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Of
the
meaner
rrherby
rye
m.y
be
afured
o
f
our
efe7àón.
23
3
cenfuring
ofpoore
publicanes,and
in
extolling
our
own
ver-
tues.The
hrfi
kinde
is
ofthofe
whom
the
Prophet
reproueth,
Efa.29.I
3.
who
drew
neere
vnto
God with
their
lips
when
Efa.z9.13:.
as
their
hearts
were
faire from
him
:
and
of
thofe
\ti'horn
the
Apofile bra
ndeth,z.Tim.3
,
j
who
make a
[he*
o
fgodlines,bua
zTim35
in
their
lutes
deny
the
po
rer
thereof-
:in
which ranke
many pro
-
feffors
alto
in thefe
daies may
fitly
march.The
fecond
kind
is
ofthofe
evho
are
content to
fettle
God
in
the outward duties
of
his
worfhip,becaufe they
finde
them
good
cheape,
yea
of-
ten gainful;but cannot away with righteoufnes,becaufe
that
is
fometitnes painful' and fomtimes
requireth
cofl.And thefe
men
in
{lead
ofmakiná
godlineffe
their gaine,make
a
gaine
ofgodlineffe. The third kind
is
Herds
holinefle,\vho heard
John
gladly
&
did many
things, yet
could
not
abide
to
leaue
his inceíl: and
fuch holineffe
is
in fome
now adaies,who
will
be content to
leaue
all
groffe
outward
fins, fo
they
may
con-
tinue
in
their
couetoufnes
and
voluptuoufnes.
The fourth
is
the
holineffe
ofthofe
Pharifies
which
are
moll
zealous
in
ce
remonies and their own
traditions,
but
keycold
in thofe
du-
ties which
rnofl concerne
Gods
glorie and their neighbours
good.The
lall
kinde
was
the
holineffe
of
the
ancient
Phari-
fics,and
is
the
holineffe
of
our newBrownif
}s,
who
place
the
moll
of
their religion
in cenfuring and
condemning
the
cor-
ruptions
ofthe
Church,
and mifdemenours
of
private men,
not looking
into their
o`.vne
fins
ofhellifh
pride,bitterneffe,
¿nuie,and want ofcharitie...
But none
ofthefe,no nor
yet all rhefe ioyned
together,wil
§.Sec`s,
g2..
euer
giue
vnto
vs
any
found
affurance
of
our
ele&ion.;
but
it
The
fruites
is
that
true fanclification
indeed, which
beginneth not
in
the
and
properties
mouth
but
in
the
heart,
and
fan
&ifieth
our will and
affedli-
of
truelane7'i-
1leatton.
ons,making
vs
to loue
&
to-imbrace
to
our vttermofl
power,
vertue and
godlineffe,and
to abhorre
and
flee
frorn.fïnne
and
iniquitie:and from
the
heart it proceedeth to
the
tongue
and
hands, making the
word
of
God
and
all
hohe
conferences
honie in
the
mouth, and inciting
vs
to
the
pra
&ife
of that
which
we
profeffe.
It
alwaies
approueth
golden
pietie
to be
pure,and
without
mixture
of
the
droffe
of
hypocrifie,
by the
touchflone ofrighteoufnef:fe;it
is
as
careful in
approuing the
heart
&
fecret
aetions vnto
God
as
theoutward
a6tions
vnto
men;