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59. And about the space of one hour after, another con∣fidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth, this fellow al∣so was with him, for he is a Galilean.
HOw peremptory and confident is Malice! How doth it turn mere Probabilities into certainties, and surmises into Realities! And, O my Soul! hast thou never dealt so with thy Neighbour! When thou hast cherished a grudge against him, how quickly hast thou spied faults in his Actions? And if thou hast seen but the shadow of an Error in him, how hast thou presently aggravated it, and of a Mole-hill made a Mountain, and improved a likelihood into strong asseverations? How hast thou discovered thy ill Nature in such Actions! And though other Men, perhaps, have taken no notice of thy sinister aims, yet hath not thy God seen thy Heart, and noted thy secret sin in his Book! And ha∣ving set it down, will he not produce it in the last day, (if thy return be not speedy and serious) to thy ever∣lasting confusion, there being nothing secret, but what will be made manifest in that day, when God shall judge the secrets of Men's Hearts by the Gospel?