Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

( 49) ·~~ fl.l"ares, and temptations;. his deceits and delulian~$ ftn~and every abominabl~ thtng, 6y w~?le (ale ; there~ ~Ill ~~noth!ng fo falfe, fo vile,·and abom1n~able but he c,an Go o,put 1t off at ple~fure; Adultery,, Drunkenneffe; ' a,Withcraft, Sodomy., Buggery, Blafphemy, Idolatry, ·~:. ~cheifm, any thing chit Satha.n hath to offer, he.'ll , 0 find Cultomers enough to recetve: and rh~ truth ts, na:the Devjl may fpare his pains; melll then n~eed 'no_t a · · eo damn_them,they'l do it faff enough of their . wn ac~ords. .· . · . ,- ' .· · an ·bh ~cwere happy, if S~ints were to bulle in in1~ _~ prqving their Lighr, to halten thetn .Heaven-warq~, . _as Sinoe~s do t~eir D.a.rknefs, tohurry tpem toHel.J•. .. . .Oh the fad proofs, that the World,a:ftords ofthts ~ llDreadfull Truth: Look into all the dark ·corners· at ' ' .)./ 'the Earth , efpecial1y' there where there ha;h been . Light, and fee if you find not all this f~lly pfP,ve~ t.o . . y'0l1r hand. ·can he then be ac_counted a Chrifli~I?:; . h~f~ heart doth not tre'mble at the Thoughts and ' the.Fears of (uc.h'a fore judgement ? He is bothdark. ~nd dead imdced, to whom fuch a Milt is not as the firlt-bornofDeath, or the King of Terrours. . ·· Chrillians, ifever this lhould be your cafe, znake·~ not lig.ht of it ; and take heed,how fad foever ic may fee:min its firH approa~h,, that noTratl: ofTime d~ wear offthe fence ofit. · . Thofe t·nat ~r\ weary ofthe Gofpef, that_c.ry ouc. of to9 much Preaching, rhat are i1ck of the Lioht that lhine unto them, you may know by what h~th been faid, what Judgemetat to have ·of theme· But is it not lhange, th~t there lhou,ld be any, fuch ? Tha.cthofe that hav~. Hv~d in the Light, and feen fomthrng , what difference there is between ig!nand Darkncfs, fl1ould yec love Darknefs, raE the.r

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