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This shall cover the faces of Libertines with everlasting confusion; who are evermore rubbing their own filthiness on Gods purity; and charging him as the author of their sins. If the Devils in hell should speak, what could they say more? we have fallen from our happiness, and God caused it. Reprobate thoughts! Men have spilt blood, defiled forbidden beds, struck ⟨p. 113⟩at Princes with treasons, ruined countries with depopulations, filled the earth with rapes, and shot at heaven with blasphemies; and lay their damnation on their Maker: deriving from his purpose excuses of their wickedness. The inevitable decree of Gods counsel is charged: the thought of that hath made them careless: so with good food they poison themselves. Willing fools, rack not your belief with impossibilities. Behold! God is so far from authorizing your sins and falls; that he rains on yo• the holy dews of his word to mollify your hearts. Justifying himself by this proffered means of your salvation, that he would not the death of a sinner. O but his hidden will is to damn us. Mad men, that forsake that signed will, written in tables, published with trumpets, commanded with blessings, cursings, promises, menaces, to which every soul stands bound! and fall to prying into those unsearchable mysteries, covered with a curtain of holy secrecy, not to be drawn aside till the day comes, wherein we shall know as we are known.

This shall couer the faces of Libertines with •uerlasting confusion; who are euermore rubbing their owne filthinesse on Gods puritie; and charging him as the authour of their sinnes. If the Diuels in hell should speake, what could they say more? wee haue falne from our happinesse, and God caused it. Reprobate thoughts! Men haue spilt bloud, defiled forbidden beds, strucke ⟨p. 113⟩at Princes with treasons, ruin'd countries with depopulations, filled the earth with rapes, and shot at heauen with blasphemies; and lay their damnation on their Maker: deriuing from his purpose excuses of their wickednesse. The ineuitable decree of Gods counsell is charged: the thought of that hath made them carelesse: so with good food they poison themselues. Willing fooles, racke not your beleefe with impossibilities. Behold! God is so farre from authorizing your sinnes and falls; that he raines on yo the holy deawes of his word to mollifie your hearts. Iustifying himselfe by this proffered meanes of your saluation, that he would not the death of a sinner. O but his hidden will is to damne vs. Mad men, that forsake that signed will, written in tables, published with trumpets, commanded with blessings, cursings, promises, menaces, to which euery soule stands bound! and fall to prying into those vnsearchable mysteries, couered with a curtaine of holy secrecy, not to be drawne aside till the day comes, wherein we shall know as we are knowne.