34 Gofj'ielConverfation. fuck as becomes the Gofpel of aril", we muff go' beyond what ever anie have done by the light of Nature : and yet Oh Lord how fhort do manie Profeffors ofReligion come of this ! How manie that will profefs they hope to be fav'd by Chrifl ! I fup- pole there is not anie one in this Congregation, or if I fhould go to everie ones houle that belongs to the Parifh, they would fay they hope tobe Caved by Jefus Chrift ; and yet what wor- fhip ofGod is there ? And what juftice is there amongmen to do as they would be done by ? Nay, this is a Rule that will ex- amin manie profeffors ofReligion, and their confciences would tell them that in fuch and fuck things they would be loth to be dealt with as they deal with others: And for grofs fins, manie Profeffors of Religion breakout into them alto, for all are a kind of Profeffors of the Gofpel at large, Drunkards, and Adulterers, and Blafphemers, and yet they will come and make profe( ion ofReligion, and think it very much ifthey flou'd be denied the Sacrament of the Bodie and Blood ofChriltAV;,y, are they not Chriítians ? and their children Chriftians ? and yet mull they not be Baptized ? Andyet they are beneath Hea- thens, Heathens will rife inJudgment againfi them. And for confciencioufnefs in fecret, I appeal to everie one of your confciences, are there no fins that you live in that your confci- ences condemns you for ? A Heathen would not do it, a Hea- then would not wilfully live in a fin that his confcience tells him is a fin,manie of the Heathens came to that : And what way have you made in profeffiion ? Perhaps you have feemed to be in the School ofChriff manie yeers, and others take you fora forward Profeffor, and yet your confcience tells you that you live in force fins that are knownfins toyou, but becaufe they are , fecret and none knows them but your felf, thereforeyou have continued in them, and ventured upon them hoping for Gods pardon, being perhaps but one and no great one, (I fay) in this you are beneath the light of Nature, and therefore you are far from havingyour Converfationsfuck as becomes the Gofpel of,efius Chrij.q. This Converfation ofyours is not fuch as becomes the light ofNature ; divers Heathens would abhor fuch Converfa- tions in Chriftians yea, if it were among themfelves, and they would hardlie companie with you ; there are manie that make profefïion a
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