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Repoof

of

thofe

that

do

gat

huger.

wayes

of

Heaven

as

you

tell

us

of, may we

not doe

as

others

doe

and

yet

be fav'd

:

Formerly

it

was

accounted

ä

dishonour

to

Men

to

wait upon

the word,

and

they were

nick-

nani'd

and

accounted

for

Puritans

by this very

ligne, becaufe they did

coníiantly

attend

upon

the meaner of grace, but

now

it

is

ac-

counted

a

dìihonour

for men

nor

to

come

to the word,

b

the

change

that there

is

among

men, but yet

among mol

't,the prea-

ching

of

the

word,

it

is a

flat

dry thing to them,

let

us have

the

fulneffe

of

the

creature, fly they,

and

let

righteoufneffe

goe where

it

will

;

there

is

a

dog-like appetite

ìnmen

to the

creatures, they

would

have

more

í1i11:

the do,,

when

you have.

given

him

as

much

as

you

can,flill

he

delires

and

craves,fö men

when they

have

never

ío

much

of the

creature, they

are

(fill

craving,and

their

appetites

are

longing

after the

world

But

you will

fay,

we pray to

God,

and come

to

Church,

and

we hear

the word,

and what

would

yòu

have

us

do more,

we

live quietly,and civilly,and

we

do

no

man

any

wrong,and fure-

iy will nót this carry

us

to

Heaven

:

Thefe

men they

have

enough

of

righteoufnes,they

fee n

)

need of

this glorious excel-

lent

righteoufnefi'e

of Jefus Chrifl, but thole that

know what

righteoufneffe means,they

delire it more

and

more,they

never

are

fatisfied with

any

righteoufneffe but this,

neither

are

they

fatisfied with

any

degrees

of

righteoufneffe

attai-

ned.

Secondly, But to come more

clofe

to the

point

in hand. A

fecond

fort that

are

reproved

from

this point,

are thofe

that do

content

themfel:

v

es

in

delires, that

when

they

have

delires

think the

work

is

done,

and

that they

need

go

no further,they

will

fay

this

is

a

good

point,

and

bleffed be

God

they

can find

delires

in

them,

we

do delire, but

let

nie

tell

you, are not

your

delires

false,

are your delires

true,

yea or nay,

there

are

many

that delire, but their delires

are cold

and lazie

delires,

fuch as

Plan

never

do themgood,and therefore

false

delires they

may

be

known by

thefe characters.

Firft, Their delires

are falte,

who fatisfie

themfelves with

ignorant

delres

;

Hath

God

enlightned

your

hearts to

fee

the

excellency

of

grace

that

it

is

more precious then

rubies,

of