comfortablewalkingwithGod. 47 geancedue unto the finfull pleafures ofTome bofome andbe- loved lust wherein they fecretly lie. And therefore their outfide- conformitie in other things , is caufed by feareof be- ing horribly and remarkeably plagued for that clofe darling delight. 4. Others there are, who by reafon of awfulneffe unto, Davïdsfalfebaek- correfpondence with,dependance upon, gainefull expe6tati- ss isfrohu; IP on from forne graciousgreat One, Chriflian friend, reverend afh, &e. were tem- Pattour, Patron , Land-lord , or Governour , religious rich perary mew, efthü tneonflant temper. kindred, &c. or other fuchby-refpeL s, conforme to'the out-- .,snaftai reue_ ward formes ofReligion, and live refervedly under the Ca- Forts cooa4 nopieofa counterfeit profeffion. The falfe andhollow hearts 2. was the ground of men, harbour many times , many private ends in their of Ioaíh hit good- , not a d outwardfervices ofGod,and howfoever they openly pretend ne eo"fenfetenee. ligedooid Religion, yet they fecretly intend, and plot the fatisfation that 5vhich wa, oftheir humour, and fervin of their owne turnes, by an ar- rf ih in the for g o the Lord, ora tificiall, enforced , temporary taking part with the better *brie, andyet his eart wet . part. Such fervile Profefforsas thefe,ordinarily in the meane h right. For no whet time Rand at a stay in an external! conformitie to Chriftian zchoiada was dead courfes; for no ípirituall life warmes their affeaions no 1e vr11 tc. roote ofgracegroves in their hearts :Formalitie in this kind, is ever voide of all vitali vigour, vegetation, and a ivitie; confiant onely in an heartleffe plodding courfe and"coldneffe, and manytimes, at length, when themotiveoftheir religi- ous reprefentations and íhewes is remooved,and theend corn- paired, for which they counterfeited , they put off their vi- tours, and appeare againe plaine carnal! men , anddowne- right good- fellowes , as they were before. The Play being done, they are Rogues againe. 5. Some there may be, who out of agreedy purfuit of a generali applaufe from all fortsof men ; and ambitious hun- ting-after apromifcuous-reputation, and equal! acceptance, both with Profeílóursof Religion , and men of this world, put on afhowof religious deportment, at least in the compa- nyof filch as are ready and forward to commend their con- formitie and forwardneffe that way, andby relation abroad, te,enrole their names arnongitthe number of.thofe who are _ _ mod.
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