Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

Doth the Saint abstain from gross sins? so doth he whose Religion consisted so much in Negatives, Luke 18.11. Doth the Saint pray? so do the Pharisees, and make long prayers too, Matth. 23.14. Do the Saints fast? Nehem. 1.4. Dan. 9. So do they, Matth. 6.16, 9, 14. and it may be twice in one week, Luke 18.11. Do the Saints give alms? Acts 10. so do they, Matth. 6.1, 2. Do the Saints confess sin, the sinner can do it in the very same words, ⟨p. 130⟩1 Sam. 15.24. Doth Ephraim repent? Jer. 31.18. so doth Judas, Matth. 27.3. Doth Abram believe? Rom. 4. so doth Simon Magus, Act. 8.13. Doth Hezekiah humble himself? 2 Chron. 32.26. so doth Ahab, and walk softly into the bargain, 1 Kings 22.15. Doth the man after Gods own heart fulfil all Gods will? Act. 13.22. you shall hear that a Jehu shall do very much, and that by a testimony from Gods own mouth, 1 Kings 10.31. Thou hast done well in executing that which was right in mine eyes, thou hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart: What a great resemblance is there in all these outwardly? but a vast difference inwardly. The ungodly sometimes do attain to the outward actions, but never to the inward sanctified affections of the godly. As the painter may paint fire, but he cannot paint heat, that is beyond his skill. Many titular Christians are like the Onyx-stone, of which Naturalists write, that it is clear and bright in the superficies, but dark and muddy at the centre; men of civil conversation, but not of sanctified affections. Now all this calleth aloud to thee, to try thy self whether thou goest beyond them, that do all