Two sermons tending to direction for Christian carriage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…

Now this then should admonish us to imitate¹ faithful NOAH our father herein, if we desire to be his children, as well after the Faith, as we are after the Flesh: to take warning when God gives it; give credit to Gods threatenings, though we see them not seconded with any outward effect yet.

Now this then should admonish vs to imitate¹ faithful NOA our father herein, if we desire to be his children, as well after the Faith, as we are after the Flesh: to take warning when God giues it; giue credit to Gods threatnings, though we see them not seconded with any outward effect yet.

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And surely, if we ought to take notice with NOAH, of such Judgements as Gods word alone giveth warning of, though ^xno print or foot-step of them be to be seen otherwise; how much more when we have such evident and apparent ^*signs, even to outward sense of some storm coming toward us, as we cannot but see, unless we be of those of whom Bernard saith, That ^ythey seek straws to put out their eyes withal; or of whom Justine Martyr saith▪ That ^zthey wink wilfully, that they may not see what is coming toward them, when some unsavoury potion is ministered to them, which they are content, though it go against the stomach with them, to take.