The True Convert, Index
An Alphabeticall Index or Table, for the more readie finding out of any materiall poynt contained in this Booke.
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HOw God may be ſayd to be an Actor in that which is euill. pag. 44
Wicked men betake themſelues to vaine helpes in time of Affliction. 83. 137
Afflictions are excellent meanes to make vsus looke home. 105
Afflictions open the eare to heare inſtruction. 106
Wicked men are worſe for their Afflictions. 106
Such as are not bettered by their Afflictions are in a worfull eſtate. 108
Afflictions are wholeſome medicines to Gods children. 109
Grace doth not aboliſh naturall Affections. 303
A true penitent will Aggrauate his ſinne, and not extenuate it. 211
God is not the Author of ſinne. 44
A man may lawfully make Apollogie for himſelfe being wronged. 336
B
Many poſſeſſed with a Baſhfull Deuill. page 199.
Men without grace are no better then Beaſts without reaſon. 86
The beginnings of Repentance (if true) are highly pleaſing to God. 229
The day of our new-Birth to be remembred and kept. 300
Differences betwixt the firſt and ſecond Birth. ibid.
Gods Bleſſings are eſteemed by the wicked but as due debts. 38
We may not be ſo earneſt in praying for Bleſſings, as in praying for a ſanctified vſe of them. 52
EueryEvery Bleſſing ought to make vsus more thankefull. 52
Gods good bleſſings are abuſed by the wicked for ſinnes ſeruice. 130
Bleſſings better known by their want, then by their enioyment. 165
God beſtoweth vponupon vsus his Bleſſings by ordinary meanes. 254
Boaſters of ſinne doe afreſh commit their ſinnes. 201
All Beaſting in our ſelues taken away in the worke of conuerſion. 223
There is a holy Boaſting, which a childe of God may vſe. 338
A man may not ſo boaſt of his gifts as that he aymes at his owne glory. ibid.
The reaſon why no more complaine of the Burden of ſinne. 287.
C
The Church viſible is a mixt company p. 18
Difference betwixt true ſanctitie, and Ciuilitie. 21
Diuers kinds of Confeſſion. 195
Confeſſion is neceſſary before remiſſion 195
God cannot in Iuſtice forgiue ſinne, except it be confeſſed. 198
No ſinne muſt goe vnconfeſſed, that wee would not hauehave to go vnpardoned 202
The benefits of true confeſſion many. 202
Confeſſion muſt be in particular, and not by whole ſale. 204
The properties of true confeſſion. p. 205
That ſinne which is truly confeſſed ſhall neuer be imputed. 20…
Confeſſion of ſinne muſt be made onelyonly to the Lord. 207
Auricular confeſſion condemned, and the reaſons for it anſwered. 208
Sinne muſt be confeſſed to God, though he alreadie knoweth it. 210
As ſinne was enlarged in the committing; ſo muſt it alſo be in the confeſſing. 214
Serious conſideration bringeth forth ſound determination. 127
Our wayes muſt be often conſidered. 128
Choyce matter for Conſideration. 129
Wicked men fitly reſemble a C…arſe in foure reſpects. 284
Such as hauehave waking Conſciences are to bleſſe God. 12
No earthly thing can content the ſoule. 91
Seeke not for content in the things that are here below. 93
The godly are content with the hardeſt meaſure. 160. & 319
Concealars of ſinne reprooued 199
Concealars of ſinne, are the Deuils Secretaries. 201
We may not deſpaire of the conuerſion of any. 50
Our conuerſion is from Gods free grace. pag. 222. 302
All the prayſe of it is to be giuen vntounto God 226
The true Conuerſion of any doth bring ioy to the godly. 279
The whole Trinitie reioyceth at the Conuerſion of a ſinner. 281
We ought not to enuie at the Conuerſion of any. 280
Conuiction is the readie way to Conuerſion. p. 8.
Men liue in ſinne, becauſe they are not conuicted of ſinne. 9
We muſt …ſe all good meanes for the conuiction of ſinners 12
It is dangerous to keepe company with the wicked. 100. 288.
