Part r. Chap. I5· Ajfli8ed Con(€ienc~s. Hee was quickely gone. Now had this young Man gene away without this Leffon, Hee bad gene a·~yay aDifc'iple, as well as .any other, and perhaps as JOl-_ ly a Profe~our, as the f.Orwarde~ ?f them aH; ~nd that both m h1s owne il:rong op1n1on, and ~ban table mif-conceite of the reft, ' who were true of heart. As l#dM did a long time, and the foolijh Vir· .cins all their lit: long. T.0o man~ fuch profc£lours, as Hee .would have prooved, are to~efound, · even in this Noone-.tide of the Gofpell abroad in the World : who being at their fir.ll: entrance into Profeffion, not foundly humbled, I'lf>r laying a fure foml- v dation ; not refulv-ed npc;m an aniverfall Selife-deni- 1'. all; nor weighing )Yit-ltflue fore-caft, what it will coft them, doe afterward 'behave tllemfelves thereafter upon any gainefull occarlon,tor greater'triall, and temptation, or being put to it indeed : The·y are wont frotu time to time to difcover their rottennefle, open the mouths of the prophane, and. fhame all. They are like unto Reeds , which in a calme fl:and bolt upright, and fee~e ftifi: and £lrong ; but but let the tempeft bll'eake-m upan the~, and they l!lend any way : While their temporall fiate is un.. toucht,.their outward happineffe unhazarded; they feeme re1olute, tborow, and couragious ; but let a fiorme of perfecution bee raifed againft them ; Let them bee put in'to a great frignt, that if they fiand to it, they may bee undone, &c: And then they cowardlily hide their heads, pull in the homes, ~s they .fay, and. {ha~efully lhrinke in. the wetting.: unhappl1y holdmg 1t better to fieepe m awhole skmne, then with a good Conkicnce. Like the E~tgle, they foare aloft with many good religious lhewes and reprefentations,; but ~hey frill keepe their eye upon the Prey; and therefore when advantage is offi!red, they w11l barely fl:oope from forwardndfe honefiie, generofitie, hrunanitie, any thing, to f;izeupon :V l · · a
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