s~ 3 4 .Afobs he-art was pcrfc,:cr. I King._I1.II, 14. While he en.ioyes;l thecompanyand conference ofgo~ly Minifrers,. and.good·,Chrifrians, hemay doe many good thmgs ; favour and countenance the bell: men, and for the tinieJ and in fomeforc frand for Gods glory, and good caufes ; as Ioa}h did in the dayes of Iehoiada ,the Priefr, 2King. 12.2. 2 chrun.a4.26. And Herod was much better for John Eaptijlscompany; but when it came to the tri· . all, and they were left to themfelves, theywere bothmiught. . . . . . . · · He may difcourfeeloqu~ntly andpathetk~lly of God,ofhiswill and Rromifes;reprove the impiety, prophanerteffe, formality, anq coldneffeGf others; with allegations andproofes ourof S·cripture ; he may'cenfare& condemne.the ignorant'and dumbe Minifrery,and boatl: himfdfe tobeofGod,asAh~~~h did,. and yet himielfe-washollowheartedJ 2 chro!J; 13·4·9: ro. tKi?;g..r).3· Heemaybehot, refolute, and peremptory- again.fr jclolattyJ.as ,Afothe King was, 21ChrO?J.r.;:4.16; & 1i6':Io.'n.andyerhevext rheProphets and Minifrersof God, and wasmer... cileffe to theSaints) and fo nor- found hearted 3 as appeared on his death bed. cleaver Proil. r -I. 20. thinks it was•but afit of ·frowardneffe in Afo; to ·ca.fr the Prophets into prifon·: But BllttimeusAn- . drer:IJ'; urgeth him as I have done. Yet I King.I5· Itieeineshewasanhonefr man. but howfoever the See ]?ettr M~&rh T k h fo .T.. f • ft . tyr.· t · ing is true.· a et · e.re : re let;ll or'm ance.. · , 6 , ·Fie n1ay have fHrtings and.tlrivings in ·his.~rt . ·andconfdence, whenheistemptedbySatan; and entifed by his owne fenfuall corruptions, to t.he ' committing ofany groffe finne~ fO that bee goes ·: · . · about
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