278 Generali eliretiions för a fetch. For put a prophane worldling to prove the Hander ofworldlinefíeandhypocriíie, which he puts upon the Chri- f ian, and hee will beable togive you neither probable rea- fon, nor wife word to the purpofe. And no marvel' ; for let thematter come to examining ; and hee (hall . finde, that manwhich bee fo mifcenfures, to be both faithfull towards God, and confcionable towards man in all his wayes : Not onely innocent fromoppreffion, corruption, wrong/id' dea- ling, and all unlawfull wayes ofgetting ; but alto in a fpe- ciall manner, with a moil compaflionate tenderne(fe and love, right dearely affefted to every true-hearted Natbanert; and the whole houthold of faith ; (. which no unregene- rate man can poffibly be ; and which is the trueft andno,- bleft Ole of fanEified charitie) Nay, and befides, not any wayes wanting ( though itRand not with the policyof prophianeneffe toacknowledge it) in other charitable pal rages with fpirituall difcretion, to any truely diftrefled and náiferable. And therefore there is noground in the world left for filch graceleife lyes but onely this : Carnali world- lingscarve conditions toothermen, out ofthe crookedneffe of their owne nature; and cunninglyput on the politic of Cutpurfes ; who in throngs at Faires andMarkets, call upon others to bewareof Cutpurfes, that themfelvesbeing truely fo, may with lefi'e fufpition and obfervaiion, dive into the pocketsand purfesof true men. Many there are, who being themfelves truelyworldly, andhypocrites iodeede,.call Chri., Rims fo; that the maske of their villanous hypocrifies may be leffe marked; and themfelves roote in earthlinell , un till they reach the verybottoare of hell, and . no man regard them. 2. Secondly, ifa manwould be irreligious andunconfci- onable, it is.a very eafìe thing togrow richand into reputa- tion with theworld. If once hee fo fine harden his heart, feare his confcience, andabandon the feareofGod ; that hee refolves without remorfe or (hame, to defraud, difemble, bribe, oppreffe, put toVfury,Fferve the time, make ufe ofall men for his owne turne,, to cioake cruelty with confcience, pretend.
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