
             .
             Good
             workes
             wee
             all
             know
             proceed
             from
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             and
             therefore
             God
             cannot
             any
             way
             be
             indebted
             to
             vs
             for
             his
             owne
             which
             he
             giues
             vs.
             Doth
             not
             Dauid
             say
             ,
             all
             things
             come
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             of
             thine
             owne
             hand
             ,
             we
             haue
             giuē
             thee
             h
             .
             Who
             hath
             giuen
             vnto
             him
             first
             ,
             and
             hee
             shall
             be
             recompenced
             i
             .
             We
             are
             borne
             to
             doe
             good
             ,
             and
             our
             whole
             course
             must
             be
             to
             walke
             in
             Gods
             commandements
             ,
             and
             a
             speciall
             commandement
             is
             ,
             to
             bee
             fruitfull
             in
             good
             works
             k
             :
             As
             hirelings
             are
             busied
             all
             day
             ,
             so
             must
             wee
             as
             long
             as
             we
             liue
             here
             exercise
             our
             hands
             vnto
             good
             works
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             best
             apparell
             of
             Christians
             ,
             and
             their
             most
             durable
             riches
             and
             treasures
             .
             What
             one
             point
             doth
             God
             more
             presse
             vs
             vnto
             ,
             then
             this
             duty
             of
             doing
             good
             workes
             ,
             bring
             forth
             
               workes
               worthy
               amendment
               of
               life
            
             l
             .
             Be
             
               zealous
               of
               good
               workes
            
             m
             .
             And
             this
             wee
             cannot
             
             be
             till
             we
             be
             in
             Christ
             ;
             without
             me
             ,
             saith
             
               our
               Sauiour
            
             ,
             ye
             can
             
               doe
               nothing
            
             n
             .
             As
             a
             graft
             can
             bring
             forth
             no
             fruit
             which
             is
             not
             set
             into
             a
             stocke
             :
             so
             no
             man
             can
             possibly
             turne
             his
             hand
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             truely
             and
             formally
             good
             ,
             till
             he
             be
             ingraffed
             into
             Christ
             :
             and
             therefore
             it
             should
             be
             our
             wisedome
             and
             comfort
             to
             shew
             by
             good
             conuersation
             our
             works
             o
             ,
             and
             our
             loue
             to
             prouoke
             one
             another
             to
             good
             works
             p
             .
             A
             faith
             busie
             in
             obedience
             ,
             and
             fruitfull
             in
             good
             works
             ,
             is
             the
             fruits
             of
             profitable
             Preaching
             ,
             and
             conscionable
             hearing
             ;
             a
             godly
             life
             is
             the
             Christians
             badge
             whereby
             he
             is
             knowne
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             Ensigne
             ,
             shewing
             whose
             
               Souldier
               he
               is
            
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             he
             belongeth
             .
             As
             the
             pleasant
             and
             delghtfull
             fruit
             which
             the
             Spies
             brought
             out
             of
             the
             promised
             land
             ;
             shewed
             that
             that
             was
             pleasant
             and
             profitable
             ,
             so
             a
             godly
             conuersation
             ,
             sheweth
             that
             a
             man
             is
             the
             child
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             seruant
             of
             Christ.
             
          
           
