'Part' II; A S~tJnt ,-;. 4Brnee~ r1J cafe? Is it thy malign{lnt , er worldly ' or drMn/e!n, and UJ1l._Od!J friend ? I am contt«tdthit the cafe be referred even to hi~~nd to Ill many of them as th~u wi.lt, upon conditi_om that he will bu~ firfr Try the way that he 1s to Judge of. Let hm1 but make an un.: fei;KtJed tryal of a life of Holy Faith, and Love, and obcdienc: J and Self-deny{!/, as long as I have done, andwe will receive h ~. Tefl:imony : Nay more, let laim tbus try a life of Holinefs , ( in– wardly and outwardly) but .oneye~r ~ yea.o_r but: oa~ mone_th, or day, or hour, and we will take h1s Tefirgwny : Bu.t to he judge<:i by aman in a matter of falvation, thai: fpeaks of what: he never J.:..new nor tryed o»e hoHr, but fpeaks again[l: he kno\1\s not what, this is a motion too bad -to be made to a vr/y Bedlam. · - 6. If yet youare not rcfolved which is the Better parr; and -w a], to whom doyou defire to referr it ? Shall Heathens, [nu , anct Infidels be Judges ? Why if they be, theyw,ill give the caufe againit you. 'fews andmoft of the Heathen wo!ld do profefs to believea life tQcome, where fome are happy a'IN fome are mifer– able i and they commonly profefs that all men lhonld obey their Maker, and make it their chiefefi care and labour in this life, to be happy in thenext: He~~tbens will confef5 thi1. AndyetI fuppofe you will eafily confefs that thefe men are none of the fitteft . Judges. The way to Life~ J efus Chrifi thq do not underHand: ·: But that theworld is vanity~ and nothing to be preferred htfa-re. our h~<ppinefs in the world to come, this they wiU commonly ac– knowledge. And if the lives of the mofi of them coni\Adict: this profe(fion, yet fiill they are forced to confefs the trtlth : aP.d truth is not thelefs truth , becau(e they that confefs it will not obey .it. Nay what greater tcfiimony can you with to filence your unbelieving thoughts, then the witneffes of the enemies ,;{ thetrHth, who as they condemn themfdves by bearing witnefsto that which they refufe to praetife ~ fo lhall their witnefs aggra– vate your condemnation, if you will live below it. What, are yo.uChrifl:ians ? and yet refufe to wme up in vour choice and .. lives to the do6trine of Heathens and Infidels? · · 7· I know you will think at leafi that rhoje HeretickJ that are daily herebawlingagainfi us, will not be partial on our fide : If ~ou think that this Doctrine is contrivedby us for any ends and .mterefts of 0111r own, hearken chen to our enemies. Thefe railing · ~ak!rs thauan fcan~e tdl how to fpeak aword of the Mini- - -- -- · - -· - R 2 - - O-- -- - ~ - iter,;j ,
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