'The Saints fi-ere Let 4· 1 A ·fourth Let and· hinderance from hearing Aconceir,t~at • Gods W ord,and yeelding entire obedienceunto God~ Lr.w,l1ke • · ft· ·1 d ·. 1 · 'k · h· h mtns L•wes, lt, IS avery.pe. 1 ent an po Hl e concert, w lC t11kcs _hold of, poffelfeth the hearts of very many; whereby tlJey and wdl eo"~ are perfi.vaded,That Lawes-divine are but like_hu-- demae onely . n.. . A h. fc notorious fin.. mane or mens conn.Ituttons :_ · s t e e execute mers. none, but ·chiefe Malefa6tors ; fo thefe Decrees · of God will a.t !aft condemne none,but infamous and notorious {inners. And therefore, ,if they be but pettie.Offendors,or onel7' maintaine.but one fweet finne in themfelves ., if they be nor of the worfi: fort, though they be not fo forward hearers of s~rmons, fo Scripture,wife, or hold ft~ch a . firid: c.ourfe of holineffe in their converfation : yet they thinke with themfdves,theircafeis good enough, and that it will goe well enough with them at Iafl. Henc.e it is, that-they are cold, and carel~fl'e,inefieeming of hearing,and conforming. themfelves to ,rhe Minifterie of theWord. But let noman deceive himfelfe: The dell:ru&ion of . . ~ the negligent hearer of theWord ofGod,and the - · This Let is · difobedientto the Gofpel ofChrill: Iefus, thall . ~':t:;;:;3 ,2. 4 • . beas thedefhuetion of * ·S odom~, andfarre more · grievous. _He that Iyes and delights m any' one knowne fim1e, ofwhich ,his Confcience is con:. Rdl~u.6. vieted, is ina fearefull cafe. Without faith, it-if im- : J-Ifh.u.l~· _ po-JJible to ple_a[e God: and~ Without holinejfe, no t~Jttn [hall fee theface of theLord. And none hatneither · faith,or-holinelfe, withoutfaving knowledge out·-· of Gods Booke. Without the New-birth, and '· continuance in grace unto the end; no man fhall .\ 1be_faved :::Aud, fincere obedience to a .confl:ant - I and
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