Sermon 5· andfASTI No, dition ctcrnall ~ Why nor;for indignationofour many indignities offeredGo? ~ A– las it bur lhcwesour affechons offorrow,.mgtr, ft•re,de.fire, are <]Utcke,havc ufe,are ve~ajfodions (indeed) infcc~lar ll;1Jtters : b~r~ deadanddull, and mdeed, no .tjfeElions at all, bur plaine cou 11 terfeits,m thtngs perrammg to Goo,or that concerncthedhte and hazard ofour foulcs. . ) . T kc downe apeccallthllmour(asweecalltt tnour body, wherebywefean • · 0 taf ur health we can and doe enter intoa !hictand tedious diet, and hold our tmpatreo 0 ' bidd ( h h 1 · 111 ·f ll·W canforbearethisandthar,asweare en t oug we· ovcttwe , 1 we b web ·. led 1· 1 ,vill doe us hurt. Iffo. r thehealth of ourbody, we wtll doerhat,which, eutto, . llh ' C. l 2l for our Joules health, we wtll nor,I c;annorre w atto ay.to us. . . Whatfpeakel ofhealth? To wmbutaprtze~arartmmng,orawr~jllmg, Abjlmet • Cor.9 •S· fe .6om!1i6 111 (faith rhc Apojlle, r Cor.9.) They 1111llab.Jlame ftoma/1 thmgs, and under• oe a firict regiment fora long rime before : and allts bur for apo~rc Stlvergame. ~hat lballI fay then,ifwe cannot be got to endure fo much,to obtame rl~e heavmly prize, which is in part done (as rhere he faith) by cajhgo corpr~< meu~t~ i' 1hrs for rhq IbidT<r. •r· natural! mans Cum, whmhe will fo.Jl. Will rye now fee the ScripturesWhen,when that fers us out our time ? Theybee ;;h;;:.ripturts. . inamannerrhevery fame: Scriptureand 'l{gt11revary not,drctare to us rhe f.1mc tnne, both. . Our firft when : What t,ime any great dangerhangs and hovers over our heads l Wl1en ;, da.' that is Gods time (faithEfay z>. zz.) Gov Himfclfe doth then callus tofo.Jling. No gcr. tim;rhen, tokill oxen, or drelfe lheepe, ear llelh and drinke wine: A great paine is therefet upon it. God muft needs rake ir ill,if \VhenHe bids.us fdjl, wcfall ro feaft• And this when, is of greareftcxample: NonefofrequenrmallrheBtbte, asfafts of rhis nature, Never came there dangerroward them, ·' ofplagHe,but David: b of • ' g,,,, 4 : f•miNe,butloel :' of,var, b~tiofaphat : d of anydeflmaion threarncd, but not only ~;~~.'~',';, : goodQ!eeneHejler, butwrcked•vthab; nay,even the heathenKmgof f Nzmve,ro d Efi". 4 .•6; their fal1sftraight ;flying to it;astoa forcible meanes (andfothey ever found it) to • • King."· turneawai Gon s wrath,and fo the danger,rhematter of their feare. This is a time /Ion.J.f: 7 • When: and wc(then) to doe it. Now, iffor the effect wefajl; for thecaufe,mucll inore. Of thefe,of all orher a ourmiferies,the caufe is within our fdves. Ourftn,whercby Gons anger is kindled, W~cn ir.f • . . and rhefeever follow uponit. When therefore we would proceed againll: our fdves 1 0 P''"'/b"· forfin,' humhle our felves (the phrafe oftheLaw) b chdjlcn our {ehm (of rhe Pfalme) • Levir. 16.•9· 'punifo ourfelves(oftheProphets) d take revenge ofour[elves (theApojlles phra[e) t11m ~~~~~!l~'t jejunabrmtiwdieillo :this,is a way; thenis a timerodoeit. F8.Jling is aprmijhmellt to d >Cor.p r; ~he flefh; * Modic11m pani; &pauxifl11m aqu.t was apart of Michea'sprmifhment. By •x Rcg.u.~7· It,asroamerce ourfelves (as tt were) for abuling our liberty before and making it an occalion to thej/ejh, and thereby to prevent Hisjudgemmt byjudgir~gour[elves : D~ de mepamas,ut illepdrcat (it is Augu#ine.) This fo proceedingof ours to take punifhment.on our{elves, it is illex mi{ericordi£ (faithTertullian) it allures,inclines God ro mercte; when He fees us angry with our [elves in good earnell:, and doe fomewhar, HIS•ngerceafes : 'l{gm,qui culpa ojfenditttr;ptenaplacatrtr, whom thefardt offends, rhc punifbment appea(es; whether Hisprmifbment, or onrs. But, lkhad rathcr,o11rs than H~t: thatw<lhould doeit; thanHe. And this to 'extend to the body alfo, and to the chaftening of it. For,doth.rhe ~·t only fin? Doth n?t rhe body alfo ~ And lhall theJolile fuffer f orro•• forftn,and le~~ thebody fuffer nothmg;and yet was tn rhe fame tranfgrcf~on ?I fit!hall, thenar wb/"nadamm (for,pama .fenf u; I am fure;wc would bemorcloth ro comero.) And r. pam& damm but af>{lznere a lwtu quta zlltettacontt~ptvit Todeny our[elv es, th,zt we mtght,for doingthat,we mightnot? There is anorhcr-Crtm: I IdSecondly. .A:s it is acbajli(ement forfin,when it is done:So hatb it a!wayes becne • 1 e toha£ve,nttamedicinaMeforce, afpeciallgood remediero prcvcmftn, whenit Toprm ntit. Isnot yet allenonus,orweimo it; bur, grudges us only (as it were) and whereinto · V 3 we
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