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and therefore let us all labour to be strongly settled in this point, that we are Gods servants, that so we may be fervent and fiery in our prayers, and not be so daunted as sinners are when the hand of God is upon them.

and therefore let vs all labour to be strongly setled in this point, that we are Gods seruants, that so we may be feruent and firie in our prayers, and not be so daunted as sinners are when the hand of God is vpon them.

I have dealt very foolishly] This he speaketh to make his sin more odious unto himself: for by nature we are so proud, that we cannot abide that any body should say, we have dealt foolishly and absurdly: therefore doth he lay lode upon himself, the more to beat down his pride, confessing that he had dealt very foolishly, because he had dealt very sinfully: whence note this doctrine, That the more sinful any one is, the more foolish he is.

I haue dealt very foolishly] This he speaketh to make his sinne more odious vnto himselfe: for by nature we are so proud, that we cannot abide that any body should say, we haue dealt foolishly and absurdly: therefore doth he lay lode vpon himselfe, the more to beat downe his pride, confessing that he had dealt very foolishly, because he had dealt very sinfully: whence note this doctrine, That the more sinfull any one is, the more foolish he is.

Eve did eat of the forbidden fruit, Doct. 5 thinking she had dealt very wisely & providently for her self: ¹but did she get any thing by sinning against her makers commandment? No surely: when she had a conceit that she should deal most wisely, she dealt most foolishly of any that ever was in the world: for thereby she brought sorrow and misery, yea eternal damnation of soul and body, not only upon her self (had not God given her repentance and mercy) but upon many hundred thousands