OftheS ENn 1 N G · Sermon Ij. thehaving it this day, we keepe aFeaft. As thofe hith~ legiJ; fo, this for theH1ly GhqJ!, complementum Evawgtlii, which was not corn 1 um done~ complerenturdies Pentecojles, till the dayes of Eente(ojlwere f~<ljilled, t£~~:~ day \Vas come and gone. . St. rohn is every whereall for love. Here, in this Chapter (tknow nothow)h is hit upon fAith. Whichi with him,is rare: fo, the more tobe made of. Speciall e in this age,wherin it is growen th_e ve~m: ~fchiefe.requetl:. Andin~eed ·.H :t"l,1,~.;?, . '"'i<«'v .;.,, ;, an excellent vertue1sfatth,1fit bt:._f.ttth. F9;?as therels.<fa!t~ Sr. laul) ,.,.-.,,#.Aiiwf'®-,aknowledge falfiy fo called,fo 1s thereaJatth : for,fauh 1s ufelfe bur akinde of k»owledge. . . How lhall we then make faith,ofourfaith f Ofir felfe,it is but a baread (ftith) a thing indifferent :thevertue,and the value of it is, from this objed,itheleeverhin. if that be right,allisrighr. And, thatlsright, if it have for thisobjetl,not I •, u: CH 11 I s T barely; but (as St.IohTJfpeaketh) :that l s sus CH a 1 sr. That Is. . sus CH11 I s T ,is fomewhat a fhange fpcech,as ifthere were another. Is therefo ~ Ycs(z Cor.u.5.) ye have Ali11m I~ s u ><,and (Gal.I.7;) alit~dEvangeliNm; Not thilt; butl Another I ss us: Not this; but, anotherGoJ1ell. And as,notthat,but another I a s us; So CM RI s THimfelfe tells us;youlhall have, !lot thAt,but •nother CHRIsT. Anqther,nay many other: yetthereisburone true,<.Matth.XXIV•. XXIV.Lohete!J CHI!. IST;lnhereheis. Goeintothe defart there you lhall have Him : Get you to fuch a conventicle,and thereyou lhall notmilT~ of Him. Goe bur to one Citie, I could name, youihallhavechriftsenough;and fcarce a true one,among them all. Wellthen,whatlhall we doe, to fever thepreciDmftqmtf¥vile; Th4t I IS u.: CH 11. t s T,from others; fetthe Hi~efl i/le,uponthe right CHars r ~ This(faitlf Saint John: )Thefetwowayes: 1 That In sus CH RI s T,thatcomesinw•terand bloudjointly; not, in either alone, Hicefl i!le : If, but inone,heis •nother Is s u,; • That Iefm that hath theSpirit tD beneHim witnejfe, is the true; thisWitneffe ifHee wam,Hicnoneflille. Vnderone,weihalll~arne CHRIsT arighr. For,asonemay le.irt\e a f•lfe CH a IsT,fomay hethe true CHI\l sT {Aijly. TM hAvemt{olt•nnl CH a IS T, faith the ApDj!le(Ephef."r·lo.) rhacis, notamijfe,youhavenot; mea· ning, fame other had. And,aslearne CH R Is T aright, folearne to doethespi· rit his right: not to lhoot him off, but know,He isto have a chiefeHoly day, inour Fafli, as Hee bath apart, and a principall part, in the Tefte of whofoever !hall bee faved. ~btSHm,,; the Sttmme is; tlmt!temsweehave : r. 'thatwetaken.ot1'fet~JM::hri!lumpro Chriflo: the falfe chrift for the true; that is, one that comesinHisnanie, but is notHe. · z. Neither,when we have the true one,that we take not semi-Chrijltlmprl chri~ ffli; amoity or part of CH 11. I S'l', for the whole. 3 Whenwe have the whole, that wetake Him not; withoutHis 'l'ejle(and ch;t is theSpirit:) For,as good not takeHim at all. t'ht'Divifl•"' 'three parts I would lay forth: • There is CH 11 Is Tspart• • Thereis cheSpi. I. riu part. 3 There is rheSacramentspart. CH 11. t ST s part;Hisdoublecqm~nm$'• in 1 water, and •hlotd. In it, thcfe: 1 That chriftwas CotdcdJne. •That Chrifld!d fo come. 3Notonelydid,butdothfocomedailytous. •As Heccomesrousm both, fo we to come to Him for both ; and (ever) to take heedofthe crrour, ofe1cher alone; ofturning "'"folum, intofiltt~t~. . . . JI. ThenrheSpirit!pare. 1 OfHiswitnejfe. •Of thelrHthofit. I Of His nntnej[t, 1 'That awitnejfethere is to be.• That awilnejftthere is.J Nay,not 1ne,buc three.~ Of which,theSpirit is one and thechiefewitncJfe:· His rv_itnejfw~ •lefus, to • Chrijlft~~~ came; l to the-water, ro the i b/Md,Heeamem. Tlus, ofH1s rvztmj[r. Then, 0 t Trz;thofit; andwithall; how to difccrne theSJirit, that is, the 'l'ruth. And
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