/ 88 Ob. I , I 'The Saints very face of their innocencie; and they be trod an-d trampled upon with 'the feet of pride and !nalice, ewen unto dufr ; nay, though the Lord htmfelfe 1houldkill them, yetwould they trufr inhim, and · frand fafr in the truth and grace they have recei– .ved. They will none of their former pleafures and finfuU courfes, they are difraJl:efull, irkfome: · a-nd tedious unto them ; you cannot hire themor hale them to lie, to fweare~ tobe drunken, to com– mit filthinetfe, to prophane the Sabbath, to runne ro their fports and pall:iines on that holy-and blef. fedday; whichwe oughrtoconfecratewholly~ as. . glori0us to theLord : Or the like in.the whicbper.. haps formerly they have lien, and rakendelight. 'Fhey will forward·wirh godly men, and a good confcience, whatfoever be the itfue : And fpeake to them, as Rnth to Na(}mk, Whither 1011 goe I 11iiJ goe, attawhereyo~ lodge Iwilllodge, &c . ' Yea, but carnall reafon andprophane men have . bv this time fc:>me grumblings and repiningsrife in their hearts, and rhey I?J.y within themfelves, here is a tart:, hadhJ and auftere point indeed.; here is fowre, defperate, and uncomfortable doCtrine; a, ma:n may goe fo and,fo farre, have fuch and fuch · gr-aces, andyet be acafr-away, and yet be damned•. God forbid. ~etus have m<rrcy, comfort and fal· vation preached unto us , Let us beare ho~L1t, ·. DavitJ; salomrm, Pete,,andotherSaints ofGod, for all their fearefull fals were rell:ored to mercy, and .vefiels offalvation. Let us heare of the theef€-s converfion upon the croHe, and how his rep.en– tance,.thoogh·at laft caft, fervedhis turne for hea~ ven,
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