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             let
             this
             serue
             to
             exhort
             all
             true
             Christians
             to
             liue
             godly
             in
             this
             present
             life
             ,
             &
             alwayes
             to
             look
             for
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             long
             for
             death
             ;
             to
             welcome
             and
             embrace
             it
             when
             it
             doth
             come
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             
             no
             other
             meanes
             to
             put
             an
             end
             vnto
             our
             troublesome
             Warfare
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             vs
             in
             possession
             of
             our
             promised
             reward
             ,
             but
             onely
             death
             .
             The
             poore
             Apprentice
             counts
             when
             the
             date
             of
             his
             Indentures
             ende
             ,
             that
             hee
             may
             bee
             made
             free
             ;
             the
             Day-Labourer
             lookes
             when
             the
             Sunne
             will
             set
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             leaue
             worke
             ;
             The
             Seafaring
             man
             and
             Passenger
             is
             faine
             when
             they
             come
             within
             kenne
             of
             land
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             attaine
             the
             Hauen
             ;
             and
             shall
             not
             we
             ,
             whose
             Indentures
             end
             not
             but
             by
             death
             ;
             who
             must
             not
             leaue
             working
             till
             the
             Sunne
             of
             our
             life
             be
             set
             ;
             and
             who
             can
             neuer
             come
             within
             ken
             of
             the
             Hauen
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             till
             we
             see
             some
             signes
             of
             death
             ,
             welcome
             it
             with
             all
             our
             hearts
             .
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             indeed
             ,
             if
             the
             wicked
             looke
             pale
             and
             wanne
             at
             the
             warning
             of
             death
             ,
             because
             they
             discry
             beyond
             death
             ,
             a
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             ,
             and
             beyond
             that
             ,
             they
             behold
             hell
             ;
             well
             may
             they
             be
             deiected
             ,
             when
             they
             feele
             sicknesse
             ,
             and
             almost
             desperate
             ,
             when
             they
             finde
             the
             pangs
             of
             death
             vpon
             them
             ;
             for
             besides
             the
             paine
             of
             death
             ,
             euery
             sinne
             serues
             as
             a
             Fury
             to
             torment
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             it
             loath
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             the
             prison
             of
             
             the
             body
             .
             But
             the
             godly
             who
             haue
             wrastled
             and
             made
             Warre
             here
             with
             their
             spiritual
             enemies
             ,
             are
             glad
             to
             heare
             that
             the
             time
             is
             come
             when
             they
             shall
             be
             crowued
             .
             It
             was
             a
             cleare
             heart
             ,
             nothing
             els
             could
             doe
             it
             ,
             that
             gaue
             so
             bold
             a
             f●rehead
             to
             that
             good
             Bishop
             ,
             who
             durst
             on
             his
             death-bed
             professe
             ;
             I
             haue
             so
             liued
             ,
             as
             I
             neither
             feare
             to
             die
             ,
             nor
             shame
             to
             liue
             ;
             for
             if
             we
             so
             l●…
             ,
             as
             alwayes
             looking
             when
             we
             shall
             die
             ;
             we
             shall
             so
             die
             ,
             as
             not
             doubt
             but
             be
             Crown●d
             with
             Christ
             in
             his
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Commendations
             of
             the
             deceassed
             Partie
             .
          
           
             ANd
             now
             blessed
             and
             beloued
             Brethren
             ;
             That
             little
             Boxe
             of
             oyntment
             which
             I
             haue
             brought
             for
             the
             buriall
             of
             this
             worthy
             and
             Worshipfull
             Knight
             ;
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             giue
             mee
             leaue
             to
             powre
             forth
             (
             for
             a
             good
             name
             is
             like
             a
             pretious
             oyntment
             powred
             out
             )
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             to
             fill
             the
             house
             with
             the
             sauoure
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             though
             I
             cannot
             sufficiently
             set
             forth
             his
             commendations
             ,
             yet
             I
             dare
             not
             so
             much
             wrong
             him
             that
             deserued
             it
             ,
             or
             you
             that
             expect
             it
             ,
             or
             my selfe
             that
             owe
             it
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             altogether
             silent
             ;
             lend
             me
             your
             patience
             then
             a
             little
             ,
             till
             I
             discharge
             this
             due
             debt
             of
             deserued
             praise
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             denyed
             vnto
             the
             dead
             .
          
           
             To
             
               liue
               well
            
             ,
             and
             to
             
               die
               well
            
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             inseperable
             companions
             ;
             so
             they
             are
             the
             most
             certaine
             tokens
             of
             a
             true
             Christian
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             commendations
             that
             in
             fewest
             words
             can
             bee
             giuen
             a
             man
             ;
             which
             whether
             they
             bee
             not
             due
             to
             the
             deceassed
             Partie
             ,
             those
             that
             knew
             
             him
             best
             can
             well
             witnesse
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             confesse
             when
             you
             shall
             haue
             heard
             the
             particulars
             which
             I
             can
             but
             onely
             point
             at
             .
          
