to drolvfie SAINTS. i I83 and a fubt antiall thing; as john (ayes, My little children let see net leve in werd, neither in tongue, bit ix deed and in truth, z Job. 3. 18. What though a man have the name to love God and goodnell'e ! How farce is this off from doing of it indeed ? A man may goo for one that is converted ; but hee is converted that is converted indeed ; lò he is godly that is godly indeed ; the name is nothing where the thing is wan- ting; all Religion is in deed, to believe indeed , to deny a mans ielfz every day indeed, to be fenlible of God indeed in all ones waycs ; not to fay ones prayers, but to pray indeed , to give God thankes indeed ; to worfhip him indeed ; as Paul fayes, whets a man can fay God is in set Indeed, t Cot. r 4.25. When a man hash onely the Name, this is a meere fancy and conceit. Secondly, it is a very Slafphemy to get the name for good people , when wee are not good people indeed : The reason is this Religion bath an inward dependance upon God , it unites a man to God, it bath an inrernall relation unto Cod it puts a man into a propriety with God, that God is :ais G od, that bee is borne of God, it puts the very N atxe of God upon a man ; Now if a man take the name w;thout the thing, it mull needs be a very Blafphemy as he là yes, 3 kyorr the blaf- phem, of them that are )emir, and are net, bur are the Split- pp. of Satan Revel. 2.9. Asifa man fhould fay hee were of the blood Royall , yee know the blood royal) h,th fach a dependance on the Crowne, that that man that (mould fay he were.of the blood royall, and is not . hee muff needes bla f- pheme the Kina So beloved,Religion h ith a fleece depend ance on God, therefore hee is ahlafpcmer of God, that,gets t'-e name ofit,and lets the thing alone ; and therefore how fhould wee take heed, how wee have the name for Religious people, except wee be Religious indeed, and holy indeed, and Hea- venly indeed., as Axtbrefe fayes ; Nan; fit noxfen inane, c erimen immune, a bare name is a horrible blame unto any man, whofoever he be. Thirdly, is it a flat lie ; when a man hath the name for a Real 3. good Reaf z. nob Ihalr not take the :Jame of :'he Lord thy God in vaine.
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