?'he souks eebluasading toC,hriff. 485 mercie and goodnefl'ein him : a Cor. z 3. 3. there the Apoflle faith, though Igivemy body to be bar- ned, and have not love,itproficethmenothiflg : it is a rule inLogicke,thoíe disjun6 propofitions both parts whereofare true, the whole muff needs bee true; if either part be falfe, then thepropoltion mull needs bee falfe; if the pofition bee true, thenbothparts are true; as in this pofition, I am not a rich man, and yet I am a pcoreman, boll parts are true fo it is in thispofition, I may give my body tobe burned, andyet I may want love, both parts are true that it is plaine that a man maydf e in th profeilionofreligion, aaad yet bee -damned when he bathdone : thus much for the proofe of it by Scripture, the reafons that doe confirme it betides many other : themine argu- ment is this, there aremany things in theheart of awretchedman, which will makehim die rather than forgoe his prole tlion. Aman tlurdily proud may giveway tobe burnt, and to dyefor f2dion, &c. hee dyes onely to content his owneproud heart, notbecaufeGod requires it, and that God may be honoured,but only in fturdineffeof heart, and becauCe he will dÿe in that profellion where- inhe hath beene brought up. Secondly, his falfencffedoth appeare in this, howfoever aflii&ions and perfecutions cannot pull him from the truth, yet cafe, and profit, and pleafure, and lull will fuckout the heart ; thefe troubled himnor, becaufehehad themnot ; but when he hathhad themand felt the fweetneffeof them,he is thereby overcome, and fo for'fakes re- Q9 (1 lïgion 2
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