OR 143o4 ; i'anofarnttp 'Zook. 129 " El. I amagainft being Righteous overmuch ; and " making men believe that they cannot be faved with out being foholy and fo ftriet ; and fo frightning poor " people out of their wits : A Puritan is nothing but " fuch a frightned Proteftanr. Cannot you go to " Church, and fometimes fay your Prayers, and fo be "quiet, and be moderate in your Religion ? It is thefe " Bigots and Zealots that trouble all the world, and "will nether let men live nor die in peace. Cannot "you live as your Neighbours do, and your forefa,- " thers havedone ? What 1 Are they all damned, and "will you be wifer than all the world ; Moderation is "good in all things. P. Your fpeech hash many parts which mull be di: ftintly confidered. I. To be Righteous overmuch in Solomons fenfe, is to be finder th.,n God would have us, by a precifenefs or a deviled Righteoufnefs of our own : Where Righteoufnefs is not taken Formally, but Materially for a rigid precifenefs and pretended ex adnefs which is not commanded, and indeed is no dú- ty, but a great hindrance of duty, and that which I Life to call Overdoing: As force men will be fo Accu- rate in their expreffì.ons in preaching and praying, as that overcurioufnefs in words deftroyeth the life and afe ; And force will pretend that every thing muff be done better and mended hill, till nothing be done, or all be marred. As in houfhold affairs overmuch cu- riofiy about every little thing, is accompanied with the neglect of Greater things ; becaufe we are not fufl'ici- ent for all : fo in Religion, force upon pretenfe of firianeff, lay out fo much of their zeal, and talk, and time, about many lefher or doubtful points of Church order, difcipline, and modes, and circuntftances of worfhip, and about controverted opinions, that thereby they
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