Baxter - BX5202 B291 1679

r 1 thoufard Perjuries, nor on the heinous Geriledge of 66-erring .their 1icr0 fchaion, and encouraging nett r thoufand filenced Knitters to do the like by my example, betides many other feared fins. III were the man' that for this (Fd plead and beg that thymight be laid in Gaols with rogues, and pay fourty pound a fermon and be banithed five aides from all Corporations &c. and all this as neceffary to the Church and as for God, fathering it all on him who is the God of Truth and Love ; and pretending that there is no need of their Miniftry, bcaufc that I and. fuch as I,do better perform ail that office againft ignorance, ungod- lineCs and popery without them, &c. How could I expel regard when I preached againft the fins of others? Or with what face could I do it ? When my fin Ihall be opened to me, muft I not with Origen after7 his fall, inftead of preaching, Phut the book, and weep, remetnbring Pfal. 5o. 16,17. and the dreadful third Commandment .; and tremble when I thoLight of death and judgment ? For a ?udac in Chrilts family finneth at a dearer rate than firangers, and will quickly find his gain too hot to hold, and thofe that hired him to be woful Comforters,. who will turn him off with a Efee thou to Obj. Fewer words might ferve. AnC NondYn flt,;s dtcztar, elm' no fatis difoitnr. Nec paRcis dicendim çß, podpaw-is no &lc-en- duo eft,

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