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parted so great a benefite vnto vs, giving them his holy LlB - v - 

 Lawe, which is most iust, pure, and altogether profitable. 

 The which we may well know, comparing it with the lawes 

 of Sathan, where so many wretched people have lived so 

 miserably. It may likewise serve to discover the pride, 

 envy, deceipts, and ambushes of the Divell, which he prac- 

 tiseth against those hee holdes captives, seeing on the one 

 side hee seekes to imitate God, and make comparison with - 

 him and his holy Lawe ; and on the other side, hee dooth 

 mingle with his actions so many vanities, filthinesse, and 

 cruelties, as hee that hath no other practise but to sophisti 

 cate and corrupt all that is good. Finally, hee that shall see 

 the darkenes and blindenes wherein so many Provinces and 

 Kingdoms have lived so long time, yea and wherein many 

 Nations, and a great part of the world live yet, deceived 

 with the like trumperies, he can not (if he have a Christians 

 heart) but give thankes to the high God, for such as heo 

 hath called out of so great darkenes, to the admirable light 

 of his Gospel : beseeching the vnspeakeable charitie of the 

 Creator to preserve and increase them in his knowledge 

 and obedience, and likewise be grieved for those that follow 

 still the way of perdition. And that in the end hee beseech 

 the Father of Pitty to open vnto them the treasures and 

 riches of lesus Christ, who with the Father and Holy Ghost 

 raignes in all Ages. Amen. 



