Andrewes - Heaven Collection BX5133.A56 X3 1641

/ g;;;;;-;n-j-. _..::of":::-;th:-e-Q-::·-U-N-.... -P-O_W_D_&_R_ .... --;:;T;:;- · _R_&_A_S_O___,N-. ----9~1-=-;• Jlllrked. The Cardin~/t begins his booke to thePo;e,Duplex Petri •(/ilium, Pa{cere & ocddere : C H R 1 s r had bur one ; to feed, to fave : Another there is wasHomi• 1 ht 8 , cida .6 initio. But, if Saint Peter have gorrcn twoof?ces, heharhone'more, rhan ° , _,Hi c HR 1 , r. C ~t R t s t came to fave onely, w1th a flat exclulive, of rhe d~ ' And where rhey move Him, in !Jecie, foradeftru{fton by fire; He (not Content to deny :hat alone) denieth it in gmere, not co~eftroy at all; neither, by fire, nor any other way. Here, we have acale offire : Wlll yehave anoth.er; of the fword? shaltwedoe it byfire? (lay lames and Iohn,here ;) Domme jipercuttmmgladto f (faith Saint Peter, after) in agteater quarrell f.1rre than this,when rhey laid h4nds MHim, Chlp.•i.~ , to carry Him to His paffion. That, He denieth coo, and in that quanell; and faith, - 1 ' Sinite, let alone your [word : O~t With your fire, lames and I~hn; up Wlth your fword, Peter. So that, neither byfire, here: nor by fiPord, there :neither, by miracle (as here) nor without miracle (as there) dorh C H 1t 1 s T like of rhefe motions. What then~ !hall nor CH a t s r be received~ Y~s: He is moft worthy fo to be. Iadde, they rhar refufeit,are worthy any puni!hmenr: but, t~:ir every man is to bee dealt with as he is worthy, would prove but a hard peece of Divinirie : hard for all, and even forthemfdves, too. If,foofras CH a i • T fuffersindignitie,firdhould comedownefrom heaven, Demine qrti! Jttflinebiti' we were all in hard cafe : Iewes, Pfal.ug.3: and Samaritans, and all: yea, Di(cip!es; yearhis lames, and Iolm,and all. TheSama- · ritans, they received not C H R t s r ; they were gone; burnt all. I'or Ierufalem's fake, becaufeHi! face tv.u that way (here) Hewas nor received. When Heecamero Iem{4!em, how was He received there~ Why, there He was mttrthered: worfe ufed than inSamaria. Then, wee mull: call for morejire : Ierttfalem rnufl: bee b'urnr, too. Now,for the :f!i{ciples, Ilimes and Iohn,howcarried t?ey the matter~ It isrrue: they hadrece:vedH1m; bur,when mofl: need was,thrufl: H1m from them, renounced H1m, utterly dcnyed,rhat ever they knew Him. Then,we mull: trouble heaven once more: call for fire, for Iamesandlohn, coo; Nay then, the lflorldw,u mdde by Iiim,andthe Iolmr: lo ·;,; wofld/mew Him not, norrtceivedHimniit: why then, the world isar anend,{afli fu- ' · mH<jicut Sodema; all a heape ofa!hes,if this doctrine goe forward. Befl:,rakePhai!- Rom,9 .1 9., t1n ourofrhechariot;that he fet not all on fire. Sure,rhis (ltake it) is aNefcitu:For, whoreceiverh CH RI s r,asheelhould~ yea,whorefufethnoronetime,orother, torecei·veHim ~ Who,df theDi(cip!es,who at Ierufalem I Then, all mufl: be turned our and in: Non venit Jalvare, fed perdere. Then, this will follow; if no place for . repentance, then no ufe of CH 1\ r s r. For, whom !hall He f.we, when Iamu and Johnhave confumed all to afhes ~ But, it will be well to leave C H ~ I s r fomebo– dy, to fave: notdifappoint c H 1\ I. 't ofHismnming,andfend Himbacke witH– out His errand. · Now, ?ut of this Nef~itu, to frame our .sciiu. .·i. Byr_his time wee know dursetrk;our CH 1t 1 s r s Spmt (as He reacherli us) by H1s co111mzng. H1s commmgwas not ofthii nt/iiris. to def!roy : they rhar came adeftroying, came not in His company. 2. Then, our CJwneJ!irits: ifrhey doeJPirare Chriftrtm, they haverhe fame journies end. 3• We know th~irfpirits, that hatched alate this que~ionanew; Vis fa,·imtts afcendat igms? And~hem too? that never turnedand rebuked1t, bur gave allowance to ir, both before, and after It was done ::yea, bound them to it by oath, and fet it fdrrh,with both 8AC~amtnts, 'ofPenance,and ofthe > Alt.tr: a!ld(what lltouldifay ~) refolved flat agam!t CH R ' s T, in the very fame point; and did not (as He) cafrwater,butput otleto the flame. C:m thefe be theSociety of I E s u s, and the f}irits blow·two contrary wayes,' and their c~mmmgJbe,to two contrary ends~ Hi;, not to defttgy: theirs, to deftroy.•_ His, to rch11ke; theirs, to allow offuch motives~ To know, ':"hatjl>iritrhey be 'of, looke what manner of fpirirs theymak~choice of, and by the1r wlls choofe, and cherifi1 none other ; eager, fierce, bbllterous LIll 4 fpirirs. ·'

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