comfortable walking with God. 295 them, the Devill was their father, Verfe 44. And fo are all thofe who build onely upon the outward priviledges of Chriltianitie,without perfonall a puritie : Paul in the Gate of 1 wh "h Ged,r ß.ak, alto regalret, a1aG Pharifaifine ; and Co are all thofe, who wandring out of the 5.s. = ioh.; . pathwhich is calledholy, fwell with a proud opinionative- mt mrayerr ."icf mite and furious zeale, above the bankes of Gods bleffed in the Prayer ssa.- Booke,andbounds ofall holydifcretion,and will needs foare mßo.lyafterNr aloft withwaxenwings offelfe-conceitedneffe, and fuperfici- alneffe, toGrange and uncouth heights of excellent fancies, withouthavingever laid found foundation in true humiliati- on for finne, andin felfe-deniall: the Church ofLaodicea,Revel. 3.17. and all fuch lukewarme Profeffors. Hence wee have a tafle, what aworld ofpeople are wofully blindfolded by the Prince of this World ; and through the infinuating impo- flure, andunexamined delufion of fpirituall felfe-deceit,are put into a fooles paradife, of being already fafe and fecure for heaven ; whereas asyet they are meere Grangers to the 11/1y jleries of Chrifi, and the New creation; and (hall be cer- tainelydamned, if they fo continue : fir that which it highly e fíeemed amongff men, it abomination in the fight of God, faith Chria to the felfe-jufifyingPharifees, Dike 6. j 5. And yet forme forts ofunregenerate men are here to be exceptedfrom this generali deluge offelfe-delufìon; wholye not lògroflely inwrapped in the juggling millsofthe devils Angelicall glory. Not that they are better then thofe delu- ded Ones, or have anygood affurance upon found undecel- vinggroundsoftheir fpirituall well-being (for fuchan hum- ble trueperfwafion, is confined onely to trueConverts) but it happens by accident, that by reafon either of the extreme villanyof their lives, ordefperate pofitionsof theirAntichri- Giando lrine,they fee cleere reafons (land likean armed man in their convinced confciences;that if theycontinue in their forlorne courfes, they cannot poffibly be faved; or faine rea- fons,andcoinedifin&ions upon purpofe toexclude all from any infallible certainty offalvation. They are fuch as thefe : 1. Groffe hypocrites, who deceive others, but not their owne hearts, as htdat. V 3 2. T'hok
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