-3s4. 3:DePettittonp of t%e Zíbíaae IfttríbuteV Chap, z 9, are Yews and are not, but are the Synagogue ofSatan. Thofe that own the Profeffion ofChriftianity, and live in unchriftian Practices, are baptized Pagans :; and in effe& revile our Bleffed Redeemer, as if He had pro- claimed a licentious impunity for Sinners.SuchWretches may deceive themfelves with a pretence they be- lieve in Chrift, and that vifibly they declare their depen- dence onhim ; but this pretence will be as unprofitable Mat. 7. ZL. as 'tis vain : 'Tisnot thecalling him Lord, that roillgive them admiffion into the kingdom ofHeaven. The naked naine of a Chriftian cannot proteci: them from thewrath Li" Pcc", ofGod. Tertullian fmartly upbraids force in his time who were carelefs of the Dignity and Purity ofthe ChriflianProfeffion in their Lives, imagining that they might reverence God in their hearts without regarding him in their afions ; that they might Salvo meta & fide peccare, Sin without lofing their fear of God and their Faith. To refute this grofs contradi&ion,he propounds it in a fenfible example: Hoc eftfalva caflitate matrimoni- umviolarefalva pietateparenti venenum temperare; This is the faine thingas to violate the Fidelity ofMarriage without the woundingofChafhity,or to poifona Parent without failing in the duty that is owing to them. And to exprefs his indignation, he tellsthem, Sicergo 0 ipfi falva venia in Gehennam detruduntur, dum falvo meta peccant : Let them expel that God will calf them into Hell, without prejudice to their Pardon, as they pre- tend to Sinwithout "prejudice to the refpe;`i they bear him. To firm up all ; Jefus Chrift as byhis Dotrine and Life he clearly difcovered our Duty, fo he offers to us the Aid of his Spirit for our affìftance, by which the Commands of the Gofpel are not only poflible but eafy.: And to enforceour obligations he hath threatned fuch Vengeance to the rebellious, andpromifed fuch a Re- ward
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