138 Gener411direaionsfor4 molt peftilent and palpable, and other groffe kinds of this very foule finne : ( for fo it is indeed, howioever to a carnali eie lookingupon it , painted with the colours ofcommon.; neffe, and felfe-love, thorow thefalfe glade of thefe corrupt times, it appeares not fo ()ugly. The very Cafuifts and Sehoolemen,noneofthepreeifeft Divines, I am lure, doe de- fervedly vilifieit with a brand of hainoufnefle, farre above theft; as they maywell, both for agreater breach of love, precionfnefle ofobie6t, uncomprehenfiblenefle of loffe , dif- ficultie ofreititution, concurrence of many finnes, confe- (penceof muchill, &c.) I fay, I will beeheere talentof the sniffer fort offlander, becaufe of them, Gods children are for the modpart more eafily fenfible, and ordinarily watch- full: but let me a little advife and awake thee to further in- fpeCtion ofthe prefent point, left fometirnes even in telling the truth, thoube intangled in the briars of this bale fin, and juilly incurre the fault ofa talk accufer, which thou maid manywaies : (Fordetra&ion, to fpeakeLogically, dothnot formallyconfid in the diminution ofthe truth, but in the de- nigrationofa mansgood name. ) i. By difcovering hem infirmities, which love, that covereth amultitude of finnes, would have concealed. It is a bale ambition , and molt un- worthy the noble magnanimitie ofa Chriftian heart, tohunt after, and purchafe an opinion of precedencie in graces andzeale, by the difgrace of another, perhaps every way, faveonely in the cenfurers owne over-weening conceit, bet- ter and more worthy then himfelfe. When thou heareff a manworthilymagnified , for eminencie ofparts andfpiritu . all worth, be itfarre from thee, or any that ever tooke finne trimly to heart, to come inwitha Eta; onely becaufe out of a pang, or rather predominancieofprivie pride , thouwoul- Jed gladly bee noted for a None-filch , and paffe for the matchleffe Profeffour. Let it ever bee thepropertie and veine of vaine glorious Pharifes , to raife their reputations, and fometirnes theinfelves , but with execrable villanie , upon the imaginarie ruines of good mens innocencies ; and to hold every infolent detraction from other mens fuffici- encies,
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