

Sermon
7·
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N G.
I
imagine eo come
toremifion
ofjim
,perfaltum,over re}'mtance head.
Bur,irwill nor.
Je:
Ejity's q
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i credider;t,nefeftmet,ts
goodcot,mfdlmthts fenfe;Not tocafi away all,
'th makin"' roo much hall:e, buttJke St.
John
mthen way. To !urn ms fatd,
Tf,
01,
fo~lt
goebefo;e H/5 f•ceto prepare H/5 way:
And, but by that
•vay
he
prepares,Caa
Is r Luk.1.7 6 .
tvill not be come ro. Ifhe prepare one way,andyou goc another, you wiil neve,r
comeat
chrifl.
Therefore
he
wonders
.ff!..!<ts
oftendt~? ~ho
/1ad lheweq them imy
0
~
ther way. Sr.
John
knew it not;
Cu
u
ST
knew Itnot: And
I
ca~no.rrcU
wl,atro
fay,but,rheyrhargoeit,Ipray God,ItdfCCiverhemnot.
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But,for this
[of no other way]
C
a
R I
s r
f1anfelfets more
peremp~oryo~han
S;
John.
Seeyouany, Hearc
youofanJ:tharpwlh~.Nift,&t.
Vnlejfey•unpent,and
,
,
fcapetbarway,folhallyouroo: thatts flat. Therev.s no
l~o11,noAdama11Pbmdes[o
Luk.•i ·l ·f:
hard
as
chrifls
'l(ifi.
Ifany but
Cu
a r sr
bad
fa~d
It,
w~
mtghr have [o!Ignt fome
e-
vali~n:
Now when iris
He
that tells us, there are but two
wayes,•Repent,or' Ptrijh;
cboofeyou
wherber;Repent
here/or a
time; otperijh
there under Gods
wrath
for ever;
Notto
repent,
and nor
toperijb,Is
not pofiible.
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WhichDilemmaofC»
a r s
r
s
(noway to beavotded )makes,ofthetwaineto
choofe this fruit of
Repentance,
rather than to fall into the
Wrath to come :
T
<!>fly
tiJ
rh~
one, to
fly fom
the other: which otherwife we are of our felves !:>utcold!y affe·
tted eo. For, though it be fomewhat bitter (this
.fruit)
yet (fureweare) if it were
ten times more, the bitter paines
ofira ventura,
arefar beyond it. Now, t,he
Phy-
ficke
of the
hodie
and
[oule
fiand upon one
Maxime
both,
Melior eft modica
"''~aritudo
in
faucibm,quam £ternum tormentumin vifi:eribu.t
·
Better the bitter EleEiuarie than
a
bur.
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ning Agree :
Better
ajhort diflafle in the
mor~th,
than
aperpetual! torment in the bowels;
Ion.
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:Better
Repent Ninive for fortu,
thanno
Nmwe
9tfortte d•yes end.
,.
Shall we conclude then with the Pfalmift,
What man
15
he that
w~utd
deliver hio
pr,u,
14 ,,.;
Soulefromthe wrath to come?
And they all began at once to fay; that would
I :
Yea,
-
even rheythat lhall not efcape it,will yet fay, Thatwould
I.
Why, by the
bringing,
or not
bringing forth of thu fruit
all goes; depends the
comming,
or not
comming
o£..-
this
wr•th: comming
i(you doe nor; Nor
comming
ifyou doe bring them
fmh.
p,.{.
fertc.frrec1ru fgitur.
And, now we havebeene at the
root
downeward, to come
upwArd
to'
rhet~u,
• The
fruits,
l
the
worth
of
the.frr<its,
(three p0inrs yet
be~ind)
which will aske more
·t'
rime than is left; Nay, more tlu(n harh beene alrcady fpenr; and fo, the worke of
fome other time. A word orrwo,of
Proferte,
and
I
have done.
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. Fitfi,takeit not (this
Proferte)
by way of
'advice,
or as the
wijh
ofa
well-wilting
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1
frtend.
No : Sr.
I
ohn
d~livers
it,
qrtaji authoritatem habcns
,as
a
Precept,
or
bijrm'Eiion :
Profittt,'a
the·word wtllwarrant It, To fay,
doe,thu,
belongs to
ar1thoritie;
(the
Centurio11
will
P;cc,pt.
tell you fo :) and requireth
obrdicnce ;Doe
thu,and
Hedoth it,
m~~'~;·
Then,belide
arethmty
to enjoyne us, there is
rJafon,
to conclude us.Itis not made
' z
a
Propojition
barely,Doe; It is(bdide)a bindin"' Conclulion
Bring forth therefore·
Prafe<¥~'";
:vherero
we
in rea[on, to
co~forme
our
Celves,~nd
conclude:we willfo
brin/{ them.
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condu o<–
' . Laft,belides both rhefe, tt bmdesthe
~arder
by
rhepenaltie
annexed roir,As you
~
. .
vtllavotd the
wrath to come.-
And fallm"' tntoit you fall from the
"'uition
of
Heaven
r:rofq.e,:mm,.
tothed
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lunfbonvvuh
nalt
""!natton o
e
• W tc 11s
p~r_na PtZ~amm,the
penalty
of
all
pmalties
mofi
pe-
a
p<nalti<,
. 1•
Thts
tsthetbree-foldcord
that bmdcrs It about : Letfome or all of thempre-
vat eWtth us to
brino- them fiorth
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w·u
ut oft tt fals our, when we are agreed of the thing,weare not fo,for the
time.
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weatallbrzngthemfmh?Ifwe will we will take
Come time
to doe it in. Some
The T•m<:'
time ..
yes; that
WC
all agree to. At what
~ime then ~
It is
norprO'f'Onite,'orpromittitc,
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Pp.ro!)rt.c;
pt~rpofeorprom'(<
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p
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Tl zeto o.ett,
erearrerrooringthem
forth·~
but
Proferte.
What.Ten
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e;s
T<nfe,
"
;o.
ert~.
lCPrefent.-
DoittheninPrefcnt.
ItrequiresanaGl:inftantl)'t~hedon~,
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em.Jortb
0 111
ofb•nd.
This is a finall note: bur,itisno finall matter,toger this
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ma note
orne
wellaway;to
get our
Reeentunce
into the
PrefentTenfe,
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