A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon…

Nay, even among some that profess the Christian and Reformed Religion, yet the Practice of serious Godliness is very much spoken against. The Power of Religion is not only disliked and denied, but contradicted and condemned by those that rest in the Form. ¹They that call the Evil, Good, will call the Good, Evil; and it is not strange if they, who abandon themselves to work all uncleanness with greediness, ²speak ill of such as run not with them to the same excess of Riot, where the Wicked walk on every side, ³he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. ⁴The old Enmity between the Seed of the Woman and the Seed of the Serpent is still working, and the old Game every day plaid over again. The Truth as it is in Jesus, ⁵and the Truth which is according to Godliness will be contradicted by those that lye in wait to deceive. Bigots on all sides will have something to say against Catholic Charity and Moderation: They that are fervent in spirit, serving the Lord, and forward to every good Work, must expect to be evil spoken of by such as affect a Lukewarmness, and Indifferency in Religion: Nor can those who walk circumspectly, not as Fools but as Wise, escape the lash of their Tongues who live at large, and walk loosely, and at all adventures, as the Fools in Israel.

Nay, even among some that profess the Christian and Reformed Religion, yet the Practice of serious Godliness is very much spoken against. The Power of Religion is not only disliked and deny'd, but contradicted and condemned by those that rest in the Form. ¹They that call the Evil, Good, will call the Good, Evil; and it is not strange if they, who abandon themselves to work all uncleanness with greediness, ²speak ill of such as run not with them to the same excess of Riot, where the Wicked walk on every side,