1111.111.11=1111U60....- comfortable walking with God. 27 3 have a Devil. And no marveile though they &ale thus with his Children, that daily blafpheme themighty Lord of 'tea- yen and earth, bleffeci for ever. Daily experience traas them oLi;a:rin 0. in fivc pefiilent paffages this way : it is their woont, with T all their cunning, and upon all occafions. . To leffen, dif- (itrirealluenrt: eorum vitam per- grace, and difparage all they can, the graces, worth, and itZrUcZ,Prier: good parts of goodmen. 2. To report true things mallet. tduercoraLconruaz ouily, and upon purpofe to bring them into hatred and dd. Deum, DiPomi- eflimation ; fo Doeg dealt with David. 3, To charge upon jtludTaarrl'icqua°; ne- non calm, 17:aln them, with much credulity and confidence, things they vcrdid, never knew, never thought upon, or dreamedupon. eqius 1i'd11,,incter`aquct 4. with whorifh foreheads, and very impudency of hell,rum voluntatern to fallenupon them by flanderous imputation, thole finnes utft7ccjucoct.4. and vices, in the contrary graces and vertues whereof, they EpiA136. are many times very eminent and remarkable. Elijah was i Rcg !817- flandered to be a troubler of the State ; whereas in truth, he was the flrongeft Pillar of the Kingdome, the very chariots 'Reg' '2' andhorfemen of 'Pi:el. 5 . Nay, and which is yet more, to fa- ther upon them thole faults, wherein themfelves, hateful' hypocrites I, are groffely and notorioufly guilty. Tertalltu tels )'&;:z'4,- Felix, that Paul was a very plague : for fo is the Original' : "7" °gin. whereas not onely Paul was one of the heft men upon earth`: but alfo himfelfe, a curfedcut-throate of all gooclneffe, and furious oppofite to the glorious Gofpell. His lewdMilli-el-fa charged hfiph with an affault upon her chaftity ; whereas not onely he was molt free that way, but alfo her fclfenoto- rioufly naught. Ahab called E%ah , a troubler of ifrael, whereasnot onely that bleffed Prophet was the very flrength of that State ; but alfohimfelfe, by his abominable covetous Idolatrousvillanies, brought confuon and mifery upon the wholeKingdome. Now out of this cunning malicious humour, camall men lye at the catch, and are molt eager toapprehend any fhadow of occafion, or rather then faile, to make matter in their owne fpitefullbraines, or take it upfrom the lying oracle of' come frothyAle-bench ; whereby to ftaine thehonor ofPro-; fefrion, with the unworthieft imputationsof covgotifneffe hard!,
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