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2. Mortification. A sound care ¹to reform our ways, and true hatred and grief for our own sins, will cause many times wicked wretches to say of us, that we are the people of the Lord, Isaiah 61. 3, 8. I say, a sound care of reformation; for to profess a mortified life, and yet in any thing to show that we can live in any fault without repentance, this provokes them exceedingly to speak evil of the good way of God. Therefore the first care of a Christian, that would be rightly ordered toward wicked m•n, must be to live without offence, and to discover a true mortified mind, and an heart broken for sin.

2. Mortification. A sound care ¹to reforme our wayes, and true hatred and griefe for our owne sinnes, will cause many times wicked wretches to say of vs, that wee are the people of the Lord, Esay 61. 3, 8. I say, a sound care of reformation; for to professe a mortified life, and yet in any thing to shew that we can liue in any fault without repentance, this prouokes them exceedingly to speake euill of the good way of God. Therefore the first care of a Christian, that would be rightly ordered toward wicked m•n, must be to liue without offence, and to discouer a true mortified minde, and an heart broken for sinne.

1. 11. A mortified life.

Secondly, to speak with all ¹reverence and fear, when we entreat of matters of Religion, much amazeth the profane conscience of a wicked man; whereas cursory discourses of such grand mysteries, & empty ⟨p. 595⟩