Sermon 8. and FA s T 1 N G. there is none quickerthan th~t of .Angtr. F?r which caufe, when time was, you may ember we made it the chtefeIngredt<nt mtoRepenta/Ice. Even,Angerat our [elves ~~were f~ evil! advifed as to bring our,fdves into the ~nser of Goo. Wh.ofe«nge; l'Ul.n~·~· when it comes, ~ispotertt! whocan,who u ablel (thatis,nonecan, ~one1s able) to J, 'de And why found we tt fo ~ Bccaufemoltlifeand.ffmtappcaresm that : Feare 1 dSorrow and che refr, are bur dull and heavy in comparifon of it. . an And this I now inention the rather,becaufe thepa.fion of Anger(1f you marke it) frrikes upo~ ira ventura in the,Text :doth even in a!llanner !~ad us by the hand un– to it. one anger;to another: Gods anger, to ottrs : pod sto e~me, to ours .for theprefent. For by ourangtr for rhepre(e~t, we t11rne away fi tUo.co'."e. Ouranger1S a[tperfedeas 10 Hit. Or,ifyou w1ll have 1t m termes of Iu.ftzce,pidgmg our(elves wejh11Unot bep1d. gedcfthe Lord. . But our <.Anger, and (generatly) all ouraffeCl'ionsarewellcoinparedtolime; out of the water, where they lhould bee hot, no heateapp,eares in them : in wattr wherethey lhould be cold,rhcretheyboileand take on. Vfed there moll:, whererhey fhould be leafr : and auaine leafr,where they lhould be mo!t. For, take me a world– ly man and lethim but over-reach himfdfe, in fomegood bargaine, ici marter of profit,'you!hall fee him fo an;sry ,[oout ofpa:iencewith.himfelfe,as oft it c~frs him into fomedifeafe. There (!o) 1srepentancemkmd: there,1s that whtch makes 1ta tree, theSpirit of life.. ours (for the moll: part) towards Gon is dull and bloc1ifh ;neith~r lifenor foule 10 lt. · But we may nod!:and thus about the tree:Weare called on for Proferte,to bring 1I' fomewhat(Qrth: Elfehow !hall we know,itis a tree, an<J.no log l Small ods or none The 8 ,;,;"' at all,berween adead.ftockeand abarren tree; one brings forth as much as the other, It o!thc r,,, is the bringingforth,thatmakes thedifference. . Bringing forth is oppolite to lueping in,wemull: have nokept-inrepentance. Fimh 'it muft come, forth it mulr be brought. From whence ~ fromwithin. Carying in (be. fore;) Keeping in(now:) •llwithin'sare againll:,uttcl'ly againft Proferte. , Sr. Iohn faw;well,which way the world wouldgoe. Men would have theirrepen' tance proveresintwperagenda, amacterto beJfedde, diJPatched,fhr~ffledup within,be– tween their confcienceaad thun (forfooth.) And then they would tell you great mat– ters,what rbeyare within.There, within,they have it,that they have; where no body , can fee what they have. Vader thebujbe!lmuch, bur nothing on thecandlejlicke, chat . :myman can fee. So,in ll:ead of Proftrte,we lhould have Pr.tferte,noth.ingbutpreten· M11th. f.l r: dmg. Nay,noPr«jerte: Proferte (faith St. John:) Nobofome repentance: Brir;git out, fhew it. For,upon St. Iohn's Pr9fertc is grounded St. lame's o.ftende mihi, Shewm~thy Iam,>. !'' faith: And it h,olds,itl repentance too. Tell them not of arepentance under theground; downe "' the root; within, in thehollowof thebarke; They will not heare of it,Vtin P"'llltentt!t, fola confcientia pr,e(eratttr; fed ut aliqrto etiam externaaCl'u adminijlret11r : Not only apretmce or faire fhew. to be made of our confcience within,but fomeout· ward.thmg tobe.done andexecretedupon it: Somewhat to be brot~ghtforth. Take heed ofthts errour, as tfrepentance werea matter meerely mental!or intentional!. It is nor, good n.uonsen the brainc, norgoodmotions in the mindewill ferve, thefe are but the fap wzthm: Looke to thebranches, what fee you there Look toProfertc, what is brougfi~ forth. h llringfortb then :Andwhat~Many things doth :ttreebring forth,and divers.of l(J.' ~ ~m as fore.mnncrs to the/rttit,asbozighs,and leaves,and budds,and blof{otnes. Saint Thc{ruiz it /. nmennons none of them; paffethbythem all: fhyes at no 11 c till hecometothe twu. · J mets Tl · · 1 ' fl 1 N · 1at1s tt,t 1e tree was plamed for. Not to make materia!ls,not togive .Maow: · ot fofrthegreene bo,.gbs,nor thegay bloffomes not for anythinu but for thefrNit. The tree1s or rh t'. · ~ b :JJ' ' " · • r h' h. e '"111 ; an..., lltforthefruit, thetehadbeene notrec. FrllltltWas,ror w 1c Itwas.fidtfet,,andfor which it islctgrqw : and when thereis no longer hope . ,. ~ •
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