           
             The
             Hebrew
             Doctors
             say
             of
             their
             meanest
             Magistrates
             ,
             whom
             they
             call
             the
             Court
             of
             three
             men
             ,
             that
             there
             must
             be
             in
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             these
             seuen
             properties
             ;
             
               VVisedome
               ,
               Meekenesse
               ,
               The
               feare
               of
               God
               ,
               Hatred
               of
               Mammon
               ,
               Loue
               of
               the
               Truth
               ,
               Loue
               of
               their
               fellow
               Creatures
            
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             be
             men
             of
             good
             name
             ;
             and
             these
             seuen
             are
             indeed
             the
             same
             in
             effect
             with
             those
             that
             we
             finde
             mentioned
             in
             Exod.
             18.
             21.
             and
             Deut.
             1.
             13.
             
             And
             did
             sweetly
             concurre
             in
             this
             Man
             menaging
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             Common
             wealth
             wherevnto
             he
             was
             called
             ;
             and
             did
             carefully
             and
             consciouably
             discharge
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               His
               wisedome
               .
            
             
               FOr
               first
               his
               wisedome
               was
               well
               tryed
               and
               prooued
               to
               be
               sound
               in
               his
               singular
               dexterity
               to
               search
               into
               ,
               and
               his
               happy
               successe
               in
               putting
               an
               ende
               ,
               to
               
               such
               Causes
               and
               Controuersies
               as
               were
               committed
               to
               him
               ;
               which
               commonly
               were
               as
               many
               and
               materiall
               ,
               us
               to
               any
               one
               man
               ;
               and
               what
               was
               it
               but
               his
               wisedome
               and
               mature
               iudgement
               which
               made
               cunning
               and
               crafty
               Companions
               ,
               by
               all
               meanes
               feare
               to
               come
               before
               him
               ,
               lest
               they
               should
               be
               detected
               ;
               and
               poore
               ignorant
               and
               innocent
               people
               so
               fast
               to
               flocke
               vnto
               him
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               directed
               ,
               by
               his
               direction
               .
            
          
           
             
               II.
               His
               Meekenesse
               .
            
             
               ANd
               how
               could
               hee
               chuse
               but
               bee
               wise
               ,
               who
               was
               so
               meeke
               ;
               and
               so
               mildely
               and
               calmely
               did
               he
               ●●rry
               himselfe
               :
               that
               as
               the
               Heathen
               Hit●ites
               ,
               when
               they
               saw
               Abrahams
               meeke
               and
               milde
               carriage
               towards
               them
               ;
               saide
               ,
               surely
               thou
               art
               a
               Prince
               of
               God
               amongst
               vs
               :
               so
               stubberne
               and
               sturdy
               Malefactors
               were
               almost
               well
               pleased
               with
               those
               punishments
               he
               inflicted
               vpon
               them
               ,
               so
               sweetly
               tempered
               with
               meeke
               and
               soft
               answers
               to
               their
               doubts
               and
               admonitions
               for
               their
               well
               doing
               :
               Thus
               did
               he
               carefully
               
               practise
               that
               precept
               of
               the
               Apostle
               ;
               which
               as
               it
               concernes
               all
               Christians
               ,
               so
               particularly
               Ministers
               and
               Magistrates
               .
               
                 Gal.
                 6.
                 1.
                 
