17a i CHRISTS Alarm (othcrwife we durf3 not doe as wee doe) that either God is fuch a God as the Epicures made him, that fits in Heaven and regards not what mendoe here below, or at leali we doe not charge this rru h on our hearts, that God fees us this is the cattle of all the (Imes that are among us ; That there is fò much lukewarmeneffe in the better fort, fo much heartlefneQè in holy performances before God, fo much wickedneffe a- mong others ; for why ? if men did lcrioufly confider that Gods fees all and markes all, nay hee markes all that men do, fo curioufly that hee can let them in order before them, all that ever that they have done, P jàl.so.21. in the lime or- der that they committed them ; marke he can fit before us in order all that ever we doe from day to day ; this fin then, and that fin then ; fuch a fin wee did at fuch a time, fuch fins in the morning, filch at noose, fuel) the Lail night, loch lofts were in our hearts in filch a place, and fuch in Well a place ; hee can fèt them in orderbefore us, he knowes them fò wel, and will too before he hath done ; J fay if wee did charge this upon our foules, we could not live to laokly as we doe. You will fay, yea, but we arc Chriflians, why do you tell us filch a known truth ? what need fo many arguments to prove that God knowes all our finnes ? wee know that al- ready and nobody will deny it, we are Chriflians. I anfwer.; this is the hypocrify of men hearts ; their hearts will confeflè it to be a truth, but in their workcs they do deny it. The Prophet David ipeakes ofinen that were in the viable Church ofGod afwell as we, and that would confefle this truth as well as we, and yet he fayes of many an one of them ; He bath fail in hie heart God barb forgotten, be bath bid his face, he will neverfee it, Pfal.a o.r r . And the truth is, this is the caufe of all the boldneffe of people to goe on in their fnnes, or to yeeld to finite at °ny time ; they put this out of their bofomes that God fees them ; As Ezekiel fpeakes, the land: is full of blood the City is full ofperverfnefe, for they fay the Lord bath forfaken the Earth, and the Lord feeth not, Ezek.g. they fay fo in elfedt ; they: put God afane of,and doe not confider that hee fees them. Beloved there's none of us all
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