233 Read on now with thefe Memento': in your eye : And if after fo plain a premonition you will venture tochargeme with that which I difclaiim, do it at your own peril;I fland or fall to the judg- inent of God, and lookfor a better reward than the hypocrites, which is to have the good opinion of men, be theyprofeffours ofpiety, or profane. And with me , by Gods grace, it shall hereafter be accounted a (mall thing (to the hindering of' my fidelity to Chrift and mens fouls) to bejudg- ed of men, i Cor. 4. 3. And if there Mould be any Mors of the Churches, who inflead ofconcurring, to heal the flocks of thefedividing principles, shall rather joyn with backbiters, and encourage them their mifreports andflanders,becaufe it rendeth to the fuppofed intereff oftheir partyor themfelves. Let them prepare to anfwer fuck unfaithfulnefs to their confciences whichwill-ihortly beawakened, and to the great Shepherd of the Flock who is at thedoor , and who told even the Devils agents, that a Houfe or Kingdom divided againif it felf, cannot ftand, but is brought to nought 1 M4tb.. a s. (If alas, alas, experience bath not yet, not yet, not yet, done enough to teach them this ! ) For my part I have had humane applaufe e- nough : l'le value that Vanity as dying men do. And temptations to man pleafing from covetouf- nefs I have none : For I have nothing of worldly gain or expe6tations which I thould fear to lofe; to tempt me to betray my confcience or the truth by'ffence. But (mark and remember brethren, whet I fay to
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