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 fallen
                 by
                 occasion
                 into
                 any
                 fault
                 ,
                 ye
                 which
                 are
                 spirituall
                 restore
                 such
                 one
                 with
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 meekenesse
                 ,
                 considering
                 thy selfe
                 ,
                 least
                 thou
                 also
                 bee
                 tempted
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               III.
               His
               feare
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               ANd
               how
               could
               he
               chuse
               but
               be
               both
               ●ise
               &
               meeke
               ,
               whose
               soule
               was
               seasoned
               with
               the
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               both
               the
               beginning
               of
               
                 Salomons
                 Prouerbs
              
               r
               :
               
                 The
                 feare
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 is
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 wisedome
                 :
              
               And
               the
               end
               of
               Salomons
               preaching
               s
               :
               
                 Heare
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 feare
                 God
                 and
                 keepe
                 his
                 Commandements
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 whole
                 man
                 :
              
               without
               this
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               men
               be
               more
               foolish
               or
               fierce
               ,
               by
               this
               they
               are
               made
               both
               wise
               and
               meeke
               ,
               and
               for
               his
               feare
               of
               God
               (
               though
               this
               be
               a
               sparke
               which
               the
               firy
               eyes
               of
               God
               can
               discerne
               ,
               the
               fleshly
               eyes
               of
               men
               may
               be
               deceined
               )
               yet
               those
               that
               knew
               him
               ,
               how
               duely
               and
               daily
               he
               
               obserued
               his
               Deuotions
               ,
               both
               for
               prayer
               and
               reading
               ;
               How
               willingly
               and
               feelingly
               ,
               hee
               would
               conferre
               of
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ;
               how
               deepely
               hee
               detested
               all
               Poperie
               and
               superstition
               ;
               how
               diligently
               he
               frequented
               the
               gates
               of
               Gods
               house
               ;
               how
               attentiuely
               hee
               hearkened
               to
               the
               preaching
               of
               Gods
               Word
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               helpe
               of
               his
               memory
               ,
               would
               note
               downe
               many
               worthy
               sayings
               deliuered
               by
               diuers
               Preachers
               ,
               which
               were
               found
               in
               his
               studie
               after
               his
               death
               :
               how
               wisely
               he
               made
               choyce
               of
               such
               bookes
               ,
               as
               may
               help
               forward
               our
               mortification
               ,
               wherein
               hee
               could
               not
               too
               much
               commend
               Master
               
                 Perkins
                 Workes
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Deceitfulnesse
                 of
                 the
                 heart
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Practice
                 of
                 Pietie
              
               :
               must
               needs
               confesse
               that
               hee
               did
               indeed
               truely
               feare
               God
            
          
           
             
               IIII.
               His
               hatred
               of
               Mammon
               .
            
             
               COuetousnesse
               &
               Contentednesse
               ,
               can
               no
               more
               agree
               together
               ,
               then
               fire
               and
               water
               ;
               &
               how
               could
               he
               but
               bee
               content
               
                 whose
                 delight
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ;
               which
               as
               Dauid
               saith
               ,
               wil
               bring
               a
               man
               his
               
               
                 hearts
                 delight
                 :
                 Godlinesse
                 is
                 great
                 gaine
                 with
                 contentation
                 ,
              
               not
               if
               a
               man
               can
               bee
               content
               ,
               for
               that
               brings
               contentation
               with
               it
               ,
               wheresoeuer
               it
               comes
               :
               And
               as
               impossible
               it
               is
               for
               a
               Godly
               man
               not
               to
               bee
               contented
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               for
               a
               contented
               man
               to
               be
               couetous
               ;
               his
               feare
               of
               God
               therefore
               frees
               him
               from
               this
               breeding
               sinne
               of
               couetousnesse
               :
               Couetousnesse
               is
               cruell
               ,
               so
               was
               not
               hee
               ;
               but
               kind
               hearted
               towards
               all
               .
               What
               Tenant
               can
               complaine
               that
               hee
               did
               ouer
               rack
               their
               rents
               ?
               what
               neighbour
               can
               iustly
               accuse
               him
               that
               hee
               did
               ouer-beare
               them
               in
               their
               right
               ?
               or
               ouer-burden
               them
               with
               his
               might
               ?
               Couetousnesse
               is
               alwaies
               complaining
               of
               some
               thing
               that
               it
               wants
               ;
               so
               was
               not
               hee
               ,
               but
               most
               thankefully
               acknowledged
               Gods
               goodnesse
               for
               that
               hee
               had
               .
               Couetousnesse
               keepes
               no
               hospitality
               ,
               hee
               did
               ;
               and
               that
               not
               onely
               vpon
               good
               dayes
               ,
               like
               some
               that
               will
               kill
               an
               Oxe
               or
               two
               at
               Christ-tide
               ,
               that
               scarce
               kill
               a
               Sheepe
               all
               the
               yeare
               after
               :
               but
               all
               the
               yeare
               long
               ,
               yea
               many
               yeares
               together
               ,
               without
               euer
               seeking
               to
               liue
               in
               some
               corner
               of
               a
               City
               to
               saue
               charges
               ,
               as
               too
               many
               far
               more
               
