Sinnes overthrow - The Digital Puritan

makes a
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The Doctrine of Mortification,
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thing, if it be but an immoderate care for thefe earth-
ly things, or if it be but feare of fuch or fuch a man, I
which may feeme to be but a (mall thing, thattyes
| thee from God • Kay, ifyoulookeuntofuchaman,
jif a matter ofConfcience come before thee, and thou
dare not doe juftice for feare of him, but will in this
cafe rather breake with God, it is a fignethat there is
no true Graceinthee^ thou art as yet earthly minded :
but if thou be heavenly minded, thou wilt fet thy refoluuon
thus .• This thing I know to be jufl: and right,
it is a matter of Confcience, though ail the men in
the world fhould beangry with me, yet I will doe it.
I And therefore our Saviour faith, Except hee deny h'm-
(elfe^hee cannot be my Difcifle^ £«^5>.23.thatis, if hee
caftoffallfelfe-loveof thefe outward things, foashe
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will not fet his heart immoderately upon them. But
it is now farreocherwife with men, they will doe as
other men doe: like the Planets, they will turnee-
very way: and therefore it is impoffiblc but Satan
fliouid catch thefe men, becaufe they love to play
with his bait: deceive not thyfelfe, if thou f orfake
fome, and doenotforfjkeall, thou art as yet not hea-
venly minded : For a man may not be altogether
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covetous, and yet not renewed : he may not gripe fo
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faft after the world as another/ j
and yet not be depending
upon God, fuch an one is but an earthly minded
man: fo a man may be religious a while, and he may
deny bimfelfe either fome finne, or elfe rfic company
of wicked men,and yet when he comes but unto this,
that
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