EpiffleofS. Pailto Tit;is. CuAP.2. .ti.. preaching, & v.fion is too frequent; otherscome not, becaufe they can 461 follow them nobetter,fearing leaf1 by fitting by afire they fhould grow colder:or morehungry by eating their fill.Othershue as honeftly with- out fermons, as thole that runefaflefl after them: others can pretend warrant- for any vngodlines, but can findno warric in the word tocome to a ièrmon on the wecke day. What is all this now but to fhewe the brand fervpou the wicked ,who fay toGod,depart from vs,orwewade- r°b,104 part from theefor we hasteno delire toknow thy wales. 3. Carelcfly to reiett the word in life, and ruune on a head without s.in conncta. dire&ion of the word, either according to the lulls of amans owne heart , or the fafhion ofothers, is a manifell note ofvngodlineffe : for if it be a noteofa godlyman , not towalke in the counfell of the vngodll, Pr1.i.r. then mull he needs be anvngodly perfon ,who leaning the counfell of the word,followeth the wicked direólionofhimfelfe or others: andyet among Chriflians, what an intollerableyoke is it thought, to be bound tocall to examination by the word, the fpeciall duties and anions of their callings and life ? and a number are in Inch a gall of bitternes,chat hauingheard the word conuincing, and ouerchrowing fuch and fuch lulls as not only liue,but raigne in them; if they cannot find forne shift not to make it their cafediretlly, they can be as direót as thepeople to Ieremietoanfwer, 7heword which thou haft fpokenin thename o the Lord rerq}is. we will not heare it ofthee, bat we will doe whatfoeuer goeth out of our owne mouth. We hauevowed todoe thus and thus. So men haue vowed to their owne lußsand waies , and will be as good as their words. But grace bath not taughtanyfuch, who hauenot denied fuch vngodli. neffe. The fourth branchof vngodlineffe, refpeóling the waies of the vn- IV godly perfon appeareth, t.In not fubieótimgof his heart Wife toGods Con icerkl the wcked lawes;he would with all his heart hauehis thoughts,affe&ions,andaóli himCdfc. ons exempted from fuch flriótnes & precifenes. What,are not thoughts free, but Gods law mull bind them ? in this point of Acheifine infinite formes of Belial aredrowned : and for their anions, which aredireólly againil God,iet them be checked,as for fwearing vainly ,breaking the Saboath openly,they make but a rufh at it and they wifh they neuer did wog fc:like the foole, whole propertie is but to makea mocke. of fume: but be it thou neuer doeft worfe , thou haft done enough to fhewe thy felfe an vngodly perfon in no low degree, in that thou reuitefl thy felfe in thy finne,and wilt not be reclaimed: nay,whofe wicked heartopeneth a blafphemous mouth againfl God,and his law. 2: Innot fanótifying the things they attempt or vfe,by the word and prayer; not their callings, meat , drinke appareil ,phyficke , buildings, wealth,
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