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Things being thus contrived, they fel to spruce vp themselves, to become fitter to ex∣ecute their designs. It was a clear case with them, that being to convers with the world, they were to go always very compleat in their apparel, & be careful that nothing but neat∣nes apeard in their words & outward garbe: They were to reform their manners, at least
in the exteriour, & practise certain mortifi∣cations, to please thos they hoped to gain to their partie, & to give a tast of the sound∣nes of their doctrine. They were to draw the people to certain exteriour practises of piety, as to help & visite the sick and priso∣ners, to honour the B. Sacrament, that they might litle think their doctrine savourd of Calvinisme. They were to extoll one another: to profess themselves to be knowing men, & to gaine the reputation of being great schol∣lars, & for this end, were to talk much in the pulpit & in company, of Predestination, of grace, & of Saint Austin; yet when they met with thos that were learneder then themsel∣ves, they were to be very reserved in declar∣ing their opinions; & if they did, they were to do it in forme of a bare narrative, and in case they were required to explicate themsel∣ves, they were to cry out, O altitudo, &c. or say that S. Austin is very plain in the case, & then to fall a praysing the Holy Doctor, that less notice might be taken of the sense of his words: When they spoke of the charmes & sweatnes of victorious grace, they were to adde, that it was to be known by certain marks, that are not given to all; Yet were they not presently to describe thes markes, but only to say, that they are given to thos
that are capable of them, for this would be the infallible way, to draw people to a longing desire, to consult with them about the im∣portant affayrs of their salvation, & then they should not want an occasion to instil the principles of their doctrine.