a cí1Commentarie vpon the the good way, are Come that feeme to themfelues andothers to be very goodChrif fans, at lea(} none of thewor(} : and yet many ofthem lit- tle better then Tomeofthe former. And chele are of two forts : fome are dcceiued in regard oftheir finnes; others in regardof their graces or vertues. Of the former fort, Therebe fome, who becaufe they arenot carri- ed to fuck finnes as they lee others,they conclude prelently that they are in the right way to heaven whereas theremay be a worke of theword and fpirit forcibleagain( many finnes, where there is no Caving grace in the Conte, Hence is it that many, s. beforeliinit, are vexed at it and afftaidof it, and arc loth to be too bold with it, but hating the puni(h-' ment more then the finne, they goe through flitch at lengthas Herod a- gaina lohn, andPilate againit Chria. Others can auoide (inne , as (wearing, drinking, vncleanneffe, &c. but haue a falle finger that bath laid hold vpon fome one or mee, which (hall bee dearer then to forgoe fot naught ; fo as all finnes (halt not be left : nay they will in fome cafes be very commendable , euen aboue good Chriflians, in repreffing corruptions , and yet not bec cleanfed from their filthi- nefle. Thus Haman could a long time refraine himfelfe fromModecay. a. e4frertimemany moecan deceiue themfelues with a counterfeit re- pentance,whereby they can leek ir, cry out vpon it,and confeffe it with greife:diffcmbling Saul,curfed Cain,treacherous Iudas, & hard hearted Pharaoh can doe thus much; and yet this is all the repentance ofmany, who think that hereby they haue receiued a found cure. Hencehaue we many, that after their (inne,witha Lord have mercy, or laying over of a prayer,with a forced figh,drawe a skinne ouer their confciences,and for the time there is peace. And others who haue (pent their wholehues in oppreffion, and grinding the faces ofthe poore; every penny of whole wealth is work gotten then other; ifabout the timeof their death they Otte a little trifle to the poore , or be Iiberali for a fermon or let apart four_ (mall thing to Comegood vies ; they yell herein as a fufficient ac- quittance from all their vnrighteoufnes: whereas they never thinke of fatisfaókion,and refioting again that they haue robbed,according to the law ofrepentance. Let fuch puni(h themfelues , pray , fa:f , giue almes, and yet the Lord will neuer awhirregard,for here are no bands of wie- kednes tooled. Othersby Come (port humiliation in a (etuilekinde of flatterieof Godproceeding offlauifh feare and felfe-loue,will come and confcffe their finne, and promife they will no more fo tranfgreffe, but yet they diffemble with their double hearts: for how many haue we knowre,whofe extorted righteoufne(fe bath been as the morningdew? In their ficknes & diareffe theyhaue humbled themfelues, but with the Iewer
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