'ftije feeconti part of 103 ji eir-heart. But what morefalfe than fuch a Conclufion ?
this is as much as to fay, That becaufe good Man here-
.•?Y Jinned of Infirmity, therefore he had Allowance
io it of a prefumptums Mud- O , if becaufe a Child
hi Blafl of the Wind, or for that it fumbled at a Stone,
down and difiled it felf in Mire, therefore he might
fully lie d wn and wallow like a Boar therein Who
Id have thought that any one could f far have b<:en blindm
by the Power of Lufi ? But what is written wufi be true:
iey ftumbled at the Word, being D*fbbedient,
ereunto alfo they were appointed, 1 Pet, 7. 8.
His fuppofing that fuch may have the Godly Mans Ver*
s, who addict themfelves to their Vices, is alfo a Ddufi-
as fir ong as the <-ther 'Tit jufi as if the Dog fmild fayt
avey or may have the Qualitiesof the Child, becaufe
ick tip its fi inking Excrementsv To eat up the S in of God's
pie, Hof. 4. 8. is is no Sign of One that is pojfejfed with
ir Vertues. Nor can I believe, That one that is of this
inion, can at prefent have Faith or Love in him But
now you have ttrong Objections againfi him $ prithee,
'at can he fay for himfelf ?
Hon. Why, he fays, To do this by Way of Opinion,
ms abundance more honeft than to do it, and yet
Id contrary to it in Opinion.
Sreat heart. A very wicked Anfwer; for tho* to let
fe the Bridle to Lufir, while our Opinions are againfi
h Things, is bad ; yet to Sin and plead a Toleration fo to
ii worfe; the one fumbles Beholders accidentally, the
er pleads them into the Snare.
Ion. There are many of this Man’s Mind that have .
: this Man’s Mouth, and that makes going on PU?
mage of fo little Efteem as it is.
3reat>heart. You haveJaid the Truth and it is to be
jented ; But he that feareth the King of Paradife, Jhall
le out of them all.
C hrifiian*
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