Pauls Cartberfaon. 221 good : fo thefe anions that are performed with- out the Spirit, though they may carry a Pent, and finell well , yet they hurt the foule, becaufe they make you to refs onely in the outward alion : but if you would doe good, and have your ac`iions ac- ceptable unto God, then labour to get regenerate hearrs,becaufeotherwife you will not pleafe God. ¡eke, performed a good action, but yet he is bran- ded for it ; if the end be not good,the action is not good to you : and therefore let no man rea in the outward action, but remember what the Lord ac- counts of the aclions of wicked men. flee that kil- Ifa.66.3. leth and Oxe as if he llue a man, hee that (acrificeth a lambe, as if he cut off.a dogs head, hee that afereth an oblation, as ifhe offered (-vines blond, bee that barneth Incence, as if he bleffed an Idol, &c. There was no- thing fo contrary and odious unto God in his wor- fhip under the Law,as thefe were by which he fers forth the anions of wicked men ; therefore let lonot this excufe hinder you from being humble,be- carafe you doe good. Secondly, the fecond deceit or pretence is this, 2. Deceit. they fay they have as good meanings as the bet object. whatfoever they may fpeake; and they have as good hearts as the bet", whatfoever they doe : and therefore they are humble enough, that is, they need no more humiliation. To this I aofwer briefely, you lye; for if your Ari iv. aElions be naught, your heart is worfe, and if your fpeeches bee rotten, your meaning is farre worfe then either thy anion or thy fpeech : if your H h fpeeches
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