. . . . ~~ ~eweth, that ifwee bee inChrHl, wee muGwalke as Chrifl r.Ioh.i.(• -.yvalked. Euery member goeth the fatne waywith the head, – whereunto it is vnited,and ~hereby ic is guided.IfChrilt be eur head, let vs walke in the light wherein he walked, let vs tread in his Aeps ofmcekneffe, ofdenying the world, and of placing our ioy in l1eauen; and thofe vertucs that fhined in hi~Jlec them appeare in vs,thoughaot in the fame meafure, yedn the fame manner and truth.For the likeme~fin·e is im– poffible vnto vs .: but the like truth and vprightndfe, is not only poffible, but fo necdfary ,that without tt, we-can haue no afiur-ance that we arc in him. This ferueth likewife for the incouragcmenc,and ·Comfo-rt " ofGods children, that liue in fuch prophane places, where they can hauc no paterne of godlines in man, nor any tha-t will ioyne with them in any holy thing, as ic often times fals out : then the diucll i,s ready to hinder them fron1 all goed· proceeding,with this obiection; What? will yel<J be fin gu– lar? will you be alone without any example? No, they 3re' not without example, but they-follow the bdl example, euen theexampleofGo4: and it is farre better to.bc led by his example to heaueu, though foolifl1 men mocke thein, · then~by the example offinn~rs to bee drawne to hell, and haue God ~o plague them. His only example lhould more encourageand flrengthen vs, then all their contrariepraai. fes difcourage .and feare vs. Therfore let the world gowhich ·way it wil,wemufi walke in thewaiesofour God,and make ·him our prefident in all our a&ions. In fJ;,t·e d~yes the Lord created tht htAuen tmtltarth. I N this example which God hath propofed,we' mayconfi- Godcaa derfomething ofthe power ofGod in the creation: And ~i~~~ei~ in that bee fpent no longer time, then fixe cdayes in making fl1ort fpa, the whole world, we n1utl vnderflandby this,that God is a. !:!n[.~al . ble to bring to paffe great matters in a fhort time, and by_ fmall meanes. The formingofthe world,one would thinke,. - needed fometime, in regard of the workemanfbip there- · · e~andmanydaies ofmaking prouifion, for fo great a buili dmg: but wh~n Godwould bee the workeman, and take · M-, in 1.
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