(7j1• thy tongue dare.>{ay that Reavm u not ~t"bihe coj} o~ trcil6!~ of ~ h(jl] life, (or if thy life fay fo, .tho:ugh thy tongue dare not) thou judgefi thy felf un-worthy of 1t, .and fentencefi thy felf unto damnation. . . QQ.dl rg. And ttre ·the torments of.Hell fo fm~tlland toler11Me; ·thllt thou think.!ft d holy life too ~car ameans for. to prevent thm~ ·? Dofl: thow. believe the chreacnmgs of·rhe ltord , that he wtll cvme in fiaming fire to tak.! -venge-ance qft :ihem·thlflt.kno-w mt G(Jd • and o6ey not thi Gojpel of our "L(Jrd [e/eu .Chrift; :who fhall be puni– foed With ever/afti111[; de(truff~en from the prtfence ef the Lord, -and fr~m the glory of -hu'po-wer! 2 -!Thef. J. 8, 9· and yet canfl: thou fay, What needs all thu ado , tofeape f ucif ·cvdlefJ. mifery .! Th,m· wile take any medicine to mre bur thegowt or'(fone, if once thou have felt them? Thou w~lt draw out a toothw prevent t-he pain of ir. And is -Holinefs fo hateful or grievous a thing to thee, that thou wilt venture on Hellit felf to avoid it ? If fo much of Hell be in thy 'heart·atready, blame rione but thy fel~ if thou have thy, tthoice. . ' ' "OEell I4. Whj waft ·tho'#baptz'.dd .tnto the·'Cove1Tant of ho!i-' nef.r, to God the F~t.ther, Son and Holy-Ghoft, if thrJU think., it need– iefs to perform thyCovqnant 1 A holy life is no more thtn irt Bafttjm thou wafi folernnly engaged tuo : There didfl: thou re– nounce the flefb, the world and the Devil; and tookeft God for tbyportionand abfolute Lord, and gavefi up thy felf to be r-uled by -him, and faved by Chrifi, and fantl:ified by the holy Spirit; a~ddofi thou now fay, What needs all this ado ? Are we all byour Baptifrnal Vow engaged to a needlcfs thing 1 I tell thee, there is not the holyefl m-m on earth, that c:loth anymore then what he i~ bound to by the Covenant-Relations which he 1:1ndercook in. Baptifm. · . ·. . . . Queft. r ). Moreover~ What an Hypofrite llrt tho.u to profefs t~y /elf. a mem6er of the Holy Ctttholick._Chnrch, if Holinefs which u the life of the Church,fum needlefs to thee? Why clofi chou pro– fef~ to believeand dejirc the Communion of Saints, if the life of S~tHts feemneullefs to thee , and thou wilt nf.Jt have Communion 1 Wtth them in their fanCl:ity? Dofi thou not plainly renounce thy Cov~nant, and faith, andduty, when thoun:nouncefi aholy life as a rhmg,unnece!fary ? · · ' Queft. 16. Doj} thou think.., or dttreft thou fay, that the Moody death, 4nd hely (ife of {e[H4 C~rifo -w.ere more thm needs in order t~ L 2. • - thy
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