SIR Pow anz familp Zoott. 263 firs ofholinefs among us, yet fpeak for the fame Gad, andChrift, and Scripture, and profefs the fame Creed, and Religion with thofe whom they oppofe ? And is nor this Chrift the Author of our Holinefs, and this Scri- pture the Commander of it ? Search and fee ! whether the difference be not this, that the Godly are firiosu in their profefiìon ; and the ungodly are hypocrites , who lute and oppofe the prat?ice of the very things which themfelvesprofefs ; whole Religion ferveth but to con- demn them, while their lives are contrary to their tongues. XVIII. Underffand what the Devils policy is, by railing fo many (o) Seas, and FaIl'ions, and Contra- verfes about Religion in the world. Even to make fame think, that they are Religious, becaufe they can prate for their opinions, or becaufe they think their party is the belt : becaufe their faction is the Greatef?, orthe Leaf?, the uppermoft,or the Miring fide. And to turn holy edifying conference into vain jangling. And tomake men Atheifts, fufpec`ting all Religion, and true tonone, becaufe of mens diverfity of minds : But remember that Chriftian Religion is but One ; and a thing eafily known by its antient Rule ; and the Vni- verfal Church containing ail Chrif?ians, is but an: And ifcarnal intereft or opinions fo diftrac`tmen, that one party faith, We are all the Church, and another faith, It is we ; (as if the Kitchin were all the Houle, or one Town or Village all the Kingdom) wilt thon (0)Eph.4. 34.. AFts 20.30.I Cor. i I. 19. 2rim.4, 3. 6- 2.14,I6. Irrim.I ,Ó.`Ìif .;çn, 5 39 ».,,6-c. 1 Car.z2. Mat. i 2.z5.Rom.2.12,27,28,29. S be
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