Burroughes - Houston-Packer Collection BS1265.6.C43 B8 1649

follows Goafully, equall, menmay think that I havenot 1h-wn my felt a God, ready to doe good ,and to reward thofe whn follow me. Theffrfkingofthe troth ,thepro of firs where fwe hay. once takenup, it it to put Chrijl too,penthane, Heb.6. 6. Fourthly, fuch men as there, doe much rnifchiefe in theworld; they are grievous fcandals; theymake thegood way es of God to be evil fpoken of; they harden mens hearts againft them, and the profeffion of them ; many in hell curfe them as the caufe of their ruine: if a man were horn to doe mifchief, hecould not doe greater any way, then this. Somuch hurt is done by them , they caute fuch blemifhes , fuch fpots tobe upon the profeffion of godlineffe as wc íhould be glad ifwe could wafh l hem off with our deareft heart-blond and account it well be- flowed : but woebe tothembywhom thefe offences come. Thegreateff part ofall the fcorne , contempt of, and op- pofitionagainfl the wayes ofGod, and godly men, ihali becharged upon thefe men , as the caufers of it; for were it not for fuch as thefe , wicked men X 4 could 311

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