comfortable rvalking with God. 28 3 Ones,their owne tefolute difallowanceofall indire& courfes, ofanybate, and unconfcionable advantage, are many times mightilyhackt upon, and oppreftby thegreedy policies, ex- pilations, and encroachments of boy fterous worldlings,and caufelefíe oppofites : and not onely fo, but fometimes alfö cunningly, and infenfibly preyed upon even by profeff friends : ( For there are a kinde of men, which putting on for the time, thegloryof an Angell, mixe themfelves with Gods people, and preffe into their company, onely becaufe they feeand finde them tobe fuch,.as fromwhom, by rearm of the fingleneffe and fimplicity oftheirhearts, ,theunfufpi- cioufneffe oftheir charity, the equityand confcionablenefT oftheir dealing, in thefe cozening, fnpplanting,andunder- miningdayes, theymay the moti fairely and eafily fucke out thegreateft advantage :) Ifay therefore, fith Gods children are mot/ fubje& both to the wrongs of open enemies, and ofTeeming friends,they are many times not fo enabled inoutward things, or ftrong in their worldly {fate, . to make fucha flourifh in difperfing their fuperfluities, as thofemenwhichget without confcience, anddiaburfe with- out fpirituall difcretion. a. AChriflian dare not for his life fo farre enlarge his confcience, togaine by any unwarrantable means, or un- c-'nfcionable sonde, as oppreffion, corruption, cozeniug, violence, lying, unje:it dealing, &c. and therefore in this griping, andgreedy age, in the higheft noontide of iniqui- tie, or father darkest midnight of the workes ofdarkeneffe ( though outward want be infinitely countervailed with in- wardcomfort) he doth not commonly come to that exceffe, and fuperfluitie of temporali things, which many times worldlingswith wider confciences, eafìlyand immeafurably ingroffe. The largeft confciences in thefe laft'and worft dayes, are the onelydevourers, and fwallowers down of worldly wealth. A religious refolution to favea mans foule (more is the pittie i) ismany times a notable curbe to keepe him from growing rich, and into reputation with the world. Gods bleflingseven in temporall things, Ideny not, are fometimes very
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