- 'The SaintJ .for his profeffion and pratl:ifeof fincerity, as loffe ofgoods; Iofte of friends and reputationwiththe world, fla:nders, difgraces and wrongs, nick-names · ·of Puritane, Pr~ciiion, Hypocrite, contempt, dif– counrenance, and oppreffion, aad fuch like; but hee holds hi..; foule as it were continually in his hand, as Da'Z'idfpeaks ofhimfelfe, Pfol. 1 1.9. 1o9. ready ifneed bee, and che times require, even to fhed his bloud under the fwordofthe Tyrant, or to laydowne his life in the flames~ rather than to difhorionr fomercifull a God, tobetrayhistruth; or by his back-fliding and fallintr away, to make See I ob. E.pifl~~. . f d r_ • ·~ d d v..erf.S·. fuipwrackeo agoo· contctence, an bazar that Crowne ofGlory, which by the eye of Faithhee bath already in fightc- This nigh refolution and noble courage fiving fairn puts ihto the heartsof thofcwllom it&ncrities, that m thecaufeof God;) theirChrifrian watf.ue, attd under·thecolours of Chrifr,. tHey may ftandtoit likem"n; pafieman– fulty thorow the pikes, conquer and be crowtJed•.. - ftuefti How then willyou difHnguiihaChrHlhnsefiate ·' fro,n the fe,con~ fort of' fbrm~l1 profeffouts, !Nft·a~· · p~tg~?,6l. . . . . l .Anfw. ·Thus ; The formall profdfor, after his falling ·> AChri~~ns .off; refumes his former prnfeaioo, without ~my · ~~f~et~;~m . remorfe; refolutionfor m?,_teforw1rdn~tfe,watch- : .. the fecond fort fulneffe, .revenge npt>n htmfelfeand tl'iofe.marks_, · of formall p.ro2 C01'· 7-~ I r• i1ra cold duUmanner &c. Whereas . fetfors "'od • .l<o. _c.:.· ·' > ~ u · s- ch1lt.& an:er a relapre, \lpon recovery .and retu~ne; weepes bitterly with Ptter, and labours . with. dbublediligeoce, _and redoubled· zea~ to reM : compencc and· redeeme his former failings, &c. : They -
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