286 In)e poi)? Manzfamíip hook. hurtful zeal ; or a fnare for the innocent ; or a Piflol to (hoot at the upright in heart : There are not they that have been the (tame of their profeflion, the hardening ofungodly men and Infidels, and that have caufed the enemies of the Lord to blafpheme. If any man will make a Religion of, or for his Lufts ; of Papal tyranny, or Pharifaical formality, or of his private opinions, or of proud cenforioufnefs, and contempt of others, and of faftion and unwarrantable feparations and divifions, and ofhandingat a more obfervable diftance from common Profeffours of Chriflianity, than God would have them or yet of pulling up the hedge of Difcipline, and laying Chrifts Vineyardcommon to the Wildernefs ; the ftorm is coming, when this Religion founded on the fand will fall, and great will be the fall thereof : When the Reli- gion which confifteth in Faith and Love to Clod and e)Wan, i.n mortifying thefeh, and crucifying the world, in Self- denyal, Humility, and latience,tn fincere obedi- ence, and faithfulnefs in all Relations, in watchful felf government indoing good, and in a Divine and Hea- venly life, though it will be hated by the ungodly world, (hall never be a difhonour to your Lord, nor deceive or difappoint your fo!,isa ihé
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