Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Secondly, to this I answer, that howsoever some men ¹that are faithful, are not so zealous, it is true, yet I say it is no good argument to say, that because counterfeit drugs and wares have the same sent and smell that good wares have, therefore they are as good: or that the good wares have not the like; It were better to say that they have the fame: but the difference is in this that they have a false die, and gloss upon them […] so•l, say there is false and counterfeit zeal, and there is a true zeal; That is, there may be a zeal without heat, as a Painter may Paint the similitude and proportion of fire, but he cannot give heat unto it; or as there may be pieces of coin counterfeit as well as pieces of true Metal: so there may be a counterfeit fire as well as true fire; So I say men may be sanctified, and yet be mild and not of a hot and fiery disposition; That is, they do not so burn in the Spirit as others do: It is not therefore good to conclude, that it matters not whether you be zealous or no: for howsoever it be true ⟨p. 93⟩in him, it may be false in thee: And know also that this weakness is joined with much holy zeal, though it be not outwardly expressed; for certainly as where true fire is there is heat, so where there is the Spirit, there is zeal. Therefore examine whether you have heat in you: if you have not you have not the Spirit.

Secondly, to this I answer, that howsoever some men ¹that are faithful, are not so zealous, it is true, yet I say it is no good argument to say, that because counterfeit drugs and wares have the same sent and smell that good wares have, therefore they are as good: or that the good wares have not the like; It were better to say that they have the fame: but the difference is in this that they have a false die, and glosse upon them 〈…〉 so•l, say there is false and counterfeit zeal, and there is a true zeal; That is, there may be a zeal without heat, as a Painter may Paint the similitude and proportion of fire, but he cannot give heat unto it; or as there may be pieces of coin counterfeit as well as pieces of true Metal: so there may be a counterseit fire as well as true fire; So I say men may be sanctified, and yet be mild and not of a hot and fierie disposition; That is, they do not so burn in the Spirit as others do: It is not therefore good to conclude, that it matters not whether you be zealous or no: for howsoever it be true