'tkersgood. ·J.Ience growes and{prings all tbe furie -- .and rage, all the Wrongs and llandcrs, which arc_ wont to be layd on true Chrifl:ians : They are hJted 'even fortheir very goodneife, and becaufe 1 Pct.4- 4 • - ·.they will not nmne with tbc wicked unto the .fcm1e excc!fe of riot: Tbcy are F.1kd with ·con– tempt and reproach, with r·he mockings of the wealthy, anddcfpightfulnelfeuf the proud, bc– ·Ca.ufe they will not fweare, fivagger, lye, poure i!l fl:ro.ng clrinke, prophane the Sabbaths, follow the · fafbi0ns and corruptions of the Times. In a. , word, becai.1fe theywill not be prophane in this . ' VVorld, and damned in the World to come. And belides,I know not how,wicked men thinke, that by the ·commonnelfe of fin ne) their finfull courfes become more commendable; and} that the multitude of offendors makes them more ex~ cufable,and their offences pardonable. It if the comfort (faith an ancient* Father) of evi!t-men, to . -~< Jerome. · carpeat thegood; thinJli,~~' that by the great number of ~ffendor.r, the guilt of theirfaults if dtminifhed and · abated. - But Gods worke and' end~ in all falfe reports ~od's ~imein un jufl:Iy rayfed as::ainfl: his children, f}nd in other hffits -~~tldrcns (...J • a f1.~10ns. <:ro!fes whatfoever; .is to flirre up and. revive in, them zeal~, devot ion, and faithftt!neffe, in pray- ; ing, prayfing, and fcrvjng .him: to purge out of them the droffe and relickes of fome old tinne 1 to humb_!e them, and to bring tbcm ro a tme de– nying of themfdl(es; to trie their faith,\)tlticnce) ~nd confrancie ; or for their greater good,.one way-o!·othcr.. . ... _ . ,_ 0 3) , A
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