               able
               then
               he
               ,
               daily
               doe
               .
               Couetousnesse
               is
               ●unning
               and
               crafty
               ,
               so
               was
               not
               hee
               ;
               but
               like
               a
               true
               Nathaniel
               in
               whom
               there
               was
               no
               guile
               ;
               hee
               louing
               nothing
               better
               in
               others
               ,
               nor
               practised
               nothing
               more
               carefully
               in
               himselfe
               ,
               then
               plaine
               downe-right
               honest
               dealing
               .
            
          
           
             
               V.
               His
               loue
               of
               the
               Truth
               .
            
             
               ANd
               this
               is
               not
               ouely
               the
               worde
               of
               truth
               ,
               as
               the
               Gospell
               is
               called
               ;
               as
               heere
               it
               is
               taken
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               true
               dealing
               both
               in
               word
               and
               deed
               .
               Hee
               who
               knew
               that
               Dauid
               would
               not
               endure
               a
               lyer
               to
               tarry
               in
               his
               sight
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               will
               not
               suffer
               a
               lyer
               to
               come
               in
               his
               kingdome
               ,
               made
               it
               his
               
                 Christian
                 〈◊〉
              
               that
               neither
               his
               tongue
               might
               belie
               his
               heart
               by
               speaking
               otherwise
               then
               he
               thought
               ;
               nor
               his
               hands
               belie
               his
               tongue
               ,
               by
               doing
               otherwise
               then
               hee
               spake
               .
               
                 Li●
                 not
                 one
                 to
                 another
              
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               t
               :
               
                 for
                 you
                 are
                 members
                 one
                 of
                 another
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               VI.
               His
               loue
               .
            
             
               ANd
               indeed
               such
               was
               his
               loue
               to
               his
               fellow
               mēbers
               ,
               that
               he
               took
               as
               tenderly
               what
               did
               touch
               thē
               ,
               as
               if
               himselfe
               had
               felt
               it
               ;
               his
               sympathie
               &
               fellow-seeling
               of
               his
               brethrens
               wrongs
               ,
               made
               him
               ready
               to
               heare
               any
               poore
               mans
               complaint
               ,
               and
               to
               helpe
               them
               if
               hee
               could
               :
               sometimes
               speaking
               for
               them
               ,
               sometimes
               writing
               for
               them
               with
               his
               owne
               hand
               ;
               alwayes
               in
               his
               heart
               pittying
               the
               poore
               and
               oppressed
               .
               Hee
               knew
               how
               fatall
               it
               is
               for
               members
               of
               the
               same
               bododie
               to
               fall
               out
               amongst
               themselues
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hee
               was
               alwaies
               busie
               in
               that
               blessed
               worke
               of
               making
               peace
               :
               Composing
               controuersies
               ,
               and
               ending
               sutes
               of
               Law
               ;
               sometimes
               by
               faire
               words
               ,
               intreating
               ;
               sometimes
               by
               giuing
               counsell
               ,
               aduising
               ;
               sometimes
               by
               plaine
               and
               and
               pregnant
               places
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               conuincing
               the
               wilfull
               :
               there
               were
               not
               many
               dayes
               in
               the
               whole
               yeare
               (
               excepting
               the
               Sabbath
               )
               wherein
               hee
               was
               not
               sought
               vnto
               :
               and
               many
               times
               would
               hee
               sit
               from
               morning
               till
               night
               ,
               