The onelyonly way to hauehave ſinne couered, is to vncouer them. 202
God will neuer vpbraid the penitent with their former courſes. 250
Cuſtome in ſinne is not eaſily left. 179
Directions for the right vſing of the Creatures. 268
We may not complaine againſt Gods proceedings 321
D
There is a two-fold Death; A death corporall and ſpirituall. pag. 282
EueryEvery wicked man is a Dead man. 283
The three ſorts of coarſes which Chriſt raiſed from the Dead reſemble three ſorts of ſinners. 297
Such as defend their ſinnes, double their ſinnes. 201
As ſinne, ſo grace groweth by degrees. 132
It is dangerous to delay our turning to the Lord. 189
Deliberation is good in worldly buſineſſe, but not in the matter of Repentance. 88
God giueth to his children, as for neceſſity ſo for de…ght. 264
Deſertions of two ſorts. 43
What kind of Deſertion may befall Gods childe. 43
What kinde of Deſertion befalleth Reprobates. 44
Of all iudgements in this life, Deſertion is the foreſt. 47
Speciall ſins which cauſe Deſertion. 48
A man ought to ſpeake in his owne Defence, if the flander that is laid vponupon him redound to the diſcred t of the Goſpell. pag. …39
Sound conſideration bringeth ſound Determination. 127
Foure Differences betwixt ciuilitie & true ſanctifie. 2…
Two Differences betwixt holineſſe and reſtraining grace. 22
Denies of ſinne depriue themſelues of merciemercy. …00
Doctrine which Papiſts teach is but a frothy doctrine, and cannot nouriſh. 95
Doctrine of Doubting, a rack to the Conſcience. 240
The reaſon why many wicked men Dye ſo quietly. 287
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No Earthly thing can ſatisfie the ſoule. pag 91
Rules to be obſerued in our Eating. 265
In our Eating we muſt hauehave a care to redeeme the time. 269
Where there is true repentance, there is not onelyonly a purpoſe in the heart, but an holy Endeauor in the life. 166
The true Penitent apprehendeth ſinne as a deadly Enemie. 212
Enuie repineth at eueryevery bleſſing that any other hath. 3…2
Hell is the fitteſt place for the Enuious. ibid.
Enuie is to be auoyded. 312. It is the vnprofitableſt of all vices. 313
Enui… hurteth others, but eſpecially it ſelfe. 312
Meanes to auoide Enuie. 314
Enuie the beſt medicine for the quickning of the fight. 315
No flying Enuie, if a man doe well. 31…
Excuſers of ſin far from Repentance. 199
Many hauehave an excellent facultie in enlarging other mens ſins, but they can Extenuate their owne. 213
Examination of our hearts, the firſt ſtep to Repentance. 101
Without Examination we know not whether our courſes tend. ibid.
No day ſhould paſſe ouer without Examination. 103
It is the propertie of the wicked to Expoſtulate the caſe with God. 317
God is an Eye-witneſſe of eueryevery ſin 1…0
The remembrance of Gods All-ſeeing Eye, ſhould incourage vsus to well-doing 153
To forget Gods Eye, when we go about ſinne, doth increaſe the ſin, and aggrauate the ſame. 154
Gods Eye ought duely and daily to be thought vponupon. 155
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Painting the Face abominable. 275
We may not be too much diſcouraged, when we ſee ſome F…ll away. 26
The land of ſin is a la…d of Famine. 75
Faſting needfull at ſome times. 266
A man may eat ſome thing in time of a Faſt, if neede require. ibid.
All are not dutifull ſonnes, which call God Father. 33
Impenitent ſinners are out of Gods Fauour. 228
Such as mourne for ſin may aſſure themſelues of Gods Fauour. ibid.
Temporall bleſſings no ſure ſigne of Gods Fauour. 42. 107.
Where Gods Fauour is not wanting, nothing ſhall be wanting 258
Great difference betwixt Gods Fauour & Mans. 262
Gods Fauour to be preferred before all things. ibid.
How wicked men do Flie from God. 60
Sinners are Fooles. 27
They are not naturall but artificiall Fooles 32
Six properties of Fooles, naturall to eueryevery wicked man. 29
The beſt worke of a wicked man is but a Fooles, ſacrifice. 3…
God will Forgiue all ſuch as do repent be their ſins neuer ſo many 2…3
We ought as readily to Forgiue others, as God doth Forgiue vsus. 236
God …s more ready to F rgiue, then man to beg pardon. ibid.
