r8 SIRpop? :1ano family 1300k " El. No : It was the falfe pretenfe that isblamed. P. Was it not a proof that Longprayer is a thingve- ry good and laudable,when fincerely ufed? Elfe it would not have made a cloak for fin. For one evil is not a it Covering for another. My fecond queftion is whe- ther`the Pharifees longprayers were free prayers utter. ed from the habits of the mind, or forms ofLiturgie ? " Ell. I think they were fuch as your extemporate « prayers. P. Then you will wound the caufe of Liturgies , which I would not have you do ; for if the Pharifees that were fo Ceremonious ufed none, it will fcarce be probable that any were ufed in the Jewifh Church. d' 1. Well, then fappofe them to be fet Liturgies. P. It is they then that are likeft to the Pharifees, who by long Liturgies cloak their Oppreffions and Co,. uetoufnefs, " El. You are noted to be as Covetous á. fort of rf' people as any ; You will cheat a man in Bargaining It' and you will not (wear, but youwill lie like Devils, P. I dire you Sir, if we do fo, it is contrary to our Do&rive : For we profefs that fuch perfons are nd children of God, nor can be faved in fuch a ftatev Therefore you muff prove it againft the particular per- Tons whom you accule. For if we know of fuch, we {?umber them with wicked men , and bring them to Repentance and reftitution, or excommunicate them. And for thofe Minifters that are called Patritans by you, whether they are in the right or wrong I meddle not ; but, á. If they be fo Covetous, how come they thefe many years to live in pinching poverty ( except a few' that have fomething of their own, or live in other mnens tiopfes,) and all to avoid that which they think is 25, 4nd if t4ey are flick Lyars, why do they not efcapp
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