fe/fe.,inrtcbing examination. · to. breake off,his cuftome offwearing. Skall the · prefervation of a ·miferable body, and tratifitory pelfe be mored€are unro ns than the Majdtie of . God, the glory ofHeaven, and the endl,e/fe hap- , pineffe of ourowne.immortall foul€S ; Befides., by the fame plea . may n-ot any finne kecpe pofl'dlion? ~ May not theUfurer, the prunkard:r the Theefe, ; the Whoremonger, the Sab!1atb-breaker, &c. al- · leage that theyhavefa IoRg.followed their finnes, 1 ·that now they cannot forfake thetn ? But Jet ao ~ man qeceive himfelfe, fer aff'uredly cuftome and ; 1 c~rlthtmance in £inne dorh mightily in€reafe the · i ·Ptt1klttthmemtof finne. 4· ·0r perhaps. hewiHpro·· ' tefr, tl'lat.though h~fweare nowandrhen; yet he f 'thinks noharme, and all that while hehopeswell. ) Buthe is toconceive,.that out of theabundanceof · the bearuhemonthfpeaketh, Matt h. 12. 34,3 5. If ' amanswordsbepropbane, und~mbtedly his heart · is polluted; if heblalj>heme God withhismouth, hee cat1not bleffe him with hishe;Jrt. 'There·may . 247 t l r •· l fometimes be fain~ £hewes outwarJiy, when the ; heart is corrupt,. but ever wHen the out-fide is ! ·naught, (Imeane thewords a!ldaetrons~there ever ~ the in~tide is farre worfe, (I meanerh~ hea:rt and , affections.) Suppofe romele~d companion fhould ; day afrer day raileupontheK.ing) with many foule' : and traiterous termes; ancl being·caJied in quefiioti, · fhouldanfwer,that he thought none illinhisheart, what earthly Prince woul€1 fobefatisfied:? What ; . reafotrthen is · there-tlia~ tlid Majetti~-o(Heaven : . i · fuou~d·ad·mitoffueh:an: exG~fe} 5cGri.t:rijayl>'ee ! · ( he wdl fn~ hee:fiveares·nothmgbut:ttllth, aad·he(f \ ~ \ S ~ . bnt3CS . · .. ,,.:~:;_ . • • n wzzt c tr * -=,.......",..,.,..., "P'--...... --.~1! _ ..._... ~ ....
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