Thegreat Benefit of4 Godly Atiaiftry; 42X.; paffionmoderated, their, hilts mortified, .their felt-ends confounded;; are yours fo ? Havecommanded duties a.throne in your ,fouls and confciences ? Oh that all your confciences could give a fatisfying anfwer to this Ziaery. 'Secondly, Have commanded duties a throne in your Families ; do you make confcience ofFamily duties ; are_pax houfes Bethels, that is, houfes of God,houfes of Prayer, are they habitations of Holinefs and Righteoufneffe ? doyou make confcience of relative as well;as of personal duties ? Oh that all your confciences could, give a fatis- fying anfwer to this QL.mry. 2 Branch ofthe tileof Tryal.. But now the fecond Branch ofthis Ufe of Tryal and Examination,. is this, Whether the Miniftry you have enjoyed and lived under,eoth not lay a very great obligation on you, to put in execution every commanded duty, as Rom. 10,. 6, 7, 8. that is, the Word of Faith wePreach ; read that place : Andmay not we take up that with fome variation, and fay, You haveheard bfthe difeafe, the -mifery, and remedy. When the great God than arraign thee at the great and fearful Day, and 'hall fay thus, Thou rebellious wretch, why didlt thou not forfake thy evil wayes, thy drunkenneffe, thy tiplino,_ thy covetoufneffe, thy fnuffing at purity, thy inveterate heart and fpirit against my holywayes andMinifters ? why clicht thou not for fake thy evil wayes ? wilt thou be able to fay, Lord, I lived under i. A foul-betraying, non-refident lvfnifter, one that made it his bufineffe to fleece indeed, not to feed the flock ; or 2. Lindera foul-poifoning Innovator; or 3. Under a foul-pining :ciry nurfe ; or 4. Under a -foul-mifguiding guide ; or 5. Under a foul-unfetling temporizer ; or 6. Under a foul-deftroying clifcountenancer. x . Canft thou fay that thouliveft under a foul-betraying, non:re- ficlent Minifter, one that made it his bufineffe to fleece and noz to feed the flock ? one that lookedafter the wool and fat Ofthe flock ;. The fleece, but never minded the flock, but non-refidency hatii been hitherto decryed, as that as breeds a Minifter idle and erroneous, or licentious ?. but.wilt ehou be able tofay, Lord, I lived under fiicU a. Ivlinifter, that wasa foul-betraying Minifter, one that was greedy of Livings, and hadperhaps two, or three, or four, but fo bad2 man, thatthe worft was too good for him ? or wilt thou be able to plead,. or eanft thou fay,. 2. Lord, I lived under a foul-poifoningInnovator, one that was for formality more than realityof true worship. ; one that preached fuchDoarine as did not feafon, but poifon and deftroy the fouls of his hearers; filchare Rotnith.Teachers, jefuits, Priests' and Semi- naries,.
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