               hearing
               and
               examining
               such
               matters
               as
               came
               before
               him
               ,
               being
               demanded
               by
               some
               why
               hee
               would
               sit
               so
               long
               ,
               so
               tyring
               out
               himselfe
               ,
               spending
               his
               spirits
               ,
               and
               endangering
               his
               health
               :
               his
               answer
               was
               ,
               that
               by
               his
               place
               and
               calling
               ,
               and
               good
               of
               his
               countrey
               hee
               was
               to
               doe
               it
               :
               and
               for
               himselfe
               hee
               said
               hee
               was
               as
               a
               Candle
               ,
               wasting
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               giue
               light
               to
               others
               ;
               disquieting
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               quiet
               others
               ;
               and
               troubling
               himselfe
               ,
               to
               free
               others
               from
               trouble
               .
               To
               conclude
               ,
               this
               particular
               ,
               there
               are
               more
               then
               many
               that
               can
               witnesse
               ,
               that
               as
               it
               was
               said
               of
               Iob
               u
               :
               so
               wee
               may
               say
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               eyes
               to
               the
               
                 blind
                 ,
                 feet
              
               to
               the
               lame
               ,
               a
               father
               to
               the
               poore
               ,
               and
               a
               friend
               to
               all
               .
            
             
               Finally
               ,
               for
               his
               good
               name
               ,
               the
               sweet
               sauour
               of
               it
               spread
               it selfe
               further
               then
               himselfe
               was
               knowne
               ,
               and
               begins
               now
               after
               his
               death
               to
               grow
               stronger
               and
               stronger
               .
               Iacobs
               body
               was
               neuer
               embalmed
               with
               so
               sweet
               spices
               ,
               as
               this
               
                 mans
                 name
              
               and
               memory
               is
               seasoned
               with
               the
               sauour
               of
               his
               vertues
               ;
               and
               euer
               shall
               be
               honoured
               with
               variety
               of
               fresh
               praises
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               his
               godly
               life
               which
               you
               haue
               heard
               ,
               but
               his
               gracious
               death
               
               which
               in
               a
               word
               you
               shall
               heare
               ,
               will
               alwaies
               afford
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               the
               nature
               of
               naturall
               motions
               ,
               that
               the
               nearer
               they
               come
               to
               their
               end
               ,
               the
               swifter
               they
               are
               :
               surely
               we
               may
               easily
               imagine
               that
               this
               mans
               motion
               to
               heauen
               was
               come
               naturally
               ;
               such
               haste
               he
               did
               make
               thither
               ,
               now
               towardes
               his
               end
               .
               Hence
               it
               was
               that
               he
               professed
               that
               he
               was
               wearie
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               wherein
               he
               neuer
               found
               any
               sound
               comfort
               or
               content
               :
               that
               hee
               was
               desirous
               to
               goe
               to
               his
               owne
               home
               ,
               for
               here
               hee
               sayde
               ,
               he
               was
               but
               a
               stranger
               and
               pilgrim
               ;
               not
               long
               before
               he
               fell
               a
               sleep
               ,
               he
               cited
               two
               verses
               of
               the
               39.
               
               Psalme
               .
               The
               words
               are
               these
               ,
               
                 Heare
                 my
                 prayer
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 hearken
                 vnto
                 my
                 cry
                 ,
                 keepe
                 not
                 silence
                 at
                 my
                 teares
              
               (
               and
               with
               those
               wordes
               wept
               )
               
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 stranger
                 with
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 saiourner
                 as
                 all
                 my
                 fathers
                 were
                 ,
                 stay
                 thine
                 anger
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 recouer
                 strength
                 before
                 I
                 goe
                 hence
                 ,
                 and
                 bee
                 no
                 more
                 seene
                 :
              
