todroyvfe SAINTS. where is more railing at a good life, and holy walking, and loth as defire to doe well,.? The more Preaching people Beare, for themol part , the work they grow. People come to Church it may bee, but they make it a cloake for their villanies, they will give us the hearing, but no obedience, no pradite , no Reformation ,, no Ggne of amendment , no love, no truth, no faithfelneflè no communion at all, wet- a -neare where molt Preaching is If any thing flop our mouthes,this will doe it. And indeed what may men think of us, but that wee are a company of hypocrites, and teach- ers of vanities ; what are thele Preachers, wee fee little good they doe, what becomes of all their Preaching , fa- t-lions and odde opinions , in one Towne, and diffolute- nelfe and all manner of hcentioufhefi'e in another.. If the whole world Ihould let us alone, J verily feare God him- felfe would put us down immediately, in the end. So ma- ny fcandals , fo many thoufand offences are . given , every day, that its a wonder wee (land as we doe. That the 'Lord of heaven lets any Minifler in England, come into a Pulpit more nothing but pride, and felf-conceits, and lelf- truflings and feared Coniciences, dead hearts, and pro- Oneneffe ; unleffe it be a very little handfhll ; O Beloved, t wlhçre preaching is, it were honoured as it ought to bee, and ;obeyed as it fhould, if people would doe as we teach, J dare be bold to afl rme wee might Preach long enough. If our Townes would fweetly reforme, :fet up good Go- vernment, root out all diforders and curled abufes ; live like Chriflians indeed, be humble, and fober, and loving, and dutifull to G O D and Man ; giving toCafar the things that are Cafars, and to God the things that are Gods. If wee would feare God , and honour the King ::,Reverence G ods'Courrs, obey the voyee of his fervants love CHRIST and his Word; abobe,our appointed food, this would leng_ then the Minifiery of the .Land, this world bee a 'mean& for the eflablifhing of Gods Kingdome among us: Chrift- would never repent that ever. bee fenshis,Gofpell unto us, where 59 Í
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