fe/fe,inriching eX4·mination. truth, and furtherance of,good caufes ; favour, countenance, and-refpefrto 'godly Miniller~, and goodnten. · ·· A man ~ hereby may doe all things outwardly which rrueChrifriansdoe, andmay lead fuch a life hereuponearthJ thatalthoughhe doe not thereby attaiRe,heaven, yet hispaines in hell may be leffe, as appearethby our Saviour Chrifr_, It {hall be ea– fier for TJrHs and SJdon, H~r sodomeand Gou1orrhe,_ than for Caper11AHm,andotherCities untowhichhe came, in thedayof Judgement, Matth. 1 I. ~·o. I am , perfwaded thatthofewhohave utteriy·wanted the wanted the minifrery of ~he Word, and thofe who having en;oyed it, tave joyed ·in it, and have in ' fome meafure fubmitted. thcmfelves to·it, ·Jhall have fewer frrip.es, · ~ndIetre·to!~entin.hell; than 1 thofe wb.o havmg ·tt long fhnimg bnght ·upon I them, ·have'fHlllie~ fiarke frozen in their.dregges, and utterly blinde in matters ofheoaven; and thofe who having beene often wafht with many.plenti- , full 'fhowres from heaven .1 ' have fiiJI ·continued Blackmoores, ·fCornfulland rebellious tG grace arid goolineffe. · · ~He·maya1remble wirh ·rheS:rlnts·ofGod toh<:>· lyexercifeswith frequencie andforwardneffe, hee may-holdcorre£pondenceJand talkofgood things, fi.veetly confi1It, andmntua1ly communicatefecrets with 1:hem. Such 'fttlfe-hearted friends ·it feemes I 'Davi.dhail_, Pf41·55·I3,I4· B'~ it wastho11, faith tlie : Prophet) my comp~~~Jion, rnJ pit/e, and fJJilll :l'Wfl~[lf· miliarfriend..•Wet~fweetcounfolltogether; IJ1ltl ~~~~f<!tl itJth~houfoofGqdasfriendJ. H While .· ; I .. "'
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