A preparative to marriage The sum whereof was spoken at a contract, and enlarged…A preparatiue to mariage The summe whereof was spoken at a contract, and inlarged…

If thou have sinned thus and thus before, I will not say therefore the Lord will not hear thee, but David saith, If I regard wickedness in ¹my heart, the Lord will not hear me, that is, if for any cause a man purpose and carry a mind to sin when he is tempted, the Lord is so far from helping him, that he will stand like Baal, as though he ²did not hear him; for he hath a Traitors mind as deep as any, which thinks, for a Dukedom I would betray my Prince, though he never play the Traitor in his life.

If thou haue sinned thus and thus before, I will not say therfore the Lord will not heare thee, but Dauid saith, If I regard wickednes in ¹my heart, the Lord will not heare me, that is, if for any cause a man purpose and carry a minde to sinne when he is tempted, the Lord is so farre from helping him, that he will stand like Baal, as though he ²did not heare him; for he hath a Traytors minde as deepe as any, which thinks, for a Dukedome I would betray my Prince, though he neuer play the Traytor in his life.

1. 1Psal. 66. 18
2. 21. King. 18. 26

Now we come to that examination, ¹which is the epitome or abridgement of all these; for memory is short, and all are not of one strength, but some run, and some go, and some creep, and all do well, so long as they strive