:r IJe SaintJ falvation of the Saints; nor be trulyregenerate:to · a li¥ely hope in Chrill: J efus, what need have wee if wehaveany care to be faved, to fife and fearch to the bottorne our cozening and deceitfull hearts, ~ aCM.lJ·1·f· and·toexlimine and try thorowly whether we be_. ' in the faith, whether Chrifr Iefus be in- us oF no? If men~nduedwith great knowiedge, fome gra~e ., ;<?f the fpirit , and outwardly reformed. in-their ,~ ·hves,may yet have no pare in the firfi: refurrection; ;.. -where fhall appeare the ignorant, the wilfullypl!Q– phane, the frubborne rebellious to godJy courfes, andgood_in(l:ruttions? What fhall become of the .fwearer 3 thedrunkar;ds~he uncleanp~rfon,the -tcor,. ner 3 the lJfurer, the worldling? Iftheformall pro– fe(fpr_,the civiii honell: mancannot befaved,where iliall the defperate fwaggerer,and notorious finner . appeare?Ifmany iliall feek~ to enter into the King– dome ofGod, 411djhal.tnotbettNe,_LNf<:!J.'1.4· what · fhallbe~o-R;)eof thofe that mnne a~ fall: from.itas they .can, that root in th~ earth, hqnt after .the worldall their life longJand never fo muchaspn.ce _1ooke up .toheaven,-or entertaineone thought of . .attaining the joyes and.glory thereof? -~any thou– fi!rJds of poore foules moft fearefully"deceive _tbernfelves in this point, about the fpirituall efrate oftheirfoules. Howmany doe not-with.thatglad– _neffeheare, with that reverence refpett, with that ·.reforma.tionof:m~ny things follow the Minifiers; .and·miniH:eryo£theWord, as Henddid IohtJE~p... t!ft? Howmanyhave -nothalfe thatzeale for .the 'Lord of Hofts, as Ielm had "~? .How-many never ·· -~qm}?led_ theirif~lveswith fafi:ingj-or~ mourned-in - · tackdoth ..
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