Vfe. t. try fes 13 6 of the Rich man,aridLazarus. fouie,clamnedinhell. Secondly,theWord is theLords cep- ter,and they that rciei-t i:,put downe t heir Soueraignsfcep- ter. This were treafon again an earthly Maieilie : Sc can thatother bee leife,or better then rebellious frowardnes, or treafon (in the higheil point oftreafon) againiie the Lord ? Thirdly,fuch mean to lice quietly. in all finne : feeing they reicc`f the word that reprouethGnne,, and the fcornfullfin.. ner. And,are theynot moil wickedly froward,who fayof finne,This is nayre§1,here rat dwell; towit,in the chayre of finne,withtheworíl of (inners? Pfal. z t. Fourthly, they that meditate in the 1aw,and they that delight inrt,are, and are .faid tobe very obedient children ; therefore theyare frowardchildren and vngodly, by the true rule ofcontrao ries, who cannot abide the Wotd, much leife abide to meditate in,or readeit. A reproofèof Popi(h both Mailers and Schollers, who (aswe heard) preachandbeleeue, that it is dangerous to haue the WordofGod among them, that is, among the_ common fort ofthem,in a tongue theyvnderlland,,or in their mother tongue ; for fuchcannot but carry the brand ofperfonsfrowardlywicked. But there are in our owne profellion whoheare it,and reade in it,and yet reieO the nurtureofit in their Hues, and reafon agam(I it in their talke, as this Rich man here. Surely, ifthere be.iiot much rebellious wickedne(Iein this, thenwas thisdamned foule in hd, in fore thing tollerable,or not very ill. An admonition therefore toall that would auoide the blot Sc note ofveryfroward perfons, or perfons frowardo lywicked and rebellious toGod, Pot to crolfe hisWord eyther with their conuerfation, or tongues; and where the wicked as Antipodes goe again(' thefootings ofit;towalke with it in a right path, and to adorne it with their obedi. ence in aholy life: where froward perfons and verywic' iced fpeake against theWord, our reafoning mull bee for it where they (hut their cares, we mu(I openourBares vn - toit: where theyhate admonition, we mull heareand in creakinLaming, Pro« i .5. Increafe (I fay) as they that liue
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