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1 In regard of bad men.

1 Consider, they are violent against the truth, and wilt not thou be as eager and violent in the profession of the Gospel, as they are in their oppositions against it? As Zeno said to one of his acquaintance, who was enticed to bear false witness against another, and walked privately, because he would avoid the man that sought to suborn him. Oh, said Zeno, Shall he not be ashamed of sin, and wilt thou be ashamed to set thy self against sin?

1 Consider, they are violent against the truth, and wilt not thou be as eager and violent in the profession of the Gospel, as they are in their oppositions against it? As Zeno said to one of his acquaintance, who was enticed to bear false witnesse against another, and walked privately, because he would avoid the man that sought to suborn him. Oh, said Zeno, Shall he not be ashamed of sin, and wilt thou be ashamed to set thy selfe against sin?

2 Bad men rage and are violent in ways of wickedness: Wicked men are as swift as dromedaries in the ways of sin, and wilt thou be as a dull ass in the service of God? shall a man run fast in a way of sin to destroy his soul, and will you but creep in the ways of God to save your soul? shall wicked men run post to hell, and wilt thou but creep slowly to heaven? Shall a man make speed to the place of execution, and wilt thou but move slowly towards a crown and throne? shall wicked men not be ashamed to show their rage in a sinful course, and shall godly men be ashamed to be zealous in the ways of God? Jer. 8. 6. ⟨p. 32⟩