Sermon 7· andfAsTI N G. I imagine eo come toremifionofjim,perfaltum,over re}'mtance head. Bur,irwill nor. Je: Ejity's q 11 i credider;t,nefeftmet,ts goodcot,mfdlmthts fenfe;Not tocafi away all, 'th makin"' roo much hall:e, buttJke St. John mthen way. To !urn ms fatd, Tf, 01, fo~lt goebefo;e H/5 f•ceto prepare H/5 way: And, but by that •vay heprepares,Caa Is r Luk.1.7 6 . tvill not be come ro. Ifhe prepare one way,andyou goc another, you wiil neve,r comeat chrifl. Thereforehe wonders .ff!..!<ts oftendt~? ~ho /1ad lheweq them imy 0~ ther way. Sr. John knew it not; Cu u ST knew Itnot: And I ca~no.rrcUwl,atro fay,but,rheyrhargoeit,Ipray God,ItdfCCiverhemnot. . · ., ··~ ,, . But,for this [of no other way] C a R I s r f1anfelfets more peremp~oryo~han S; John. Seeyouany, Hearc youofanJ:tharpwlh~.Nift,&t. Vnlejfey•unpent,and , , fcapetbarway,folhallyouroo: thatts flat. Therev.s no l~o11,noAdama11Pbmdes[o Luk.•i ·l ·f: hard as chrifls 'l(ifi. Ifany but Cua r sr bad fa~d It, w~ mtghr have [o!Ignt fomeevali~n: Now when iris He that tells us, there are but twowayes,•Repent,or' Ptrijh; cboofeyouwherber;Repent here/or atime; otperijh there under Godswrath for ever; Notto repent, and nor toperijb,Is not pofiible. • , ~ WhichDilemmaofC» a r s r s (noway to beavotded )makes,ofthetwaineto choofe this fruit of Repentance, rather than to fall into theWrath to come : T<!>fly tiJ rh~one, to fly fom the other: which otherwife we are of our felves !:>utcold!y affe· tted eo. For, though it be fomewhat bitter (this.fruit) yet (fureweare) if it were ten times more, the bitter paines ofira ventura, arefar beyond it. Now, t,he Phyfickeof thehodieand [oulefiand upon oneMaximeboth,Melior eft modica "''~aritudo in faucibm,quam £ternum tormentumin vifi:eribu.t · Better the bitter EleEiuarie than abur. ·. •· ning Agree : Betterajhort diflafle in the mor~th, thanaperpetual! torment in the bowels; Ion. 1.+ :Better Repent Ninive for fortu, thannoNmwe 9tfortte d•yes end. ,. Shall we conclude then with the Pfalmift, What man 15 he that w~utddeliver hio pr,u, 14 ,,.; Soulefromthe wrath to come? And they all began at once to fay; that would I : Yea, - even rheythat lhall not efcape it,will yet fay, Thatwould I. Why, by thebringing, or not bringing forth of thu fruit all goes; depends the comming, or not commingo£..- this wr•th: comming i(you doe nor; Nor comming ifyou doe bring themfmh. p,.{. fertc.frrec1ru fgitur. And, now we havebeene at the root downeward, to comeupwArdto' rhet~u, • The fruits, l theworth ofthe.frr<its, (three p0inrs yet be~ind) which will aske more ·t' rime than is left; Nay, more tlu(n harh beene alrcady fpenr; and fo, the worke of fome other time. A word orrwo,of Proferte, and I have done. · '' r ' . Fitfi,takeit not (this Proferte) by way of 'advice, or as thewijh ofa well-wilting · 1 frtend. No : Sr. I ohnd~livers it, qrtaji authoritatem habcns,as aPrecept, or bijrm'Eiion : Profittt,'a the·word wtllwarrant It, To fay, doe,thu, belongs toar1thoritie; (the Centurio11 will P;cc,pt. tell you fo :) and requireth obrdicnce ;Doe thu,and Hedoth it, m~~'~;· Then,belide arethmty to enjoyne us, there is rJafon, to conclude us.Itis not made ' z aPropojitionbarely,Doe; It is(bdide)a bindin"' Conclulion Bring forth therefore· Prafe<¥~'"; :vherero we in rea[on, to co~forme our Celves,~nd conclude:we willfo brin/{ them. ' • condu o<– ' . Laft,belides both rhefe, tt bmdesthe ~arder by rhepenaltieannexed roir,As you ~ . . vtllavotd the wrath to come.- And fallm"' tntoit you fall from the"'uitionof Heaven r:rofq.e,:mm,. tothed · fH 11 h' 1 · " ' ' J' lunfbonvvuh nalt ""!natton o e • W tc 11sp~r_na PtZ~amm,thepenalty of all pmalties mofipea p<nalti<, . 1• Thts tsthetbree-foldcordthat bmdcrs It about : Letfome or all of themprevat eWtth us tobrino- them fiorth ' · · B . ~ • '· w·u ut oft tt fals our, when we are agreed of the thing,weare not fo,for the time. 4 . 1 weatallbrzngthemfmh?Ifwe will we will take Come time to doe it in. Some The T•m<:' time .. yes; that WC all agree to. At what ~ime then ~ It is norprO'f'Onite,'orpromittitc, """..' Pp.ro!)rt.c; pt~rpofeorprom'(< d · h c 1 . • .r: "''"< '"'"' p >fi ? Tl zeto o.ett, erearrerrooringthem forth·~ but Proferte. What.Ten 1 e;s T<nfe, " ;o. ert~. lCPrefent.- DoittheninPrefcnt. ItrequiresanaGl:inftantl)'t~hedon~, ·- · 1{'~{ t em.Jortb 0 111 ofb•nd. This is a finall note: bur,itisno finall matter,toger this - ma note orne wellaway;toget our Reeentunce into the PrefentTenfe, · 'fi 3 N~y;
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