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There are some, that care for hearing it no more: but sit down with a conceit of their own sufficiency. They know as much as all the Preachers can tell them: let the youth go to be Catechized. So the sluggish and irreligious Master sits at home, whiles he sends his servants to Church. There is an old tale, idle in it self; the use may be good. A certain man that would never go to Church, when he heard the Saints bell, would say to his wife. Go thou to Church and pray for thee and me. One night he dreamt, that both he and his wife were dead, and that they knocked together at Heaven-gate for entrance. S. Peter (by the Legend) is Porter, and suffered the wife to enter in, but kept the husband out: answering him, Illa intravit pro see eat: She is gone in both for her self and thee. As thy wife went to Church for thee, so she must go to heaven for thee. The Moral instructs every one to have a personality of Faith, and a propriety of devotion: that himself serving GOD, himself may be blessed of God.

There are some, that care for hearing it no more: but sit downe with a conceit of their owne sufficiencie. They know as much as all the Preachers can tell them: let the youth go to be Catechized. So the sluggish and irreligious Master sits at home, whiles hee sends his seruants to Church. There is an old tale, idle in it selfe; the vse may be good. A certaine man that would neuer go to Church, when hee heard the Saintsbell, would say to his wife. Goe thou to Church and pray for thee and me. One night he dream't, that both he and his wife were dead, and that they knocked together at Heauen-gate for entrance. S. Peter (by the Legend) is Porter, and suffred the wife to enter in, but kept the husband out: answering him, Illa intrauit pro se ette: She is gone in both for her selfe and thee. As thy wife went to Church for thee, so shee must goe to heauen for thee. The Morall instructs euery one to haue a personality of Faith, and a proprietie of deuotion: that himselfe seruing GOD, himselfe may bee blessed of God.

It now remains, to examine more narrowly the nature of the sins these ungodly hearts produce.¹ They are called Thorns and Briers. Pliny saith that the Thorn is more soft then a Tree, and more hard then an Herb: as if it were some unkindly