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[14] I would have all men ſoberly to go, And use this world as they us'd it no; As the fashion of this world passeth away. The Wren ſaid, Amen, it's true that ye say,

CHRIST thro' Judea went on foot; We read but of once on a colt he did ſit: Had Paul wore a gown, as our preaching folks, With Carpus he had never left his cloak. Our Saviour on earth humbly he went, Healing the ſick and impotent; He cured Bartimeus that was blind, The woman that touch'd his hem behind. He healed that man who ſick did abide, Eight and thirty years at the pool-side. Some are more blinded ſpiritually, Than Bartimeus was ſo corporally. Blind folks at this time are carried away, Like hawks with hoods in a windy day; Because their deeds they are not right, They love the darkness more than light: Remaining in their blind deceit, They never ſeek Christ to open their eyes, Some have the woman's infirmities, Tho' they have not her fidelities. This world hath them ſo bewitch'd, Christ's garments they have never touch'd. Some live forty years, and ſome threescore, Into this world, in ſpiritual fore; They never ſeek Christ into them, Until their glass it do out-run them! Happy are they that with contrition, In time ſeeks to that blest Physician, Who can both ſoul and body cure. The Wren said, Amen, for that is ſure.