ellob Há:v treemay l ne u-hether rrc be-e eí sra (y called. 47y to laue them in the famerefpe6swhich they louc vs, name- ly, as theyare men & the excellent.creatures ofGod, as they are indued with excellent naturall giftes or moral! verrues, as theyare ofthe fame ciuill bodyor kinred, or as they haue been vfed ofGod as his infiruments for thebellowing of anyhisbenefits vponvs : in whichrefpeas louing them,wee maynotwithílandingwith a true zeale hate and abhor their vices, their carnali worldlineffe, prophane irreligion, and wicked conuerfation. Neither will religion makevs to lay. afide all humanitie, and transforme vs into fome brutifh,or rather diuelifli Timonwho was a hater oftnen.. Foreuen our Saviour Chrifl himfelfe whowaswholly exempted from fin, notwithílanding loued the worldlie young, man for fome good things he faw in Iiim,thoughhewere not religious,yea though hee were fo carnal], that hepreferred his vaine and uncertain richesbefore the..faluation of his foule,as appea- -, reth,Mark. i o.2 i.22. So alto heevfed all humanitie and ci- Mark,to.2a.;R4 uill conuerfation,euen amongfl the Publicans and finners, that hemioht-haue thebetter opportunitieofconuertingall thofe whoîbelonged to Gods eleólion.And therfore we need ` not feare to fallow Chrifis example,fo it be with thefame ho- lieaffedion. For wealto muff: indeuour togaine thofe vn- - .to Chrifl who arewithout, &byour holy conuerfation giue them occaí onofglorifyingGod in theday. of their vifitati- on,as the Apoflieexhorteth vs,i.Pet.z.Y 2.which we can ne- r.Pctz.ta, uer doe byhatred,rough feueritie,and cynical! inhumanity, but with louing currefie,vprightbehauiour,- gentle admoni- tions and charitable reprehenfions. But if through our cor- ruption wegiue Satanoccafion further toobie6t,that under there pretences we let our hearts toomuch vpon the world, louing woridlings more then thofe whoarc ofthehoufhold offaith,andmore delighting in their vaine conuerfation for outward refpre&s,then in the companieofthe faithful]; ifnot aiwaies yet oftentirnes:vveare to anfwere,that thou.ghthefe b`e finnes in vs, and,notable ,,fignesofour;reatcorruption, vet are they no flrong arguments,that weare' not yet effeu- .ally called, or truly feuered from the world. for as much as we.a e. t.ot r'hQlly ftparated f,ó the world, but only fo much of
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