276 Geerall direlliAars for a Thus many times an imputation of worldlineffe, hard heartedneffe, unhofpicalitie, ate. is hid upon Gods chiles ¿ren, without all cau. e, truth, or confcience; occahoned, as I conceive ( for I defire to dilcover unto you a depth of Satans malice in this point) partly from the parties accu- tingand flandering;partly from the parties accufed and flan- dared. Occahons miniflred by prophane men, are filch as there t. Firfé, They many times, when they finde their coníci entes difquieted, their former courfes controuled, their carnali humours croffed and contradi&ed, and thenifeleeti much difeafed and difviurbed in the fecurefull purfuit oftheir fenfuall pleafures, by the fearching power ola confcionable Miniflerie: or when they plainely fee that their unzealouf neffe, Iukewarmneffe, and formalitie inReligion, is cenfured and condemned by the forwardneffe, and zealous carriage and converfation of the Saints, they feeke by all meanes, and labour might and mains, to be meete with thofeMini- ft rswhich fo vexe themwith their faithfuil Preaching ; and thofe godly Chriflians, which filently difgrace themwith their gracious life andzealous exercife of Chriflianicy. And therefore f thmany times, by Gods goodne fe, they cannot finde any vifible or confpicuous matter or mifcarriage, to charge themwith truely ; becaufe the Saints lie not ingroffe andnotorious finnes,fuch as are 'wearing, drunkenneffe, ly- ing, nncleanneffe Sabbath-breaking, idleneffe, the vanities of goodfellovvfnip, &c. as themfelves are wont; therefore, I lay, they audacioufly dive into their hearts with unhal- lowed cenfures, and layunto their charges thofe invifible er- rours, whichnone can feebut GodsAll- feeing Eye; andfrom which they cannot becleered and acquit, but onely by their owneconfciences, and his highs'&Tribunali. So that they take order that filch imputations, though groundlefhe and falle ; yet (-hall be lure to cleave to the good name of Gods Children as certainely without redreffe or remedy, as they weredevifed without truth or charitie. Wee may fee this cleerely inZthe prefent point, and the flander ofhypocrifie, which
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