' "8t . . - . ( ) - . . ~ -~ · .. ~ .i;',here are ot.hers. that,have re:ac·~e.d to;~·~. reft in almoft ; who rn1~aktng almoft, f~_r alt{)gefhe~ , , do . there take up thelr fiand. Thefe are far from ·.che ,Kingdom ~f vod._ . _ _· · ... : . ,. prtiiJre.n, I ·inuch fear, that among the nur;nber of_ · · . ProfeJrors;there are moreof thefe izlm?ft Chriftia_ns, thi'R:;we'are a \"!are ?f: Oh it wouldmake/our hearts filake to confider; how far /many g~_, to whac degree of r.efignadon,,·refohition~ aifeB:ion,aB:ioti~ · fubmif=– fion· to fufferings, t~ey attain; andyet fall off at la~ ·, ~ and ' tb.ereby fhew _t-hey we.·e fiill thort of ·chri£r; They went ou·t fro·m zu-~ ·becau(e they were nee f \ ., . ·o 111. . - · · - ~ / I particularly ·pity many of the more fober G5 en• · try, who have a,.. good will to Religion, and~ fair refpeCl: for the Profdfors·of it ; couritenancing-ho• linefs,doing o1any wonhy_t __hings for che Name and Servants 'c)£ God; refraining from the v.icicnifnefs, ' " ~.nd ~ vanicy of ma~iy ?f the·ir ~~nk _~t1d , ~ahey; who yet dwelhng t-n temptattons,betng entan• gl.ed in carnal correfpondencies, entertained with. an·affiuence of catnal. delightsand ple,afnres;&.find.a in~: hereby a ·ftriet [elf-denying and mortified life, to he ofgreater difficulty ro t)lem, · than to mei1 of lower rt.tnk, are apt tO think it nof offuch neceffity; who may' poffibly 'upon a narrow enquiry d1fcern j - afcer all their g·ood hopJs of. then1fet ves; and the great opinions of others concerningthem,that che1 are yet. ili~or of t~at fi_tnplicity, and.god1y ·fincericy, which alo e will prove chen1 Chrifi:ians itldeed. t.Btdfe be God there are among£1: us fuch_, tibofe who have bro~,en th.rongh all temptations., have ad– ventur·ed upon the difobligirlg all the W~ld thave laid~own thci~ honours, pleafurcs, friendsf and aJl . . . G · tb@Jt I • ·' /
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