jo6 -r!J.egeneralllofs ofConfcience lamenteel. t:ap.20. we call them) ~ave befall(n this rich mer– -~, ·- chandizing I}land in thefe late tempefruotls ~·-=·:- times ? M:my fearfull fhipwrac~s of Con- ~ fcicnce have been lnade by Petfons of all ~aliti~s,and Profeilions, not OI1ely to the hazard and lofs of all their owp former comfortable ftate, the lofs of Grace , and Peace; and Hopes ', yeawhich .i~ ~bove all, their Souls finking in Eternall perdition ; ~ut ~lfo to the damage and detritb.'ent efthe · whole. vVhat loi$ hath there been ' of men. who fol' their parts might have · been d~ tecding ufefull in Church and State ' had they not mifcarried? who ea~ fumnu: up the value our goods loGamount u.nto? not (mely outward goods ·uf Pe•tce, ·-P1entie~ Pdches, Wealth~ Treafiue, Power, ·Credit loft. andgone ; but of richer a.pd cho~cet; goods, goods ~f Grace, our fariner Faith; Love;Sincetitie, Unitie, Holinefs, Ztal,ancl common Interdr fn Church-R~ormation~ and withall the_lofs of thofe riCh andpreci~ ous Cori1forts they fumetimes ;had of in.... -~;l-ard Toy and fpirittiall Peace,~·~f1des ·the hazard of their ·Souls eternaU fafetie. But ~.vhi€h is of more ·common concern~ent~ .The Ship ~t felf in which. we are all <mbarqued being endangered '. to be caft away. BothChurchand Stateby,ft1ch mens p1eans put into fo doubdi.11l a condition. ' · ~ The truth i~, our Ark is not yet fettlccl upon the mountains of Ararat, Gen. 8. 4~ !ev3·4· And if wehad not h~d a fiw namts in our : ' · Sardian-
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