Sdmo~n_r~ 3. _______o~~~~-e_R_ · ~E-s_u~R-R~E~c_T_I_o~N_. __________ s_r 9 ~ -=the" fruit ofour labour will be this (I hope) at leafr, to confirme us in the kee- The •ft of th< . aofit. We keepeEajler, ~anyof us, weeknownocuponwhatground. By thirdpoi~t · rh~ wee fhal! fee, we havea ground for that WC doe. Wee doe no more, than the about Eailer. chur&hesof G 0 o, chanthe.Apoftles havedo~e.bef<;>rcus. So, oureare~ fhall heare the voice inEfaybehinde us, f! .tc eft vta, Th1s IS the way: .Am6ulate 111 ea, Walkc in Era13 o.ar. it, as you doe, you are in the nght, and there hold you, · IF any. This (if) i takeir,is no idle if, riovainefuppoGtion, to fay, if there be l.' a11y, where there were none, No: contentions there were. When~ when (we:) whobethey~ Saint Faul andhisfellow vfpojlles, whe~th~ylived. Andthe conu!unsin ChNrchn: what churches f thcCimrches underchem,ofthmumes. In the very the.Apoftld prime ofthe Primitive Church, then werethereContenttons. time. And thofe not with an enemie without ( Iew or Gentile;) that, wete ,;,.,f'e-, warreabroad :thisis ,;:;<@",but a jarre athome,amongthemfelves. That former (abroad) they reprefent by If maeland Ifaac, and they were oftwo venters. This !at: ~·1.•:•9: . ·cer (at home) by :hetwoTwins inRe6aca'swombe. (I feare the time: elfe could I ea..s.• 3 ' letyou fee this llrife, in every Church of.them.) . . · . . . This I note firft, that we may not ~"'(•&. (to ufe Samt Peters terme) thtnke tt • Pcr••pt,j Jlr~nge, if there becmten:ions in our rime~. They /hall be noftran~ers \yith us, in ours : They were not With them, m thelfs. Nmher conte»ttons (m tlus verfe : ) Norfchifmes (in the next, the eighteenth:) NorhmfleJ (inthe nineteenth, next to that.) Iris ofthe.firy tri•ll,Saint Feterfpeakes it (ofper{eciltion:) lt is as true, of the watery trial! (of conteTJtion.) As true it is of the !aft, as ofthe firfr Church: I provedtlm alfo at the watm offtrife. Thofe waters, the waters ofMcriha, will hard- Pral.S • .~ lybedreined ever. . There were contmtims then : About what~ For, though peace be preCious; : . yet offuch moment may the matters be, as they are to be contended f~r, yea, even ~~;·~~:,:; :r to the death. For what then were thefe ~ for nothmg, but a matter ot Rite: 011en circumll,nce. prAying, whether thcylhould be 11ncovered; womm,whctherveiledor no. For a Vcrfe+,l· H•tand aVeile, was all this adoe. It was not about any the high Myfteries, any of thevital! parcsofReligion,Preaching, Prayer, theSacramenis: Onely, about the manner, how; the gefture and behaviour, wherewith; in what forr, to carry themfelves,at Preaching, Prayer, the Sacraments: about matter of circumftance mecre– ly,andnothing elfe. . · And eventhefe, even themeane!l; things would be donefor the better, notforth~ wor(e (faiththeApojlle, inthenextverfe.) Andthemoreorder, the better. Sotl•e Vcrf<S,. Wpojllr hactfet order for them, and inter alia, forrhis too. Orhet his ordinances (hefaith) they remembred well, but not this : This was oppofed. For, with fome, a\11s not worth a rufh, ifthey fee not further than their fellowes, nay, their betters, then: Ifthey finde n?t fomewhat ro.findefault with, if it be but a ceremony. And to p!Cke aquarrel! w1th a ceremony,1s eafie. A plaufible theme, not ro burrhen the CC.hurch with ceremonies : the Church to be free : which hath almoft freed the hurchofalldecencie. , , ·About!uch points as thefe,were there, that did not only wntcnd, but that gre1v :i ~nteNtMus: N;;,.g. is one thing, to contend :~""~'""'another. ro becontentiom. The Y", comcmi• . poillef.luhnot,ifanycontend : but,jiqrliHontentiofm. And (ofm) is full:~"' r:fo•Ol.~hrcU IS one that love~ it, is given to it. Strange, any fuch lhould be: But the Apoftlcs if, <o;.,~~~Io:.' proves to be no 1f, Wee fecit daily,in.perfons but meanely qualified (Go n wot) A a :q. y-'et
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