comfortahle walking-with God. 273 have a Devil'. And no marvell though theyBeale thus with his Children, that daily blafpheme the mighty Lord ofhea- and minim ven and earth, bleffed for ever. Daily experience tra cs them i,,; ,es feivis in five peftilent paffages this way : It is there wont, with Dei detranun>& qui eorum vicaa+ all their cunning, and upon all occafions, r. To leffen, dlf- perverrere non grace and difparagc all they can, the graces, worth, and po funt, fanam dcdecorarc co_ goodparts of goodmen. 2. To report true things malici- ,nrur,cam;P;,;,, oufly; andupon purpofe t bring them intohatred anddif- D,un, & Domi- TT Mrum quori eflimation ; foDoeg dealt wich David. 3 To charge upon d;d blafplremare them, withmuch credulity andconfidence, things they rte- non ceffanr a;m eisdifPliceeqmc- verdid, never knew, never thought upon, or dreamed upon. wm u voluncem 4. With whorifh foreheads, and very impudency of hell,io & o cult© to fallen upon them by flanderous imputation, tholefuses judi{ioraeir? and vices, in the contrary graces and venues whereof, they ,4usEp,r 34 are many times very eminent and remarkable. Elijzh was r Reg.Is,,, flandered to bea troubler oldie State ; whereasin truth, bee was the flrongeit Pillar of the kingdome, the very chariot' sxeg. Z. z 2, and borfemen of Iliad. 5. Nay, and which is yet more, to fa- ther upon them thofe faults, wherein themfelves,.hatefull r hypocrites ! are grofly and notorioullyguilty. Tertulluf tels , e Felix, that Paul was a veryplague,: for fo is the Otiginall : nozTOv whereas not onely Paul was one of the belt menupon earth :"1.4°P. but alto himfelfe, a curled cut-throare of all goodnefife and furious oppofite to theglorious Gofpell. His lewd Miftriffe charged lofeph with an affaulc upon her chaftitie; whereas not onely he waswoft free that way, but alto her felfe note- rioufly naught. Ahab called Elijah, a troubler of Ifrael, whereasnot onely that bleffdProphet,was thevery ftrength of that State; but altohimfelfe, by his abominable covetous Idolatrous villanies,bruught confufìonand' miferyupon the whole kingdome. Now out ofthis cunning malicious humour, carnall men lyeat the catch, and are moll eager to apprehend any fhadow of occafion, or rather then falle, tomake matter in their owne fpitefull braises, or take itup from the lyingoracle of forne frothy Ale-bench; whereby to haine thehonourofPro- feffioh with theunworthieft imputations of covetoufneífe, ' hard
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