( 83' in the world ; and indeed thou canfi not choofe any other but at thy peril, and to thy greatefi/ofs and ruine, and to ·thy prefent: and cverlafi:ingfoameand (arrow : It is the{wett€ftand mofl ple~tft'tnt life on earth, that thou ignorantly accOl:mtdl: !"uch a teJirms t&y!. The rnanifefiation of this fhall be my work ln the fecond Part of this Difcourfe. . And now I dare affirm that when the dreadful God fhall fhonly judge thee who hail'read or heard thefe words, it will ~e found indelibly writr.en upon thy Confcicnce, that thou hadft here fuch Reafons laid before thee, to prove the Necejfity ef );fe· rio~, diligent, holy life, as all the wit in earth or ~ell,_ is not able foltdly to confute; and that an ongodly fenfual hfe ts mofiun– reafonable ; and that , if after this, thou continue in an unfan– cbfied fldhly Rate, thou fhall juftly perifh as one that wilfully refufed falvation , as in defpight of <;:;od, his mercies and his meffenger5, and of the plaineit undenyable Truth and Reafon: And that in refufing to be a S A INT, thou rnadefi thy fel~ in the greatefl: matters no better then a BR V T .E , wilfully iub– jeding thy RNt/rm ro thy fenfuality, and judging thy felf unmee~ for everlafiing Happinefs. BUt here I know · the [elf-deceiving Hypocrite will objet't , That all this tht!t I am proving (o diligently is confe{J, and no· thi14g to the pGint in que{fion: Which is not, Whether One thing be needful, 11nd Holinefs be of Necej]ity to (~tlvation ? For who deny-. tth this? But the queftion u, Whal9er itle this Puritanical precife WIIJ of ferving God which only deferves the name ~f Holine(s ? and whether they be not M truly godly and fanElified .that fay their prayers morning and night, and go to Church on Sundayes, andfol– low their b~-tfim.f{es the re{f tif the week..,, without an1 more ado ? . _ Anfw. Eith~r it is Lhe fubftance of holy duties, or but the cir:. cumftt!inces, whtcb you quarrel at as Puritanical and precife. If it be only the circumftances, (as Whether we fhould receive tht .Lords Supper fta.nding, or k_,neeling, or fitt~. ?..Wherher-·w-e-tftould pray publici{]] without Bock._, orrm the Book.} and Whether a Scri– pture-formor ano'ther be better? and Whether acontinue-d J?eech, 0rverfi.cles, anthems,andoft·repe.1ttedwords .stnd fmtencrs be bet– ter ? What form ~Jf Chnrch Government is beft ~ by Diacefane . M z Bj-
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