The way to true happiness in a serious treatise /

Quest. 8. Ask them, yea ask your eyes, your ears, your daily experience in the World, whether all or most that call themselves Christians, do in good sadness thus live to God in the Spirit, and mortify the flesh with its affections and justs, and seek first Gods Kingdom and Righteousness, and love him above all, and lay up treasure and heart in Heaven? or rather whether most be not lovers of the World, and lovers of pleasure more than God, and live not after the flesh, and mind not most the things of the flesh? I mention not now the drunkards, the flesh pleasing Gentlemen, that live in Pride, Fullness and Idleness, and Sport, and Play away their precious time; nor the filthy Fornicator nor the merciless Oppressors• nor the malignant Haters of a Godly life, nor the perjured and perfidious betrayers of mens souls and of the Gospel or their Countries Good; nor such other men of seared Conscience, whose misery none questioneth, but such as are as blind and miserable. It's not these only I am speaking of; but the common, worldly, fleshly and ungodly ones.

Quest. 8. Ask them, yea ask your eyes, your ears, your daily experience in the World, whether all or most that call themselves Christians, do in good sadness thus live to God in the Spirit, and mortifie the flesh with its affections and iusts, and seek first Gods Kingdom and Righteousness, and love him above all, and lay up treasure and heart in Heaven? or rather whether most be not lovers of the World, and lovers of pleasure more than God, and live not after the flesh, and mind not most the things of the flesh? I mention not now the drunkards, the flesh pleasing Gentlemen, that live in Pride, Fulness and Idleness, and Sport, and Play away their precious time; nor the filthy Fornicator nor the merciless Oppressors• nor the malignant Haters of a Godly life, nor the perjured and perfidious betrayers of mens souls and of the Gospel or their Countries Good; nor such other men of seared Conscience, whose misery none questioneth, but such as are as blind and miserable. It's not these only I am speaking of; but the common, worldly, fleshly and ungodly ones.

Quest. 9. Ask them whether the name of a Christian will save any of these ungodly persons? And whether God will like men the better for lying and calling themselves Christians when they are none indeed? and whether they dare preach to the people that a Christian Drunkard, or a Christian Fornicator, or Oppressor, or a Christian worldling, needeth no Conversion?