1 94 TheSouks effe ivall cafì.;gteChrift. Word,nor Minitter, &c,. which comes to paffeby cherilhing thefe fake pretences, that theydoe de. fire Chrift,milerably deluding their owne feules, and utterly taking away the edge of their delire after grace and goodneffe. `the Laodicoean Churchwas rich,and wanted nothing;She wanted . nothing, why ? becaufe the laid, shoe tra-s rich, and yet Thee w sPoore, and blinde,and miferable, andna- ked. Shee prefunied fheewas rich in grace, and therefore wanted nothing,, thee prtifumedThee had cloathirg,and therefore needednot todelire white rayment, &c. So that aprefumptionti-at a manbath a thing,makes him careleffe toget the fame. Thereforenow yeeld theday,andgiveup the bucklers ; I would have every one that hash heard theword, to yeeld and give uphimfelfe to the authoritieofthe fame : And fay, the truth is, 1 never delred a ight ; fay one to another, and informeone another, and queftionone another, and confeffe, the truth is, my delires were de. teats and fancies,no found delires ; and it is Gods great merde, that I and my flafhy delirewerenot flaming in hell long before thisday. No, no the truth is, I am a lazie hypocrite, I amone of that nature, That will turne with the doore on the hinges; I fay,1hate mybate diffiempers, and yet continue in them; I pray againft finne, and yet live in fanne; thus call upon thy heart and con- fcicnce, and fay, I am the lazie hypocrite, God bath informed and convincedmeofmanyduties, telling me what I thoulddoe, but yet my, heart could never bee brought unto it, to pray inPI- _ vate,
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