A profitable Expoftion 2,Pentfon Saint James faith :1/4) brethren, haue not the faithof our glorious Lord 7efau Chrijlinre_ Calvin:ad- JieFl ofperfonr. F aith in that place incl"udeth the preaced word, which if thou thus uerfus Ann- regard, remember the (tripes that they (hall haue that know their mailer his will, bap: artic: 3. and refufe to do it : remember whole head the blood is vpon, when the watchman pag.583. hath warned.Ifthy ['allots gifts be not Co great, whom reproacheft thou, but the Oiler of them ? May not he do with his owne as pleafeth him, for thee ? Refüfeft O god and thòu to heart him,for his litle,to whom the Lord wil fay,Euge ferue.bone,& crowne tut.,tullteruít. him for his faithfulnef(e ouer little. Beware, I vl ilh thee as a friend in aria, thy feet are Eliding fearefully if thou flay not. Stand not vpon hisvwuerfitie, vpon his Yer.erees degrees, vpon his age, -vpon his method, leaft all except ( o (+range fuggeflion vols1 tü,g cí aguilfirllferpent in their euill dayes ) again(+ his writing: for his memorie, as when woi hi.y though becaufe his note helpeth his memorie, therefore his lips keepe not know - kid, ledgc,andthouwilt not heare him, Butfland vpon the meliage that is done, re- member whole itis:ffand vpon the rneffengers,calling veto them about all others in this world, if hebe thy Pallor, what meafure ofgrace foeuer the Lord bath vouchfafedhim,fiandvpon the ordinance of the Lord, by preaching to errs his kin gdome in the hearts of men, and to faue them that beleeue : (land vpon the a_ bilieiie of thy God, to giue thee good by the miniflrie of him that is thine owne, how meant foeuer he ferme in the world to the curious : almo(+ I had Paid curled creatures, (+and vpon thy iudgement done to the defpifers ofIefus Chrifl, and remember it of ten, Quivesaudit, me audit, &c.He than bearethyou, heareth me, and he that defpifethyou ,defpafcthmee.Fot theft with a number moe ípch,are true grounds of that commaunclement, the breach whereof will be hellifh woe for met.. Obeys. them which have the ouerlight ofyou, andfubmit yourfelues, for they match foryourfeuler, as they that mullgiue accounts, that they may doe stmithioy, and not with griefe :for that is Hebr.r ;. ry. notprofitable for you. And if my (perch may not find a blefling voto forne, becaufe the Lord hath determined to de (troy them : yet fay I to my brethren that am the r.5am.a sc. meanefl of them all,let vs work the work of our calling faithfully: throw the feede of the Lord into his field, according to the hand that he bath giuen, carefully: giue attendance to reading painefully, though we neuer take degree in Vniyerfitie, paffe with a worthie Apof }le through good report,& euill report,& ifany man,we a,Cót.z.rç. -thus doing,refufe the Lordes letters becaufe we bring thg, the Lords meff.ge be- caufe we deliver it, the Lords gold, becaufe we deale it, let vs comfort our felues with the fame 4poflle ,ehatwe are vnto God afweetfauour ofChrifl in them that perifh.But myb'vethren,ifwe do it not,but giue our fifties to eafe, &to the wales of Romero, this world,fa(hionging our felues daily more and more in an vnlawfull fort accor- cling to the fame, then remember, that preaching being meanes, yea the chiefefl meanes to ere& this kingdome of the Lord in this world,we negleetinglit,we neg_ le&t alto theeffeEt ofit, namely,thekingdome of God oucr and in his people,and fo fuffering as much as lyeth in vs,the Lord to lofe hispeople,and the people to lofe their God,we fearefuly purchafe to our (clues that dreadfull woe that is pronoun - r.Cor.9.r6. ced to all them that preach not the Gofpel./faronfounded we know when he mini- fired , by his golden bell in thofe dáies, and therefore he (hall not dye, faith the E=nd.1835., Lord : if wee found not when we mini(+er by the golden gifts given of the Lord, Every man in (hall not we die? h s ¡mature. And is this all that we ashiconcerningthis matter,namety, that Gad would bellow his word vpon vs, that we may read it and heare it, and haue st preached vnto vs, to the building vp of this his kingdome isms? No indeed. But forafmuch as neither our readingnor hearing is able to profit vs any thing vnto faluation, except the Lord by his holy Spirit make it fruitfiill to vs, and giue it a bleffing,thcrefore we pray alto mightily thefe words, for that heauen- r,l or, ly power of his grace, that what we read, or heare read or preached veto vs out of his heauenly booke by the minhl'cerie of men, tray by him be made afiuourof life vnto life vnto vs. For though Pau/ preach, and Appello water, yet neyt her Paul nor Appollo, bút onely the Lord giueth increafe. Except
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