OfR E p E N T A N c E, Serman 6. to deale with theCaittion, what to efchew in the doing. We cannot·get men to it (to fajf ·: ) what need WC then fpend any fp~ech,how they fl1ould not doe it, when ihey doett not-. W~ divided the Text inro two parrs : One, for fajling; the other, againfr hyp~crifi:c. As ourtimesare, there is moreneed,to fpeake for fifting,thm againll hypocri. jie.And yet againlhhat too: (God forbid;that,or any vice lhould be favoured:) but not againll hypocrifte, infafting. There is little feare ofthat. Men faft netlike hyp~: criies, when they faft not at all. · · Bur you will be pleafed to call to mind how we then left, and wherewith wee concluded the Jafi yeare. That we mull not thinke any thing more than needs io '}ny fpeech of CH R I s ·r's, That,what rvef?avereceivedof the Lord, tlut, and ~0 dther thing; And as we havereceivedit of the Lird,Coand nO'otherwifeare we todt. liver it unto you. And, fromHimwe have received both CUJt~jtjunati!,and '1VSi. ' ti! ;the one as well as the other. And fo,we fet forward, toNe}iti!jiet~t, the Caution. Yet fo, as our firficaurion ever be, we omit not tofaft. Not,ilt other-times: but not at this fpecially, when theChurch, or rather, God, by theChurch b.er ancient order and cull:omecalls us to it. For when are we to lookto all this,what time-. Why,Whewwe faft :That when{is frill to bekept in minde: to that we mull come. That, the ground ofall; thither we mufi returne againe int~e end. , Tht Summe We fay then, Cum jtjunati! is thegood feed-corne which CH ll IST Himfelfe bath & Drvi(ton. ' f?.wen.:Al1~b~~ge~,js_ b_uc chaffeto be blowen away. And, n!JW 11~ take~,his f~n io Icr. • J· ,s, huhand,leofanaway,thJs Chajfe. For, qutdpale,udfrtttc~m (lfaltlr God, 10 kremief wh_eat ~nd,,:hajfo, wha~lhould they doe-together~ Thefe muJl: befever~d: Q~ to be l?'d up \n.the <?arner,thcother to beburnt with U(l<)_uenchablefire. • . _ : J ~ ~ypo~r!e~~f8/3~~~~~h;~~!~J;~~::::tt:b:~:~~d!d. Thechaffe, IS t~ the word JI. 2 But,here is afpeciall kindJictlt hypocrit£ triffu,Not,fowre,like hypocrites: Or, . : ,,, • notli,ke foJ,Vre hypocrites, Not!ike'.them.' · ~ 1 :J · 3 Notlikethem, wherein-. Intwdpoimsupon whichthefangoes. • Notlike .• tiiem,in theinSicut : •·1Not like them, in their Vf, Nor, in theirmannerhow': Not, in their enJ, why. • Not in their manner how : Why, wh2t doe they~ they are all for thecouhtenance; and, that,they disftgt~re. In makingittheir labour, to havcic appeare intheir countenance. • And, why doe they_ fo ~ That fo, menmay know t!km for [Ajers. In making it their end, tobefeeneoj men. ThefetwoHeefanms away. · I_I r. - 4 But,_what if one could find in hishearttofaft,and yet would havemen fee it, arid-commend'him for it, vld quoddamnum, what hurt will come of it~ Onewould thinke, none ·: c HR is T f.1yestAmento it. Theymakeictheirreward;to,befeene of'men •:. W-h;y, it !hall be theirreward, they !hall be feene of men: that is all, th~y would have to come. Why,this,one would never thinke apunifhmellt : But, it i~one. And thinke it not a f mallone, For, though it feeme nogreat harme to re&ei1Jt armard ofprayfe : yer when we fl1alllaytogether,howp~re a thing it is they receive, Mim's payfe: And,howgreat an·one they lofe by the mcanes,God'sreward : they had bet· terbewithout it. For, when they h:ive that, there is all; all that !hall come-Ofthe,r fafting · Acceperuntft•am,amifmmt meam,They have received theirreward, they hare l'(/1 mine;and CH RUT rofay Amentoit;This,fayl,isfureaheavyptmijbmmt.Theteforclooke to it. ' · t~k.u. r. ' 'And, ~hen thechaffiis blowen away,and thefloorepurgea : whc~ rheold le"!t$ which is hypocrijie,is'cafi out :ofthe rcll, we are to makeourfwm.6read,now ag:unft thegreat Fe aft of oHr Pafft~'l)er,we make readyfor~ , ~ . . • Tf'kttl
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