               What
               shal
               I
               say
               of
               his
               humble
               Confessiō
               ,
               that
               hee
               was
               a
               great
               sinner
               ,
               his
               strong
               
                 Considence
                 in
                 Christ
                 his
                 Sauiour
              
               ,
               that
               sweete
               peace
               of
               conscience
               which
               hee
               did
               finde
               in
               his
               foule
               ,
               by
               the
               assured
               remission
               
               of
               his
               sins
               ,
               and
               that
               infallible
               assurance
               of
               saluation
               ,
               that
               hee
               should
               
                 l●●e
                 for
                 euer
                 with
                 God
              
               :
               of
               which
               ,
               and
               other
               points
               he
               sweetly
               discoursed
               fiue
               dayes
               before
               his
               death
               ,
               not
               without
               sighes
               and
               teares
               ,
               the
               true
               messengers
               and
               best
               Orat●rs
               of
               a
               penitent
               soule
               .
            
             
               Thus
               might
               he
               at
               his
               death
               make
               as
               bolde
               a
               profession
               as
               that
               good
               
                 Bishop
                 :
                 I
                 haue
                 so
                 liued
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 neither
                 affraid
                 to
                 die
                 quickly
                 ,
                 nor
                 ashamed
                 to
                 liue
                 l●nger
                 :
              
               hee
               need
               not
               indeed
               ,
               for
               a
               good
               life
               is
               the
               forerunner
               of
               a
               good
               death
               :
               As
               I●r●●
               saith
               ,
               
                 I
                 haue
                 not
                 read
                 nor
                 heard
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 hee
                 who
                 liued
                 well
                 ,
                 died
                 well
                 .
              
               Thus
               wee
               know
               this
               Worshipfull
               Knight
               ,
               and
               worthy
               Gouernour
               in
               his
               Country
               liued
               ;
               and
               thus
               ,
               we
               doubt
               not
               but
               he
               died
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               liueth
               with
               the
               Lord.
               The
               Lord
               grant
               vs
               all
               grace
               to
               liue
               and
               die
               in
               him
               ,
            
             
               Amen
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A10033-e340
           
             a
             Iob.
             1.
             1
             
          
           
             b
             Iam.
             5
             ,
             11
             
          
           
             c
             Iob.
             1
             ,
             ●1
             
          
           
             d
             Iob.
             14
             ,
             1
             
          
           
             e
             Gen.
             47
             ,
             9
             
          
           
             f
             Gen.
             25.
             7
             
          
           
             g
             Gen.
             35
             ,
             28
             
          
           
             h
             Iob.
             10.
             28
             
          
           
             i
             Iob.
             1
             ,
             12
             
          
           
             k
             Ver.
             4.
             
          
           
             l
             V●●
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             m
             Iob.
             2
             ,
             7
             
          
           
             n
             Iob.
             2
             ,
             9
             
          
           
             o
             Iob.
             16.
             2
             
          
           
             p
             Heb.
             9
             ,
             27
             
          
           
             q
             Iob.
             14
             ,
             5
             
          
           
             r
             2
             S●m
             .
             12
             18
             
          
           
             s
             Gen.
             5
             ,
             27
             
          
           
             t
             Eccl
             3
             ,
             12
             
          
           
             u
             Gen.
             15
             ,
             13
             
          
           
             x
             Exo.
             12
             ,
             41
             
          
           
             y
             Psal.
             77
             ,
             19
             
          
           
             z
             Gal.
             4
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             a
             Ioh
             8
             ,
             59
             
          
           
             b
             Ioh.
             11
             ,
             57
             
          
           
             c
             Ioh.
             18
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             d
             Mat.
             28
             ,
             6
             
          
           
             e
             Gen.
             8
             ,
             22
             
          
           
             f
             Iob.
             14
             ,
             16
             
          
           
             g
             Psal.
             39
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             h
             Mat.
             10
             ,
             30
             
          
           
             i
             Gen.
             4
             ,
             81
             
          
           
             k
             Gen
             7
             ,
             21
             
          
           
             l
             Gen.
             19
             ,
             24
             
          
           
             m
             Num.
             15
             36.
             
