Shepard - Houston-Packer Collection BV4914 .S5 1659

7-he Since Convert. o, f what he bath not , but alto that bath a true thew of what indeed there not... The ort of Hypocrites deceive others onely the latter' having force inward, \ et common work, .deceive themfelves too,, 7 mes If any bran feem to' be reli/rictAqfo many are, and fo deceive the world, it added, liar 1is tu.c, Vie° ceiving hisfogl. Nay, thouma\ e:+I go to fair- ly, and live fò honefily that a1.ì the bell. Chrifiiians about thee may think well of thee, and never fufpedf thee, and fo maycft pals through the world, and ;die with a deluded comfort, that thou Bait g'o to Heaven, and be canonized for a Saint in thy Funeral Sermon, and never know thou art counterfeit, till the Lord bring chee to thy firia and iaf< examina- tion, and forthou receive that dreadful fens: once, Go ye "curfed. So' it tees with thefrve fool"171 Virgins that were never dii overed by' the wife, nor by themleives, untill the gate of grace was flout upon them. if thou haft - therefore no better evidences to thew for thy Cell, that thine eflate is good, then thefe, Ile not give a pins point for all thy. flattering fal.fe hopes of being faved : but it may he thou haft. never yet come fo far as to this pitch ; and if aot,Lord,' what will become of thee ? Sufpee thy felf much, and when in this flipwrack of fouls thou feeft fo many thoufands fink, cry out and conclude, Its a wonder ofwonders, and a thoufand,and a thoufand to one, ifever thou comet} fafe to fhore. Oh 1 ffrive then to be one ofthem that íhall be faved, through .it coil thee thy blood, and the 5 Few ate Caved, and ífiat vvitti difficulty, Some Hy- poetizes deceive t1-ernfelve, (orsme de. ctiveo.' tttets, h1ar.%5. The five foolilb virgins. Scve to be fav;.d.

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