T 8o £ ·~i •• ;\ 'The Saints ·· 1utferings ; as a caufeles· fcandall.againfr which fee ~ Cur. 6. 8. : · · : · · · · 3 Infidelitie, diffidence, and.difirufl: in Gods providence, and promifes, which begets·hopelet: neffe, heattlefnelfe,defpaire, felfe~killing:..-' ·. ·· 5 ·· 5 ·rnat God is to.be;w<?riliippea,is the common confeilion ofall re.af0naqle creatUres,but when they come to the particular wayes, and manner of divine woriliip, there is wofull variety ofdeclinatim.t from the path, which is caHed.holy. · · Aworld -ofetrours) herefies) execrable.facrifices, p~odigious worlbips. · To fay nothing of forraine falfe worfhippers ; amongfl: us, Papifl:s would wic- ·kedly woriliip hinf in images; our igHorant people · . with good meanings onely ; civillmenwith unho- . .ly honell:y ; formall profdfours with an outfide . I ...6 .Chrill:ianitie, &c. · 6 It is generally acknowledgedp that wee mull:· :not wrong any,_but doe, as we would bee don·e by. ·But let-us Iooke into mens particular, and perfonalJ dealings, and mofi are fhameie1fe, and endleffe ·in-· wron~doing,coafenin? )defrauding,over·reaching, flandering~railing,backbiting,imd othermachivillian and villarious pranks) and pefl:ilent carriage towards their·neighbours. · . 3 A fre!h memoriall ofourowne actions. Ifweconcur with the Devill to blindfold our owne memol r ies,th~t they cannot_recounrour ill deeds, we fball ) have little bertefi~ bylhe working ofnaturall conl fcience. Towhich are requiredthofe three mated· I als, which~havenow touched, · · I l I Common notions, and principles ofnature. I ' 2 Particular . ' ----- -
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