262 epe Pownanofamilp ')5oot faken wretch, do they not allfpeakrell of a 4oly life and with that their lives had been fpent in the molt fer- vent Love 'of cod, and firiElefi obedience to his Laws ? Do they then, (peakwell oftuft and pleafures, and mag. nifie the wealth and honours of the world ? Had they not then rather die as thenaoft mortified Sainti, than as carelefs, flefhly, worldly (inners ? And doff thou fie and k,nQW this, andyet wilt thou not be inftrueted, and be wire in time ? XV. Think well, what manner of men thofe were, whofe (y) Names arenow honoured for their Holinefs, What manner of life did Si. Peter, and St. Paul, Sr. Cy. prian, Sr. Augugine,_ and all other Saints and Martyrs live ? Was it a lifeofflefhl y (ports and pleafures ? Dia they derideor perfecute a holy life ?. 'Were they not morefiriOly holy than any that thou know& ? And is he notfelfcondernned,that honoureth theNames of Saints, andwill not imitate them ? XVI. Thinkwhat the difference is between a Chri.: Pan, andan (z) Heathen. You are loth to be Hea- thens or Infidels., But do you think a Chriftian excelletl thembut in Opinion ? He that is not Holier than they, !s worfe, and (hallfifer more than they. XVII. Think what the difference is between a (a) Godly Çhrifiian and an 'Ungodly. po not all the ono. (y) Mat. 23.29, o, 31, 33. Heb. I 1. 38. john 8. 39. (z) Mat.io .15. Rom.2. 10.34, (a) kom.2. z Mat.25.28. Luks 19. 22. alas 24. 15. qa/.4-29. fers
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