Sermon rz,. ofthe HoLY Gaos 'r. --:--;; {ne/fe)Hoc eft totttm hominiJ (read fome).rhere is~tU man hath,th:tt G 0 0 will rtg teo•f. Or Hoc efl omnis homo (read other, and inferre, Si hoc eft smnis homo 1 j, 4 • acceoto' h'l•fl ' . h ) Th' . tt· h h· ' ' . fn tu'odjine hoc ni 1 CJ· omm; emo: 1s, u man, a t at cts ;for, whatme 1 ,Mm,t . . . . . _ . /' belides this he is is .as tflt were not : Thts ,s all thtngs, for Without this with toever ' . ' .rr: h . h. . G Ji. h Th' ' ll h' er(on andpcrfoiM.bleneJJe, ee IS not mg zn o o s tg t. ts preached sat,.; a ' 5 P 81 ·,, 11 r 4 tem to the Jews ; al)d·this,Peter,at C<tfArea,to the.Gentilu : Hoc tjl omni& 111011,lt 1' > • / • c 'liT. · r · h · · pomo, this is for all men, fa1rh Sa ornon; ommgente, 10r every ·~tzon,talt Peter. _, ;. ) ·r' That feareth Go o, and worketh righteOte{ilejfe.:. Both thefe,and not the one with: Ftaretb ana . out the other. Neither feare, wh1ch IS dul.l a~d wor.kes not; for, of fuch. He accepts ~:'-~''••1•!"'\~ .Norworkes if they come not from Wlthm,frorrl otU..hearts, from H1s true feare · r;~~r hwts, b;t be perfonat~ only,as ymethofe ~f thePhari(ee•. Wee beginne the~ there, within : F~r, any thmg that IS perfonatemReltgton, and ~rdc;eds no_r from , . thence (~if~"'"• Samt Pauls maske or vtzorofgodlznef[e, Satnt Peters'"':'""""~!'·; aokt>of' ~ T.m.J. r. chriftian libertie) Go o pluckes th~m off: He isfo tarre from amptmg them, as·Hee l'•~!o•.~., ..t calls themfrom Him, He canrtot abide them. · . !forgotto tell you, why not theperfon : GoD HimfelfetellsSamrul, that Hee " kPkes not a; man lookes; Man lookes upon the oudidc, thefMe and the fAcing; Go.!)) 1 Sa~.·~·'\ lookes to that\vhich is farthefifrom the perfon r tO that wliich is.Jtiithin, ·at the m~- 1/Y (that is) theheilrt. Theinw4rtbwere G o o's parr,in every ra~nfice, referVedev~. roHim alone. By referving them,helhewes what it is,He chiefly accepts of. We mufr.. then looke to that, fir!l:. He fir!l: lookes ac theheart,and in theheart, to the ajfeflion ;, (for, the heart is the feat of ajfe8ions : ) and of allajfeflions,that of feare ;and,ofall feares,toche feare~f Goo. . . . : . · . . of Go l> ;why;howcomes Go o to be feared.~ Feare_tsnotbut of fame evsll; and,eviU, in Goo, there is none. Not, for any ev_iUin Him_; but for fome evill,we may expect (rem Him, if we feare riot tci offend H1m, by domgthat,which is evillin Hisfight. Whichpuni(hm;nt yer,is ~ot evill of it felfe; for.punilhment,is the-~vorke if Itiftke : but, we ~all.lr,.as we feelm; malt~mpctn«: And, it we feare;arid H1m,for it ;or any that can miltet lt. Power andinjliceareoftheinfelves,fearefidl: Power, to all mm; Iuflice, to evi!t ·men. Bur, It•flice armedwlthpower, that;keepes all in aw. Now, in Go o,there is ppwer: Go os powerismanife!l: even to Heathen nien. It is a part ofthe,,. <•'•n-~••;· that which maybelenowneof God (His l'ower)andgoeno further but to the wotke of Creation, faith the Apojlle (Rem.I ,zo.) Every man feares the mighty: for,what Hee will doe,we know not;what He Can doe,we know,and that ~ver prefents it felfe fir!l:. And,in Goo,thereis Iujlice,and thevoiceofIfljlice,Ifthou doe evill,feare. Which Rom·•l·4< Iuf/ice of G o o, is manife!l: likewife without Striptures, by the Law written in our bearts,theheartseven of the Heathen themfelves, faith the fame Apoflle (Rom.z.x5'·) whereby, they are either4law to them[elves (thebetter fort of them, Corneli!#, here) or,ifnot,theirownethot~ghts accu(e themfor it,and theircor~fciences bei.re witnejfe againft tbem,andat aSefions holden in their hearts, they condemne themfelves. Which sefft1ns is aforerunner of the great generall Sefions thatis to enfue. . · · Scimtesigitlltterroremhun& (faith St. Pdul !l:ill. z Cor.5 .) Knowing thenthisfewe. sCor.r,.f; fu0jt~dgement,weperfwa4e men, and men are perfwaded,either to e(chew evill yet un· done, or to leave it if it be done,that it be not found in our hands; not takenabout ns. This ftare, to fuffere1li// for fin (inalumpfl:n<t) makes menfeareto do~ the evill of finne (malum cute&:) whatthey flare t~Jt'.lfer for,they (eAre to dot. Kecpes them from doing evill at all, makesthem avoid it : or kcepes them from doing evill !l:il1, makesrhemforfakeir. It prevailed not only with/ob in the Old; bur,with theNini- Ion.J.f; , vttes: ltprevailednotonlywithCornelim,in theNew,butevenwirhFelix; made htm tremble, though it had not his full worke, for he was not fohappy, aS'toheare Ails sp6•. Patl!out, but put it offtill another time,which time: never came. 1 ' &! . · · Ftare>firft l'trfr feare: andwhyfe~;e,firfr ~ Becaufeit is firfr. lt is called (a:nd truly,for fo Htthar{m"~ · . Ttt truly H•m.
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