1Be wise now ye that are moved to give open and public testification of your inward and private resolution. Be wise in making choice of your company. You that have escaped sundry dangers on sea and land, that have had victory over enemies, that have been eased and recovered of any maladies, that have been preserved from the plague, that have had any other evidence of Gods special providence and favour, let not play-houses, let not taverns, ale-houses, and tobacco-houses, let not assemblies of profane persons, of swearers, of drunkards, of riotous and licentious persons, be the places whither you resort to recount the deliverances which God hath given you. This rather beseemeth such as have vowed vows to Bacchus, to Ceres, to Priapus, to ⟨p. 200⟩Venus, yea and to Devils, then to the great Lord of heaven and earth. Associate your selves with the Saints, with such as fear God, with such as may encourage you in that which you do well, and instruct and direct you in that whereof you are ignorant, and wherein you do amiss. Go to that place where that God who hath preserved, delivered, or any way blessed you, delighteth to be, where he most manifesteth his presence, where he expecteth that your vow should be paid to him. Let your heart be set upon that place, while by 2force you are kept from it, as Davids was. So soon as possibly you can, come to it. You Captains, Soldiers, Merchants, Mariners, Travellers, or others that come from the sea, or other dangerous places; you women that are safely delivered in childbed, you that have been sick and are recovered, you that have been cut of the stone, or cured of any other malady, you that are loosed out of prison, you that after any restraint have liberty, Let this be the first public place that you come unto. So soon as you can say, say it in truth, say it and do it, I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
1Be wise now ye that are moved to give open and publike testification of your inward and private resolution. Be wise in making choice of your company. You that have escaped sundry dangers on sea and land, that have had victory over enemies, that have beene eased and recovered of any maladies, that have beene preserved from the plague, that have had any other evidence of Gods speciall providence and favour, let not play-houses, let not tavernes, ale-houses, and tobacco-houses, let not assemblies of profane persons, of swearers, of drunkards, of riotous and licentious persons, be the places whither you resort to recount the deliverances which God hath given you. This rather beseemeth such as have vowed vowes to Bacchus, to Ceres, to Priapus, to ⟨p. 200⟩Venus, yea and to Devils, then to the great Lord of heaven and earth. Associate your selves with the Saints, with such as feare God, with such as may encourage you in that which you do well, and instruct and direct you in that whereof you are ignorant, and wherein you do amisse. Goe to that place where that God who hath preserved, delivered, or any way blessed you, delighteth to be, where he most manifesteth his presence, where he expecteth that your vow should be paid to him. Let your heart bee set upon that place, while by 2force you are kept from it, as Davids was. So soone as possibly you can, come to it. You Captaines, Souldiers, Merchants, Mariners, Travellers, or others that come from the sea, or other dangerous places; you women that are safely delivered in childbed, you that have beene sicke and are recovered, you that have beene cut of the stone, or cured of any other malady, you that are loosed out of prison, you that after any restraint have liberty, Let this be the first publike place that you come unto. So soone as you can say, say it in truth, say it and do it, I will pay my vowes unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
