Confounded in their Language. 39 and the like ; or thofe that gloried in their Arts, and Sci- ences, they are convinced, all thefe were too fhort, becaufe they reach but to the body, and to humane things, to thofe glories that men efteem highly of ; But if they could but attain to fomething topleafe God withal, ifthey could but worfhipGod after thi, or that form , in obferving flri¿ily thefe and thefeduties, and get into this or that fellow/hip, this or thatgathered Church, which worfhip God after the purefi and ni oft Primitive way, and nearefl- the rule of(Thrill, if they canbut leave this fin & that evil, or ifthey couldbut leave allknown fin, herein and the like, many men make this their peace and their refi ; this is their S H 1 NAR, and and placeoffeepinef and (lumbering. And having gotten thus far, they think they canpatch up a righteoutnefs, that will bepleating to God himfelfe : for they can hardly fee a flip or a falling really in themfelves, though they are afha- med tofayfo, yet let them but examine their inward parts and they (hall find it fo : They think they have in a Gofpel- way, performed thecondition required on their part, and they arefincere in what they do ; and ifat any time they come fhort, then Chrifi by his righteoufnegwill fupply and make it up, andherein is their peace, and this is in their efteem agoodly, and aglorious, and an excelling righteoufnef c;none fohigh at they, none fo holy as they, fiandfarther off, I am holier then thau,andI am thus and thus qualified; And he looks uponother men with difdain, becaufe they come fhort of him, & becaufe they are not ff ri1i as he, nor have taken fo muchpains in religion, and doneTo many duties and walkt up tofuch rules as he , as the Pharifee , I Heft' God I am no Whoremonger, Dt'unlard, Swearer, nor as this bafe Publican; I make confcienceofomitting the lcaft duties, I fall twice a week, and 1- relieve the poor, and pay my dues to theMini- fter, and I would leave all fin, and I would do every duty : and thus men thinks they have covered themfelves warm, and this is their Shinar, the place of their dcfires and reft, here they have found a lace to fleep in, and' a pillow to re- pofe and lay their heads upon, and to reft their travailing andwearied thoughts, and they couldnever reft till they _.__came Luk. 18. I1.
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