he Keepers oftheWAls,&c. 2.85 r governe and aske with themfdves, would God SnR. XI. . now it he wereaWatchmanof the flare; do thus J , and thus, but I with wofull experience did not witndfe the contrary. · · So 'VUinifters are chrifts EmhaJadors' and z ,Cor.r.:o, fhould carry themfelves even as Chriil: would doe;they ihould firengthen the feeble knees and bind up the broken hearted, not diCcourage and E:z. k 8 e .13.1 ., not fow pillowes under the' arme-holes of wicked and carnall men : But alas we fee the edge of the ordinance is ofcentimes turned another way by the corrupt, proud; unbroken hearts of men,and rhe malice ofSatan. Againe it fhould teach us, not to thinkethe Vfo .2. worfeofany for the difgracesofthetimes. The Watchmen here take away the vaile of rhe Church, and her forwardndfe is difgraced by them:take heed therefore we entertaine not ran) conceits ofothers, upon the entertainment they find abroad in U1e world, or ameng thofe that have a ftanding in the Church ; for fo we 1ha11 condemne Chrift}limfelfe; howwas he judged of the P1iejls, Scri!Jes, andPhariftcs in his times~ aadthis hach been the lot of the Church in all ages, thetrne member~thereo~ were calledH~- reticks and Schifmaticks, the vaile WM taken off. It is the poyfonfull pride of mans heart, that when it cannot raife it felfe by its owne worth, it will endeavour to raife it felfe by the ruine of others creditthr.ough lying £landers.TheDeviiJ Ioh.s. wasfirfta flanderer, and lyar,and thenamurrherer ; he cannot murtherwithout heflanderfirft ; , the
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