the Gospel: Or else thou wilt damnifie Religion, bring scandal to
thy Brethren, and give offence to the Enemies; and 'twould be
better that a Millstone was hanged about thy neck, and that thou,
as so adorned, wast cast into the bottom of the Sea, than so to do.

Christian, a Profession according to the Gospel, is, in these
dayes, a rare thing; seek then after it, put it on, and keep it
without spot; and (as becomes thee) white, and clean, and thou
shalt be a rare Christian.

The Prophecy of the last times is, that professing men (for so I
understand the Text) s[h]all be, many of them, base; (2 Tim. 3.)
but continue thou in the things that thou hast learned, not of
wanton men, not of licentious times, but of the Word and Doctrine
of God, that is according to Godliness; and thou shalt walk with
Christ in white.

Now God Almighty give his people Grace, not to hate or malign
Sinners nor yet to choose any of their wayes, but to keep
themselves pure from the blood of all men, by speaking and doing
according to that Name and those Rules that they profess to know,
and love; for Jesus Christs sake.

John Bunyan.



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