CHAP.2.I 2 . c.4Commentarie upon the 476 fended them,vnder whichpretence they can refufe that comfort for ma- ny yeares together: and carric yet the matter further with thcm,and tell themyour good heart fendeth out wickedoaths,bitter curfes,and feare- full imprecations,then they fweare either nothing but the truth or by nothing but that which is good, or ifthey did happe to fweare or curie much,they were vrged veto it. And for theSabbath adde, that whereas agoodheart maketh it a delight to confccrate it as glorious vnto the Lord,neither your (elfe nor yours obferue it. They fay theydot as much as they need, and they know inough : for they loueGod aboneall, and their neighbour as themfelues ; and for the Sabbath what neede fuch firiEtneffe, it was made forman,and not man for the Sabbath: and as for this tinging of Pialmes,and reading, and prayers in prinare bottles, they mull needs fay it is too muchprecileneffe, and they cannotaway with ir; and theycould neuer fee hurt ingiuing their feruants and children liber. tie, to goe on the Sabbath and doe what they lift, and themfelues may with goodcompanie play and paffe the time ((o it be not tcruice time) on the funday,as well as other dayes.But take all thefepleas out of their mouths,& thew particularly that good treafuries would fendout better things, they draw all this toone conclulion, Whar,wecannot be Saints here, that is,inplaine words, they cannot frame themfelues to titis lift of pietie , and fo are (till without all the teaching of grace: andpitifull it is to fee,how many perlons that thinke themfelues no encane Prote- ,diancs,debarthemfclues from the praéìife ofpiety by fuch ignorant con- clutions as thefe:which I would not here haue reckned,but that I know diuerfe,perhaps ofour daily hearers,whomgrace hath offered ro teach otherwife,thus taìnted.Well,a fcarefull delufion it is,to hope for falua- Lion in fuch a dangerous efiate. 1 A fecond fort,farre differing from the former,are fuch as haue attained much moreknowledge, but neuer yet attained this high point of pea- &ife to liue godly : they can make a thew ofgodly life, andPharifaicall righteofneffe, but all is unfound within : they can with Herod doe ma- ny things at lohus preaching, but it isbut for a brunt of newfangled- neffe:they can fecke God, but either in affliction , or for corneand oyle; but after freedome front the one,or fruition ofthe latter , let him alone till they need bins againe: nay more, they can be zealous for good,- and quicklyenftamed,but it is as fire in firaw,a blafeandaway : theycan re- prooue othersfor fnne,but can abide no reproofe themfelues : they can reioyce in the wordand be rauifhed,but as aman with fweete odours in the Apothecaries fhoppe, but he carriethnone out with him ; or as one is delightedwith the tweet finell of hearbs , fo long as he is in the gar- den,but bath novnderftanding or diligcce togather ofeuery kind fogne to
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