God …ound vsus, we found not him. 302
Where there is true repentance, there is a Forſaking of ſinne 175
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Ill vſe or no vſe of Gods Gifts beſtowed, cauſeth God to hide away his face for a time. pag. 48
Common Gifts are of a waſting nature. 73
God is larger in his Gifts, then man is in his requeſts. 256
God makes himſelfe knowne to man as man, that man may know him in ſome meaſure. 15
We may not aſcribe to God any viſible ſhape. 16
Difference betwixt true holineſſe and reſtrayning Graces. 22
God is kinde and Graticus euen to the wicked and rebellious. 40
True Grace is euer growing. 68
Heauenly Graces principally to be ſought after. 74
True Grace will manifeſt it ſelfe both by word and deed. 192
The Grace of Chriſt is eueryevery whit as large as the ſinne of Adam. ibid.
Our Saluation is of Grace. 222
Our weake beginnings in Grace ſhould not too much diſcourage vsus. 230
Grace growes by degrees. 133
God is the centre of the ſoule. 91
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Hearers muſt be content with plaine teaching. 14
Wicked men betake themſelues to vaine Helps in time of neede. 137
Holineſſe a marke of a true member of the Church Catholique. 20
Two things much like Holineſſe, yet not it. 21
We muſt ſhew by our Holineſſe that we are true members of the Church. 25
Such as feare they hauehave ſinned againſt the Holy Ghoſt hauehave not. 235
The onelyonly way to procure Gods fauour is with Humilitie to throw our ſelues downe before him. 215
God hath promiſed to ſhew mercy to the Humble. 216
The humble only are capable of Grace. ib.
God hath a ſpeciall reſpect vntounto the Humble and lowly. ibid.
Humilitie is a preſeruer of Grace. 217
Humilitie makes vsus like Chriſt. ibid.
All vertues and vices are againſt Humilitie. 221
The better Repentance the more Humilitie. 157
Hypocrites frie in words but freze in deeds. 193
In Gods he uſe are Hyrelings. 113
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Ignorant perſons cannot confes their ſins, therefore cannot hauehave pardon. 198
Mans Inventions cannot nouriſh the ſoule to ſaluation. 94
Regeneration doth not aboliſh true J…y 303
The godly hauehave onelyonly true Ioy, and none but they. 304
The Ioy of the godly is internall, therefore not diſcerned by the wicked. 30…
Many Inconueniences ariſing, from vncheerfull & vncōfortable walking. 306
Pardon of ſinne bringeth true Ioy. 307
Our ioy here is but ye beginning of ioy. …08
Gods fearefull Iudgments on ſuch as hauehave put off Repentance. 191
God is Iuſt as well as Mercifull. 186
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Wicked men will not be in ſubiection to Gods Lawes. pag. 35
The reaſons of it. ibid.
Lawfull things much abuſed. 265
Mans Life is ſhort and vncertaine. 179
Hope of long Life a let to repentance. 181
It is great follie to defer Repentance vponupon hope of long Life. ibid.
There is a twofold Life. 282
He only liues ye liues the Life of grace. …89
Spirituall Life how diſcerned. 290
Spirituall Life muſt bee maintained by meanes, as well as corporall. 298
God doth not onelyonly LoueLove his children, but he will manifeſt it vntounto them, that they may not doubt of it. 239
Gods LoueLove while it is ſhut vp in his decree, cannot ſo affect his children, as when they feele it. ibid.
