Reputation of Godliners andHonefly howfar--- 253 Confcience Which- is better theri all the - a pp laufe of men : And this being a continual feaft, they-cannot do much againft your quietnefs, as long as they Cannot deprive you of this. 5. Yea moreover, you have the Approbation of God hi m- felf, and that fhould fatisfie you .againft the cenfure of all the world. Even a Proud man if he have any wit , can bear the Contempt of the ignorant vulgar, if he have Ir.,-!t the ap..- plaufe of great and wife, and learned men : As that Orator that valued the judgement of Socrates above all the ref} of his auditory. But all the wifell men in the world are fools in corn- pardon of God. Having his Approbation, you have the Greatel the Bel}, and the Wifef} on your fide ; and a Judge- ment for you that will weigh down the judgement of ten thoufand worlds. 6. Andifyou value not Gods approbatioh above, mans, its a fign that you are hypocrites indeed, and fo the cenfure is not unjuft : But ifyou do, then you will acquiefce in it, though man condemn you ; and fay as the Apoale, Rom. 8.3 3, 34 Who fhalllay any thing to the charge of gods eltEl ? It is Vod that 7uftififth,who is he ttilt condemneth ? And as i Cor. 4. 3, 4. [With me it is a veryfmall thing, that I fb9silelhe judged of you, or of mans judgement--but he that judgethme is the Lord.] 7.And remember that the great day of Judgement is neer at hand, that will fet all {Irak which the slanderous tongues of men made crooked. Stay but a while, and the Glory of Chrift, and the fentence ofyour judge, will difpell all the un- juft reproaches that were on you , and wafh off all the blots that were falfly laid onyour good name :.and tic willbringforth your rigloteournefr as the light, andyour judgement as the noon-day: for there:is nothing hid that Jh ill not be then revealed. 8. Iri themean time God will take care of your name : He will make the very tongues that slander you to honour you ; in the blindnefs of their reproaches, El-offing themfelves : As the Papifts by the poor. Waldenses, faying they were the more dangerons bereticks, becaufe they held all the Articles of faith, and livedgodly and konefily, andwere reputed holy, but only that they were agaisa the Church of Rome. As you fruit God with Kk 3 your
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