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Not only profest Atheists and Infidels, which openly renounce their Creator, and the King of the world, are so to be reputed, but sinful dissemblers also, which impiously provoke Christ Jesus their Redeemer, & the King of the Church, are of the same number. Of such speaketh Jeremiah, when he saith, They are all rebellious traitors, walking craftily. And such ¹doth Hosea complain of, when he saith, My people are bent ²to rebellion against me. Neither of these sorts think themselves well, so long as they are not doing of evil.

Not only profest Atheists and Infidels, which openlie renounce their Creator, and the King of the world, are so to be reputed, but sinfull dissemblers also, which impiously prouoke Christ Iesus their Redeemer, & the King of the Church, are of the same number. Of such speaketh Ieremy, when hee saith, They are all rebellious traitors, walking craftily. And such ¹doth Hosea complaine of, when he saith, My people are bent ²to rebellion against mee. Neither of these sorts thinke themselues well, so long as they are not doing of euill.

1. 1Jer. 6. 28.Ier. 6. 28.
2. 2Hos. 11. 7.

In their vocations they are worldly and covetous: in their recreations they are sensual and voluptuous: in the worship of God they are negligent and hypocritical: in all their works, in all their words, in all their cogitations, continually in every place iniquity and sinfulness floweth from them.