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A 5th. Character is, That a deluded Conscience, i• ordinarily bitter and cruel in the effects of it; as it is proud and vain, so it will persecute to the death them it differeth from; hence were the Persecutions of the Apostles, and of Paul especially; and we have seen it in poor deluded souls, who have thought themselves obliged to slay all that were against them, or differed from them in these their delusions; some what of this bitter spirit accompanied the delusion of the Galatians; Therefore the Apostle sayeth to them, chap. 5. 15. If ye bite and devour one another, &c. And James speaketh to the same purpose of such persons, chap. 3. 14. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lye not against the truth, this wisdom descendeth not from above. Bitter zeal and strife is an evil token, and a bitter Conscience is readily no good Conscience; when a man supposing himself to be in the right, is carried on with a spirit of bitterness (though in other cases, bitterness, through the power of corruption may kith, yet it is native to delusion.) It floweth from pride in such persons, exalting themselves above all others; Therefore as soon as they are deluded, & go wrong, they must have a Church by themselves, and will join with no other persons, in Christian communion, but such as are of their mistaken opinion.

A 5th. Character is, That a deluded Conscience, i• ordinarily bitter and cruel in the effects of it; as it is proud and vain, so it will persecute to the death them it differeth from; hence were the Persecutions of the Apostles, and of Paul especially; and we have seen it in poor deluded souls, who have thought themselves oblidged to slay all that were against them, or differed from them in these their delusions; some what of this bitterspirit accompanied the delusion of the Galatians; Therefore the Apostle sayeth to them, chap. 5. 15. If ye bite and devour one another, &c. And Iames speaketh to the same purpose of such persons, chap. 3. 14. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lye not against the truth, this wisdom descendeth not from above. Bitter zeal and strife is an evil token, and a bitter Conscience is readily no good Conscience; when a man supposing himself to be in the right, is carried on with a spirit of bitterness (though in other cases, bitterness, through the power of corruption may kyth, yet it is native to delusion.) It floweth from pride in such persons, exalting themselves above all others; Therefore as soon as they are deluded, & go wrong, they must have a Church by themselves, and will joyn with no other persons, in Christian communion, but such as are of their mistaken opinion.