True contentment in the gain of godliness, with its self-sufficiency A meditation on 1.…True contentment in the gaine of godlines, with its self-sufficiencie A meditation on 1.…

Otherwise as the ^uIsraelites, when they went out of Gods precincts, they went withal out of Gods protection, and so fell before their foes, into whose hands they fell, forsaking Gods shelter and safeguard. So ^xthose that make more haste then good speed to be rich, that balk Gods paths, and step aside out of Gods way, to compass wealth, shall undoubtedly come to evil. For ^ythose that will be rich, saith the Apostle, that set this down, ^zrich they will be, howsoever they come by it, per fas & nefas, by hook or crook, as we say, by right or by wrong, they pierce their hearts through with many sorrows, pester their minds with many fond and noisome lusts and desires, and plunge themselves into many dangerous snares, that at length drown their souls in destruction.

Otherwise as the ^uIsraelites, when they went out of Gods precincts, they went withall out of Gods protection, and so fell before their foes, into whose hands they fell, forsaking Gods shelter and sauegard. So ^xthose that make more haste then good speede to be rich, that balke Gods paths, and step aside out of Gods way, to compasse wealth, shall vndoubtedly come to euill. For ^ythose that will be rich, saith the Apostle, that set this downe, ^zrich they will be, howsoeuer they come by it, per fas & nefas, by hooke or crook, as we say, by right or by wrong, they pierce their hearts through with many sorrowes, pester their mindes with many fond and noysome lusts and desires, and plunge themselues into many dangerous snares, that at length drowne their soules in destruction.

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