Gods husbandry

all that have not the dispositions of their hearts changed, and their affections set upon God, though their outside seem never so much altered: all that allow themselves in any known sin, extenuating it as little, and flattering, and excusing themselves, and neglecting to take care of amendment, because they think that no man can choose but do as bad as that cometh unto. And in one word, all that see not, feel not, lament not, resist not, and purge not away the guile and deceitfulness of their own hearts. All, and each of those that are found such, for all their many prayers, much hearing, fair blade, and good hopes, shall sooner or later, by tentations, or afflictions, or allurements of pleasure, profit, or credit, or fame, or other means, be drawn away from the goodness they make show of, and at last be surely and irrecoverably damned. It is in vain to flatter your selves, and say, you hope the matter is not so bad as I would set it forth to be, and that God will be more merciful then so. Nay brethren, the Lord will not be more ⟨p. 31⟩merciful, then may stand with his justice and truth, he should be unrighteous and unholy, if he should not cast into hell fire any of those kinds of men to whom any of those things agree that I have set down unto you. He should be untrue, and falsify his word, if he should not bring damnation upon all, each of those that I have said. Princes often threaten, merely to terrify, and pronounce harder sentences in public, then they mean shall be executed, as they do with us in case of those that are adjudged to be pressed to death. It is not so with the Judge of all the world, not one tittle of a word more is to be found in his sentence, then shall be felt in his execution: his blows shall be as terrible as his threats, and his just menaces as exactly accomplished, as his most gracious promises: not one tittle of the Word of God shall fail, (and therefore no part of the misery denounced against Hypocrites) till all be fulfilled. Mark then, I pray you, the precise and punctual dealing of our Lord in this place: he saith particularly, every branch, lo, every one, without any partiality and exception:

all that haue not the dispositions of their hearts changed, and their affections set vpon God, though their outside seeme neuer so much altered: all that allow themselues in any knowne sin, extenuating it as little, and flattering, and excusing themselues, and neglecting to take care of amendment, because they thinke that no man can chuse but doe as bad as that commeth vnto. And in one word, all that see not, feele not, lament not, resist not, and purge not away the guile and deceitfulnesse of their owne hearts. All, and each of those that are found such, for all their many prayers, much hearing, faire blade, and good hopes, shall sooner or later, by tentations, or afflictions, or allurements of pleasure, profit, or credit, or fame, or other meanes, be drawne away from the goodnesse they make shew of, and at last be surely and irrecouerably damned. It is in vaine to flatter your selues, and say, you hope the matter is not so bad as I would set it forth to be, and that God will be more mercifull then so. Nay brethren, the Lord will not bee more