( 3S) dare not fiudy the Scripture fo much ~ nor meddle with fuch highmatters as theirf~lvation, n?r befogodly, JaOr ~edit.ate on the world to come left 1t iliould dnve them out ot thetr Wt t s. 0 ' miferabJe men ! As if it werepoffible for you to be more dllngerouflJ mad, then you are already ! (Unlefs ~y growing unto greater wickednefs ! ) Do- you lay out your wtt • and firengch. and time, infeedingacorruptible body for the grave, a~d fpend your lives in running after your own fhaddows, whtle yo1:1r everlafling life is forgotten or neglected ! Do you fell yourS~viour with {uda~ for a little money ; and change yoar part m God and Glory , for the brutiili pleafures of fin for a feafon ? And are you afraid of altering this cQurfe of life, and t~rning tG God, Jefi it fuould milk§ )9U mttd? Lord • what a befottmg dung is fin ! What a cunning cheater is the Devil 1What a deluded di!hact~d fort of people are the ungodly ? Will you run from God, from Chrifi, from Grace , from mercy, from Scripture, from the godly~ and from Heaven it fdf for fear of being tJJad ? Why what greater m~tdnefs can you fear then this ? What worfe is humane nature capable of? Unlefs it be theaddition of a fur– ther rneafure of the fame, and unlefs it be to hold Qn in that way, and perfecuce the contrary with fuch like aggravations of your madnefs, I know not of any worfe that you fhould fear. _ Wilt you run to Hell to prove your felves to be in your wits r Again l fay, the Lord blefs us from fuch a kind of wit. Nay Hell it felf bath no fuch diilractednefs as yours : The difference between theOJtJe thing needfNI, and your many things,is.there betttr,thouglt too lateunderfiood ! Is Loving God the way to be mad 1 and lo– ving_ the WfJrld and flefhly plea/uru the way to be 'wife ! Is con– ver~tng wich God ill' humble prayer, and believing his love, and lovmg him, and delightinbfl him , and fpeaking of his name a~d word, and works unto his praife, and hoping to live with bt~ for ever, I fay, u this (which is the work of a Believer) a hker courfe to make men mad , then ferving the Devil and ~rudging in the world, and living under the curfe of God', and m continual danger of damnation ? What men are thev, that dare fntertain fuch horrid and unreafonable fuggefl:i– ons ? , - · I confefs we are not unacquainted with the fadnefs ~.nd melan.,; choly that fome perfons have contracted by .Religious employ– ments; and perhaps one ofa thoufandmay lofe their wits; But I F 2 · - -- muft
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