504 The Souks efeifuall calling toChri{l. mifrake me not, tor I doenot fpeake this to dif hearten a good caufe, or the zeal?, and forward- nefíe ofany good man, no, God forbid; nay, let that tongue taulter, and curfed be the head that contrives, or the mouth that fpeakes any thing againft the zeale and forwardneffe ofany man in any goodcaufe : theway is warrantable and law- full,andmuff be done ; for thoughmeere morali vertucs will not fave a Chriftian, yet without themno man íhall ever come to Heaven : but I fpeak e all this to thew that all this maybeedone, and yet all be ftarkenaught. I doe not fpeake this to difcourage any man, for you fee Icommend ofthis man, hee is not fwept downe from the fir- mament ofhis profeffìon,as the fturdy hypocrite was,by the raile ofthe Dragon ; but he maintains his profeffìonwithcredit, and iszealous in it, he goes for a marvellous broken hearted Chriflian, he fcornes to be a linfey- woolfey-man, halfe one and halfe of another, hee flands in theopen de- fence ofthe truth, and dares fide with the Lord Jefus Chrift ; and faith as ¡chu, mhe.is on my fide, who ? z Kings t o. t6. Comefee any zeale which Ihave for the Lord ofFlo ifs ; thus it was with Paul, Gal. I. i4.HeproReed above many of his brethren in the ierrifh religion,beingmore exceeding zealous o fthe traditions oftheFathers: and Phil. 3.6, 7. he wasa Pharifee, and concerning zeale, heperfecuted the Church; tou- ching the righteaufnefe ofthe Law, he was blamelrffé; and thefe he countedpine : This wasall the gaine that Paul had, namely, that hee had fuch parts, and gifts, and abilities todoe duties ; thiswas all his
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