Objttl.g. 7"he Saints fore ~hearefulneffe l'affe through holy Exerc1fe3,'for ·the enriching ofour foules, wherein true and Ia~ ·(l:iogcomfort is onely to be found, and whereby we may lay up.-for our felves Treafutes in Heaveq:> durable Riches,a Bag that cannot wax old,a Trea– furethat can never fail(.}, Prov. 8. I 8. ·Luk. 11. 3'3. ·unmixed joyes,endle£fe peace>andblelfed immor. ·talitie,prefentlyto be entred upon after death,and · then to be enjoyed foreverandever?Shall rebelli– ous Superftition,and the Doelrine of Devils,and. . '~illing Kings,harden the Papith againft any crof.. . fes,ana tortures; and fhall we be tyred with the -peaceable Exercifes ·offound &faving Religion? · God forbid. Inw'homfoever the true love ofGod · and Chriil: 'hath taken up the heart, there their Gofpel, andWord, and fervices are fweeter and · more taftfull than all -outward delights. Little touchofReligion,or fenfe ofSalvation bath hee, that comes unto with unchearefuine1fe,and ftayes ·with wearineife·atthe Minifterie ofthe Word. Thcr~was ne• vcr goodworld liace preach• iP&camcin. I,but(will fomefay) itwas never good World ftnce fo much preaching came amongA: us; when there was Icffe preaching,there was more plentie: and therefore,it feemes, there is little good in it. 'Since this new-Religion was-en foot,(forfo fome ·igno~antly and malicioufly call it, though it be as old as Gpd-himfelfe, .whofe eternall Truth it . is; as old as the Patriarks and Prophets,as Chri£1: and his Apo!Ues} there 'bath beene (fay they) more ·fcarcitie of all things, more Plagues!» ·Fa- . m:ines,tl:rangeapparitions,extr~mitie of feafons, and othe I:dgemenr·s, than ever our fore-fathers faw,
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