fe.lfe.-inric~ing examination. 2n truth and power · tber~~f.: They_ fort -and r-anke themfelvesamongfrtrueprofelfors,-they ferdeand I frame themfelves 1!0 theholybmilneifes, andnoole 1 ·tradeofChriftianity. But wretched men, they are 1 notabtelong rohold out,th~y arequkkl~ t~red and 1 wearym thewayesof God, ,TheWor.~ ts_not-well j rooted-in tb'em.) tb~ir fairh~buttemperafy, their canverfion unfound~ th~re rs ev~r onegrand un1 mortified corruption or other, one bofome fin or . other, ·"which ·frill ·waftes and devours the ·buds of zeale~ aad bloffomes :of Heaven, as·they ·:1j>rout : .and!p.ringup in1their hear.tsoratH.ons. Ei'ther Re– yod.J pleafurepr.theyoungmans profit,orNaamai11 \ . . pre!fermcnt, kils and culls the throat of all grace, ' t wheri it fhould come to ·proofe inthen], and ·eo~- , foutuds the po~er~G£1\eligion,. thatit canneither t 1 thorowly fanfri6e, ~nor finally fave them. Some- . thries they will goe well forward for a time~ and . breed goodhope;: )~rid great .expefrat~n in good 1 .Chdftians, tOf.the.fr comming··on intne wayes of, . · godlineffe :· .But when th.ey finde by experienc'e that fuch courfes as thefe finde no favour in the world, bring upon theman imputation ofpreciiea netfe, .cafi: ·th'em&of.n,the·countenance ofcarn~ll ! friend!, amongU: the n:Umf;)er ofpoote neglefred ! Chrifrians, may much hazard their temporall hapw 1 ! pinetfe) and ft:ill fr.efhly .vex themwith one troo- . \ ble or perfecut!o~ - or ·o~her. : They f'~'ff'er _then~"',l felvescowardlyto. ·~e ya~qtu_fbled wid\ ~Kh ~an.'l_~U \ fear€s offlefband Dloudasthe.fe :TheyeaA: then· crowne from-them; and the gioTyof theirformer -profetfion is put out., .all their time formerlyfpent . ' Q 2 • ' ip ;. ' I.
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