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Show An Addrrfs to Protestants: Vo.t. 1. 766 . . Faltb and Profeffion are a L)c, •nd tbar 6 t!Je Tuitb. The Truth IS, all tuc\ Man's fel£ Rut, fays he, if we walk. ~ m rbe R1tbt Htmd, a Cheat 0 P01 1 1 ht we have Fe!Jorrjlnp one wub another, Part H zn the Light as God IS tn the L gS ~ e/eflnjerh zt.t frotn a/J Sm. lf we }'rtJ, SeEt 3 anJ the Blood of ]efm Cbrifl ~t.r fi d from] u:e dece1Vt ou1 fdvcf, and rhc ira~aR 4~ 20. that u:c have no Srn, [t~rb:~ e:O~foJt our Sms, be 11 Faa1iful and ]11/ltQ Truth u not tn us But 1J tm e 111 from all Vnrrghuoufnefs, . forgiVe us our Szns, .and 10 deb ~on of God and Slviour of the World, 15 To conclude, Chnft Jefu*, t c d fo muft his Followers be: He Js no Ho!J, Harm!efs, :lfld Vndc.fiiedM~'fier of Rebellious Servants: He that has Head of a Corrupt Body, no~lt be cafi: out : The Bunch, t~at bn~s not nor the Weddmg Gmment, ff B r thofe that truly believe m hts amef, fofth Fruit, wtll be cut 0 · u b hts Grace ro renounce the Lujls o walk '" h!S LJgbr, .~ndh "J//h"g:;d Pnde of Life; the Un]~fi ~rofirs, ~lei" :Mark~ j2, t!e E;e, the Lujls o; t e e ' d hufe to follow him In bts own o y 33• 34, 3~· fures and Pomps_of the \¥orld, an. c the fame is his Brother, hts ?dler an~ Way of Refignauon and Re·gleffiuonh Y may here fufiain for hts Names hts Mother. And whatever ·3 ef ~n eHundred Fold in this Life and the Mat. 19. 28, Sake, they have the Prom1 e r~al . . 29· Inhentance of that whtch ~~ ~tt . hty God, the Giver of all Sav~ng .Falth, And I do fervently befeec mJg to beget a Serious Inquuy m us, merctfully ro voucbfafe, more ~n ~oWho is the Author of it> And what What that Faith IS whtch we ave fi e may nor profane the Name of Fruits It hath brought fort~> Tobra:b~fe~ur felves unto Etnnal Pcrdttton; God by a Vnm Profej]ion of Jt, b God's Affiftance, to approve our felves Bur that we may endeavour, y God love Righteoufnefs, and h:ltc every fuch Believers as fincercly fear d' f God by the Precious BJ.ood of his Evtl Wav as becomes the Redeeme or own but the Lord's, who barb Son Si~ce therefore we are. not ou lor~fie him in our Bodtes, in our bought us with that G~eat Pnce, lete u~isg Then fhall we be Children of Souls and in our S~muf w~tctr~~tfes Partakers of that RefurreJadon Jibrabam, indeed, Hetrs o t e Gl 'which God the Righteous u. ge and Life, that lmm~rtalJty lt"t eo:~' them that ahtde in this preclous wt!l, one Day, l?lenufT~;s ~~a:~r~ly brings me to my thud Head, and an u:~~p~~~~fst~ee \"a~·e long bbour'd under. V. l f MoraliiJ tinder Pretence of SeE\. 4• Sea. 4· Of J?ebafing ~he •ifi":Zin; ~: ~reat Meajure, the very End of Higher Thm~s ; a» m ' Chrift's Commg. By . Livin Purity of Manners; that Morarity I underftand Vtrt(:ous. a;d Blamelefnefs in ConverlaJ ftice Temperance, Truth, hamy, d Man which may wel~ De .. t!On ~ut of Confcience an_d Du~y tl.i~oda ManJuft: Virtuous~ anddPlOus: nom'inJ re the Man that hves t at :U be would have all ftfe~ o unto :&ht. 7·12• In fhort one that does unto aU M~n, otorious how fmall an Efhmare two bim; this is my Afortal Man. . It i IS nthe Profane and the Profe£fors, ~~~ Sons of People have (flut ur;r~eh fi~~ defpife him as too Sq'!e,pmifh_,fi ]\:fs ·!'~~liFo~~:?~ :~~/;;;;{d~c~i; Regdla~:~;;fedt~e~k~r~ JN~~~h~:s an:t~h~Jr'ul! ~~~t~;~~:"~.~ob:;~or:re~~~~~k,int~e;"~~~tn~ch:~t ~P~"e;h~~~:l:~ Sobriety to be a Trick to ecol Man is ~ Sober and JJJ./1 Per Jon, t ey n If they hear any one fay. oSr':.ana him Knave; that .he h~s a D~~~e ulto- learn~, d~ b~e~f~~vj#} in liule Things, to ch~t 100;~;~1~!r~~ Principles; fame o This Man is very Unfafhionable amfng. h e;hem upon Vicioll~ 111e" ; To~"~is very Look> •nd L~fer ~;:,;,:nRE~;~;, ;:';~'in Combif,ar~on agT;~~.~}~ Lwohvoe, tla sa nifd Vtrtue w.ere t f h r . The Reafon is, bec::aufe uc true r will .