TheTrieflhoodoffhrO. IMMINIIIMOI.Mmoll.e.p.fil,limilare=00. and the pollerity. And am I not neerer to my felfe,than I am tomy money? Am I not neerer to myfoulc, than I am to my carkalle, or tomy feed ?Mull I not have abe- ing in that, when neither I nor mypoflerity have either backe to beclothed,or belly tobee fed, or name to be fupported ? 0why am I not as fadly imployed, why fpend I nor Come at 'call as ferious and inquifitive thoughts about this, as about the other ? Doe I not know that I mull one day Rand before himwho is a confuming fire, that I mutt one day be weighed in the ballance, and woe be untome if I am found too light? Appearebefore him I dare not ofmy fclfc alone, with- out a Trial tomediate for me, tocover and prote&me from his fury, and to reconcileme untohim againe. My perflin wants a 'Friel1, it is clogg'd with infinite Guilt, which without him cannot bee covered. My nature wants a Prieft, it is overfprcd with a deepe and univer- fall corruption, .which without him cannot be cured. My "mei want a Prieli , theyare in number and in quality above meafure finfull, which without him cannot bee pardoned.' Myfervices want 4Trieli, they are blemi- !bed and poifonedwith many failings and corruptions, without him they cannot be accepted : I fay, ifmen did ferioufly lay together fuch thoughts as thefe,it couldnot be that rational' and fadmen, men ofdeepe thoughts in other matters, who love toboult out things to the bran, and tobe very folicitous for evidence and certainty in them, fhouldfiler fuch a bufineffe as this, their intereft in that Prieft who muff alone clothe their perfons with his righteoufneffe, and cleanfe theirnature with his Spi- rit,_and wafh away their finnes with his blond, and fan- taifie their prayers, and alines, and all religious devoti- ons with his incenfe, and interceffion, or elfe all of them mull pane thorow the trial' of Inch a fireas will con- fume them all, to,bc flubbeed over with look and fien- cler thoughts, and to bee relied in, and refolv'd upon rather 4.15 VERSE 4.
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