Gods elect being yet vncalled, are within the compaſſe of Gods LoueLove. 240
How we may know God Loueth vsus. 241
Many LoueLove God with their tongues, who hate him with their ſoules. 242
Certainty of Gods LoueLove will ſupport vsus in all dangers. 249
How wee may know we LoueLove God in truth. 242
How we may know we LoueLove the Brethren. 245
Such as ſay their ſinnes are more then can be forgiuen giuegive God the Lye. 233
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Wicked men are Mad men. pag. 98
Many Mad pranks they play. 99
Man being left to himſelfe cannot long ſtand. 55
EueryEvery good thing in Man ſhould cauſe vsus to conſider ye goodnes of ye Creator. 16
Marks of godly ſorrow. 145
Marks of an humbled ſoule. 158
Maſters ſhould beware of enterteyning wicked ſeruants, for they are ſtroy-goods. 69
Meanes for ſubduing pride. 218
Meanes for obteyning godly ſorrow. 149
Meanes to bring purpoſes to perfectiō. 169
Meanes to liue the life of Grace. 294
Meanes to preſerue the life of grace. 298
It is dangerous not to profit by the Means afforded for our good. 49
How the Members of mans bodie are attributed to God; and why. 15, 16
Meditation of a threefold obiect. 219
God is ready to ſhew Mercy. 231
He is more ready to ſhew it, then we are to ſeeke it. 236
We ſhould be M…rcifull as God is merciful. pag. 41
It is ſence of Mercy that cauſeth Repentance. 110
It is not ſence of Miſerie without ſence of Mercy, nor ſence of Mercy without ſence of Miſerie that can bring vsus to Repentance. 114
Foure rankes of Mercies daily to bee thought vponupon. 112
Preſumption of Gods Mercy a great let to Repentance. 185
It is no eaſie matter in time of ſpirituall diſtres to lay hold on Gods Mercy. 2…7
God is more ready to ſhew Mercy then we to ſeek it, euen then when he withholdeth from vsus what we deſire. 237
Doctrine of Merit taught in the ſchoole of Nature. 38 We may not challenge any thing for our Merit. 40
God dealeth with ſinners in quiet and Meeke tearmes 328. Meeknes muſt be ſhewed by all, to all. 330. Motiues to Meekneſſe. 331. The Meeknes of many men is but brutiſh. 330. By Meeknes we ſooneſt ouercome our enemie. 333
The firſt worke of a Miniſter is to bring his people to a true ſight of ſin. 8
Such Miniſters as ſet mens ſinnes b fore them by preaching of the Law are not to be condemned. 9
It is lawfull for Gods Miniſters to vſe Parables, Similies, &c. for preſſing Doctrines. 12
Miniſters may not teach their owne fond deuices. 97
The firſt Motions to Repentance, if true, are pleaſing to God. 229
Good Motions are not to be choked. 131
How to know good Motions from Diabolicall deluſions.
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No man may diſhonour his Nature, ſeeing God doth honour it. pag. 17
EueryEvery Naturall man a fit piece of timber for the Popes building. 38
EueryEvery Naturall man hath a Pope in his belly. 40
Mans corrupt Nature Spider-like turneth all into poiſon. 52
Many deale with God in confeſſing their ſinnes as Nebuchadnezar with his enchanters in finding out his dreame. 204
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Olde age no fit time for Repentance. pag. 182
Such as put off till they be Olde, are not ſure to finde grace. 184
Omiſſion of good duties is damnable. 172
God alloweth his children, as for neceſſity ſo for Ornament. 264
Rules for the right vſing of Ornament. 269
All Ornament muſt expreſſe Godlines, Modeſtie, and Sobriety. 270
Speciall ſinnes which vſually accompanie exceſſe in Ornament. 271
P.
Papiſts hauehave a Saint for eueryevery ſore. p. 82
Papiſts are all or Will, nothing for Iohn. p. 224
What Doctrine Papiſts teach. 119
How Papiſts colour and varniſh ouer their abominable Idolatry. 325
Papiſts on their death beds call for mercy, though in their life time they plead for merit. 38
Reaſons why Chriſt taught in Parables. 2
Parables conſiſt of two parts, a body and a ſoule. 4
Inſtructions may bee gathered from the letter of a Parable. 7
Parables may lawfully be vſed for illuſtration of Doctrines. 12
Caueats in vſing Parables. 13
Chriſtian Policy may ſometimes binde vsus, from vſing ſome kinde of meats. 266
A ſet forme of Prayer may lawfully bee vſed. 139
We may not tye our ſelues alwaies to one forme of Prayer. 141
In Prayer, the grones of the heart is the beſt Rhetoricke. 141
Preparation needfull, before wee come into to Gods preſence 138
The Reaſon why there is ſo much Preaching, and ſo little profitting. 287
The Phyſician may bee ſought vntounto, but not truſted in. 138
God prouideth ſufficient Prouiſion for his. 116
Spirituall Pride is a dangerous ſinne. 49
Pride is the Deuils firſt-borne. 216
God reſiſteth the Proud. 2 7
Sinners cannot endure Gods Preſence, and the Reaſons of it. 59
By our louing, or not louing Gods Preſence, we may know whether our ſinnes be pardoned, or not pardoned. 60
Profeſſors taxed, who think it ſufficient to beleeue well, though they practiſe iuſt nothing. 193
Beleeuers muſt be Profeſſors. ibid.
