' ; ': -· 10:1. l)ifference betwcene a falfe and fa– ~i~g,hangc. 'The Sa,ints Jure Thus we may difcerne this changeable change· (that I may fo fpeake) and th,e·f~ving-changeof Gods fervants: lf,afterwe have gtven our Names . to Chrifi, and begun to ·profe!fe and pra&ife fin. ceritie,we paife on,and continually grow in grace, and frand for Gods honour and fervice,againft all commers; friends or foes,lo!fe or difgrace,oppref– fion or flanders, men'or devils; why then,undoub. redly ,we have the fancrify ing Spirit of God,and faving grace ; which makes his .Children like · Trees betwixt the Rivers of Waters, fruitfull in . goodneffe, and as bold as Lyons, in good caufes•. But,ifafterwee have begunwell,wee looke backe with LotJ Wife ; ifwee fall in love againe with thofe ftnneswhich wee have forfaken; ifRubbes. and Crofies in theWorld,will turne us outofthe way to Heaven; andour righteoufneffe be but as the Morning Dea"y,whicha little heatofPerfecu-. i tion will drie up : why then, our change was changeable, and not that of Gods children. ·The Seed of theWord, whieh wee received with joy, \ was never deepely rooted in good and honeft · hearts; wee were onely temporarie Converts, not . / new creatur.es ; temporizing Profeifors, not true ,: Chriftians; and our End is like to be worfe than · our Beginning-; and our Plagues more,tnan ifwe had never begun. ~ Let every man take heed then, in the Nameof , God, left by the traines aad t~mptations of Sa;. . than he be turn'd backe againe from any good courfe; Ieft ·after he be waibed, he wallow againe, · , \in thc.myre ofworldline!fe,andworldly vanities; · / · , , - and .
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