Chap.3. according to Sr M A T T H Bvv. wholfom.ft. Happy is he, that by the dung-port ofhis mouth (in aforrowfuli confeflion) can disburden himfelf of the thine that both clogs andhazards hisfoul to death eternal. We ran from God by fin to death, and have no other way to return, but by death to fin. For the kingdom ofheaven is at band.] q, d, Ye have a price put into your hands, a fair opportunity ofmaking your felves for ever. Willye ( like thevine and olive in 7othauts parable) not leave your fwectneffeand fatneffe, your diletladeliffa, beloved figs, al- though it be to raign, yea and that in Gods kingdome? Knowef thou not that the goodnefft of God fhould lead thee to repent- ance ? Is therenot mercy with God therefore, that he may be feared ? ihould not men rent their hearts, becaufe God is graci- ous, and turn to the Lord, becaufe he will multiply pardon ? To argue frommercy to liberty, is the devils logick ; and makes God repent him ofhis favours to fuch, as D aviddidofhis kinde- nefe to7 jibal. Rather we fhould argue from mercy toduty, as 7ojephdid tohis matter in a temptation : from deliverance to o- bedience, with David, Píà1.116, 8,9. And therefore return to cur fathers houfe, with the Prodigal!, becaufe there is bread e- noarh; therefore repent, bccaufc his ICingdome is at hand, and would be laid hold on. As7ohn Baptifi was Chrifls fore-runner into the world : fomuff repentance be his fore-runner into our hearts. Verle 3. For this rs he Which*at pken of.] Whether thefe be thewords ofthe Baptitl, or of the Evangelift, it appears not, skils not. The molt fay , of the Evangelift concerning the Baptift. By the `Prophet Ifaiat. ] Thus one Teflament infolds another, rs thofe wheels in Ezekiel:And the Law preacheth faith in Chrift, as well as the Gofpel, Rom.1o.6,7. Thevoiceofone crying] Loudly and letlily; lifting up his voice as a trumpet, or as the foundofmany waters. Semblably S. Paul wasordained tobe a crier, 1 Tim.t.al. and fo is every faithful' Preacher, 2 Tim.4.2. He mull cry, and be inftant, Rand to the work, and Rand over it ; Sal cum diligentia, faith the Syriack there , clangire , clamate, Jer. 4.5. Ye have to doe with deaf men, dead men, living carcafes, walking fepulchres of them- felves. Now therefore as our Saviour lifted up his voice, when helaid, Lazarus,comeforth a So muff Chrifls Minif}ets ( when D a they 3S I*tehem.;, i 4. Heb. ts.1. Judg.g.A. Rom.2.4, PfaL1; 0,4; JoelS. i s. Ifa.yy 7, ßoávr0-, Boaetù, J°ociferaxtú. xñQv. fMR9t. I5.5114. Clameretiam iutStentora vin . CO.
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