Me Soule.rejeduallcallingto Chrift. 505 his gaine : and becaufe hee had all thefe, hee thought he mutt needs goe toHeaven : nay, nay, it is harder togoe to Heaven than you thinke, for it is another manner ofworke thanfo : the grea- tefl hindrance that ever Paul had' in his converfi- on, was the carnall confidence which hee had in himfelfe, there he ftucke. Now wherein doth the falfeneflèof this man appeare ? I. anfwer, Amongfl many others it difcovers it felfe moft grofly andnotorioufly in thefe particulars : Firft, you (hail fin de that as for leffer fìnnes,the reformation of which might fpoile him in the venting of his commodities, and marring his market, that he cannot fethimfelfe, his parts and commodities at fàle; he will flight thofe Gaines, andmake no account of them, and [wallow them downe without any chewing ; becaufe filch as thefe bee, would hinder him inhis trading, that hee could not vent and thew hhnf¿Ife ; and hee makes no great matter ofthem: this is for his out- ward pra&ice. But ifa mans exadnef è in a Chriffian courfe be fincere, then he will be exaea in all things ; but ifhisexalneffemay give way tofome finne,then it is but hypocrifie, it is but a cloake and no foundneflà at all : why doll thou heare, and pray, and take up duties, though thefe muff bee done, if thy dutiesbee fincere, and if thou love([ duties abroad, thou wilt love them at home too: a Iohn 2.3. Hereby we know that wee know him, if we keepebra Conmanderrenta ; if a man keepe ali tbe S I f 3 Con
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