comfortable walking with God. Imaw.a.w.g. 2g 7 if there bee but one infirmitie iv him , or if bee have through weakeneffe fallen into fOrne onefinne , that one infirmitie agairfl which bee firiveth , or that one finne , for which, he iIgrieved, (hall drowne all the grace, or God in him, be they neverfogreat, and the World will account him a moll wicked man. It is juil fo in this particular : A prophaneman many times by fome fpe- ciall markable aft of bounty and contribution, or for fome few leafonable oftentations of good fellowfhip, and kinde nature, gets the flail and precedency in opinion and reputati- on with the.World, frommany a gracious Chriftian ; who beares in his bofome a conflant habituall tenderheartedneife to all true neceffities, and as occafion {hall exal, opens his heart, his hands, and his houfe moil joyfully andcompafflo® nately, to refefh and comfort the needfull exigents of any true hearted 211 athaneel. And the Worldlingdcth the rather and more eafily carry it, becaufe in the difperfing of his doles and largefies, he many times makes choife of Lich tale-bea- ring Trumpetters, who knowing his Pharifaicall humour, are likelieft toblaze his bounty molt abroad in the World ; whereas the Chriftian tingles out fpecially for fuch purpofes the diftreffedSaints fromwhom heexpeds no more but a fecret and fluent bleilingof God in their hearts, for his good- - neffe conveyed unto themby fuch an Inftrumenr: Thus I have difcovered unto you a my fieryof Satans ma.. lice, and thecunning defpitefulneffeof prophanemen, who labour many times out of pure malice,and wilful) miftakings, to fallen uponGods children, imputations of worldlineffe, hard-heartedneffe, cruel! dealing, and fuchlike. The occafions, as I have largely told you, are Inch as thefe. Vpon the Worldlingspart : z. His hearty defire to difgrace Chriflians, whom, fith by the Graceof God, he finds free from open groffe prefently growes to fuch fpceches as thefe : Why, but are notfuch and fuchgiven to the world, as well as other men ? ecc, 3. Ho dare enlarge his confcience to courfesof unlawfull getting ;
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