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On
the Excellency
of
the Soul.
them in the
Name
of-the
Lord,
they
will
not
hear it
:
Now
God
forbid
that
ever there
fhouldtee
found among
any
of
your
fuch
wrangling fpirits with the
Wordof
God;
.
certain
-
ly God will jultifie the
wards
of,
bis
fervants
that
-.
they
fpeak
in
his
Name
one
day,
and will make them good
upon
you,
.
and
they may.lye heavy
upon the
foul
that (hall
negle&
them;but then
where
there
is
fiat
wrangling
at
the
Word
of
God,
there
ufually grows
an impudent,
.
proud,
ttubborn,
calling
off the
Word
of
,God;
As
for
the werd
that
thou haft
fpoken
sinews
in the
Name
ofthe
:Lord,
wee
will
not
hearken
sentothee,
Why fhouldnot-
wee do what wee have
a
mind
to
?
why
íhould
not
we
take our liberty
on
the Lords
day,
as
vvee vvere
vvont,
.
and follavv
our
bufinefs
as
vvee'
vvere vvont
?
let
theirs
fay
vvhat they
evil
1,
vvee
vvill
do
as
vvee
were
vvont
to
do, and
wee
vvill keep our
com-
pany,
as
vvee
were
wont
to do
let
them
fpeak while
.
their
heart
akes;
this
vvas the
very
guize
of
this people
that
made
fuch a
profeflîon
before the Lord,
but
oh
the
Lord
for
-
bid
that k
fhould bee
fo
vvith any of you.
But Seventhly,
If
thou vvoulde(t
have
thy
foul
fated
,
:.thou
mull take heed
of
refting upon falfe hopes
of
thy lal-
vation,
you muff rafe
down
even
to
the
very ground
all
your falfe hopes
of falvation; there
is nothing in
the world
hinders the falvation
of
fouls
more
thanfalfe
hopes
;
vvhen
men dare
build their
eternal
;
falvation
upon
every
fleight
and vain hope
that
they
hold
,
The
hope
ofthe
Hypocrite
,
the
Scripture
faith,
is like the Spiders
-webb,
fpun
out
of
thine.ovvn conceits,
but
every
little
touch
is
enough
to
ftrike
it
down
Again
:
Oh
the poor
things
that people
thus
venture
their
fouls upon
!
I
4hevved
you
in
the
opening
of
vvhat
did
caufe
the
lofs
of
fouls,
that
one
thing-
was
by
venturing,
and their
vain
hopes
vvas
one
;
now
thefe
mull
bee ras'd
davvn
;-
you vvill fay,
what
are
thole vain
hopes
that
mud firlt
bee
ras'd
dovvn
?
and
What
do
you
mean
by
rafing
of
them
dovvn
?
That
I
may fpeak
plainly in
this
thing, that
concerns
the
poorefd
and meaneft, that
is
of
the
meanelt
capacity
in
the
vvorld,