: . •. f1 {lucke to him, andhis 2£furance that hcc ferued God i.n.the truthofhisheatt, and thevprightncffeofhis fouleabndeby hil'll ·: at~d this neither his friends_,nor his foes, nor all thedi..; uds inheJ,cou14wrefl frotnhim,but heheld it fall;- notwith– fianding all their~ffau·lts to the co11trary·. And that was the . caufewhyhebarehisaffhetion fo patiently,and with fo. gr~at ·· c;omforr.BtJt now ifhe hadyeelded to this fa1{e teHimoaie, . and accufation euen ofgood men, and faid ; Indeed this is true that you fay,I ·ncuer had an vpright bean to God, I did .aH in hypocrifie and diffir~ulation,notbingh1 fincericy, nothing intruth; he .might andcould not chufe~ but h.aue·held downe hishead with .fbame;he had billfwkollynpprelt with griefeand vexation: .all his good 'aetionswreubi ·haiteaftor..– ded him no ioyor comfort, .no coi1fola'tionor•peace. :for if theyhad bin in hypo(rifie,therhadbin ~1 fins,and he w·ould . haue had no he-art, neith~rcould ha~e endured tO <{Hn.e tO· God;- nor life Yp any praierto:ht.m. EOr,fo ·heflfaitn)' C4n tbe· 1 b 27 . hJpoc.rite pray.trGofi,ae.aUtime~?: _Agd thus hauing dep~iuea 0 .te. bimfelfe ,ofthofe.tt~yes and,fup.ports;; .beeniuGneedi:ha,ue fupke downeinanguHhanddtfperarion. :::.1 ' ' ., ( ~ . ·, 1 · ( !; L This ferues,toconfute thofe,that when as theybe in trutfti Yft•··· found ChrHlians, and ··many.infallible.workes of uue chri– flian1t-ie lratie appeared, anddoenow appeare in them: yer ·- ifthe diuell'either doe himfelfe, o-r elfe mouefome wicked ~ fi.nner to rO;are 'i)1 their-ea·res .that--tbey )bee hypocrites, and.· \h'c ~~ey h~~ fAO tiltth·-i.n·thcm'.' _buti ~uetdobe-.~11 in lhew, . ~nd to .b<!e :fe~~e ~P men~ "ffr~tg~~mr:\ ~~~r·~~e readi: tc ~ Ioyoe.~a·ncts wtllh;S:atan, and vfe thetrow11e Hrength ~g.am_tl/ . their o\.vne foule; andwill (eekhim reafons, to confirme the ditids falte daund~roua imputations,. and to we·ak.e!uhef[_ owne faifh,aqd' ~i-!qg m~fhA~~~le.{fe~~o-uble,and manygri-· pings~vpo,n ·~hr:~~~oules 1 whicru(dtthef hadwithfiood thefe · }i~s) thefrtitgh-t)l~ue.C}fcap~d. Nay (f~11t~~,y}furely it is as .. ~heyi~y, )wr~~dit·h:it\ I:im, ·qod hatm~t1 with me now, they ffio.414!lo~ h~ue"qad power to i:i1.fQ; rad it not been fo. r : am faJ(e,. lall th3.~ 1haue;d~ is·in vame, itwas burglofing ~ aad d i ~ea1bfiQgr · : .. l i .A:n .. tl)wbyfo? H ..hot thediuell alier?·andw il you fo lightlY';' . g~·UC-' :
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