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Há:v
tree
may
l
ne
u-hether
rrc
be-
e
eí
sra
(y
called.
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y
to
laue them
in
the
famerefpe6s
which they louc
vs,
name-
ly,
as
they
are men & the
excellent.creatures
of
God,
as
they
are
indued with excellent naturall
giftes
or moral! verrues,
as
they
are
ofthe
fame
ciuill
body
or
kinred,
or
as
they
haue
been
vfed
of
God
as
his infiruments for
the
bellowing
of
any
his
benefits vpon
vs
:
in which
refpeas
louing them,wee
may
notwithílanding
with
a
true
zeale hate and
abhor their
vices,
their
carnali worldlineffe,
prophane
irreligion, and
wicked conuerfation.
Neither
will
religion
make
vs
to
lay.
afide all
humanitie,
and transforme
vs
into
fome
brutifh,or
rather
diuelifli
Timon
who
was
a
hater oftnen.. Foreuen our
Saviour
Chrifl
himfelfe
who
was
wholly exempted
from
fin,
notwithílanding
loued
the worldlie
young, man for fome
good things
he
faw in
Iiim,though
he
were
not
religious,yea
though
hee were
fo
carnal],
that hepreferred
his
vaine
and
uncertain
riches
before
the..faluation
of
his foule,as
appea-
-,
reth,Mark. i o.2
i.22.
So
alto hee
vfed all
humanitie
and ci-
Mark,to.2a.;R4
uill
conuerfation,
euen
amongfl the Publicans
and finners,
that
hemioht-haue
the
better opportunitie
of
conuertingall
thofe whoîbelonged
to Gods
eleólion.And therfore
we need
`
not
feare
to fallow Chrifis
example,fo it be
with the
fame
ho-
lie
affedion. For
we
alto muff: indeuour
to
gaine thofe vn-
-
.to
Chrifl who are
without,
&
by
our holy conuerfation giue
them
occaí
on
of
glorifying
God
in
the
day.
of
their vifitati-
on,as the
Apoflie
exhorteth vs,i.Pet.z.Y 2.which
we can
ne- r.Pctz.ta,
uer doe by
hatred,rough
feueritie,
and cynical!
inhumanity,
but with
louing currefie,vpright
behauiour,-
gentle admoni-
tions and charitable reprehenfions. But
if
through
our cor-
ruption
wegiue Satan
occafion further
toobie6t,that
under
there
pretences
we
let our hearts
too
much vpon
the world,
louing woridlings more
then
thofe who
arc
ofthe
houfhold
offaith,and
more
delighting
in
their
vaine
conuerfation for
outward
refpre&s,then
in
the companie
ofthe
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
we
are'
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