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Di,
f
ierer,yes
of
mene
that
oppri
fe
rághteo-ssfnele.
547
¡Hall
things
wherein
you oppofe
others
( I
mean
in
Religion )'
or
poyne
with
them
that
doe
oppofe
;
goe upon
.fure
ground,
exarninethings
throughly,be
able
to
give
an
account
of ir, be
able
to
fay,
Well, I
do
oppofe
this,
for
I
have
this
ground,
and
this
reafon for
it
;
I
have examined
it,
and
I
find
it
to be a-
gainft
the mind
ofGod
and
therefore
I
do oppofe
it.
Secondly,
When
the
more loofe
any
man growes in
his
life,
the
more oppofite
he
is
against fuch
a
way,and
if
at
anytime he
be
better
and more reflrain
d,
then he comes
to
have
berter
thoughts
of
fuch
a
way ;
Surely this
is
very
fufpitious
that
what
re
doth oppofe,
its
righteoufneffe
that he
loth
oppofe,as now,
that
you may
plainly know what
I
meane
:
Somtirnes
men are
a
greatdeale
better
then at other times.
Some
men though
they
have
very prophane
principles,
and
are
very wicked seen,
yet
at
force
times they
are
more
aria,
perhaps they
have foine
fìirrings
of
confcience1 and have
Torre
reflraint
upon
their
fpi-
rits,
and
have force
common gifts
that keepe them
in.
;
But
now
at
other
times,
this refiraint
that
is upon.
their
fpirits
will
not
hold,
but their corruptions
dogrow
too
flrong for
this
renraint
and they break
the
cords
and go againfl
their
con ciences ;now
then
let
me examine
their
hearts in this how are your
hearts
affe
&ed
to
fuch
a
cause
or perfon when you are
in your
bell con-
dition,
it
may
be
you
begin to
have good
thoughts
then of
fuch
Men, and
of
fuch
caufes,
that
at
fuch
a
time
when your
lids
are
moll
hot
and flrong
and
violent
you are
hottefl
and
violenten
againfl
:
here's
a
very
fufpitious
thing,
kit's
rishyeoufneffe
that
You
doe oppofe, for certainly things argue thus
;
if
it were
any
thing
but righteoufnelie,
:then
it's
evil!
that
you
do
oppofe
;
And
then
the
better
you
are
the more
you
would oppofe
it:
I
fay
if the thing
that
you
oppofe
be evill
and
not
good,
then
the
better
you
ate
at
any
time,the
more
you
would oppofe
it,
but in
as
much
as
the
worfe
you
are
at
any
rime,
the
more
you
do op-
pofe
it,
that's
a
fign
it's
rather
good
you
doe
oppofe
thenevill,
for
furely
if
a
man
the
worfe'he growes,
the
more
he
doth
op-
pole
a
thing, then we
may
gather
an
argument that the thing is
rather good
then
evil!
that
he
doth
oppofe. Nay confider
in
pur
mind
thus,it
may
be
when you are
in
your health and
A
a
a
a
a
flren
th