Repo/din; ofGodlisep dudHonefly hay fir- if not Chrifi, and Grace, and Pardon, and Salv , that will terve me, without the applaPtfe of men ! How bafely think you of God, And how highly of men, if,this be your mind I It is more excufable for a liaman to fay of all his honour and wealth- that they fatisfie him not or do him no good , as long as he wants but Mordecai's obeyfance , then for a Chriftlan to fay of .God, of Chrift, of Glory, All this will not feve my turnas long as men take me for an hypocrite or ungodly.f,or there is not a fatisfying fufficieny in Honours and wealth, as there is God and glory. As long as you have the precious treafure, methinks you may give lofers leave to talk. It was not for the good words of men that you became Chrifti- ans, and Covenanted with God , but for pardon and falvati- tion : and thefe you fhall have : God will perform his Cove- - ifant to you, and give you both his Kingdom, and fo muchof worldly things as overplus, as isirulygood for you ; and what would you have more ? Youhall have the Inheritance and Crown ofbleffednefs ; and will not that ferve your turn with- out alfew good words from filly man I I hope you would be loth to change Rewards with the Hypocrite I Why then do you fo much defire his Reward, and fo much undervalue your own I Though hi.T be pretext, and yours be fume e, I hope you think it but a doleful hearing, to have Chrift fay [Verily they have their Reward] in comparifon of his promife to his re- proached fervants [Peril; great is Joao. .4eward in Heaven"Mat. 6..2. Mat. 5. 12. And now I hope in all thefe ten particular confiderations you may fee reafon enough for/elf- d(niat in the very Reputa- tion of your Godlinefs and Honefty ; and wily you fhould endure joyfully to be efleemecl ungodly and difhoneft rather then to be for. 255 C P'
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