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A CRY TO THE WHOLE EARTH. ly in its convenient ſeaſon, Eccl. iii. but when things are done prepoſterouſly, and out of order, then followeth confuſion. Although Martha did not hear Chriſt, yet did ſhe labour for Chriſt; yet there be many in theſe our days, that will neither labour for Chriſt, nor hear of Chriſt, but as the Iſraelites were weary of their journey in the wilderneſs, Numb. xxii. and loathed that heavenly manna, ſo theſe are weary of every godly exerciſe, and are ſoon clogged with the word of God. The five fooliſh virgins, Marth. xxv. waſted their oil to no purpoſe, and when they went to buy, they were excluded the marriage; and theſe fooliſh men ſpend their time and day of grace, vainly and wantonly, as tho' after this life, there were no time of juſtice and vengeance to be feared. The day ſerveth for their pride, the night is ſpent in ſport and pleaſure, and no time is left to hear the word. When we are praying, they are playing; when we are preaching, they are eating and drinking, like the old world, that ate and drank, Gen vi. that married wives, and were given in marriage, Luke xvii. while Noah was preparing the ark for ſaving of his houſehold, Heb. xi. And as Baal's prieſts, 2 Kings xxi. wounded themſelves to ſerve their idols; ſo theſe men took dangerous counſel, and ſtrangely troubled themſelves to ſerve the devil. Now Martha findeth herſelf grieved, and beginneth to envy her ſiſter's exerciſe, as Joſeph's brethren envied him for his dreams, Gen xxxvii and the ſons of Jeſſe, who diſdained their brother David, for his forwardneſs to combat with GoliahGoliath [sic], I Sam. xv. Theſe two ſiſters that in other things agreed ſo well together, in this do ſo much differ, that Chriſt muſt