Of t!Je·Mhtijl'erial Funflian~ 3'63' the pcrverfehe~ oftheirwiH·, the prejudices> €>f ·the \vE>rld, the detire of viB:0ry a~d ap– plaufe, their pre-engagen1ent in aparty, an.d~ . their .ihame and~ · unwilliggnefs _to yield;: and-fhive ~o r-ender. tht-tn meek and pliable,. arid tincerel'y defireus to know the truth, When we have obtained this, they will be:: both more ea!ily ·convinced, and n10re inex-· cufable, if through weaknefs they frill con– tinue in their errors. But,let us never reff~ in having drawn over a perfon t<> our par- • ty, till we have engaged hin1 to ferioufne{S; in the praCtice of religion; for~ if he con- · tinue a ftrangcr- no _that, it is little 1111atter· wllether he b-e Protejlant or Paptfl,_ Pa-· .gan or Mahometaw, or any thing elfe in the' · world; nay, the better his _relig~on is, the-. 1p:0re dreadf~ll wiU his condemnation be•. lt was· an· excellent fitying of an eminent· and holy perfon yet alive in our ehurch., That he would ra-ther be iuftrumental in• -perfuading one n1an to be ftrious in ,reli-.– gion, than the whole nation to be Confor– n1ifl:s. The other fort of p~rfons we have· to rebuke, are thofe of our own r-eligion,. for the vices ~nd faiHngs of their live.s~ And this n1ufl: be done with agreat ~:l'eal o,f e_ourage and zeal~ of prudence and difcre·r ~1on, of n1eeknefs and ·love. More know-- H. h z ing
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