God will be better then his Promiſe, to his children. 257
The Proſperity of the wicked becomes their ſnare. 53
Of what kinde is the ſinne, of the ſame kinde ſhall be the Puniſhment. 77
In the Puniſhment wee may oftentimes ſee the ſinne. 79, 80.
Good Purpoſes are to bee ſpeedily put in practice. 170
Purpoſes will not bring a man to Heauen 168
Purpoſes are fooles purchaſes. 169
The wicked hauehave faire Pretences for ſoule ſinnes. 323
Queſt.
Whether a man doth preiudice the truth, in enlarging ſinne. pag. 214
Whether the Elect, before their calling, are within the compaſſe of Gods louelove. 240
How a man may know himſelfe to bee a true member of the Church. 20
Why the Prodigall ſonne is rather figured by the younger, then by the elder brother. 27
How the children of this world are wiſer then the children of light. 28
Whether an elected childe of God may finally be forſaken. 47
How a man can be ſayd to fly from Gods preſence. 60
Whether the Prodigall did confeſſe ſo much as he reſolued. 194
Whether a man be bound to confeſſe eueryevery particular ſinne. 204
Whether it bee vnlawfull to confeſſe ſinn to man. 208
Why a man ſhould confeſſe his ſins to God ſeeing he knoweth them already. 210
Whether God cannot forgiue ſinne, without confeſſ… n be made of it, 210
Why ſo many are afflicted, yet are not bettered. 106
Whether in doing good, wee may hauehave an eye vponupon the recompence of reward. 1…
How the motions of Gods: may be known from Satans ſuggeſtions. 133
Whether it bee lawfull to vſe a ſet forme of prayer. 139
How Dauids words are true, that hee neuer ſaw the righteous forſaken, nor their feed begging bread: Seeing many of Gods children hauehave periſhed by famine. 261
Whether a totall abſtinence bee abſolutely needefull in time of faſting. 266
Whether a man may eat fleſh in time of Lent. 267
Whether the Apoſtles, Paul and Peter, for bid wearing of ornament. 273
Whether God can ſaue without preaching. 295
Whether a deformity in the body may bee hid, or the complexion mended. 274
Whether a woman may not paint her face, to pleaſe her husband. 275
Whether a man may ſpeake well of himſelfe, ſeeing Salomon ſaith, Let another praiſe thee. 338
In what caſe a man is to paſſe by a ſlander. 339
R.
Reaſons why men cannot endure to heare ſinne ſpoken againſt. 11
The Reaſons why the Papiſts keepe the Word from the people. 118
The Reaſons why they keep the cup, in the Lords ſupper, from the Laity. 120
Repentance from ſinne is the firſt reſurrection. 130
There are two parts in true Repentance 172
The firſt ſtep to Repentance is hard to tread 12
Repentance not to be deferred. 178
Foure ſtrong reaſons why we may not deferre Repentance. 178
Men confeſſe they muſt repent, but few agree vponupon the time. 180
Three maine lets of Repentance. 181
Late Repentance ſildom… true. 191
True Repentance bringeth vsus into Gods fauour 227
Where true Repentance is, there ſinne is left. 173
It is lawfull to hauehave an eye vponupon the Recompence of Reward 115
Sound Reſolution needefull for him that would liue godly. 125
The wicked repine at others preferments; in Gods fauours. 310
Priuate Reuenge muſt be forborne. 343
S.
