Mr. Collin's Faretreil Sermon* 317 It's a fad thing,many chriftians ftudy to draw out the lints of obedience as far as the honefty of the times will give them 'eave, but no farther : that they would go on with the Lord Jefus to the High Priefts hall,and there deny htm:or that would be willing t) do any thing for Chrift,but are willing to Wier nothing forChrift: you very little honour Jefus Chrift in this,and youwi I very little thinour your filves at the IA It is upon this account that Chrifti- ant if they fee even agaknft plain conviEtion of Con fc:ence, and the word) that there are fuper-inflituted things broke in as in confcience they cannot fubmit to, yet they can comply, why ? they may be ufed !awfully, though not luperfiltioufli : But faith the Apoftle Paul, Do /yet ilrive to pleafe men ? Gal. 6. .efm I t; e, the Servant ofChrifi ? Tau cannot be the'rervant of Chreg, if you .firlvetopleafe men . Woe be toyou thatpleafe nun, and difpleaf, God. He that would be my DiJciple, let him deny himfelf, and take up his Crop, &c. (M hat's Oat ? ) deny Wile, children, Learning, melee 'dons comforts, he mutt be willing to go out of alt : thole duties the Lord Jefus Chrift is moft glorified in, they are either thole your flatla'ul hearts are molt unwilling to do ; or that our fears ILA hearts are moft unwilling to faker for therefore armyour Pelves with refolutions to fuffa-, I intended to have taken up four appearances and cove, logs, that Saints usually take up for to hide themfelvcs, as uLder a co- vert, to beat down the Goipel warrants and commands, to tuff:r for the Faith delivered. a. The notion that a Chriftian hash of indifferent things, that they are but toyes and tract, that they may be done or nut done. it is not my work to tell you what is indifferent, or name any thing in particular. its I remnibtx,in the Book of Martyrs the tt- fual argument was, Why cannot you worfhip the Idol ? why can- not you bow down as well as others ? its a fmall matter r can- not you thewyour outward reverence,8t keep your heart to your fell:, indeed if there were any thing that's indifferent,aChriftian hath a marvellous latitude in point of DoEtrine)inpoint of Wor- fhip: I would caution you therefore, The term ofindifferen t, I fuppore 'tis devifcd as a pillar to refit the confcience on,which or therwife would ftartle,and look with a broad face upon them : Things that come under this notion, had need well to beweigh'd and confidered If they tell you plainly"they came out ofRome., and had the plague of popery upon them, they came from Hell, were hatched there ' and the curfeof God is upon them; no body would entertain there, TLei
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