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The
Preface.
mon,
Be
not
Righteous over-much
:
The
intention
of
the
wife
Preacher,
is to
direci
us'
in
the
exercif
of
compaSonate
Charity
towards others
,
and
not to
cenfure
them
with
Rigor
and Severity
for
humane
Frail
-
ties
;
the Tempter
perverts
his meaning,
to make
us
remit
in
Religion, and
,thy
of
fria
Holinefs.
Moral
Men
value
them
'elves
upon
their
fair
Converfatian
;
they
are not
flain'd
with
foul and
vifible Pollu-
tions,
but
are.
externally
fòber
I
and righte-
ous; and
they
will
advife,
that
Men
fhould
not
take
a
forfeit
of
Religion
,
but
rife
with
an appetite
;
that
'tis
Wifdom
to
of
fo
much
of
Religion
44
may
quiet the
Clam
pours
of
Confcience
,
fecure
Reputation
,
and
afford
form
colour
of
Comfort
:
But
'tis
a
nice
of Folly to
be
over-religious,
and
juflly
expof
s
Perfons
to derifion,
as
vainly
nice
and frupulous.
They commend
the
golden mean
,
and
under
the
pretence
of
temper,
lake-
warmne
f,
The
Objellicn
in
fore
part
of
it
is
ne
claim,
and apt
to
foray
the
Minds
of
Men
that
do
not
attentively
confider
things.
To
iii/cover
its
fal/e
Colour
,
and
to
make
a
true and
Rife `Judgment
of
our
Duty,
it
will
be
ufeful
to
confider.
Tis
true,
there
is
a
mediocrity
between
vicious extrearns
wherein
the
e
f
fence
of
nferiotir
:Moat
Venues
canes
;
for
they
are