--------------~--~~--~------~~------ · TheSaints kinde of converfion, a fbadow offt ue regenera- . don, .f<;>me ou_tward reformation of life, fo that · they may be in their owne conceit well perfwaded of, and fecured about their ipirituall etlate, and that the ,befi difcerning fpirits canhar_dlywithout v~~y neere converfing with them , and long triall, difcerne and difringuHh them from found Chrifrians. . This faith deceives thoufands, becaufe they thinke lt fufficient ferfalvation; when as it will ne– ver ferve the turne,or hold out in the~ayof triall, - in the day of vifitation; when the confciencewill fiand upon firict te~rmes.. it will melt away into __ feares; howling, andend in horror anddefpaire. · ' And that men maymore fecurely refi and repofe themfelve!t & their ioules in this temporary faith, ason a fpirituall Bulwarke) _and fure fopndation 3 though indeeditbe but groundedinfand1Satan he cunningly gilds & burniihes it over with hisange· licallglory~andmakes it as faire incolour;and £hew, and outwardnelfe of fame fruits) as is that other fpeciall, faving, and jufrifyinggrace of true faith ;_ ·fo that they appeare to be as like, as corne on the 1 houfe top, or amongfr frones, ancl that which fprings up in a rich and fruitfull foile_, they agree !for the time in colour and frefhneife. But marke ·the difference ,v;hich time and trjall brings upon them; theone fprouts up fuddenly_, flo~rifhesfaire ;and greene for a while, but afcer the heat of the Sunne beating.upon it, it dries awa-y_, dies, andJ comes toao~hing :-'8ut the other beingfafr ~ooted in a goodground, andWatredfeafonably With the I · . dew ...
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