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she persuadeth thee that thou art in no present danger, that she may rejoice at thy miserable end. It may be thou art fed to the slaughter, that though thou go on a little way in thy pleasant path, thou mayest return back when thou wilt, and thy little wandering will not greatly be regarded. O thou unwise and sottish of heart! when wilt thou understand? Hath the son of God endured such pain for the smallest of thy sins, and makest thou so light account of so grievous crimes? Doth the law thunder curses, and plagues, and everlasting torments against thy least inordinate motions, and didst thou not dread to perform so shameless a practise? Knowest thou not that the eyes of God, and his Angels behold thee doing that thou wouldest be ashamed to do in the presence of ungodly men, or unclean beasts? or doest thou not consider how thou didst grieve the spirit of God, who hath vouchsafed of his infinite mercy to dwell in thy body to this end, chiefly that he might mortify thy carnal lusts? Why didst thou then defile his temple, which he hath sanctified to be an house for himself to dwell in? take heed thou drive not out so worthy and noble a guest, by such swinish and fleshly behaviour, who if he once depart, then shalt thou be an hold for devils, and legions of damned spirits, that they may stuff thee full of all manner of iniquity, and then at length become pitch and brimstone to maintain the fire of Gods scorching wrath in thy sinews, spirits and inward bowels, drinking out in ⟨image 51⟩full measure the dregs of the wine of his rage and fury: and canst thou be so blind and reckless, that for the vain pleasure of sin for a little while, thou wilt constrain God to torment thee everlastingly, who it may be even at this instant, if thou wilt still try his patience and long sufferance, will suddenly take thy spirit from thee, or come in judgement to recompense all sinners by his final sentence in the burning of the whole world, the stipend of horror, shame, confusion, and utter reprobation? & weigh with thy self, that to approach to God, is the chiefest joy of his chosen, to behold his glorious countenance in the face of his son, whereas thy sins do separate thee from him, and make thee afraid to speak to him by prayers, which is thy chiefest and greatest solace in this mortal life:

she perswadeth thee that thou art in no present danger, that she may reioice at thy miserable ende. It may be thou art fed to the slaughter, that though thou go on a little way in thy pleasant path, thou maiest returne backe when thou wilt, and thy little wandering will not greatly be regarded. O thou vnwise and sottish of heart! when wilt thou vnderstand? Hath the sonne of God indured such paine for the smallest of thy sinnes, and makest thou so light account of so grieuous crimes? Doth the lawe thunder curses, and plagues, and euerlasting tormentes against thy least inordinate motions, and didst thou not dreade to performe so shamelesse a practise? Knowest thou not that the eyes of God, and his Angels behold thee doing that thou wouldest be ashamed to do in the presence of vngodly men, or vncleane beastes? or doest thou not consider howe thou didst grieue the spirit of God, who hath vouchsafed of his infinite mercie to dwell in thy bodie to this ende, chiefelie that hee might mortifie thy carnall lusts? Why didst thou then defile his temple, which he hath sanctified to be an house for himselfe to dwel in? take heed thou driue not out so worthy and noble a ghest, by such swinish and fleshly behauiour, who if he once depart, then shalt thou be an hold for diuels, and legions of damned spirits, that they may stuffe thee full of all manner of iniquitie, and then at length become pitch and brimstone to maintaine the fire of Gods scorching wrath in thy sinewes, spirits and inwarde bowels, drinking out in