366 The Life ofpith. as conlitting in meer Office, charity to men, and tempe- rance, without the Love of God in Christ, do take a branch cut offand withcecd, for the tree. Someignorant Se aries cry down all-Preaching, as nicer morality, which doth not frequently tole the name ofChriff, and Free Grace. And force ungodly Preachers, whonever kit the work of 'Fail hor Love to God in their own fouls, for want of holy experience, favour not, and underftand not holy Preaching; and therefore spend almost all their time, in declaiming againti Come particular vices, and fpeaking what they have learned of fornc vernier of sobriety, , jutticeor mercy. And when they have done, cover over their ungodlyunbelieving course, by reproaching the weaknefl'es of the former fort, who cry down Preaching weer morality. But let fuck know, that thofe Mi- nisters and Chrittians, who juftly lament their lifelcfe kind of Preaching, do mean by morality, that which you commonly call Etbicks in the Schools, which leavethout not only Faith in chrift, but the Love of God, and the Santiification of the Spirit, and the heavenly Glory. And they do not cry down true morality, but there dead branchesófit, which are all your morality ; It is not moralityit felt inclufivcly that they blame, . but freer morality, that is, fo much only as "'riJtotics Etbiclts teach, as exclusive to theChrittian Faith and Love. And do you think with any wife men (or with your own confciences long to find it a cloak to your Infidel or unholy hearts and doeirine, to miflake them that blame you, or to take advan- tage of that ignoranceof others Tbe Grace ofour Lord jefue Cbrili, and the Love of God the Father, and the Communion of the Holy Ghoff, do (hut up your Liturgy by way of Benediction; but it is almoti all (hut out of your Scrmons,unlefs a fewheart- lefs cuftomary pa1Tages : And when there is nothing lets in your preaching, than¡that which is the jubJtance of your Bap- tifmal Covenant and Christianity, and your cufornar, Bene. dilìion ; you dobut tell the people what kind of Cbriffianity you have, and what Benedi&ion: that is, that you are neither truly Cbrilfians, nor Ble.(Jed. TrueMorality, or the Chriftian,Fthicks, is the Lowe,.ofGod a>rd
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