288 The twelfth Sign PART III. ManyJhall bepurified and made white and tried : But the If icked will do wickedly : And none of the WickedJhall underhand. Hai. 26. Let Fa- .) " Eafe in their Sin. Examine thy felf ; is there any living ,' Lull with thy Righteoufnefs ? 'Tis lure, 'tis a Righteoufnefs " thou art married to, and never wert yet match'd to Chrift." Shepard's Parable, Part I. p. 19, 20. CC No Hypocrite, tho' he clofeth withChrift, and for aTime grow " up in Knowledge of, and Communion with Chrift, but he " hath at that Time hidden Lulls and Thorns that overgrow 66 his Growings, and choak all at laft, and in Conclufion medi- 66 ates a League between Chrift and his Lulls, and leeks to re- " concile 'em together." Shepard's Parable, Part I. p. i og. CC ----Their Faith is in fuch a Party, as never was yet thoroughly 66 rent from Sin. And here is the great Wound of the mofl 46 cunning Hypocrites living. Let a Man be call down as " low as Hell with Sorrow, and lie under Chains, quaking in Apprehenfion of Terror to come ; let a Man then be railed 66 up to Heaven in Joy, not able to live ; let a ..Man reform ' and Thine like an earthly Angel ; yet if not rent from Luff, " that either you did never fee it, or if fo, you have not fol- 6" lowed the Lord to remove it, but proud, dogged, worldly, 66 fluggifh Rill, falle in your Dealings, cunning in your Tra- 6" dings, Devils in your Families, Images in your Churches ; 6C you are Objeas of Pity now, and (hall be of Terror at the 66 great Day. For where Sin remains in Power, it will bring c6 Faith, and Chrift, and Joy into Bondage and Service of it "" felf." Shepard's Parable Part I. p. 125. cs Methinks it is with the belt Hypocrites, as tis with divers old cc Merchants : they prize and defire the Gain of Merchandize ; 6c but to be at the Trouble to prepare the Ship, to put them- " felves upon the Hazards and Dangers of the Ship, to go and it fetch the Treafure that they prize, this they will never do. " So many prize and defire earnefily the Treafures of Heaven ; "" but to be at the Trouble of a Heaven Voyage to fetch this a4 Treafure, to pals thro' the Valley of Baca, Tears, Tempta- " tions, the Powers of Darknefs, the Breaches, Oppofition and 46 Contradictions of a finful unbelieving Heart, good and evil ii Report, to pats from one Depth and Wave to another, this 46 the belt Hypocrite fails in; and hence boles all at laft. And <r this I conceive to be one of the great Differences between Q+ the $Tong Defires and Efteems of Hypocrites and Saints. Look, as 'tis with Men that have two Trades, or two Shops ; " one
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