I lOO I I I l ._ The Saints 3 What execrable indignirie we baveotiered to the bleiled fpirir ofGvd~bygrieving, quenching,if )1or defpiting him, by acurfed-rejeding his many holy motions !I or fmoothering them by worldlines, Iufr, good-fellow!hip, or fome fuch fenfuaU rebel– lion ~ by withfiandtng that light, which ltood againfl:,us by his illumination, like an armed man, ·whenwe went about fin ne; nay, and it may be, by fcoffing at religion; (horrible villanie !) and railing _againfi holineff'e, puritie, and the waiesofGod; as hypocrifie, unneceff'ary precifenes, and too fevere- . lycontradictory toourcarnaii contenrmenrs. 4 Howwretchedlywe havewrongedrhofe hea. venlycreatures,theAngels ofGod,by robbing them l longtimeofthatjoy they would pave conceived at our co:wcriton, Luke I 5. 7. Bymakingchoicein the daies ofour vanitie,ofthe damned fiends ,who conti ~maliy roared about us, like fo many greedy Lions tofwallowus upqukke, r Pet. s. 8. tobciour Attendants, whereas thofeglorious fpirits tendted their attendance and would full gladly have beene our guardians, ifwe had had grace ro have been re– conciled to their Creator, and Lord : which was an infinitely greater difparagement to' them, than it would be to fo many crowned Kings, rejeCted of amortall man, taking in their fiead a number of bafeandcontemptible villaines tobe his guard: by minifiringtoomuchmatterofoffence to thofe holy _ MiniftersofGod for our good, byour drow.fineffe , ilee;pineffe,idle gazings about,and much nncomely, irreverent, and unfanfrified behaviour in Gods houfe, w4ere they are beholding with delight, the · myfteries_
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