.. 252 fight ! and fuffer nie not to take any fin that I have committed to have been my innocency or duty, left I fhould dare to father fin on God, and Ieft I thould liveand die without Repentance,and left I should be one that .cóntittueth judgments and danger to the Land ? air up fome faithful friend to tell me, with convincing evidence, where it is that I have mifcarried, that Contri- tionmay prepare me for the peace of remiifion ? O fave me from the plague of an impenitent heart,that cannot endure to be told of fin! & from that ungodly folly, which taketh the Ihame that Repentance cafteth upon fin, to be oft upon God and Religion, which bind us to Repentance and Confeflìon 1 Nay in this place , I am not mentioning things pall, fo much to humble you; as neceffarily to in- form you, of the groundlefnefs of your prefent arguings, that you may fee the truth. Fourthly, Note alfo that I lay notany mifcarri- ages on any whole parties, (Anabaptifts or c- filers.) For I have foand that all parties of Chri- stians indeed have fome good, experienced, fo- ber, charitable perlons, and fome felf-conceited and contentious novices, (t rim. 3. 6.) But I 1peak only of theperfoni that were guilty and no more. Fifthly, Laftly, remember that while I feem to compare the faults of one fort of perfons,With anothers, it isnone of my intent to equal them ; mac') lets toequal the Rate of the feveral forts of Offenders . as to the reft of their lives : But only to mention, fo much of the fmilitude, as is ne- re (fary t) reprefent things truly and impartially toyour view. Read
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