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Confutation of the colourable glosses whereby innumerable guileful professors illude their own souls, and deceive the opinion of others. They think themselves zealous for the truth, and desirous of salvation, but are idle, and take no pains to purchase grace: they are barren, and bring not forth the fruits of love: they are careless, and fly not from the baits of sin.

Confutation of the colourable glosses whereby innumerable guilefull professours illude their owne soules, and deceiue the opinion of others. They thinke themselues zealous for the truth, and desirous of saluation, but are idle, and take no paines to purchase grace: they are barren, and bring not forth the fruits of loue: they are carelesse, and flie not from the baites of sinne.

The lewdest companions are as acceptable to them, as the honestest Christians: the most infectious speeches ⟨p. 3⟩displease them no more then the wholesomest instructions: they are as well contented to be present where the wickedest practises are played, as where the godliest services are performed. If the seat of love were in the mouth, and not in the heart, if saying in word were sufficient to declare a sound affection, without showing the same indeed, we might believe such men, that they had upright desire (for none are more forward to brag and boast thereof then they) but sithens they fail of seeking and separating, and exercising, which should make them manifest, they must pardon us though we conceive not so well of them, when we see no better testimony of piety in them.

The leaudest companions are as acceptable to them, as the honestest Christians: the most infectious speeches ⟨p. 3⟩displease them no more then the wholesomest instructions: they are as well contented to be present where the wickedest practises are plaied, as where the godliest seruices are performed. If the seate of loue were in the mouth, and not in the heart, if saying in word were sufficient to declare a sound affection, without shewing the same indeed, we might beleeue such men, that they had vpright desire (for none are more forward to brag and boast thereof then they) but sithens they faile of seeking and separating, and exercising, which should make them manifest, they must pardon vs though we conceiue not so well of them, when we see no better testimonie of pietie in them.