V . •· . ' -·~···-·•****~! SERMe XXXVI. d n dlarm for Vrouje ProfejJQurs : Settingforth the Signs ofa7<digion, or 'Duties, that are witbout j}iritua.l L~fe_,. --~~------------------~~----~-------- 1\. I. V 11 L , 3• I • Tfl1u h•fl• fiiSme th11t thlfJ livefl, 1111ti 4ft.JeaJ. THat whic~ ~emai~ech is t~ give tli the cvid_ences or fign» of a Reltg1oa wtthout life; of dead dut1es, of a dead faith andaclead repentance. And although the conftdcration of the converfation ofmoft within the Church, may abun– dantly teftifie what this is; for where is there, if ~not in the Church, titles without realities, names without fubftances, · formli witboat power? infonmch a5 we may ~all them Chrifti- . ,us "With•nt Chrifl, Belicwrs "Without f.citll ; They pray, and Sigai or a lte.: do not pray ; they hear, and do not bear. Though (I fay) ligion, and ef " this !VCre enough to bid thofe who would. knowwhat a dead d.uties without religion is, to go to our publick Atfemblies, to our Family- hfe. duties, and behold the general deportment ofmoO: men. Yet ~o fetthis ,the more powerfully upon you, I flull give you I. fome plain evidences of it. · Thofe duties , And firft, Thofe dutiet never come from any life of grace tfh~t adre from. .J 'h' h ~· d J+. 1 d . h crcc outwa.t~& Wtt 111, t at are upon 1 e$gne ~tn J fJrCeu omw.-r .motsves, W en motivea ace nothing within,but many outward confiderations do move a dead. · · · R r · · · Rlan.
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