A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

when they can scarce give […] ⟨p. 119⟩wise account of the Principles of Religion contained in a Catechis••, they will prove themselves wise by despising wisdom, and railing at the Wise. They prove themselves Learned by reproaching the learned: They prove themselves godly enough to be saved, by hating and scorning them that are Godly; and prove themselves the servants of Christ by speaking against his service; They prove themselves wise enough to Teach or quarrel with their Teachers, by refusing to Learn, and to be any wiser, and by babbling out their sinful folly. And when they have done, they prove that their hearts for all this are as good as the precisest, by prating against that Holiness which is the only health and goodness of the heart, and by showing us to our grief that they neither know what Goodness is, nor what is in their hearts. They prove to us that they have Hopes for all this, of being saved and seeing the face of God, by hating them that are Pure in heart, that have the promise of seeing his face, Mat. 5. 8. and by reviling or forsaking the way of salvation, and by showing us on their souls the open Marks of the wrath of God, and of a state of condemnation. This is the Devils Logic. And this is the wisdom of the wicked. They may next go further▪ and prove that they are chaste by reviling chastity; and prove that they are sober by speaking against sobriety, and by wallowing in their vomit: or prove that they know all arts and trades, and sciences by reviling them: And as they now prove that they are the freemen of Christ, by showing us the Devils fetters upon them, so if they hold out, they will shortly have nothing to prove themselves in Heaven, but by showing us the flames of Hell which they endure.

when they can scarce give 〈…〉 ⟨p. 119⟩wise account of the Principles of Religion contained in a Catechis••, they will prove themselves wise by despising wisdom, and railing at the Wise. They prove themselves Learned by reproaching the learned: They prove themselves godly enough to be saved, by hating and scorning them that are Godly; and prove themselves the servants of Christ by speaking against his service; They prove themselves wise enough to Teach or quarrel with their Teachers, by refusing to Learn, and to be any wiser, and by babling out their sinfull folly. And when they have done, they prove that their hearts for all this are as good as the precisest, by prating against that Holiness which is the only health and goodness of the heart, and by shewing us to our grief that they neither know what Goodness is, nor what is in their hearts. They prove to us that they have Hopes for all this, of being saved and seeing the face of God, by hating them that are Pure in heart, that have the promise of seeing his face,