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By that I mean this; namely, to be sure that there ¹be an answerableness in our conversation unto all those principles of godliness that we profess: for take the most strict principles of Religion, and the men of the world cannot speak against them, and when it comes to, this is all they have to say, Ah! if it were in truth, and in sincerity, it were something, but they are hypocrites: they acknowledge the principles are right, but they think the principles are so strict, that it is impossible to walk up to them: Ah! say they, give me one that does walk up to his principles, and we will say something to you.

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And therefore, you that are godly, consider of the many principles of godliness that you profess: as namely, that the least sin is a greater evil, then all the evils in the world; and labour that all your whole life ¹may hold out this principle, fearing the least sin, and the least occasion of sin. It is our principle, that we must make the Word the Rule of all our actions: Now let your conversations hold out this principle before others; And that the peace of conscience is of ⟨p. 295⟩infinite more value, then all the delights of the world: Hold out this principle; That the glory of God is the thing to be aimed at in all things. Now the care of Gods people, if they would so walk, as to draw others in love of communion with them, is not to talk of these things, but to hold them forth in their lives, that men that converse with them, may read them in their lives; Gods people should so walk, that if there were no talking of such principles, yet they may be found in their conversations.

And therefore, you that are godly, consider of the many principles of godliness that you profess: as namely, that the least sin is a greater evil, then all the evils in the world; and labor that all your whole life