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Difcover,es
of
men
that
oppofe
Religion,.
549
ì
_
feflion
then after, therefore
furely
it's
righteoufnefs
that
is
op-
pofed,
rather
then
any
thing elfe.
Fourthly,
A
fourth difcovery
is
this,
When
men are partial
.t
in
rheit
oppofition,
they can
ftand
to
it,
and will
plead for, and
not be
fo
fevear againfi
others
though guilty
of
as
great
and
greater
faults;
Surely
then it's
righteoufnef
e
that
is
oppofed,
rather then
thofe faults
that
are
pretended.
Fifthly,
When
men hearing
any
faults
in thofe
that
profeffe
Religion are
glad of
them,
they
are
glad that they
have
that
pretence,yea
they
dorejoyce
in
it
that
they
have
that pretence
againft
them,O this
is an
argument that
it
is
righteouinefs
that
is
hated
:
for certainly
if
it
were evill that
>were
hated,
then
ifa
man
that
did
profeife religion thould prove
to
be
fcand
and
commit
an
evill,
your
hearts would mourn for
this,
O
Religion hath got
a
wound. But
now when you
are
glad
when
you hear
of
fuch
an.evill
that
fuch
a
one bath fallen
into
that profeffes
religion more
thenothers,
your
hearts
can be
merry,
this
is
a
fgne
that it's
righteoufnef e
that
your
hearts
are
agatnft
:
But
if
you
fay
you
are troubled
in
the
difcovery of
fuch
a
man,
that
bath
difcovered himfelf at
fuch
a
time
to
be
falfe,
if that
were fo,
and your
fpirits
right, then
you
would
mourn and
lament for
fin
that
is
committed.
Sixthly,
yea
further,
It
would
be
your
care
to
make up
the
breach
that
is made
in
the
profeflion
of
Religion
:
O
fuch a
man hath
difcovered
a
falfeneffe, he
was very forward
in
his
profeflìon,
but
he
grew fcandalous,and
fo
difcovered
himfelfe
falfe,
O
what
a
blow bath
religion
got
by
him,
therefore
let
me
labour
to
make
it
up,
by
being the more godly my felf
But
this is
not
fo
in
men,
and
therefore
its
righteoufnef e
that
your
hearts are moft
againfi,;
rather then
any
thingelfe.
Seventhly, And
then
when men in
their
<òppofition
of
that
that
is
good,
{hall
find
that their
greateft firength
it
is
from
the
worst
,
fort of men,
that
the
Rout
and
theRefufe
of
people. they
will
joyne
with them
And were
it
nor
.
for
their
hopes
of
having
,a
;rout of
people
to
joyne
with
them, they would
never
venter
in
fuch a way
,
Surely in
this
you
had
need
looke
to
your
felves, for
iv
s
rrghteoufne4lelou,
él°
oppofe.
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