94 Pleafe not Profeffors in a wrong way, way of truth and peace. Fourthly,And you will by following the condua of giddinefs and paffi- on, difidvantage your Miniftry as to all the let's zealous, and all the more lober and peaceable of the godly ; And you will bring your feives into contempt with thefe, for your levity injudici- pufnefs and inftability : And fo you will lofe much more than you will get. Fifthly,And in the -nean time you will be made but the vulgars in- flrument to do hurt : you will be ufed by than but to confirm themfelves in their erroury , and to further dividing and unpeaceable defignes- Sixthly, And when all is done , and your confçi- ences are wounded, and you are made the heads or leaders of fa&ions, at Iafr thofe of themfelves that God theweth mercy tö, will fee their er- tour,and when they repent,they till give you lit- tle thanks for your compliance. A ñnful hu- mouring draft"). profeffours, is as great,a temp- tatiova to godly Minjiters, as a finft}l compliance with the Gveat ones of the world I mean it is a fin, which our Elation and difpolition afford us 4s great temptations to. For though to a world- ling, wealth and honour be ffronger temptations; yet to a godly man the applaufe or cenfure of thole whom we account molt wife and godly may tempt much frrorlglier. And alas how or- dinarily doth the fireof Church and frate, which flameth about our own ears, convince us of our errour , in following thofe whom we thould lead! O how many doleful inftances of it doth Churchhiftory afford us ! There are not many of the tumults that have coil the lives or thoufands about Religion , but were kindled by the young
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