z 12 The Sa-ints ·in,godlineffe is lo!h They hereupon beginne. to renounce that. goodnetfe.which before. rhey.fee– m~d to en:brace ;. to for.fa!{e the.tellowfhip of the Samts, ~1th whqm they .were wont comfortably ·to.converfe ;_to negleC'l: the duties ofpiety, where in, not withoutfome joy(,tbe:y,ha~ebeene former– ly exe.rcife9 ; to.grow1 frrange. rlnte God aridgood men; to cafl:.off the care of their families, whkh ' M. perhaps they were wont·to·infl:rutt.I have kriowne H. fome, _whoonelybythe power, .lam per.f\-}l'aded~ . of a t~mpQfaryfaith, .bave_,becne:v.eqr .f6r:w~rdjn · all religious exeraifes, for agodd titne hith with great diligenc~·and profit, borh;publikelyandpri- · · vately · heardandr~ad the·Word, ere~~d. a godly . 'or(ier of. prayer; . ~nd· ether ~family. exerci.festin .their hou~£, and yet after~arcl·by· little and.little the world got fo powerfully within them, and earthly cares fo <;hoaked them . ,that they ca£1: !11 _behinde them~ tr:ampled: thefe. _holy ·pearles a:ad jewels whii::hfbrmerly adorned thirlli under'their feet, and turnedwhollycarnaH, cov.etous;andprophane worldlings, . - · Worldlineffe, and feare ofbeingaccounted too preeife,nqwa.dayes m:din~uily- bla£1: and·be~tbacke the.fruits andforwardneffe of . a.te~porary faith. Thus you fee the rrue:. temper ·and con!birud:. onof atemporary faith : It harh not the heart and · power to frand toit~ and ge>e thotow fritc4 in the ca·!..fes e>f Qod,$1nd the atfairesof finceriry; itdare .not addreffe and addict it felfe to that firi& courfe .of holineffe, ·which ondy fits for the ftreight way toheav~n,(or feareof troubles, difgraces and ·~r- , fecutions." Bu.t ~ ·
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