- ThefecondCommandement. ·83 himofhisfaults,but rather fmooch vp all and e~nter lllm.and .{peake fa ire words; he is a moll gri.euot~s enemie. A:nd yet wh9 is therealmofl~ that do not ddtght mfuch enetntes,and makes moreofchem,and efleemes them t~ore welcom,than . a true faithfull friend, that feekeshis feules health, and will · ~ot fuffcr him to caH hirnfelfe headlotlg into deHru&ion ?· · Le·r vs therefore learne to abhorre all ~arnallloue, beth to:· God and men, as tha~ which is the mofi.pcrnidous hatred. . .This mufl alfo teach vs not to matchour felues in focietie Not ro· or in mariagewith Idolaters. For this ii to ioyne our felues ?:ttah with· with tho!e that hate God: and for this Iehrif4phat was repro0 ,_ rers~ ued. What? faith rhe Prophet, wouldefl thou hdpe the wk- ~.Chron. ked, and loue thofe that hate God? Yet ifone had told ,A.. 1 9·l·. : h;~h that he had hated God; he wG>ulJ haue defied him, and · faid; that he had loued God as well as the bell. But that is no matterJ what Ahabwould fay; fo long as God accounts hitn an enemie, lehofophttt fhould haue had no focietie or· friendfhipwithhim. So that 1 they are much to be condpnned, that.,wiJJ feen1e · to ,haue fome carr ofReligion themfelues·Jan.d to looke that thcirowne waies be good; but yet theycan be familiar,and. · -make fden<il11ip vvith Idolaters, ·and profeifed fupcrflitious perfons. And are not they thc'n fub ietl- to th~t reproofe of Iehofophat? ·What would eH thou-loue thenl that hate mee ~- · No·man will bee knowne to bee a fimiltar friend to an open ' rebdt, '-'''hom the K'ng hath proclaimed a traytor; for feare Je(.1 he fhould be tainted with fomefufpidon oftreafon. And· · indeed he that- will be fo conucrfant, and fo well acquaiRted· with thofe whkh God hath proclaimed traytors :: fuch as.. h1ue any fpirit~:~allwifedome and true loue ofGod, may,not:; without iuA_ caufe, fufpetl- him as one that beareth no grea~ .: · gqod will to God, and his pure religion. . . ' Exod, 2o. 6., eAndfoewmercy·to·th,ttfonds..ofthtm .. that loue mt .&r... . I N' that G-'~d pr~ifet? to-fl1e~ mercy tq thoufand·s, ofDDli~J. t.hcfn that lou~h1m .ana.keepe hts.Conlmandements:, _we· lcarneJ.,,
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