gion and undefiled, James I. 27. ſee ver. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. before God and the Father, is this, To viſit the Fatherleſs and Widows in their affliction, and to keep himſelf unſpoted from the World. This Talkative is not aware of, he thinks that hearing and ſaying will make a good Chriſtian, and thus he deceiveth his own ſoul. Hearing is but as the ſowing of the Seed; talking is not ſufficient to prove that fruit is indeed in the heart and life; and let us aſſure our ſelves, that at the day of Doom, men ſhall be judged according to their fruits. See Mat. 13. and ch. 25. It will not be ſaid then, Did you believe? but, were you Doers, or Talkers only? and accordingly ſhall they be judged. The end of the World is compared to our Harveſt, and you know men at Harveſt regard nothing but Fruit. Not that any thing can be accepted that is not of Faith: But I ſpeak this, to mew you how inſignificant the profeſſion of Talkative will be at that day.
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