V E R. 8. Epbefians,Chap.i. indeed I confeffe Ihave no knowledge : But whatthen Why then,out of thine own mouth thou fhalt be judged , andby thine own words thou (halt be condemned. Becaufe thou haft no knowledge, therefore thou haft no faith, neither that of miracles, hi- ftoricall, nor any at all: for the common natureof all faith is,to give affent unto the Wordof God ; now this affent cannot be where the Word is not known. Thou then being ignorant of the Word, art al- together unfai:hfull, and without faith. Nay,in this refile f thou haft leffe faith then the devil himfelf; for he beleeves hiftorically that which thou neither knoweft nor beleeveft, as having it confirmed un- to him by daily and infallible experience. Nay further, I tell thee plainly , that if thou dye in this thine ignorance and blindnef e, there is of the two, more hope of the devils falvation then of thine. Buttopaffe by thefe, and come unto a certain religious perron, who I warrant you is wholly devout, and can good skill in his Creed, ac- knowledge every Article, though not in the fame fenfe as the holy Ghoft teacheth it, but as the Church teacheth it. Wouldyou know whom I mean a Why, it is an holy Catholike (as he terms himfelf) of an ancient houle, whole whale defcent lyes in gilded veloped Parchments, and unwritten Verities ; one that can hisCreed verbs. tim in Latin , (as we do in Englifh) yet I muff tell you that re ip(a, the very fame perfon razeth many a fundamental Article. To give you inftance in one or two for all : They fay theybeleeve inChris, and yet joyn works in the matter cf their falvation ; and as for Chrift, the Sirname of our bleffed Saviour, they cut him fhort of his three offices, King, Prieft, and Prophet, by their tyrannous Pope, Merits and Traditions, putting again a Reed in his hand, clothing him in Purple, crying, Hail King of the Jews, and yet crucifie him. They fay they beleeve Remiffion of fins, and yet teach that a man may not be affured of hisown falvation, though it be included ineve- ry Article of our Faith. What fhould I Rand here to rip up thepanch of all their abominable Herefies e By thefe you may judge of the reff, and fafely conclude, they have no Faith at all;nay in this refped, letfe then the devil himfelf, who Paid, lefus I acknowledge, and Paul, hut whoare ye ? Ats 19. But here comes a third perfon to be examined, one that comes near to a Puritan, (as thecommon Atheifts of this age term them) but yet not a Puritan; he it is, that beleeveth all the Articles ofFaith) confenteth to them, profeffeth them, yea (and which makes him dif- ferent from all the former) hedoth inwardly rejoyce, and is affedted with them in fume mcafure. Wouldyou have mepoint out this man unto you who it is why,it is he that caufeth the Gofpel of God to be evill fpokenof, hecaufe men in truth take him to be him, whom in- deed he is not. Very devouton the Sunday, (as they call it) but as prophane as theworft on Monday. This man,you (hall fee him fome- time very devout, and to look towards heaven with his eyes as a peni- a.
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