382 Preferve the reputation ofgodlinefs, AIR]ECT. XIV. Whenyoù reprove thfeweek Chrl/tians,' tvho arefubjeét toerrours, diforders or divifions, reflea not any difgrace or contempt upon Religion, andconfcaentioua ftri1nefs 5 dUt be ¡bemore careful to proclaim the innocen- cy andhonour offerioits Godlinefs, left the prophane and ungodly take occafon to de. fpife it, by your opening the faults of fach are taken for the zealots hollows of it) HOnefl hearers take moll notice, what is the main fcofe which the Preacher aimeth at, and the bufinefs whichhe driveth on. Some men take occafion by the errours and faults offuch as have feemed ferioufly religious, to make all fe- rioufnefs and diligence for our favation , to feera tothe hearers to be meer hypocrifie, and not on- ly a needleff9 but a hurt foal thing ; and to perfwade thepeóple that an ignorant carelefnefs of their fouls, with good neighbour-hood, quietnefs and mirth, is better than all this ado. Which is no morse or lefs than to preach for Atheifm and Line godiinefs pra&ife, fo it be veiled with the hya- pocritical profeflionof theChriflian faith, And this unhappy fort of Preachers do feldome mils to fail upon the real and fappofed mifcarria es of men that are or feem religious, in fome part `the r frrnons and 1i ! ar di courfe; which
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