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Godlinefre
a
.tl%1
y
fietie.
S
much
ffand
on.But that
there mufi
be
an
atfeai-
on anlwerable,
and
that
this
Truth
breeds
this,
is
a
little
to
be
confidered,Why
is
Religion it
fel
fe
called
Faith
and
the grace
in
the foule
alio cal-
led
Faith
?
To
crew
that
Faith, that
is,
the
Truth
revealed
(as
we
fay, the
ApofflesFaith)
it
breeds
Faith,and
muff be
apprehended
by Faith :
there-
fore one
word includes
both
the
obfeéf,the
thing
beleeved, and likewife
the difpofition
of
the
foule
to
that
ob
je&
:
So
,
here
godlineffe
is
the
thing
it
Idle,
the Principles
of
Religion
and
`4
likewife
the difpofition
of
the
foule, that
thofè
Truths
worke,where
they
are
entertained
as
they
fliould
be. Hence
followes thefe
other
Truths
briefely,
Firff
ofall,that
no
Truth
breedsgodlinefe,and
DivineTruth
pietie
of
1
ife,but Divine
Truths;
for that.
is.
called
enely
btteds
z
godlintEt'e.
godlineße,
becaufe it breeds
godlineffe
:
all
the
de-
vices
of
men
in
the
world
cannot
breed,godline(je;
all
is
fuperffition,
and
not
godlineffe,
that
is
not
bred
by a
I'iyine
Truth.
Againe,
hence,
in
that
Divine
Truth
is
called
From
what
eafons wee
Godlineffe,
it
fhewes us ,
if
we
would be
godly,
we
mutt be godly.
mull
be
fo,
from reafons
of
Chriffianitie
:
not
(as
I
Paid)
by framing
devices
of
our
owne,
as
graceleffe
foolitli
men
doe;
as we fee
in
Poperle,
it
is
full
of
Ceremonies,
of
their
owne
deviling
:
but if
we
will be
godly
it
muff be
by
reafons
and
motives from
Divine
Truth
;
that
breeds
godly.
neffe.
It
is
but abaflardgedlinefe,
a
ballard Reli-
gion,
that
is from
agood
intention,
withouta
good ground
:
therefore
the
word implyes
both
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