~ntertalner& o e . • VoL. I. Art AddrtfJ to Proteftants. will neither· do the Ill Things they would have them, nor flatter rbem in 167 9. the Ill they do ; and therefore where Ill Men ha \'e rhe Power, Good Men ~ are fure to be made the Common Enemy. Parr 11 4 But the Reproac~es that Men of Mpra1itf r_eceive ar the Hands of Lewd Seet. 4, Men, are more then Hono~r than therr Sutlenng: ;rhar which is moft of all Anxi_ous, ii, .that Morahry is denied to be Chriftianity, that Virtue has any Clatm to Grace, and that rhofe who glory to be caJied Chrifiiaos can be fo Partial and Cruel as to renounce a meer ]ujl Alan their Socicry: and fend him packing among the Heathen for Damnation. And pray what•s the Maner? Wb.Y! tbbugb tbit Perfnn be a fohcr Li\•er, yrr be u b11t 4 General Bel~ver l bu Faith it 11tlnrgr. 'Tit (rllr, be bdteves _inGod,b11r 1 hear /iule of hu Faith in Chrift. V~ry well: Does be not therefore hdieve in Chrijl? ~r muft he thenJfo~e be ~about rhe Pale of S:tlvarion? Is ir pollible tbac a Man can truly be!teve zn God and be damned? But as he 1har believe.r in 'Chrijl, bclievet ;,, God, fo he that belie\'es in God, believes in Chrift: For !Je thor belicve.r on him, tbar rni.fed 11p Je[t,s from the Dead, .his Faith fbaO he imputed to bimforl<ightcoufnifs, and fays Chrilt himfelf; He that bt· liroerb my TP'ord, and believrtb 07! him that fenr me, barb l:.'verl(/.fling .Lje: Rom, 4• 22; Ha~ be that hdicvu in God no Inrereft in this Expreffion? Bur more pJrli~ j3' 24· cular js that Place of the Apoltle ro the Hebrews, viz. For he tbt~t (omerh ;:; ~· 2t ~o God m11P bdieve tbur he i.r,.. and lhar he is a Ddigenr Rewarder of them • 1" that feek. him. Now if thofc wbq fo believe can come to God, rhe Moral ..Man's Con~idon is nor Dangerous even in the Urictefi Senfe of the Word. not only fuch as have a Genrr.tl Faith of Chrrflronity, aud ne\'er 3dher'd r~ any panicular Pany, a Senfe, we fball anon confider.z. bur even thofe who anse vweer p"hroeJfredf s thhiem H, illary of Chrift, nor had a difiinct Knowle~ge of him, For it feems a ·molt unreafonable Thing, that Faith in GoJ and keeping hi§ Commandments fbould be no Part .ofrhe Cbrijlian Religion,. But if a Pan it be, as upon ferious Refteaion who dare deny it, then rhofe before and: fince Chrilt's Time, who never had the External Law nor Hiftory, and have Jone the Things cont11incd in the Law, their Conftiencc.r not nat~fillt nor J/eart.r Conde1{Jning, but excNjing them before God, are in fame Degree con~ cern·d in the Character of 'I true Chriftian. For Chrifi himfelf preach~d .and kept his Farher'i Commandmenrs,. and came ro fulfil and nor to dellroy the Law; and that not only in his own Perfon, but rbar the Rigbteollfneft of the Law might he olfo (ttljilkd ittm. ltom. 8'.4; Ler us but foberly confidertfbtJt ebr!/} is, and we !hall the better know · whether Moral Mm are to be reckon d Chrifiians. What is Chrift but ]tluluzefs, ]II}/ ice, Merq, Patience, Cbnrity 3nd Virtue in Perfdlion ? Can we then deny a ~eek Man to be a Chtifti.an; a Juft, a Merciful, a Patienr,. a Chari~able a.nd a Virtuous Man to be like Cbriit? By me Kin!,s Reign and Prince.~ d~cree ]ujliu, faith W.ifdom, yea, the WifdoJn. that i.r from nbove,; Prov. 8. ~~ fo rnay I fay here, By Chrift .M.en are .Mu..t, ]uj~ •. Mrrfi/111, Pdtie'!t, qha-ritahle and Virruom, and Chnfhans ought to beddhngulfhed by thetr Ltke .. nefs to Chrifi and not their· NotiOns of Chrifi; by his Holy Qualifications rather than their own Lofty Profeffions and Invenred Formalities. What fhall we fay then of rhar Extravagancy whic~ thofe Meo are guil~y of who. upon hearing a faber Man commendOO,. that 1s ~ot of _any great Vtfible Pro .. feffion will rake upon them w caft him off wtrh thiS Sentence; Tll}h, ht is bur 'a Moral Man ; be know.r nothing of Saving Grace: ht flltJ} be dt~mn'd for aiJ hh 1J1orality. Nay, fame have gone fo far ~s ro fay and preach, if ~or prinr, That there arc Tpoufond.r of Moral Men tn HeO.. . J3ur 'tis worrh our whtle ro confider thlt he that ftns u not .frved 6y Groce in that Srare, and that rhe Virtuom Man is the GracitJII.I .Man; FC?r 'ris the Narure and End of true Grace, to make Men fo. Unanfwt:rablc IS R that Paffage of the Apoftle, to the Romam, Th~ref"r~ if the_ Uncirc11mcljion 28~;~2 4 , ~if keep tbe RigbreoNfnefs of 1be Law,_ jhaU ~ot. bu T.._7nCJ~CNmcijiOJt be. co'!nred [or Circwuifion? nnd jhaU n"r Unctrcumcijion, ro!Jtch n by l\:at11tt, iJ tf /t~!-. jiJ the L,w, j«dge tbte, wb~ by the Lemr and Cir<Km"jion dojl trnnfiri( |
