the gro.ffefl Self-murder. gion d~d p!eafe hi~, but afterwards he would not do rtghttn the jignt efthe Lord; Why? ~ecaufe other things now pleafed him better; but its a fign Jt was in -him. They on the Rock, they could hear, and profeffe as long 45 as the Gnjpel did pleafe them , they heard it with joy, that pleafed them well; Ye knowLuke 4.1~ joy is a very pleafi~g thing ; and then they could be forward to profeife it ; a fign it was in them, but in time of ajfliEl-ion and pcrfecu-- tion, naynow the Gofpel didnot pleafe thent, and therefore they fall ,off So thou canfi love a ~ Child of God as long as he pleafeth thee, nay thou canll commend him for his holineffe ; 0 its acredit to.thee to be acquainted wit~ fuch a one : But when fomething does not pleafe thee, then thou canfl: hate him in thyheart ; All thefe are 'fignes it is in thee , but thou wilt not put·it rth. · Sixthly , a Ggn it is in thee , becaufe th~u 6. Argu~ wilt fhew it in Hell; there Dives jball fhew it was in him to have regarded agodly poor Lazar1:1s, to~uk.x6.28 have refpeiled the falvation ofhu five Brethren; There he fuall fhew it wa51 in him to fear Hell more than he did: Then the Wicked fhall fay, < What hath IJride profited us? Anti what have ·Riches a~d Me~ns advantaged u.s ( Then they fhall fee tt was 1n them not to count them for Hypocrites ; and Fools and mad .Men th.at were more Religious than -themfelves. We Fools counted their liJe madneJTe, and we had them i~ derifio~; and lo they are\received amongft !he.Satnts; Wifdom 5.3,4,5, And therefore it __ ~.~ th~e ; why then wilt thou not ·put thy felf • er·· . forth r ·, .. I . ·' ,j ,, 'P ' l ~ ' L ' ' ~ ; . ' .
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