          
           
             n
             Iudg.
             19
             ,
             29
             
          
           
             o
             Iug.
             16
             ,
             30
             
          
           
             p
             Luk.
             13
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             q
             Iug.
             4
             ,
             21
             
          
           
             r
             1
             King.
             13
             24
             
          
           
             s
             2
             King.
             2
             24
             
          
           
             t
             Luk.
             23
             ,
             39
             
          
           
             Vse
             1.
             
          
           
             u
             Act.
             23.
             12
             
          
           
             x
             Den.
             34
             ,
             5
             
          
           
             y
             1
             Kin.
             2
             ,
             10
             
          
           
             z
             2
             Chro.
             〈◊〉
             12
             
          
           
             Use
             2.
             
          
           
             a
             Mat.
             10
             ,
             29
             
          
           
             b
             Amos
             3
             ,
             5
             
          
           
             c
             Deut.
             28.
             21.
             
          
           
             3
             Vse
             .
          
           
             d
             Iob
             14.
             14.
             
          
           
             e
             Phil.
             3.
             21.
             
          
           
             f
             〈◊〉
             Kin
             ,
             6.
             23.
             
          
           
             g
             Eccles
             7.
             4
             
          
           
             h
             Ioh.
             16
             21
             
          
           
             i
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             k
             Phil.
             1.
             23.
             
          
           
             l
             Heb.
             13.
             14.
             
          
           
             m
             1
             Pet.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             n
             Psal.
             39.
             12
             
          
           
             o
             Gen.
             18
             ,
             27
             
          
           
             p
             Psal.
             22.
             6.
             
          
           
             q
             Rom.
             6.
             23
             
          
           
             r
             Iob
             30.
             23
             
          
           
             s
             Iob
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             t
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             4
             
          
           
             u
             2
             Tim.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             x
             Acts
             14
             ,
             22
             
          
           
             y
             Iug.
             9
             54.
             
          
           
             z
             1
             Sam.
             31
             4.
             
          
           
             a
             2
             Sam.
             17.
             23.
             
          
           
             b
             Mat.
             27.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             5
             
          
           
             c
             Luk.
             12.
             40.
             
          
           
             d
             Isa.
             38.
             
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             e
             Psal.
             51.
             4.
             
          
           
             f
             Rom.
             12.
             18
             
          
           
             g
             P●o.
             1.
             24.
             
          
           
             h
             Eccles.
             12
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             Doct.
             2.
             
          
           
             i
             1
             Pet.
             5
             ,
             8
             
          
           
             k
             Gen.
             3.
             1
             
          
           
             l
             Mat.
             4
             ,
             3
             
          
           
             m
             Luk.
             4
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             n
             Eph.
             6.
             15
             
          
           
             o
             1
             Pet.
             5
             ,
             9
             
          
           
             p
             1
             Iob.
             5.
             4
             
          
           
             q
             2
             Cor.
             16
             13
             
          
           
             r
             Luk.
             22
             ,
             31
             
          
           
             s
             Rom.
             1
             ,
             16
             
          
           
             t
             Heb.
             4
             ,
             11
             
          
           
             u
             Psal.
             119
             ,
             105
             
          
           
             x
             Tim.
             3.
             15
             
          
           
             y
             2
             Kin
             20
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             z
             Iona.
             2
             ,
             1.
             
          
           
             a
             Psal.
             50.
             15
             
          
           
             b
             Luk.
             18.
             13
             
          
           
             c
             2
             Tim.
             4
             10
             
          
           
             d
             Iam.
             4
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             e
             1
             Ioh
             ,
             2.
             15
             
          
           
             f
             Luk.
             1
             ,
             52
             
          
           
             g
             Psal.
             1
             ▪
             3
             ,
             7
             ,
             8
             
          
           
             h
             1
             Ioh
             ,
             2
             ,
             19
             
          
           
             i
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