To the Reader. witnefing forth the truth in lifeand do&rine ? and whereforeareyou not like them ? And oughtnot all to follow their examples?if Theyought;thenwhy doe not you?Ji here is that felf-denial and fòrfaking theworld thatChrifl fo often commands and exhorts to, a- mon2fyouwhoare imbracing and t hrufting after the worldn'. th all eagerneffe, and love to go in long cloathing, to beknownfrom other men, that ye may receive Greetings in Markets, and the chieffeats in the synagogues, and the uppermoft rooms at Feafs? theft are thethings thatpleafe you : How can you believe, who thus love to receive Honour of men, andPeek not that which is of God ? Would . it not be a happinefs toyou to have the scripture chan- ged into another form ? where it faith, forfake the world, deny thy felfe, that it mightfay, embrace the world, andcleave to thy felfe;forfire Iam, the one agrees more withyour wayes then theether.. But mw to myfecor,d j effion, .did ever Chrif er his ,Apofes perfecuteandhate any that were not of their minds,yea crno ? iftheydidnot, thenwhy doyou? Andwhere is that fpirit of love amonFfl you, that i:r kinde to the evil and unthankful ? and why do you Peek to civil Governours to ail-Alin upholding thatyoga callyour Religion,and ixpunifhing all thofe that are contrary to it,feeingChristi andhis Apofiles didnotfo ? Both it not henceplainly appear,thatyouown thescrip- ture inwords, but denies it inyour pra&ice ? Oh my dear Hearts ! Areyou talking of the Word being a rule,ofbeing frequent in duties, ofbecommingobedi- ent to Gods revealed will, and walk not according to that rule, but in wordsand outward reftraint oforce common vices?haveany of youat any time givenfreely a of
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