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drink he hath in his crown, the more of theſe things he hath in his mouth: Religion hath no place in his heart, or houſe, or converſation; all he hath, lieth in his tongue, and his Religion is to make a noiſe therewith.
Faith. Say you ſo! Then lam in this man greatly deceived,
Mat 23. 1 Cor. 4. 20.Chr. Deceived! you may be lure of it. Remember the Proverb, They ſay and do not: but the Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. Talkative talks, but does notHe talks, but talketh of Prayer, of Repentance, of Faith, and of the New birth: but he knows but only to talk of them. I have been in his Family, and have obſerved him both at home and abroad; and I know what I ſay of him is truth His Houſe is empty of Religion.His houſe is as empty of Religion, as the white of an Egg iſ of favour. There is there, neither Prayer, nor ſign of Repentance for ſin: Yea, the bruit in his kind ſerves God far better then he. He is a ſtain to Religion Rom. 2. 24, 5. He is the very ſtain, reproach, and ſhame of Religon to all that know him; it can hardly have a good word in all that end of the Town where he dwells, through him. Thus ſay the common
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