a36 Generald threatensfara t'Iey guild them overwith goodly fhewes, and pretence of zeale ? Hereupon they fomewhat affwage the fecret flavifh fmart oftheir nowand then woundedconlciences, and walke . more merrily towards their eternall perdition. Fora fettled difconceit of a Chriflian harboured and applauded, is a ftrong naile to fallenan unregenerate man tohisowne waies, and amightie barre tokeepehim out ofa gracious date. Sen_ fÊualifls are fo flrangely bewitched by Satan, that hee firif caufeth them to forge in their ownebraines , or take up from a fpightfull tongue, Come lying taleofa good man, and then after makes it his meanes to keepe them with fecuritie and contentment in the kingdome of darkeneffe, and to land in everlaftingoppoficion to the waies ofGnceritie,and falvation . of their foules. 2. Tomake by anaffeaed libertie and feveritie in cenfu- ringothers, the maskes oftheir ownehypocrifie, idlemark- able. For by their fained triumphs, and imperious infultati- ons,in this kind, efpecially upon frefh newes of force Pro- feflours fcandalous fall, they would have theby-Flanders to conceive, that howfoever theybee not fo precife and for- ward , or make fo great a Phewas others; yet they are fully as honefl men asthey, and may,perhaps, dep intoheaven be- fore them. _ 3. To wreake their fpightupon the children of Light;. whoare ever eye- fores and heart-fores to all forts of tanners, lice, meaning the righteous man (faith the A.uthour of the C3np;a,t5. Boeke ofWifedome, though Apochryphall, yet ancient) is jrievetaunto us, even to behold :for hie life is not likeother mens, hiewales areofantherfafhion. And it angers them at the ve- ryheart-root to confider, that whereas, they hope ,. and hold the.mfelves fufficiently clualified for Heaven; yet the righte- ous mans forwardneffe, zeale,and living of anothee faíhion,. if ingenuoufnea difpell the milt of prejudice, clearely re- monftrates to their owneconfciences, and proclaimes aloud tó all fpiricually underfiandingmen, thatin truth, and upon tryall,theyare in theElate of wretchedneffe, and of the fa- mily ofHell. Hereupon it is, that they labour might and r aine,.
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