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546

.13rtaeryer

that

appofe

r

aßnèoasfnee.

that never

was

in

world before, that

we

read

of

tTe

never

read

in

all

the

book

of

God that godly

men futfered

in a

crnf

}ant

way,

but

only

that

particular

;

And therefore that

perfectàtion

is the.

forefl.

If

you

Will

fay,

how may we

difcover men, that they do

op-

pofe

righteouf

reffe,

though

they do not

know

it

themfelves,

--

Firtf,

lle

tell

you

that the

Scripture

is-

piaine.that

men-

mayop-

pate.

righteou

ileffe,

and godlymen

;

and

yet

they may thinke

that they do God good

fervice.

In

r3

rob.

2.

Chriff foretells

concerning

his

Difciples, they

muff make account

to

Eiger

fuch things from

men, that

fhall think,thut

they

do

God

{god

fir

vice

that

k;llc

them.

But

you

will

fay,

how may

it

be difcove

red

?

I

would

diCcover

it

ñrff

by

this

:

When

then

than

oppofe

that that

comes

under the

name

of

righteoufneiTe,

-be£óre

they

have examined

it,

and

come

to

underhand

it,

there

is

a

kind

of

thew

of

righteoufinetfe in

it,

and

aifoon

as

ever

there

appears

a

fhew of

it,

before they

have

examin'd the

thing, whether it

be,

reali

or no,

they

fly

out

upon

it,

and

a

ainft

it

:

Truly here's

a

dangerous figne that the heart

is

againlf

righteoufnefle

:

As

I

Would

inflance

in this

fimilitude;Suppofe

a

man

fees

the broad

feale,

and

without

any

more adoe, before he

bath

examined

whether

it

be

it

yea or

no,he takes

and

ffamps

it under

his

feet,

.

will not

this man be

charged for fellony,

if

not treafon

?

It

may be he

will fay,

I

knew not what

it

was,

I

but

it

wilt

be anfwered,you

should have examined

whether

it

was

it

or

no:

And

fo

certainly when

any

thing comes

under the

name of righ-

teoufneffe, and hath

a

thew

of religion

in it, it's true

it

may

be

it

is

not right, but

how

ever,

flay

till

you

examine

it

-:

for

the

thing that

a

man

oat,ores,

that

bath

but

a

pretence

of

righteouf

neffe in

it,a

man

h

I'd

need

be very

flare

that

it

is

but

a

pretence

and

that

it

is

not

righreoufneffe,

a

man

mud

take heed

when

he

is

to

do

a

thing that

he knower

wha

he

dòth,if

I

were

to

doe an

a

&ion,

if

it

had

any

kind

of

dot brfullneife

in

it,

I

am

bound

in

confcietace

to

e,.amine

ffrhì

l)

before

I

do it

;

But

if

I

come

to

snake ano

~her

man

fuller

for

not doing

fuch

a

thing,

or for

do-

ing

ita

l

had

need

be very

Litre

then indeed.

Obferve this

rule

in