Sermon6. o(the HoLv GHt>sr. ------~--~--~----~----~--~---------- ~ (I trufl:) He fhall not faile o~ Non contrijlari. We will never fl:and with Him for this. It is but a[mall matter, this; but evenrattonJJJ!e ebfeq~~<um, arequell: Rom. u . r. of rear modefiy; rather Hourtqie, than a ducy, N'ottogrtev<. • gT{gttogrieve? Why reafon would (faithSalomon) we lhould nDtgrze'ue arty of •,N"."!Y""n· our neighbours, feeing they dwell by us, and doe us no hurt. But (as I faid) ttot the lro.J.>~· ·Gre.t, ifthere be any wifcdomc : nor the-Good, 1fthere be e1rher grace, or gdod nature w:1i bowfoever We dcale with men, here (high orJow, gdod orOtherwile) in a Nit G 0 D 30 y wife (akehcedofolfering ir, to Go D. Why (faithE(ay) li it~o; moughfory4 11 ff•y 7"1· tDgrievemm, uutwi/1 yegm:'emy G () Dalfo? Provoke we Htm (faun theo.Apoflte) ArewejlrMgtr tlw1m?As 1fhe lhouldfay, Thatwere~xrreamc:folly. , . . 1 Norrhrspi· llut Y'tone fl:epfurther: I f•y, and CH a I s T fa~ch as much: !_fGod, yet ~ot •it•fG 0 o. rheHoly Sflrit of GoD though ; notthat Perfon. Smnes and gmvances agamli: theother nvo, may andfhall; Sin againll: Him, fball never be forgiver~. Grieve not Ma~u. i'· Him then, at any hand. . .. Bur,Iaske: Call we grievetheSpirit ofGod, that is, God? CanHebegrievtd? ;.~"j';.~_,..,. Indeed, they be two Q!!ell:ions: 1 Canwe~ and • CanHe~ I lhould anfwer famet! wharll:ranaely (but truly)rofay; We can, ;md He cannot. For we may (on our pms)grie.:;e; (that is) doe what in us lieth, togriweHim. And with Hirrl;theen. lev1ur, is all i and tQ doe what wecan,h4betllrprofaBO;though the effect follow not. This, we can: So badly demeaileour fdves; as, ifit were poffible by any meanes in the world,thatgriifecould bemade eofall into the divine Effence (let Him lookc eo jr) we would doe rhar,lhould provokeic in 'Him ;rhat,fhould even draw it from Hirrt. Let Him thanke thehigh fuper-eminenr perfedio~ ofHis nature) that isnotcapabli: ofit :Ifit were, orany way could be, we would put Him to it. , No1v,I findeinthe Gofpell(from our S .\ i o ua • ownemouth)heth4t/opfceth Maq, 4!. fiiAWBmAIIwithf,ljl after her, hAth (on his part) tomm#ttdailfltery with her: (the woman in the meane while,remaining chall:,as never once thinking ofotny fuch matter.) Then, ifthe one Party m:~y b~ an AdiJlterer, and the other (as I may fay) mt JtMtered: why not, inlikeforr, o11egrieve, and yetthothernotgrieved? Alwaies, this ufe we may makeofit, d exaggmmdampew1ti malitiam, to aggravate fome fins, and lhew the heynoufnelfe of fome finners, thatdoe(onrheirpart) all they tan, to . _ doeit; and thatis all one, as if they did ir. This is* Terf11flian. ;;,~~"f.:~M•rBur, G0 Dforbid,it fllouldlie inthepdwer~of lldlJ,tO work.e ariygriefe inGod: ·H·"'·'·' ... ,"! or, that wee fhould once admit this conceipt rhe Ddtie to befubjcCl:td chis or the H•nithit like penurbarions, that we be, And yet,borh ;liis p11lion ofgrieft, and diver~ other pbr<{<. (as,,ange~, ~tpentAnce, je•loujie) we read rhelllafcribtd to God in Scripture: And, as afmbedmone phce, fo denied as flatly in another. One where it isC.tid, It repented liDa, H:e h4d made Sau! King : In the fame place by and by after, The Strength of 15 .,., lf,u; tael, u not 1t1 mdn,that Becanr<pent. One,where, Go o JVtU t~Jiched_withgriefe of Gcn. 6 • 6 _ · t4Tt_: An~rher, There u wuh Htm the fumej{e of allJI!J forwer; whtchexcludech Pial. ,6,, 1• allgttefequtrc. . How is it_ then~ How are wee to underll:and this~ Thus : That when they are· i:lemed; that, ts eo fer out urito us, the perfect !teddinelfe of the Nature divine no \Vatesobnoxious to chefe our imperfections: And that, is thetruef<lundDivinici~. , }ut,\Vhen they arc afcrihed,it isfor no otherend,but evett humanttr»dtcere t()l· our J.om.~ .•,. j tnrrmtttt, to fpeake to us our owne language, and in our own termes · fo t~ worke flYith us the better. Lightly, men doe nothing fo fcrioufly as when they docitin raf- ~~ h ~orin;!eed,anything throughly at al!,or(as we fay) hdme,unlefl'e it beedged • V:H Iomekmdof ajfoCflon. Confequemly,futh is our dull capacirie wenever fuffiCieor yr k · l1i d ' f< d a eunpre 1on, Go will doe this; orrhartopurpofe· exceptHebeforeprenefu~ unrous,as we ufe our felves tobe,when wegoc thr<ludh ~vieh amatter. In pu. is' InE, wdpaynot home,unleffe webeangrie: When G 0 ~ rhenis to punifh, Hee pre enre untous,asangrie,tonoretous,H~will proceedaselfcctually, as ifHee I 'N ~>i'. were ~
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