Shepard - Houston-Packer Collection BV4914 .S5 1659

24 Mtn made In 2 bleircd eft ate. jRom. 1 z. ,'. Mary men leave their finnes for Ifell. of the ' penifn- 1 n'wat, not ' beearfe 1 they 'ila, o ltheir fiirl'i. 1 The Sixcae (overt dnties to their private vain thoughts. In his Tyring-home you fhall then fee there flag- player-s, their II-lop-windows are thut,here no bOnefly is to be lien fcarce, becaufe their gain, their refpea comes not in at this door wherc none beholds them ; let either Miniiler,cr any faithful friend fearch,trie,dircèver, accufe and condemn thefe men as rotten(though guilded) pods, as unfound hollow-hearted wretches, their hearts will fwell like Toads and hifs like makes, and bark like dogs againft them that thus cenfure them , becaufe they rob them ftheir God they ferved, their gain is gone. 2. The guilty felr-contieynnecifinner, that goes further then the Formalift, and contents blirifelfwith fo much holinefs as will quiet him; and hence all the heathen have had forme Re- ligion, becaufe they had fonie confcienceto trouble them. This tun, if he hath lived in foul fins,andbegins tobe *rackt and troubled for them,hewill then confers and forfake hofe fins ; ' but ow ?. As a Dog doth.hisTnear, TiOt becaufe he hates his carrion, bUt Lecaulre he ears the cudgel ; h performs holy duties,not ,becpufe he will nfe them, ,butbccaufe he nit& ufe them, there is noquirt el fei Confcience be Nil he omits de i Conrcience cry and1ti, he falls to dwies and fo hath his good mood, as CoNfcince bath his fits. they boafl, and crow over hypocrites, becaufe the holinefs they have is not a bare thew No, but " it is to ftop thyConfcience,& only to quiet the clamorsofthat. Thou doff bribe, and fo quiet ( the Bailiffe ) thy i'onfciencc , by thy pray-: isner

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