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Use of Admonition. If thou wilt be Christs Disciple indeed, know the glory and reputation of the world, and his commands practised, are not consistent together. Thou canst not be judged a wise man, a discreet man, and yet a violent man for the kingdom of Heaven; if you go faster, or beyond the common formality of most men, you have lost your repute presently. As was said of Naaman, He was a great man, a mighty man, but he was a Leper. Thus do thou expect; a rich man, a good natured man, an honest man, but too forward, too much for purity and preciseness. Oh that ever this should be among Christians! The Jew loveth the most zealous Jew; The Papist, the most devout Papist; but we reformed Protestants, love not those whose tongues and lives do most protest, both against Idolatry and all wickedness. Well, do not thou give over for all that; for though they judge it folly, yet thou awest their conscience secretly.

Ʋse of Admonition. If thou wilt be Christs Disciple indeed, know the glory and reputation of the world, and his commands practised, are not consistent together. Thou canst not be judged a wise man, a discreet man, and yet a violent man for the kingdome of Heaven; if you goe faster, or beyond the common formality of most men, you have lost your repute presently. As was said of Naaman, He was a great man, a mighty man, but he was a Leper. Thus doe thou expect; a rich man, a good natured man, an honest man, but too forward, too much for purity and precisenesse. Oh that ever this should be among Christians! The Jew loveth the most zealous Jew; The Papist, the most devout Papist; but we reformed Protestants, love not those whose tongues and lives doe most protest, both against Idolatry and all wickednesse. Well, doe not thou give over for all that; for though they judge it folly, yet thou awest their conscience secretly.

Let him become a fool, that he may be wise.