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4 I should now lastly inquire who are the sick, wherein (as the Philosopher said of men; Non uhi sunt, sed uhi non sunt, faoilè demonstratur, I can easily show you where they are not, not where they are.) It is a small matter to find out the sick, the difficulty is to find any sound. I know g there are a few names in our Sardis, ¹that have not defiled their garments; but they are so few, that it is hard to find them. ^hRun to and fro through the streets, and seek in the broad places of our Cities, if you can find a man, if there be any that executes judgement, and seeketh the truth. The whole World is very old and sick, given over, as man in his dotage to covetousnesse. Huius aedest aet as extremae & far a mundi, Alget amor dandy, praeceps amor ardet habendi. Needs must the world be sick and old When lust grows hot, and charity cold. ⟨p. 95⟩Wonder you at this? under is the daughter of ignorance, ignorance of nature. God hath foretold it, event hath fulfilled it. Saint Paul gives the symptoms of this general sickness. ⁱRedeem the time, for the days are evil. Our Saviour premonish•th the great decay of faith and love, to ensue the Apostasy of the latter times. His ^kApostles testify no less. Paul to Timothy, Know that in the last days perilous times shall come. Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, &c. (read and observe.) ^lPeter (with others) to make up a cloud of witnesses, prophecieth the like, if not with addition; that men shall be so debauched, as even to deride and scoff at goodness, as a thing rather derisory, than necessary. The plague of sin rankles, and (helped with fit instruments of dispersion) infects the times.

4 I should now lastly inquire who are the sicke, wherein (as the Philosopher said of men; Non vhi sunt, sed vhi non sunt, faoilè demonstratur, I can easily shew you where they are not, not where they are.) It is a small matter to finde out the sicke, the difficulty is to finde any sound. I know g there are a few names in our Sardis,