Th~ Marks .cif th·e Vnconvert But now, when the main thing that aot.h ordinarily q1n;y a man out to reljgious duties, fhall be fome carnal end, as to fatisfie his confcience, to get th~ repute of being religious, to be feen ofmen, tQ fhew his own gifts and parts, to avoid the reproach of a profane and irreligious perfon, or the like ; this dif– covers an unfound heart, Hof ro. r. Zech. 7.), ·6. 0 Chriflians, ifyouwouldavoid ielf deceit, fee that you mind, not only your aCts, but withal, ,yea, above all, vour ends. . " . 5'. Trufting in their own t'ight€Q,?L[rte[s, Luk. 18 . 9~ 'this is a foul--undoing mifchief, RQm. to. 3· When . n1en do truft·- in their own righteoufnefs) th~y do .indeed rejeCt Chriffs. Beloved, you had need be watchful on every hand ; for~ not 0nly your fins, but your duties, mayundoyeu. It n1ay beyou ne- . ver thought of this) but 4oit is, that a man may as · certainly mifcarry byhis i~eming righteoufnef.c;, amd fuppofed graces)as by grofs fins; -~1d that is, when ' a rnandoth truft to thefe'as h1s righteoufnefs before God, for the fatisfying his jufiice, appeafing hi$.. \vrath, procaring his favo_ut, and obtaining of h~ . own pardon·; for this is to put Chrift out ofQffice,. and. make a Saviour of our ~wnduties and graces.. - Beware of this, 0 profe1for.s; ·yoa are much in d·1ties,' hut this one fly 'vill f.pQil all th~ ointment.. When you have~ done mofl', ~ and bett, be fure to go out of yobr felves to Ghrift, ~reckon your own righ– teoufnefs but ~~gs, -P[al. I43·l· PhiUp. 3· 8. Ifa. G4. 6 ~ l\[eh. I 3· 12.. : ~ · · · . 6. A fecret enmity tgfinft the ~ (JriMne[s of Religio'/9 Manymoral perfons~~punctu al in their fonne1J devo.. tion, ~ ha.v'e yet a hitter er1r.t ..i ty· againfl: precifenefs,, and ·hate.the .lifeandpriwer of Relig~Qn~ Pbilip. 3. 6. compaved-wtthAct. 'J· L They like rnot this froward· n~rs, nor that n1eri fOOuld keep fuch ,a fiir in Reli– g·ton: They condemn theftrictnefs. of Religion,as fin- ,· E.,. ~ , .·. ·' '·, -· &ularitY.
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