• ( e.J1 Sermon preached i;;:u,.. we cannot oftheEunuchlearne tofpeakegoodt, the King; yet,to followBaw-– Namb. ~~. •l· fell at the lea!l:, neither to blej{e nor cur{e : That makes,that though for !ham: c'fU:"· world, wewill not fct up for Vpholfters, and !l:utfecufoi,,s andpiUowes, tola ~ht e !!C.YfS.~, under their. elbmves; yet, for feate ofmen, we ihunne the Prophet Efay's occ~a/m to take the immpet and difeafethem, lell we l?fe Balaks promotion, or Ah•h's ft/0:. fhip, E{au'sporti011,or I wotnot what dfe,wh.tc~ we will not be without. In aw~~d. this ~aketh, t~.at Ion~h w~s never more unwtlhng to deliver his meffage at Ninive• than IS Ttmothu, to gtVe hts Charge at Ephefm. • yc&1J.· Vcrrei+• Verfe.14.. Vcr[etf. Vcrfe 1f, ibidt,, .TheApojlle[aw this, and what it would~ometo ;an~ that you mayfee,thathe faw tt,youihall underlland,heh~th ~elides t~ts ofyours,dtrected another Writ tous, Verfe I 3. I charge thee,&c. runmng ~~very ngorous and peremptory termes,able to make :~nythat !hall confider them anght,to tremble. Straightly commanding us,i~ the name ofGo D the Father; andoftheL o rt D In sus CH rt 1 s T; laying before us the Paj!ionof CH R I s T, Ifthere be any grace,and the day ofludgement andthere heanyfeare, that we fulfill every part ofour charge; and immediately afre~ nameth this yourch•rge for one. And knowing that we are given to feare Princesand lordt .' herelleth us ofthe Prince ofall Princes, and Lord of all Lords : Knowing,that wear~ given to feare and be dazled with theglitteringottheiryompe (which yet aman may abtdeto loolee on)he telleth us ofHtm,who{e lmghtnejje no eye may once abide .. Know– ing, that we fearehonour and power, though itlaft but for afmall time, Hdearerh Us with one, whofehono11r andpower l".Jlethfor ever. Beloved in the Lo 1!. D, l befeech you weigh bur the place; weigh it, and)Javc pitie on us. For, Nunqteid nos rtcipimm,nunqr1idnosde/ere poj{umU5 r Si delemU5,time.' mH4 deleri (faith Saint At•gujiine.) We writ not this charge, our pens dealt not in it; it was not we that writ ir, and it is not wee that can blot itout,unletfewe our[elves will beblotted011tofthe beoke of life. ·· · . Such is our chArge as you fee,tocbar,reyou:and,butforthischarge,!suttbatweare commanded, but that we :ue threarneo, andthat in fo fearfull manner threatned, we fl:tould never doe it ; ofall men,we ihould neverdeale with theRich.For,who would not choofe to hold his peace~nd to feeke his owne eafe from thischarge, many times chArgeable,[ometimes dangerom,evermore unfavotlry, but for this Proceffethatis out againft us~ For my felfe,I profeffe,that in thefame words that S.Auguflinedid fome-" time: Adijlam otiofifimamfemritatem nemo me vinc.eret : In thisdij(reet kinde ofidle._ nelfe, no man ihould goe beyond me, ifS. Paul would be content l if order might be taken, to have thefeVer[es cancelled; ifwe coulddeliver (I fay not yours, but)ouf' llwne[o11les with filence.But,this ftanding in force,Cogit nos Paulmijle,weareinforced by this Paul; His Pr«eipio tibi, I cllarge you, drives llS to our Pr.o:cipeillit, to charge them :We charge not you,but when we are charged our [elves: we terrific: not you, bmwhen we are firft terrified our felves. And I would to G'O D wel:nowingthu ter– rour might borh feare together this day, at thecharge·giving, that fo wemight both rejoyce together in the great Day,at the charge·anfwering. This may ferve ;.and I be– ftech you, let it ferveto ftand betweeneus and yourdifpleafure in this behalfe: and feeing the Commiflion is penned to our hand, and that Rich men are in it n!lmiMim (except the !even of affeofrion !hew it felfe too evidently in us) to thinke, we cann~f otherwife doe; and that therefore it i~, becaufe the commandementof our Go"~~ upon·us, is heavie upon us. TheCharge itfelfe followeth. I I.' charge the Rieh, &c. This is the firftpointof the charge, thatth(y henot big6~ 7h 1 . minded. 1. F•rfr,againftthat, whichifitcomewithallrherichts, yea,allthever– .,1,1:'~.~~;~: tt<ts in ·he ~odd, it fpoilerh.th~m all; that is, againft Pride. z, Secondly, ag~nll: N_ortobm i1 h. that whtch ts the root ofthts bitter branch, a:nd the prop and flay ufan htgh ratf~ '!'••<~<<~, minde, namdy, avaine trujl in our richu. Both thefe forbidden, by meanes ofthetr uncertaintie,"'"'.,."" fuch, as a mancannot tell where to have them, therefoienot tQ bebo-Jiedof, therefofe not to be tmjled in.. -
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