422 rbegro Benefit of4 - C caries, --who fo affect L ie outwardpomp, as they neglect the inward power of it ? Wit thou :;.e:a.}le to fay, Lord, I lived under the laittry Offach a one, who was more zealous for the formality of-thy worth p, than the reality .; more zealous for thole things that will not endure the tryal of. the Lords day of appearance, t:::an for the fubitance of Relig on 0: Cana thou plead that thou Evedil under a foul pining dry Nude, one that din not, or coald not feed uswith tie Iincere milk ofthy Word, one Groin whom .thounever heardita foul-fOlid, afoul- working siermon a1 thy life ? I appeal to yohr Confc:ences, have you not heard oftenof your mit:x1es-, and Gods mercy, and Chrilts merits ? Have you nor heard often of the neceifity of a noly life ? 0.1 tie convictions, informations, exhortatiw, perfwations, di- reCtions, youhave enjoyed and lived under I Hato not thy Rate by nature.been 'ripped up, and the Anatomy, (not of the Councel of Trent) but of Gods Book, teen illeyte: to t fee ? What lhall I fay, bathnot Hell and Damnation toall re ellious, anlHeaven and Sal-. vation toall true penitent fouls, 'been-preached to you ? 4: Or carat thou fay that thou live it under a al-mifguiding guide, as i . A bland Seer, a andWatchmani a blind Leader of the blind, one who knew notHeavens way ? Cana thOu fay thou livef under fuel acreatu.e that is not to be found in Carias Cat&ogue,an Idol-preacier, as in P [aim 1 3 5.15, r 6, 7.: verfes, read that. 0: 7.* If not igno:-ant, yet one fovicious, that !.'e palled do :/ri more with hisfourhands, than he built up withhis fair tongue ? C:inft tcr.i fay thou livedift under one, w1:-.O by hiS converfation gave ti> Di nine the lye ? Wilt.thou beable to plead thus at the great Day ? or wilt thou he able to fay 5.. That thou haft-lived under a foul-unfetling Tembo-izer. What Would he-not do rather than he would lofe his Liv n ? wlrcil made me think Religion to be but a fancy. Wilt thou be a ile to fay at the great Dav, Lord, it was my fad lot and portion to live under tlyz; nittry of y a one, Who tuned his Fiddle, to the CM'S of eve:y one I, or laftly\, - - Wilt thou be able to fay thou livedit under a foul-deftroying, countenancer o°-. all purity and holinellie ? one (per:.:aps) n Dunce, or Drunkard, yet a profane Scoffer, one chat preachedho- Iineffe out of his Pulpit, and Parifh, and Houfe, and t!e like. But fid.t of all, we can through grace appeal in this cafe both to the Lord and to your felve , that it bath not been fo with Confider how unexculable you will be, ify4u liVe and dye in your ignorance, inipenitency, and COn;
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