Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Gala.zz, Aft.t Sp9 Ie6.9.r4. 62 That the eiui /I vertues of world /inge arefalfe & cowseerfeit. the idol! ofthe world, honours, pleafures and tiches,which they fettle in the place of God. So alío their moral! venues and ciuillhoneflie, are not ioyned with pietie, and the true feare of God; for howfoeuer there worldlings freme to make Come confcience of their dealings with men, and to Carrie themfelues iufllyin the world, keeping their fidelitie in their words and promifes,yet they haueno care ofperfor- ming their,dutie towards God, but contemne his ferutce, negle& the vermes of the firfl table, which refpe6 God, make noaccount ofblafphemieand curled (wearing, nor of negleutiina and prophaning his holy Sabbaths. Neither do they embrace .there venues, nor performe thefe duties in loue towards God, (for true charitie isa fruite of the fpirit, and they are flefhly and carnali) but for felfeloue, that they may the better, Atchieue their worldly deliires. Neither are theyioyned with the true knowledge ofGod and his will, feeing they remaine vtterly ignorant, euen oftheveryprin- ciples of religion, hauing only the finali glimfe of the light of nature to guide them and their owne good meaning and blind deuotion to prick them forward. And therefore wan - ting fatting knowledge, ofneceflicie they be alto deflitute ofa finelyand iuflifying faith ;for before we can come vn. to God by faith,we mufi firfi know that God is, and conic _quently their vernies and duties wanting faich,to applyvn- to them Chrifis righteoufnes to couerthem, and his blood to purge them,do lie open to the eie ofGods iuflice,in their natural! filthineffeand pollution. Neither can they obferue the Apoflles conditions of doing thefe duties with a pure heart and a good confcience; for it is faith that purfeth the heart,andit is the Hood ofChri]f, applied byfaith,thatyur-- gab our confciencer from dead worker, and enableth tops-Ise the - liming Gad. So alfo,they doe not embrace chefe.vertues, and doe there duties,in obedience to- God,becaufe he hath com- manded them,but eitherfor feare ofmen,or to gaine credit, or auoide fhame, or elfe the better to attaine vnto their worldly ends. They are not ioyned with humilitie; for as pride firfi is the Vfher that bringeth them in, and giueth them intertaitunent ; fo being intettained they increafe their