Sermon r. V}RKPENTANCE, Then, if, at all rimes; He is norro be found, we are ro make choice ofac~niine cum, cum inveniripotefl, whet! He may be found, and rhenf~ck~ Htm. , Many returnes there be, mthe ter~e ofour hfe; Many Gum,.: All arcr~duc~d totWO:, Ct~mServaret;and>Cumocczderet; Or(1fwew1ll nccdsbcwcdd,ed, roa Cum occlderet) 'c 11 momd:ret hoJfes eomm; •~or, eos : Whe:l Hef~attcrcrh andJlayh r enemies and f.1vern us. Oneof rhefc two 1t mu!t needs be. et 0~ur~< o.-clde:et, it is not. CH R r s T Himfelfe exprelfely Jimiteth it, before: •Dedi ei temp tU adpamitendlltn,((airhhS)Igave her attme to repent.What ume)s rhat~ Le!l: we might miltakeir,tobe Cllm ocnderet,.He addes; ffwedoe1t not,u1 that tlm~, [obyHim given,HeWill caft us doivneon 01tr beds, the beds ofafJ!tfhon a~;~d,bic!<q,!le; and there kill us JVitl, death. So rhar,the nm~,heallowerh us to repent, IS before we 179 Ttwou!Jbe I C"m {crva. Ttt. *.Apoc.1.,:.1. Vc1f.:u. 'l· me thither. For thither we come, betaujc wc dtd lt nor m the mne,hegave us to d~e it in. Indeed,~ur bed is notthe'p)ace: In lec1:do qthejivi, 1fought Him in rny. bed.:) Cllu.p. qu£/ivi,(ed non inveni: 1 Jou~ht Htm,bttt 1foundfi,zm not. l be pbceof[l.mghter IS not theplace: Nor,rhc mneofktllmg IS notthe tzme._ We nu~ taker.lnr nme: qut ttts n9c. dedi illt., none ofHtsgwmg. The nme, He gtverh us, 1s, bdorc we come th,tfc. Then,iftVhenHe kzls us,isnot it whenhe faveth;u?tt ts.lt IS mdeed: and aclrl.(!vr 1 Rf, ir,an houre ofcttm fervaret ,thcn,r<better than avmtage,a whol·eday ofCum O.'ftderet;,_ •'•' .~ ....... Vpon thefe rwo the whole P(alme !l:andeth: and the pJrt (before) !heweth, when it /hould have beene. When He ovenv/;elmedthe Egyptians in the Sea: \:Vhen. Vcrfc 1 .1: the Pillar ofthe clot~d,v.uover: When,He not onlyfaved them, bur fervedthem, rai- ::: ning d~tVNe Manna,forrhcit: need,a1Jdgiving them~ailesfor their l11JI:thcn,wa;, the >7· time with them: and then, IS the ranc w1th us. , , For (Cure) as wefeeke Go o, to (aveus :[o, H~faveth us toJeeke Him. Ifwheri wefuke Him, we arefaved; when we are(aved, we lhouldfeekeHim. Thqime of His (aving is the mne ofom'feekmg : And, one hourc, >hen, 1s better than foure and twenrie. All that while, wharfeekewe ~Why (aslercmie faith) we doe thenqtt.crere Icr.H.f· grandia. Other greater matters we have in hand ·. Matters of more weight than rh~ feekingofG o o. As,fHufeekmgwerefomepe.te bu!inelfe:Shghdy to b~Jought, and lightly to be found. Any nme good enough for 1t. .. Nay, not that: but, fo evil! arc we affected ro feeke Him, then, that qt~.qebaJJt is occlderet: we indite Him of our death; it is death to doe it: as leef~ ilie, as Jeeke: Irmakerhusold; it killerh us before ourrime. We dige!l: northern, that call on us for it, bur feeke our [elves (as the<.Apoflle fpeaketh) r,;>,tagiflros (emnd11m deflde. , T im. 4 l· rja, that may enterraineus with Speculations, of what may be done by miracle, at the houre of death: that may give us dayes and elbow.roome enough, to feeke orhetthings, and to lhrinkeupHisfeekinginro a narrow rime, at our encl;ijodrelltj~, nme enough tben. For, rhus (then) we reckon: all the time wee fpend in it,we lofe the fruit ofom: life, and the joy of our hearts !hall be taken from us. Asifrhefruit of life were not to jinde G o o ; Or, as if any true hearts joy, Go o ·bein<> noi: found. Call wee this ourfruitandjoy, notto feeke Go v ~ Ca!Jirnor ('o: 'L,te. · t11r cor quamntitim Deurn (faith the Holy Ghofl) Let the heart of them rejoyq, t,&,lt pf.f.ror,.; ..'. feeke :he L oR o. Yea, i11 lacl"ymis peccatorum, in rhe very rearcs of a peoit;enr, ' there IS Cf.11th Samt <...Attg:.Jiine) more found joy, rhan in rifi• thcatromm, in all rhe games, rheThearer tan affoord: Da ChriJfiarmm, & fi,it quiddico. But, our raft~ is turned, and we reli!h nor this Seeking. By our flefh.pots we have lived, ~ne! by rl).Cll;i wewtll dye, and fo we doe. Lujl harh beene our life, and we will be pJricd ir,Jtl>!= graves of Lufl : And fo we !hall, and never know, what that joy mean~rh, L,eWtJY cor quttrcnJium Deum. .. > ' ~""' Servaret then, will not ferve. Nay, cum occlderet will fcarce ferve, it had) I mucd a~oe : Let Him draw His fword, and come amon<>!l: us. For if (as, of Hi? "'m occJdem goo ne, e, Hedorh not) Hee rulh not on us at fir!l:, but b~oin with others : If it be •~<os •. , Cttm ocnderet' f· ji k S · b k '' · 1 a.tos ' wee ee 'e nor. ee yee the X X :X I. Verfe: He too e away· or Jers,before their faces; and rhofe,nor weake or lickly perfons, bllt rhegondli;ff and .f/rongef'f ,
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