felfe-inriching exantina&ion. . I5J rroublefome,.and coo predfe And they refpcft' . onely and dkeme the good 0pinion acnd kinde af. ,( :frion, of good-fellowes,. as they caH them, aod merry companions, holding it an onely. way to _ winne love, to make themfelves popular in pu- ; . crife of fome plaufible finnes, ·in fhn .J iqg for old corrupt cufiomes,:which ever pleafe the moH· part and common forr, in yeeJding liberty for licemi- . ous courfes, to them that live under them) and about them, io proet; ringim ~mnicy to difordered , perfOns, and ta~ing par~with Satan and prophane men , againfl: the courfe of finceriry and good Chrifiians,which is acruel!mercy).and murderir:g· love. . , " 5. It may be fliving knowledge,found'f-1ith . fi:n– cerityof heart, agood,coni(icnce, are waming to theirgood works_, and then their almes-deeds are nobetteruritothem (though in rhemfelv·es good andnecelfary) then the cutti?tg off of~dogge.nJt:Cbt, and' theojferm!{of swinubltJ11d•I tis fa rre eafier for aman to partwiEh rhefuperflnity ofhis abundance,than ' to part with his fweet finne; and rhe fenfuall plea.- ftues of this life. Hence it is that the hypocrite · fome!imes (efpecially ifhe have any hope thereby .to :1ppeafe rhe wrath of God, and fttisfie,for ·his finnes) is content to give any thing ·to the fer vice- · ofGod, fave himfe11 e. fa've his heart and afft:cti· , om, whkharetheworlds, Mith.6.6. ''Hewould '~ heat anycofr, hewould fpare no charges to pur.· · / ' ~ eh~fe twoHeavens_; one onearth. 1 and anorher in the worlt:hocome , : ,:~-Je would give any thingto .·. redeeme hisfinnes, ifhemighthaveadifperi!ation · i _ __,.,._____________r_o_..........._.,..,..- L
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