Two sermons tending to direction for Christian carriage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…

The third sort is of those ^cthat hope, but fear ²not; they hope in his mercy, but they fear not his wrath; they have both eyes fixed on Gods mercy, neither of them on his wrath; and ^dso presuming on his mercy, but having no regard to his wrath, they take liberty to themselves to lie and live in sin, without any remorse of conscience or repentance for the same. But they hope in vain, their faith is no faith, but a fancy, a presuming without promise, having no warrant from Gods word. A faith not in God, but in such ^ean I doll as they have framed to themselves, moulded out of their own fancy, and set in Gods stead, a God made all of mercy, having no anger at all; a far other manner of God, than Gods word hath described to us, or rather than the true God ^fhath described himself to us in his word. And if their Faith be so bad, their Hope can be no better; that being of necessity the foundation of this.⁶

The third sort is of those ^cthat hope, but feare ²not; they hope in his mercie, but they feare not his wrath; they haue both eyes fixed on Gods mercie, neither of them on his wrath; and ^dso presuming on his mercie, but hauing no regard to his wrath, they take libertie to themselues to lie and liue in sinne, without any remorse of conscience or repentance for the same. But they hope in vaine, their faith is no faith, but a fancie, a presuming without promise, hauing no warrant from Gods word. A faith not in God, but in such ^ean I doll as they haue framed to themselues, moulded out of their owne fancie, and set in Gods stead, a God made all of mercie, hauing no anger at all; a farre other manner of God, than Gods word hath described to vs, or rather than the true God