. (Tt) , of God, and, of all Righte6uf!lefs ?~ See thy way in' the Valley , trace t~e Foot-Heps of thyLife ; behold ·hy praCtices and thy courfe: Sure· thou art very · , if chou behold thy felf !n this GIafs,and doefl: t fee tby'F~e, as the Face ofa Devil. The,re are fome, whom it may be harder work to c~nyince, /who have the Facerof a Chrifl:ian , the .ongue of a Saint, but within, the Heart of a Beall. Hypocrites are as hard to be convinced, as Hypocri-· e is hard to be deteCted. · But thou who carryefl: thy wicked Heart in thy Fore~cad, upon thy Tongue,upon the Palms of thine Hands,and in the very prints of thy Feet,whofe.Ma– l~ce againll: God and his Holinefs, may be read in ever,ylook,in every word, in every Line of thy Life; · , needeft thou any further proof, that thou arr not of 9ocf ~ Thoumayfi as well put me to prove,that Hell · ' .is not Heaven , tha: the Devil is no SPlint ; as that iJ-tou art no Qnifiian. DoH: [tho~] love God, art p·ou_ynder the hope of the Promife ?-Ask thy Ways man, and let thefe tell thee. ?·. Doefi thou ~ean to kee·p at this·diltance from , God to the Death ? Doefl: thou in eanidl? Is there nothing in thofe rt~h Promifes, that ba ve been laid befor~ thee, which thou sanlt wiib 't\'Vere thine? Is there no fuch word in thine heart ·, Oh that my Lot were here ! Art thou content thyname fh~uld be lefc out for ever ? Is there fo little in the peace of God, _that thou canft fell it for the pleafures of fin.? Art thou con~ent that notnitllg ibould profper with thee, ~ut that ev~ry thing fhould be a Gin,and a Snare, _and a Curfe to thee? Art thou content, tha~ the Pit t11ou14 be thy place,EternalTJVrath thy portion, and ·that every Creacure,e'very ,Comfort,ev.eryCrqfs that F 4 come
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