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The country Nabal, that hoards his grain, ⟨p. 149⟩and with it locks up his soul in a Garner, that the Sun of Gods blessing may not come at it: that starves the poor, his family, himself; cares not for Repentance. The avarous Citizens, whom the glad Devil can never find without a false measure in one hand, and a cozening weight in the other; that have tricks in their sconces to over-reach the devil himself; but that (like a cunning Fencer) he that taught them all their tricks, kept one to himself, to cheat them of their souls; care not for repentance. The muffled Lawyer, that hath no sense left alive but his feeling, and weighs all causes by the poise of gold; that talks against others right and his own conscience; that leads Jury into perjury, with his fraudulent circumventions; cares not for repentance.

The countrey Nabal, that hoords his graine, ⟨p. 149⟩and with it lockes vp his soule in a Garner, that the Sunne of Gods blessing may not come at it: that starues the poore, his family, himselfe; cares not for Repentance. The auarous Citizens, whom the glad Diuell can neuer find without a false measure in one hand, and a cozening waight in the other; that haue trickes in their sconces to ouer-reach the diuell himselfe; but that (like a cunning Fenser) he that taught them all their trickes, kept one to himselfe, to cheate them of their soules; care not for repentance. The muffled Lawyer, that hath no sense left aliue but his feeling, and waighs all causes by the poyse of gold; that talkes against others right and his owne conscience; that leades Iurie into pe•iury, with his fraudulent circumuentions; cares not for repentance.

The sharking Officer,¹ (that like Menelaus, an Armenian Archer in the wars betwixt Constantius and Magnentius) can shoot three arrows at once, at one loose; wherewith he wounds not one, but three at the least: the Prince whom he serves, the person whom he draws blood of, and the body of the Common-wealth; cares not for repentance. I need not speak of the Church-robber, the Usurer, the Drunkard, the Proud, the unclean adulterer: no man can think, that they care for repentance. O but they all purpose to repent. Spare them a while; they are but new set into the Oven; not yet fully baked in their hot vanities: