Marrh.s·~· Sermon in the & ottnt. 1· 67 -~~l~ . --- ucrcncc the Embaffadour of' Gad himfclfe,and A ' fors ; bc:c:mfc that from a falfc ~round o.f our.;. ! - --. r~cduc his doCl:rinc) ~s fromGo~, tho.ug_h f~r 'w:trd thing'i,_ they p~rfwadc rh~JC!ucs of Gods h1s pcrfon, he be fub1etl: to m:lmfoldJuhnmloue and fauour. But to cut otfthis offen-t::o,we lttmcdiC", ~ics. Secondly,he mull conGdcr,chadc is Gods ~~ufi remtbcr dmr mans cafe is the more f(a:rc1 will :md commandemcmJ chat t\lough MinifuJJ, "'tl.1cnhe ¥{ann all croffcs: for G'od chr.jlc~; ficrs be manifcfily f:l.ultic and Jlnnd~ll, yet tieth euery ciJi!dwhom~hee recriueth, Heb. 1 2.Ud thcirmini!lcric mull: bc.rccciued and obeyed and it is a markC ofGods child,to be in a!Ht:ti ": ' carefully. Matth. :J. :. ThrScribcs ar.d·Phari" ou, if he profit ·thereby: thoiblled oxe wm~ I fes fi.t in·A-lofts chaire (faith Chrift,) all theremeth foonc( tQ the flaugh'trr,then the oxc:that: ~ fore that thry bid JOU ohflrJJe, that doe, hutafter ~s vndcr the yoa:ke; and d:r. lhccpe th~lt goc.rh J their worlzy.t .doe not. Phil. l. l S'. Some prettch 111 fat paflurt; comi11cth foott~i". t'O tbc f1iam.., Chrij} of enuie ( f.1ith PaUl) andnot in finteririe 1 blcs, then that •\Yhich goeth o.n the bare eom-=' i /Jutyet the .Apoftle.t reioJced therein, Utcauft mdns: fo oftenrimes God fancth the wicked i ChriftwJU preached euery mannerof way.,. v. 18, wltt1 the blcffings of this life, :l.S hce di~ f rhc 1 f Luk. 16 Jj'. And therefore, as we doenotrdllfc mcate for rich glutton, thn he mayJTIOre iuilly c6Ccmnd ; our bodies whC we· be hligric,though a wicked B them in the \'\'orld to come. l.aiHy,we mufi re• perfonhauedrdfedit: fOmuftwe not refufe member \\'h:~;r Sn/pmun faith,s Nomank_ttol;J• or contcmnc the word:ofGodJthc food ofour eth lo11e or han·ed, df all that is 6cfor~ him: that g t"b.J.l· fouls,for the Gns ofthe parry that dc!iuereth it. is,ofall outward t~ings;al!thingsfallalikf vnro Thirdly, many take offence at the lenitie of all, hoth good d;<Ji bad:"and iheJefore nd 111ari 1 3· From Icni. h r b- <e J r r tic towards t e CJluNh,tO\\'ards offcndcrs,and for the prcmuft1o lcne 1im1ehc with his ouiward dhrc, 1 otfcndc:rs. fence of wicked pcrfons at the tords tablc,do that he be drawne tO efl:cemc ofreligion, as a I +Gcncr:tll hc:adofofft:· cCii ukcn. From the c. ftucof the' wicked, • rcfufc to communicate with the ChurchJ now thing necdle!fe or fuperfluous. albeit men lhould IlOtbeadm!mdhandoucr V• 'I, fthtt_th been faid a/.fp, head, to the Lotdsrablt:, but fcandalous perJ J' 'J ,v fans oughtto be refirained; yetthe wantther- "WhojOeuer /hall put .away hiJ of,oughtnotto kecpcohegodlyfromthisSa- ,-he l h · h ljnf Crament: for 3110ther Iiians eui!l confcience Call "fPJ/ e' et imgiue er a'Bij, 0 not defile thy good confciencc, anothermans diuorcement: . : '. !i.nnc cannot hurt thee,vnlcs thou dofomc way conumlnicatewithhimtherin.Chrifiwasmorc C . ,1, 'But tt /(:y 'I.JntOJOU,"WhO_,; carcfull in his dutie,thcn cucrrttawas;&yet he , 1J ~ communicated with the wicked lewcs,Scribes foeuer .fl?a/J put aWay hiJWifo &Phorifes,inthcferuiceofgod,vnderthe!aw. ' i'- 1 fi Thefourth head from whence offence is ta- (e"cept it OCe_ Or fornication) ken, is the j/AU ofthnr>ickfJ, p;incipaf'J in ?'e• eau !Cth het·io commit aduke~ gardof thei~profperitie. Hence tome holy on'cs 'J ~ - fufpechhcir ownecfiate and rcligion,as either rie : and whofoeuer /hall marie not good,or nor regarded of God. This bcfdl '1' Dauid,Pfal.nwhenhe fawtheprofperitieof her that U.diuorced, COmmitthe wicked, and their increafe in riches, with teth ".Jultert·e. peace, ~nd cafe, he faid, CeYtain!J, I haue clenHUl svcrf.tJ. fod mine heart invaine, andwajhedmy hands in OtirSauiour Chrill procccdinO' fi1rthcr, to irmocencic. Hc~ncc alfo lercmie rcafons ·with rcflorc the feaucnth Commmandcmcnt tohis God, h whJ thewa! ofthr wickfdJhou/d profpn-, perfcction,doth here confute afalfc intcrprctlh Ier.rM. and they be in wca!rb that tranJkrejJerebclliouf. tion of Politickc a law of MoJe.r, giucn by the IJ. Hence vndoubtcd!y 31 this day, many call Scribes and Pharilies. [or this cnd,fidl he !aics into quefiion the good pr6uidcnccof God. D downe the words of Moft.rpoliticke };r ......•; but Nov,r the way to cut offthis offence is, to enyet fo,as comaining in them the falfc interprciPbl.7J.17, ur into rhe Jlmfluari~of God, as Dauid did· ration ofthC lcwifl1 teachcrs,v. ~ J.thcn heop.: that is,to come to ,he :lflCmbliesofGods pco: pofeth the «uth of God, againfl their falfc inplc, \<\'here the word is preached: for thetc :.1 tcrpreration,and maimaincth the firfl: inftituti... m~n!hall fee the manifold reafons, ·why God on of mari:agcs v. 32. WI! haue his ownepeoplc afHicted, and alfo the For the firfi, Mofes politicke law was, That fearcfull ende of the plcafurcs of the wicked• he whichpur awa) IJin•ife, fhould gif!e hera Bill namely, a fitting ofthem to funher dc!lruCti: of diuora. This hw the Jewii11 Teachers dia I o.n. Againc, ~rem this fame ground, do·c many f':.IOy intcrprct:for the better pcrcciuitlgwhcrnch men take off~:ncc; for hauino rhc world at of,thefc three points !lre to be handled, touch- \vill,thcybldrc thcmfclucs wirh~his pcrf~.v:-tfiing Mofupolitickehw,;:r. v.•h:ttkindof la\\' ,it on, that God loucs them, and thereupon take '"'a~: 2,the Hra.itndfc of-that hw: ~.\'-'hat effect occ.aGon to condcmnc all religion, and ro ooc ::md force it had: For the flrfl, (he bw is fer. on 111 tl~c pttrfuit o\wor!dlyprofirs & delights. dowt1c, Dcur. 24. I. IJ?ben a man mariethf:. ~nd tLISIS one m_ame .<.:aufc, \.vhy atnong the wife, ar.dfl,eefindenoftu{)nr ;;! his eyes, bcc 1 mfe nch,we h~uc fo tcwe good and found_profcfhee !J.u/; tJPicd fom: 'JilrhintJ[c j;; /)(.,.: tbm In ----'--~-------------------____£~==-~-- ____ him 1
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