The seules e f 1otallcalling to Chriff. 175 The fecond fortof thefe Rage hypocrites are Z sort ofttagc thofe thatgoe further than thefe, they will ufeall HyQ°`rnz`s Gods ordinances, but when it comes to part with any thing for Chrifi, and to fuffer any thing for the Lord jefus, then they fhake hands ; this was Peters folly, but it was in atemptation, when the damfell faicl,Thou alpwert with jeptsofGalilee he anfwered, Iknow not the man; he knew not that Chrifi that was now in trouble. So when the Gofpell comes to require fuffering, and contempt, and difgrace,we know not the Gofpell, weehave another Chriff, and another Gofpell then. Car- nall men deale with Chrifî, as Achill) King of Gathdid with David, when hee had remained fame yeareswith him.. ebifh was to goe to bat- tell,andDavidwas defirous to goewith him, but the Princes wereagainfi it, and Achifh laid, thou art upright,I have feeneno evils in thee, but only the Prince: doe nor favour thee, and therefore David mutt not goe. This is the guile of this bate, rot- ten, andf tnfull age ofthe world, they fay this and that holy courfe is commendable, and honoura- ble, but they feare ill times, and they areout of date, and fo leave it where they found it; there- fore urge your great men with f}ri&neffe, and they reply prefently, what will the world fay then,andwhit will the world thinke then ? here is theirreligion : It is no matter what the world faith, I will tell thee what God and the Word faith, thou that art a fiage profeffour, a meere outfide Chritiian, the Lord never yet wrought any found defirs. after grace in thy heart to this Z 2 day
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