comfortable walking withGod, 59 hke 13. 24. Selfedeniall, 14. 26. Surpafng the righteouf- tsef"e of the Scribesandpharifees, Matth.5.20. Laying violent hands and holdupon the KingdomeofHeaven, cilfatth. i i. 12. In a word : of the way which ù called Holy , and yet fo fpoken againfl every where, A. 28.22. For I meane onely. that precifene%winch is commended unto us, and comman- ded by the bleffed Spirit in Gods pure and holy Word. I know, all paffages of fanetification are too precife; andpara- doxes, intolerable and burdenfometo flefhandblood, and in theinr.rpretation ofworldly wifedome, whichnotwithffan- ding are eafie and tweet to mortified men. Thoumuff handat the flaves end, againí4 thePinnes of the times, and like the Eagle,pruneup thy felfe againft a forme, or elfe chouarta temporizer. Outward exercifes of Religion , are as it were thebody, without which the foule ofChriflianity hath noexifle-nce. Thou muff be content to abridge, and confute thy Chri- flian liberty at any time, according toopportunities andexi- gents, for the enlargements of Gods glory, the building up of thy brother, and fnaffling thine owne rebellious nature. Thou mayeff, andmull judge by the frci'its. It is Chrifts Rule, .Matth.7. 16. If therefore thou feefi the abominable and unfavoury fruitsof lying, fwearing, drunkenneffe, Sab- bath-breaking, ufury, fcoffing at Religion, &c. hanging out in the fight of the Sunne; thoumayeh juflly cenfure the tree to berotten, and for theprefent, fewell for the fire of Hell. Thou rnayefl judge no manrafhly, nor of his finali effate (Ifwe fee amalefa6 our caff, and condemned for forcegrie- vous crime, yet reprievedunto the next Aflize; no man can fay, be shall he certainlyhanged, becaufe apardon may be procured, and come from theKing in the meane time : it is fointhe prefent cafe.) Eutthou mayefl call a fpade, a fpade; a drunkard, a drunkard, anufurer, an ufurer. Otherwife, it thoudawbe and diflémble , how (halt thou ever bee able to efcape liablenefle to that abomination, Prov. 17. 15. Hee thatjufffeth the wicked and he that condemneth the ju. r e yen they both areabomination to the Lord; . And twtyhe fling
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