A Preface to the Reader. whereás'Chrift is cenfured to caft out Devils by Reed eáarb. the chief of Devíls, when any of thefe do fuch a work,they are cryed up in another manner. It was a true Obfervati- on of him that faid,ornnia diia tanti .eflimantur,gnantuná ee ipfe q'ui dixerit, nec tain dióhonis vim, atque virtuten ,quám diaatoris cogitent dignitatem. The fecond requeft of mine is , that men take heed of having mens perlons in admiration, becaufe of advan- tage; we have feen the mifchief that refpea of perfons works, and advantages will work men into the height of it. That way that men can either fave theinfelves from dan -1i ger, and hold where they are, or rife up to a greater height, the world is apt to take, and the Religion of that fide (hall I be theirs. Hence it is, that when godlineffe ought to be' the chiefeft gain, gain with thefe is their whole godlinef %7 and fate- Religion is àlmoft the faith of every man. Thofè of that party ftill cry out for union, not that they will :. depart the leaf from the very height of their own princi pies for it, but they will have all others upon account of their prevalency come into it : fo that felf is no other then.,, their unity paraphtafed, and fo long as providence holds' them up,they are not much miftaken rerf ans will become I Jewes, when Mordecai a Jew is the man that rules. Saul faw that that was a mighty motive to draw a party in war, to have the gift of vineyards, and oliveyards, to be the fountain of honour, able to make Captains over thou - j i finds, hundreds, fifties. It is no leffeto draw on a party in Religion, as every turn of State refpeEtive to. Religion, is a clear evidence : If thefe fumble upon truth, they yet hold it upon fuch carnal motives, that they are neither true to it, nor receive the comfort of it : Make truth then- the greateft advantage, there is glory enough in it, without i any farther garb to havé it in admiration : own it though . I [ with a fcracht face where you finde it,;.though you be o ! b 3 therw.i(e
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