Thai Gon u. by the fcoffes of men on the other fide, ifhedid fullybeleeve this principle? it is impofiible.he ftlQuld: as Efoy 51. r :z.who.art thou that feareftman that fha/1 die, and forgettefl the Lord thy Maker~ As E{a.Hr.u,,s. · ifhe lhould fay;It is imp~ffible ~hat men iliouid lhrin~e fo at the face ofman, ifthey did not for- ,get theLerd their Maker. Hence~t is,(although youdoenotobferve from whence it comes) yet hen·ce doe come all thofe fruits of Atheifme in the lives of men; all that umhankfulneffe, that men caa take bleffings at Gods hands, and never give him thankes;nay rather,they render evill for good: hence it is, that men truft in meanes,more than in God : hence it is,that men are fo unholy when they come into his prefence ; they are not fl:rucke with feare and reverence of his Majcftie, when they come before him: hence alfo comes that carelefndfe in the lives ofmen that feare not his Word,but walke on in a careleife and remiffe manner: andhence alfo is that hafting after ho- ' nours &profits,with the negled ofbetter things; they all arife from hence, even the weakeneffe of the affent to thefe maine principles~ for there is a double kind ofAtheifme in the heart; there is a dire a thought ofAtheifme, when a man.doub.ts of the truth of thefe principles, and knowes bee , doth fo;fecondly,whena man doubts)andknowea not that he doubts. . But youwill fay, If it be of fo muchmoment, £!.!!.:11~ then what is the way to ·firengtben our faith in them? · I~ is exceeding profitable, to fearch andexavtn[w: F z . mine ,.
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