CHne.x.13 c..JCommesrtarie vpon the a7o for neuters andno bodies, fifh nor flefh, hote nor cold, hecannot digefl but fpeweth themout ofhis mouth : halfe Chrillians he accounteth no Chrifiians: and thereforebe altogether aChriflian, or thou art neuer a whir. What, a Chriflian at Church, and a companion at borne ? a bible in thy hands at Church, and prefently apaire of cardes or dice at home? here in the company of Saints, and thereof deuills incarnare? hereof rfi.ae:y. them that feare an oath, and thereof them that cannot fpeake one fen - tence without an oath for the preface ? the Lord noted) thee for rotten at the core, and (lampeth thee for a counterfeit, although thou beenne- uer fo cunningly wafht ouer. 3 Thirdly,thismaketh all our duties chearefullyvndertaken,confciona- bly performed,andmercifully accepted,it cloatheth all our ablions with Teeming and futable affeéions : if they be exercifes ofrepentance,with godly humilitie; if dutiesoflone, withChriiian companion and chari- tie,without which,they wererather as carkafes without foules,thenthe fruits of found and fauing faith. 4 Fourthly , this foundnes carrieth afi'ured comfort with it both in life and death: many are the trialls and temptations ofGods children by the deuill and his inflruments , and throughmany affii6tïons are the Saints paffed to their glorie: the leanof which were able quite to ouerturne them,ifthey had not this found proppe to leane vpon,to which the pro- mife is tnade that the gates of hell (hall not preuaile againfl it. Againe, infiniteare the frailties and weakneffes of Gods children , yea not only in their decliniugs,but in their bell duties , in which they are drawn the neaten vncoGod; the which would vtrerly difheart the,were it not that they knewe,that is not perfeetion, but finceritie, and a found endeauour veto it which is their reioycingherebelowe. Hezekiah in a fore brunt hailing the fentenceof deathdenounced again(l him,as it Teemedout of Gods difpleafure, for he wanted iffue, hadnothing tocomfort hire, al- *.Kinbao.3 though he was a king , but onely that he had walkedin vprirhtnes before the Lord: Chewingvs that with this foundnes of heart profefling Chri(i, and walking worthie of him, we may with boldneffe meete the Lord in judgement ,yea then when heaucn andearth (hall be ( haken toge- ther. 5 Fiftly,on the contrary what horrors oftheir fearefull apo(lacie, have many carried to their graues ? the caufe of whole withering was euen want of moyflure and foundneffe at the roote ; and moll iuflly,feeing e- tun the deare Saints ofGod haue called the bitter fruit of fmaller decli- nings, and that by improuidence ,out ofwhich they haue not beene re- More motiuts coueredwithout (name and forrowe: as inDauid , Peter, Noah,&c. If to founder, anyyet thinke this do&rinemore thenneedeth, let him further cone- der,
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