nefs: We thereby become enemies to all the World, to God, whom we injure and dishonour; to the friends of God, whom we defert and oppofe; to the creatures which we abuse to our pride, luft and vanity; to our neighbours, whom we corrupt, or feduce; to our felves, whom we bereave of the best goods, and betray to the worst evils.

Beginning to live foberly, we be gin to live like Men, following the conduct of reafon; beginning to live in charity, we commence the life of Angels, enjoying in our felves most fweet content, and procuring great benefit to others; but going on in finfull voluptuoufnefs, we proceed to live like beafts, wholly guided by fenfe, and fwayed by appetite; being pertinacious in malice wé continue to be like fiends, working torment in our felves, and mifchief to our neighbours.

Embracing vertue we become wife and fober Men, worthy and honourable, beneficial and ufefull to

the

the World: but continuing in vice, we continue to be foolish and vain, to be vile and defpicable, to be worthless and useless.

But

By our delay to amend, what do we gain? what, but a little flashy and tranfient pleasure inftead of a folid and durable peace; but a little counterfeit profit instead of real wealth; but a little fmoak of deceitfull opinion instead of unqueftionable found honour; fhadows of imaginary goods inftead of those which are most substantial and true, a good mind, the love of God, the affured welfare of our fouls. this field of discourse is too fpatious, I shall onely therefore for conclufion fay, that speedily applying our felves to obedience, and breaking off our fins by repentance, is in effect nothing else but from a prefent Hell in trouble, and the danger of a final Hell in torment to be translated into a double Heaven; one of joyfull tranquillity here, another of blifsfull reft hereafter; unto the which

Almighty

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Almighty God in his mercy bring us all, through Jefus Christ our Lord; to whom for ever be all glory and praise. Amen.

The very God of peace fanctifie you wholly, and I pray God your whole Spirit, and foul, and body be preferved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE END.

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