I namYt~bChrijtimo tJomine;were Heathens not in.Opi~iotz,but Con– verf~tion. The Bilhop of Aliff[aid in the Coupfel ofTrent, That' the Protefiant.s had Orthodo.xos mores, but htereticamfidem, that– they were in life Orthodox, howeverfaulty in belief. But alas,now ·. f). · • it may be faid~that many qave an heret-ical Conver[lfltion, and fome of the worfi Heterodoxifm is' in the.ir manners. -. Thefe are lik'(: /-. \ thacit-~A,of whom Sulpitim Srverm faith, There was nothing good ' or notable in him but only the hatred of the Prifcillian Herefie~ Others on the contrary are of'a p!aufib!e behaviour, but of avain - mind; fober in regard of flelhly delights, but drunk with Error ; k eRom. I 2·. 3• There is lefs lhame and remurmuration ofConfci- \ r V"d P· .. ence gocth along with Error, and therefore'we do not fiartle at it Mem1:in~ pr'~{. fp ~uch as at fin. t !ulian the Ap~frat~ was avery jufi, temperate, in .ftt liani Mi. finet man, but abttcer Enemy to Chnfr: So Swcnkefit!d, a man fopaz; devout and charitable, notable in prayer, famous fqr alms, but ofa· very erroneous andfanaticalfpirir. 'Tis excellent when we can fee · Truth and Holintfs matched; Sound in faith, fervent in love, how \ . well do , theCe togeth~r? 3. In word ttnd deel: We read of the u Tl{e .lip IJ{Ca· p1Jre life. and thepure lip, Z eph+9· There is a 11 Communication naan, If,I9,18 that becometh Camum, and' there is a life that 'becometh thatlan– , guage, Many f~curdy fin with the.tongue,. and would not be mi– f.hken for {p bad as they appear ip thdr talk : But your tongues are not your own; they defile the whole f;ody, l11m.;.6. The Apoftle co'ndemnerh filthy communication, ~endf8olifh JPeakJ:ng. ephef.5•4.• & 4-29. There is a fanClified difconrfe that becometh the children– ofGod. On the other fide, many affed a lufcious .kind ofdifcourx • , fing~ and fuch .a flaqnting phrafeology as is proper to deceivers; 1 " 'IJ?r~ey7xa. 2 Pet,a. I 8." Theyfpeak.gre~t[welling words of v~n~ty : So many · n~ P.~Ja.to T»- many now adays blufrer wtth the terms. of YDtvme Ttachings, 1&-. ~ gloriom J!lumination$,fhe Bo(o~ of God, the inward Root,&c. ~nd ~r~~~::n, ana fuchltkez fw~llingw_ords, whtch .are but .~ cover andpreface.to ':\. Iude 1 6 corrupt dochme,_?r arotte~ heart; a vamty_and , f?~dnefs wh1~h a . cummu;li hath always been dtfcoverep mmen of an heretical fptrlt: a (alvm· Seanon~ jpnto, ob[erved it in the·Libertines o.f his days; and lerom noteth the li~e · ex.ottcu_m nc[Cloin Iovinian : Defcripjit Apofto/us lovinianum loquentem bHccis 0 1ud 1d1uma 'b · ,IJ · " · • ' H' l'b d .'r. j,bi fingmu ; . tu.m~n·tt m, &rt'~rat,A v_erva tr.utmantem.· ·tet'on. t • I. a ver 1 ~~ i 11 tereanilntj]n· /ovzn. Such wmdy dtfcourfe.s argue an .unfavory proud.mmd. riwale~jfmmt. 4· , T.here muft be both an Evangeljcatand ·a!~-fora/ Clettnncfs; CJlv. 111 Iud. that is,th(;re mufi be not only an abfimencefro~ groifer fins,but the v. q ·, -- · . ' heart
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