Galeriadirettionsfbr aske the refl of his people one after another l bee they hun- dreths or thoufands, what conceits they holdof themfelves for theworld to come ? what they thinke will become of them after this life ? what their prefent judgement is oftheir fpirituall eflate ? And I thinke he (hall fcarcemeet with any, who will not in fome kinde or other difcover tome ground- leffe confidence of his well -being that way. Their answer rilLinthe 'Pio-ordinarily would be to this purpofe : thanks. god,wo have sg, agood aith to god-wards : wee have beleevedin Chri , ever fine we may. remember : We hope godwill be mercifull; though we be not Scripture men , nor fa forwardas others, orlimb fol. lowersof Sermons . yet we hake to be faved as well a the bell of'themall,dc. Vpon the matter , and in fumme : Wee doubt not but wee fhall goe to heaven. And their Minifter thould reply : But I pray you tell ince, you that are co con& dent, Doe you beleeve, and repent, and make confcience of all your 1.vayes,&c ? Yea,would they fay,with all our hearts, elle it werepittie we thould live. Whenas, God knowes, it is neither to nor fo : their poore frozen flintiehearts , never yet Incitedbefore theMiniftery of the Word; were never truely touchedwith remorfe for their innumerable fihnes ; never warmed with any Paving workeof the holy Ghoft but ever thus farre, meere firangers to the'myfterie Chrift. (Thole that are true of heart, are not woont to contest for the integritie, but ever to complains of thenaughtineffe and untowardneffe of their hearts.) And therefore if they be- kixc dica,nequis Exclefiampropter comenot new men in the tneane time, the vaile of their felfe- multaudinem ati-0011Chlfion and vaineconfidence , will molt certainely at !aft be :(71itTrotetureire4u.tads frighted and fired from theirblinded minds , with that terri- in civitatenoara, ble and dreadful! doome ; Depart frommee , I know you not. l'fi-eitti Chryfoflome inone ofhis Homilies, tohis people ofAntioch, tft, gen diaurus teaching them not to truft in multitude, fpeakes thus unto f reke um ' -doin p cam effutan-t them ; Howmany doeyou thi mN nke,are there in our citie,which be Lin, tot minibus, in theflate offielvation?it wifivexe,which Iamabout to eake;,, =rum inveniri, qui falventur; yet 'willjfreake it: There cannot amongfa many thensfands,an, qmia Or de his du- hundred be found , which are in thanflat e : Nay, and ldoubt ,Adpluton nom. 49,whether thofi. Now had this good Father at the fame 4
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