CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

If thou wilt be Godly, be Godly as God, and his Word would have thee, Do not be stinted by carnal, worldly Friends: How many think they can never have Wealth and Riches enough, yet think they may quickly have too much of Godliness, and that this strictness will marre all, Sed modus diligendi Deum est sine modo.

If thou wilt be Godly, be Godly as God, and his Word would have thee, Doe not be stinted by carnall, worldly Friends: How many think they can never have Wealth and Riches enough, yet think they may quickly have too much of Godlinesse, and that this strictnesse will marre all, Sed modus diligendi Deum est sine modo.

Seventhly, A Godly mans Danger in this world is because the worldly Snares that are be improved to the utmost by the Devil, ¹whose the world is, and in which he reigneth, 2 Corinth. 4.4. He is called the God of this world that blindeth the eyes of men: And he is said to have men captive in his Snares, 2 Timoth. 2.22. So that though God made the world, and it's his good Creature, yet as it is a wicked world, as it is immundus mundus; So i•'s the Devils Seat, and so some expound the [Greek or Hebrew], the whole world lieth in wickedness, and in danger to be the Devils; If there were mere snares and baits to sin, it would not be so dangerous, but when they are Snares of the Devils setting, Baits of his making that is so cunning and subtle a Serpent, sliding into a mans heart every way; This makes the case more desperate: You see the Devil could tempt Eve to sin when there was no Corruption or Lust within, though she was pure and upright, how much rather when he hath to do with men corrupted and depraved inwardly; This is so great a matter that Ephes. 6.5. it is said, We wrestle not with Flesh and Blood but with Principalities and Powers in High places; As if the Temptations of the world were nothing to those of Satan; And therefore he is called the Tempter,