362 The soutesee&rcallcalling to Chrifl', 'ccf e is the mother ()fall corruptions, and breeds many, it nurfeth and nourifheth them, fo that they are fat and well liking, and they come up marvellouss well ; chats the meaningofthe Apo- flies phrafe, 2 Theff3.2. That we may be delivered from the hands ofunreafonabieandabfard men; how came they to bee fo ? becaufe all men havenot faith; that is,hethat wants faith, will never want him ; and he that wants faith, will ever be unrea- fonable end ablurd : drurkennefïe Dares men in the face,andout- faces theofficers, and contempt ofGod, and prophanationof the Lords day, and the world carries all before them,as if they were the only commanders of the world; whats the reafon ofit ? all men have not faith, they doenot beleeve the word of God that condemneth thofe finnes,and which would dire& them to cat} away thofe finnes, and therefore they goe on with marvellous violence; let the word of Godcome in publike or private, theymake nothing ofall thefe,but they will have their owne wayes: I ufe to call unbeleefe the proreaour of the eflate of corruption ; as it is with fome lower Dates and princes, as in theLow- countries, and in Germa- ny, they arenot able to fùbfft of themfelves, and' therefore they are in league with Tome other, that they may be prote&ed by them, and receive fuccour from them,and-ifthey defend them,they hope tomake their parrsgood withany : fo this unbeleefemaintainesany finne, good in its rank tad ftate;indeed reffraining grace,maycurbe cor- rtiption,and keepe in the dif}empers of the heart; but
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