TheSouks eileEEuall ta/lixg to Chrift. 465. Firft, the temporarie beleever, wee takehimas the loweft forme; a man is called a temporary . bleever, that beleeveth for a time, and is hot at . hat hand, and admirable fierce in the purluit of the truth, for the prefent pu(h, but bee flides off, andgoes away, and you (hall fee him no more now that wee may deale home in the bullneffe, for bee that will feareh in a narrow cafe, cannot doe it fuddenly :.therefore fufFer mee to lay this man open in three particulars : Firft, we will give him audience, and heare what he can fay for him- felfe; bee (hall come as it were into the open court,andpleadhis owne caufe. Secondly,! will (hewwherehe failes. Thirdly, giveyou the rea- fons whyhe fats (bort. For the fir(t,he (ball difcover it himfelfe. And for the fecond, theword (hall layit open. And for the third, I will fhewyou, how, and what he is. For the firft ofthere, let the temporary fpeake in his owne language,and puthis pica in hisowne behalfe,and give himbut a faire hearing, andyou (hail have thus much of him; bee profeffeth clearly, that hee bath not only, as the judicious man had'ánaparehenfionofthe truthonely, and an affent that the Scriptures are cleare and true.; but hee faith thus much, that hiss affeEtions are carriedon in a kin le of longing afterit, and they are, taken afide, and flirted by the Word of the Lord,andbothhis heart and affections have a rel. lifhof the goodnefe ofGods word; this is his pxofefiion, and he will make it good.toyou too; Nn n 3 this
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