The reaſon why there are ſo many ſtinking ſauours in the world. 286
If we would hauehave Saluation, we muſt ſeeke it from God. 226
Sinfull men ſeeke not to God, vntill all other helps doe faile them. 8…
EueryEvery one ſeekes the Lord at laſt, but wiſe men ſeeke him while he may bee found. 190
Such as will not ſerue God, ſhall be enforced to ſerue a harder maſter. 85
There is no ſeruice comparable to Gods. 85
God muſt be ſerued before all. 178
The Seruice of Satan is a moſt baſe ſeruice. 89
Choyce Sentences to bee remembred, to keepe from Pride. 221
When, & How, Shame is miſplaced. 199
Such as ſeparate from our Church, becauſe of the bad that are in it, reproued. 19
It is no eaſie matter to bring a Sinner to a true ſight of ſinne. 10
Sinners are yonger brothers. 27
To fellow Sinne, is to forſake God. 60
Sinne doth free like a canker. 63
Such as make no conſcience of little Sins, are often giuen vp to hardnes of hart. 64
St…ers are Strayes. 301
No ſinne ſo fowle but a wicked man may commit it. p 64
As ſinne growes, ſo the curſe growes. 65
Sinne is a ſhameleſſe beggar. 6…
Sinners are great ſpend chriſts. 6…
God doth often puniſh ſinne in it owne kind. 77
Sinne (Circes-like) doth tranſforme men into Beaſts. 8…
All ſinne is properly committed againſt God, and therefore he onelyonly can forgiue it. 209
Sinne is the Partition wall. 22…
No ſinne ſo great, but vponupon Repentance ſhall be forgiuen. p. 233
Gods Stewards may not ſcant Gods people of their Maſters allowance. 121
Soules of moſt men ſtarued, yet they know it not. 76
We may not relie vponupon our owne ſtrength. p. 56
Superiors are patiently to beare the vndutifulneſſe of inferiors, becauſe they themſelues are vndutifull to God. 54
To the godly ſinne is the greateſt ſorrow. p. 142
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The example of the Theefe conuerted at the laſt houre, a let to Repentance p 187
Great difference betwixt that Theefe, and preſumptuous ſinners. ibid
There is a time for Repentance which being neglected, ſhall neuer againe be recouered. 190
There muſt not be onelyonly a riſing from ſin but there muſt be withall a turning to the Lord. 176
What kind of turning wicked men make. p. 177
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Vnthankefulneſſe cauſeth the Lord to hide away his face for a time from his owne children. page 48
The wicked are moſt vnthankefull, when God is moſt bountifull. 53.
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Gods children are neuer in want pag 260.
Wicked men are wiſer in their kind then the children of light. 28.
Wicked men are …elfe conceited. 30
They preferre trifles before treaſure. ibid.
They are, all for the preſent, nothing for hereafter. 31
They play with ſinne and ſport with their damnation. ibid.
The… counſell is not to be followed. 33
Their whole life is but a wand ing from God. …1
They cry to God and are not heard, becauſe they are ſo farre off. 62
They waxe worſe and worſe. 63
He is a wicked man that perſiſteth in euill. 6…
No wicked man can be a good huſband. 69
They ſpend Gods gifts in ſins ſeruice. 70
They are led by ſence and appetite, as Beaſts are. 87
They reſemble Beaſts in many of their practiſes. 88
They boaſt of their baſe drudgery. 90
A wicked man is but a deed corſpe, being cold, ſenceleſſe, heauie, ſtinking. 284.
It is a great bleſſing to hauehave the Word ſo plentifully. 96
Conſcionable attendance vponupon the Word the chiefeſt meanes to obtaine true grace. 218
The godly tremble at the Word; yea, at eueryevery Word, as well promiſing as threatning. …
Free will confuted. 224
How; and in what, Man hath freedome of Will. …25
It is a poynt of Wiſedome to giuegive way to vngodly mens …age. 335
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Wicked men can neuer attaine to the yeares of diſcretion. page 33
It is ſin and ſhame to giuegive the Deuill the youth, and God the old age. 183.
FINIS.