178 ! Et nonpree- ftet fides, quod præfii- tit ïnfideiitas A graciates f irit, ward , more dogged , more churlifh, cruel and bitter to wife and lervants , then others whom they of eem only carnali: So, many children more flout to their parents, andparents more neg- l'gent in thecare they ought to have of their children, then others. What a fhame is ir, fay es S. Hierome, that faith íhouldnot be able todo that, that infidelity bath done What not better fruit in the garden , in the vine- yardof the Lord, then in the wilder - neffe:' What e not better fruit grow upon thetree oflife, then upon the root of nature tf Where lies the power of godlineffe ? If it carries not men be- yond thefe , what is it to live godly in ChrifU in the virtue, in thepower, and life ofiChriff,ifit doth notenable togo beyond others e Thereneeds no fuch venue, power, life of Chrift Jefus, to enable one todoe that whichothers can doe. What is godlineffe butanotion, but a conçeir, t hat it will not carrymen beyond the light ofnature e CHA P.
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