comfortable walking with God. i$'i the Lord as theProphet toldhìm, 2Chron. r 9.2. Mittake me not , I purpofe not in thispaffage to cenfure ordifgrace any warrantable .ceremonie and folemnities of State ; mutuall entercourfe of noble deportment amongtt Compeeres ;civill exchangeoffaire and amiable behaviour one towards another ;any charitable offices ofhuman itie, or Ghrittianpaffagesofcourtcfie and love:but the idle,formall, flattering vanities,Hypocrilìes,difguifementsofthofe many needleffe,fruitleff'eand endlefl'e falutations,complements,vi- fitations, entertainements affa&ed and a&ed by fuch vaine people,who are ettreamely troubledhow tobe ridof time. A commoditie ofhigh. account withall thofe, whoare fenfi- ble and mindefull of their llaft account : Every moment whereof, ought in the meane timeto becrowned with fruit- full improvement,by all thole that truely feareGoda could with thata gracious concurrenceofgoodneflù and greatneffe, trueNobleneffe indeede, where God himfelfeis topof the kinne, and Religion the roote ;.(a in refpe&whereof thole a Nobitieeei e other by birch, by riches, by meere morali vertue, by va- roicaeft mineam lour, by learning, by favour of Princes, arebut fhadowa( bilsuboMnpro and (fiapesofnoblenefl'e) were honoured with all dueattri- veniena e: butions highearefpe&,andheft obfervance. In fuckacafe Cguáiá aturagaám it isnotuncomely for Paul, to travell from Arabia to leru. bomo fìt per._ alem to vifite Peter, Gal. I. IS. Or the *ueeneoftheSouth; Dri leTponf= from theutterrnoft.parts oftheearch,to fee Salomon, I Kings c; stempta o. r. But Iwould not have glittering folly, guilded rotten- sipne qez nobi(i- rréffe,facrificedunto with fo much flatteryand counterfeite eates ester nmar crouching. For why fhould fìlken dungybe fo adored, and út' ó`P fit,C1 golden damnation deified? Now the renions why fuckvifì- nits atiquando. cations, aswellas recreations may many times prove (Hares ß`ß'h b `i>" to entangle us in finne, dampes todull our forwardnefïe ; or abominatioBit 1 one wayor other breede and bring upon us force fpirituall r, f °T ,: 4, tuiferies, are fuchas thefe : De,a.i;t,rast. I. Great men without grace, ordinarily makeufe of all others for their owne advantage.With an imperil? policie and a kindeofMachiavelian Alchymy, they fecretly and in- vifibly convert, difpofeandmanage the agency,abilities,and N 3 fervice-
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