Of Eleflion. wa.r<ls the lartc end. ,. 'Paul wrote to the He6rews, and no .Epiltle fpeaks fo ~ m uen, !o eft, fo home, .to. temporary Believers, a.nd of falling lhort of t i 1 e Oc•p. 4. g r--.cco.fGod; of mensbcingcnhghtnedf nnd ·tafhng ..ofthe powers of the~ W orld to come,(!le, and of b; mg, fantulied by Cimfl:s Blood, ar,d yet falling awa) from Ordin, nce• hrir, and the~ proceedmg t.ododdp1ght. to the fJ>rrit of Gracc,Cbo~p. 10 . and the !Jke Admomt tons to takeheed<;f fuch a Uate,: C!Mp. 5 , and 4o not all the Eptfl:lesJo much. _.And iiY .],Jmts :. Hem amannercluefly-purfues this Argument . .Whatever m1ght be the reafon of 1t,I.know not; yot this argues t here wcrc "mangO: the Profe!lors of Cl>rifli1nity of the Jewifh N.JtioD there,de f ,,Cfu,exram,more Temporar) Bdievcrs comparatively ,than in other nations of the Ge.ntiles. ., Ag>in, 2. That Nation of the J ews were gr nerally rich, and more given to fee.k riches than any other Nation, and to that end they .were Merclunts, or following Mcrchandif.:,a. thev are to this d3\, full o, griping, greedy of gain ; and this Jumf.r in tlm very Ep• dlc munuatcs' Chap. 4 V. 'l· Go to >IO'W)'OU that j:zy, we wzltj!,o to thu Czty, ,mdco;;tmue there aye,Jr, and buy and{<IJ, rmd get gmtt; i~·.,r••.: .. s.., that is,we will Merchandile, Trade, and Traffick: 1/} fo• much that De. H zmmond t hink · that t his their courfe of Merchandife was in· ~e"~ed here in rh is 1 Ji b verf Sojha/: tbe rzcb.mu1l fade tlWt')' zn bJS-Wayr; ;; ,. 1.;.,,, heq: m;~y peflibl vbe ( fa) she )a ch•nge of the T ranfcriber 'for ;~,P~"'' Tradmg>, or Merchandii)Dgs, as Cb zp. 4· 'l· ' T!S thcrich m•ns fpeech·, '~"'!'",;, f"S.., we·will Traffick, (!ic.. .he .Vulgar .hatb it;zn ttznert6tu; Pzfcruor m Projfefzonz6ur; T lley loft. lt~lig on,•nd withered whilfl: they tUJnblcd up and down tor Gain from City to C~ty. He hert fpt oks their hearts •nd the1r courfei and t his was their fin: and this their fin to thi< very day; and they are apt to hoard up Riches. There is no People in the world, "'here they ore not kept down, thatdofoftrangcly grow nch, as they do : And theytumbleupa.nd down the world, ss thcfe did : Now it fell out in Providence,that ;ri thefe Chnr• ches J:~mes writes to,there were may offuci1 nch Profelfors that were but Tem– porJries, that derpifed the poor Sainrs,Ch 'P· 1., 6. that were MJf!.•ty mf1!, , 1ames fpeaks of them, Cbap. l· r. who bufl:led in thrir Congregations, thmking with their greatnefs to .c•rry all afore t•1em; Men nf unruly tongue,, that did (et on lire their Churche•; and of w :1ic h, n relatio to d fturbances in their Chrches, Grotites interprets thofe paffages inChap. l· Vn'f. 4· 5,6 7 8. T hefe had Religion in refped: of Perrons, Chap, 2.. v, r. My Brnhen, h w e 11ot the, jait/1 of •ur LOYd Jrfur Chrif1, tht Lord of gio>)', wzthre{peflofprrlu•s );' and fought themfe!ves for all the refped: -in the Congregation, bec•Lfe t!~ey were rich and great; and it was the meafure they went by in giving ofrefped:,– as v,rf. 2,;.lfthere comt Ullloyour A1fem6/yamu11 Wttb aGotdring,tt? good– lY .4ppartt, midtberuome in tzl{o a poor man ill vzt, Ra1mm1; and _ye hrtvt re{peef to him that wMrnb tbt gay Uotbi11g, and{riJ tmto bzm, fit tbou here itt ,, good ptace; a11dfay tothe poor, jl.l'ul tboH ther', or /it bere under "'Y foot• floot, &c. To confound them; Hrarken, my bdoved Brethren, let me fpeak a word in your ear,favs] 1mfS, l will give you a Memfnto. and- mimJ 1t well, Cbap. ·2 .. ~. Hub not Godcbo(m tbepoo• in thu wortd, rich tnfmh;alld burs oftbe Kn,gdom?This is full"f 1mes:The Collection from hernce-is;That though,_ as the Apoltle elfewherc fays,Not m,JIIy R;ch \ et fome; there are fome ofth m . that are called. Yet there \I· ere amany of r1ch·Pe. pi amom~th fe Tempo. rsries, for t~e reafon l h~ve told you ; and the Temporary Belte•ers lay moft a~ong tha(Heap: There were fewer ol' the p~nrer fort th~t were remporafies: The Holy Ghoft knew this, and therefore direds the point and dint of hJS two. edg'd Sword againfl: the Rith, and fpeaks more comfortable t11ing; of •he Generality of t i1e poorer fort , as of tbofe in wh;ch heap Eicdion lay: And therefore, above all others, do yeu examine the work of your Callingwrought in you, and the finceri~y of your Profellion:. Do you take heed you do not err aod dece;ve your felves, as Ver( 1 ~- ancf.z..Take heed thorefore;fays' he,– you rich meni your are'iil'moftdanger;yea,and your rank confifts moreoffuch as are unfound.
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