134 GemeraKd'rreTharssf®r a inhimfe.lfe.. But hypocrites wearemaskes, vizors andwho- rifh foreheads; they will hardly blufh, or be afhamed at any beaflly carriage, efpecially bringing in pleafiare or profit; much leffe for kerning holyby their ílri6tnefle and feveritie againft other mens faults,though as full of lewdnefle and lull themfelves, as the skinwill hold. How often may weeheare imperious Pharifes mangle andmartire a good mans good name, forforne Lefler infirmitie, who never iearnd to mourne for, or mortifie any oneof thofe manygroflé corruptioras,and fecretvillanies, which reigne in themfelves. 3. In refpe& of the manner. Selfe-guilty Pharifees are wont peremptorily to paffe their rafh cenfures upon the more righteous then themfelves, with much malice, pride, . fcornefulneffe, and prophane infultation : but the feafonable cenfures of truely humbled Chriftians, aught ever to bee mingledwithmuch mercifulneffe, commiferation, fenfible- neffe oftheir owne infirmities, and love. 4. In refpe&ofevidence and truth. Prophane mens ten- lures of Gods fervants are many times not onely ground- , caufelefle and falfe; but alfo prodigioully abfurd, and utterly impoffible, without any fitadow or Phew at all of roha2.aand 8. likelihood. Theenemies to Chrifis minif}ry confidently cen- 421 10. 20. luredhim to have a Devil!, in whom notwithflanding the cot®rr. Z.y: fulneffe ofthe God-head dwelt bodily. Miami judgedPaul tobe apefhlent fellow, when he was themoltprecious man upon earth. Eliaah was accounteda troubler of Ifrael; who aet 3g was in truth the very. Chariots and Horfemen of the fame. The Princes fuggefled to the King, that Jeremy was atraitoe to the State; fromwhichhe was fo farre, thathee defiredhis head tobe turned into waters, and his eyes into fprings of teares , that he might weepe day and night for the defòla- tions of it. Proportionable for monflroufnefie of falfhood, Main eft mantis are many and many cenfures pafled upon Profeffors at this mall morzs, alfin- , day. Oppofites to the power of godlineffe are fo impudently gene milli mores perverfe, they commonly cut conditions unto others, out eat tuts. Mali aliosde Cu. ofthe curled corruptions oftheir owne rotten hearts. aftimant io c,Aia. But now on theotherfide}Gods peoplemull bevery care- full
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