------------~----------------~------ ------ felfe~inriching eXAmination. ficknetfe, areiikethemwhich commit themfelves to the raging and tempeftuous Seasina rivenfhip. There converfion is not found, and the Hrong - operation~f theLords ~anct!fyi~g fpirit but hol– lowand by halves : The1r fauh ts nonrne and ta– ving, but only abold prefi1mption) and bare con- \ ceit, that they have a true and faving faith. 1 Many in their life time are contented to goe a 1 good way with godly men toward heaven, asor.. p)hwent with her fi(ier Ruth; iliee went farrein l\uth.r .7.14. - !kew;ilie leaves her Counrry,fhe travels along,ihe ' ' weeps as well ' as Ruth ; but in the end afew words and reafons perfwade& prevaile with her to turr.e backe.So there are many walke on prettily in fome meafures and degrees of faith, repentance,convcr-- _- - fion and converfation for a while with good com– pany; but when theymeetwith fe>me croffesjwhen theyareutterly toforfake their merrycompany~all their finfhll pleafures., and their fweet finne, and to be abridged and fcanted of their temporary hap · neff'e, a few earnall reaa:ms> irreligious friends or , familiars~ a confideration of the cufrome of the ~ times, and e:ltample of the greater part, doe eafily coole their forwardne!fe, and hale them backe to their former plodding courfe of formality and \ p:ood fellowfhip. But all tme ~Nathaniels, all right IfraeHtes, all thorow Chrifiians, are like refolute Ruth, after they·have once given their names ro God, and tafi:ed of the glorioqs_comforts of true Chrifi.ianity, and a goocl confi:ience, come what _come can, they ftand fafr, and fiickeby it ; though the bloudy fangs of cruelty bee faftned 11pon the - fi 4 . very '-
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