ut in | tu[=a] tantum quaerit etiam
hope, that Gods Graces in Her might | defuncta, quantum te dilexit etiam
by this meanes, suruiue in your | dissimilem viua_; but also because
religious Imitation, and not only | her Husband loued Her not, which he
in you and all them that are of Her | proueth thus: _Nam utiq si amares,
bloud; but also in all them that | cum illa esse post mortem
haue heard or shall reade this | desiderares, quod profecto non
Sermon. This is all the gaine I | eris, si qualis es, talis eris._]
looke and pray for, that Gods[k] |
word, which I haue faithfully | [Note k: _Ier. 23. 22, 28. 1 Pet.
alledged (not without some | 4. 11. Tit. 2. 8. 2 Tim. 2.
Illustrations (I confesse) borrowed | 15. 1 Tim. 4. 13. & 6. 3._]
from the holy Fathers[l], whereof I |
need not to be ashamed) may be | [Note l: _--Ingenuo pudore qui
constantly practised by vs all. For | ornabat aetatem, quid cuius esset,
when all is done and said, assure | confiteri ... Illud (aiebat)
your selfe (Deare Sir) it is only | Tertulliani, istud Cypriani, hoc
the Life of Grace, the Grace of the | Lactantij, illud Hilarij est. Sic
_Feare of the Lord_ can truly | Minutius Foelix, ita Victorinus, in
Honour you, or any vpon earth, | hunc modum est locutus Arnobius. S.
sweetly comfort you at your Death, | Ierom. ad Heliodor de Nepotian._]
and eternally Glorifie your Soule |
and Bodie in Heauen. Abandon then I |
beseech you in the name of |
Christ[m], all iniquitie, and all | [Note m: _2 Thess. 3. 6. 2 Tim.
workers of iniquitie, yea abominate | 2. 19. Prou. 4. 14. 1 Cor. 5.
the sweetest sin, to which your | 11. Ephes. 5. 11. Psalm. 26.
youthfull affections are most | 4, 5. & 119. 32, 36, 128. 2
endeared, else you will neuer be | Chron. 19. 2. & 20. 37._]
able to encline and enlarge them |
to the pursuit and practise of so |
excellent and Glorious a Grace as |
the _Feare of the Lord_; because |
this godly Feare and the impenitent |
Allowance of any lust, is as |
incompatible as Heauen and Hell: so |
that if you should hate to be |
diuorced from your Bosome-sin |
whatsoeuer it be (which God forbid) |
you could haue no true right and |
interest to the precious promises |
of this and of that other life[n]. | [Note n: _1 Tim. 4. 8._]
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