Carnal Liberty to be denied : Who. I 7 5 . . faithful Paftors of the Church : For its hard to keep in with ichifm, and with faithful Paftorstoo- And ifthe Minifters will not own their fin and error, they will difown the Minifters The Anabaptifts and other Sees of late , would never have been fo muchagainft ChriPcs Minifters,if the Minifters had not been againft their way. 6.Their Courfe doth in the conclufion, bring down Religion, and hinder the thriving of the Gofpel and of Godlinefs. Mark, what is the iffue of molt of thofe 'ways, that thefe men are fo hot for ? Doth it go better or worfe with the Church and caufe of Chrift in general, where they are, then it didbefore ? Is Religion in more ftrength, and beauty, and life, and honour ? or doth real holinefs more abound ? Iffo, be not too hafly to cenfire their Zeal. But ufually all thefe dividing ways, are the difeafes of the Church which caufe its languifhing, decay, and diffolution. 7. Laftly, This felfifh zeal is commonly cenforious, and uncharitable, and diminifheth Chriftian Love, and fets thofe a reproaching and defpifing each other, that thould have lived in the Union and Communion of Saints. Where you find thefe properties of your zeal and defire, for the promotingof your Opinions or parties in Religion, you have great reafon to make it prefently your bufinefs to find, out that infinuating felf, which maketh your ReligionCarnal, and to deny andmortifie it. CH AP.XXXIV. Carnal Liberty to be denied : who. NotherfelfiA?were 11 to be denied,,is, Carnal Liberty, A thing that felfifhnefs bath ftrangelybrought of late into fo much credit, that abundance among us think they are doing fome fpecial fervice toGod; their Countrey, theChurch and their own fouls, when they are but deeply engaged for the Devil, by afc/f-feeling fpirit, in a Carnal Conde. For the difcovery of this dangerous common difeafe, I mull firft tell you, that there is a threefold Liberty which muff carefully be' iife
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