5o6 TheSoulesefeRtuaolcallinnto Chrift. Commandements of God, thenhe(hall favingly know God and hereby hee fhall know that be knowei God: this is a figne that faving faith is there, becaufe it makes a man keepe all the Commandements of God; but curled bee that prayer which feems to let it felfe againfl: finne, and yet gives allowance unto finne. That prayer and performance which maintaines finne, is accurfed, and God will ne- ver accept ofit : this is forhis out fide. 2 Secondly, though this hypocrite beveryexaa, and exprefl&, muchpowerofreligion in theworld, yet follow this wretch home, anddoghim tohis owne heart and clofet, and there you (hall finde him not onely living in, but maintaining force finne, either in his pra&ice, or elfe in others : as when heewas abroad, heewould fwallow downe fuch fmaller finnes as would hinder him in the venting ofhimfelfe : fo at home bee maintaines famedifïemper either in his family, or in him- felfe. Aman out ofthe flrength ofparts, and the excellencyofhis judgement, and theability that God hath bellowedupon him,may doe this, that whercfoever he comes, he will comfort andquic- ken, and exhort and pray with others : thereare goodduties, I doe not difcornmend them : but he returnes home,and is churlifh,and dogged,and cruell tohis fervants, and takes up a pangof pat-li- on, and will bee upon thehoule top for every tri- fle, and this is confiant too, this is the baneofre- ligion and profeffivn_ Of this ftraine are chofe that for theirparts and gifts are marvellous large, and they will goe from this houfe to that houfe to
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