comfortable walking with God. 287 if there one infrmitie in him, or if hee have through wealZe- nep filien into fame onefinne, that one infirmityagainff which bee firiveth, or tl'Atone finne,for whichhe itgrieved, palldrorvne aU the Graces of God in him, be they never fo great, and the World will account bim a moll wicked man. Lis jufi fo in this particular: A prophane man many times by forceone fpeciall markeable n&ofbounçie andcontribution, orfor tome few feafonable oftentations of good fellowfhìp, and kinde nature, gets the flare and precedency in opinion and reputation in the World, frommany a gracious Chriftian; whobeares in his bofome a contant habitual' tender-heartedneffe ro all tree neceffities, and as occafion (hall exaE, opens his heart, his hands, and his houfe mots joyfully and compafionately, to refrefh and comfortthe needie exigents of any truehearted Nathaneel. And theWorldling doth the rather and more eafily carrie it, becaufe in the dif cringof his doles and largeffes, hemany times snakes choyfe of fuch tale-bearingTrumpet - ters, who knowinghis Pharifaicall humour, are likelieft to blaze his bounty moil abroad in the World ; whereas the Chriflianfingles out fpecially for fuch purpofes thediftreffed Saints,from whom hee expeEs no morebut a fecret and filent bleflingofGod in their hearts, for his-goodneffe conveyed unto them by fuch an Infirument. ThusI have difcovered untoyoua myflerie ofSatans ma- lice, and the cunning defpitefulneffe ofprophane men, who labour many times out ofpuremalice, andwilfnll mütakingá, to faften upon Gods children, imputations of worldlinefi'e, bard- heartedneffe, cruell dealing, and fuch like. The occafions; as I have largely told .yon, are fach as there. Vpon the Worldlings part : r. His hearty defire to difgrace Chriflians, whom, 11ttl by the Grace ofGod, heefindes free from opengroffe firmes, prefently growes to fuch fpeeches as thefe : Why, but are not fuch and fuch given to the world, aswell asother. men ? &c. a. Hee dare enlarge his confcience tocourfes ofunlawfull getting 5
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