Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

A SERMON. 245wrought by Go o.Gratious nnd holy fpeeches (asyou fee ) with men ofthe world arc puritanicall.And ifa man fpeak but holilyjand name but reformation.Scripture, confciencc, and fuch otherwords which fting their carnal hearts,it is enoughto make a man a puritan.Thirdly, Imeanetheveryfamcjofwhom BifhopDownam one of the greateft fchollars ofcitherKingdome, fpcaks thus in his Sermon at Spittle,called {^hrahams Try all : And even in thefe ti?nes ^H- 1 ^^(faith he) thegodly live amongH fuch a generation ofrmn)(vs that ifa man doe but labour to keepeagcod confcienceinanymeafure^ ahhough he meddle not withmatters ofState^or Difcifline^or Ceremonies ,{^0^for ex. ,amfle^ifa tji^inificr dHigcntly Preach, or in his f reachingfeeke to profit rather then to pleafe, remerabringthefaytng ofthe i^pofiky If I feeke to pleafe menlam not the fervant of C h r i s t. Gal. 1. 10.or ifa pri'vateChriftian make conference effwearing,faniiifyingthe Sabbath Jjrequenttng Sermons ^ or ah-Hainingfrom the common corruptions ofthe time) hc^jljallflraightway be condemnedfor a Puritan, andcoti-.fequently be lejfefavouredthen either a carnall Goj^el^ler^or a clofe P apiftj(jrc.Fourthly,I meane none but thofe whom theCommunion-Bogke intends iotiiat paffage of theprayer after Con^efCioniThat the rejt ofour life hereafterma'j be pure andhdy .Now thefe come by their purity by preachingtheWord.Now faith Chm s T,ye are x.t9^,?.*^cleaneby the Word which I have fpoken unto you, loh^1 5. 3.The Word muft firftillighten^convincejandR 5caft^Z^cf^'^