®Q Q ettions and Anfwcres .p .Command. t he pit re ofbc¿f r want ofk'rcwledge- ?if 'e hone thefe linings is our dtfpofition, and are able tö nsOke.a good adcount of the befl owing ofthemto our popper, thrife hap pie we in efchewing fo carefully.the wrath ofGod ,andregarding fo tenderly the healthaJothers. But if either cor- ruption in takingfame, or IoofeneQligence in vnworthily bellowing all , may roll y flardeand o ch vinet `o the'Londe awitncffcagainfivs, howfhouldcweefcapefor fogrcotafnne? Shall the Lord fo Inud y crie that bee will require of emery watchman.r hand the blond of theSoule that dyeth in hr Anne without his warning , andfhall that patron cfeape fcotfree by whofgreedie bande and dr.stelthearte theyhaste a! seen robbed of one that fb ould banewarned them? Shall the Lorde crie woe vpon woe , Wrathupon wrath, ,vengeance vpon vengeance tothecareleffe Ihepheardes that feede themfelues, ar. d not the FLocke, and jhall hee fo yuietlie pole them osier, that put in ,andp lace fuchdummedosses , andunabledronesto doe any duetiefer their owne lucre ? Is it a taken ofleiteto feede his hieep,tofecdehùlambes, en1isit not awant oflone both to God' and his lambes toyut in for my game filch a drie nrcrfe as cang: oie no milks nor feede at all;edocept.it be with follte and a focale example ofb.inkirg, fwearing, carding ta. Ring, bowling , fleeping,andfuchlike ? Thmkweiflcremie were now aline to farneythe 7cre' 9't' parilhes ,of this our cosnatrie, ánd%houíd fee the feareful / ell are of fo maniefoulet not able to tel how they pall be fasied,or to prone any oneprinciple of Religion , nnt flying frnne,.bccaufe they feele it not to bee fin not lotting light,becaufe theyknowe it not ro be light,rhinke we,Ifay, that he woulde not w-fh his beside full ofwater ,.and his eyes a fosintaine of scares, that bee might weepe day and night for the flame of Enslande through thefe pówling pat tunes ? Arm- ,redly he woulde..For the hearte that harborethanie portion ofpiuetotheLtrdit people , or bath any care what become of t ie price afChri[lhishloud,conlde nester abide vnjdacheddcepe, to fee fagreat o, fpoyle for worldly wealth, ofthat which all the worlde cannot redeeme, whenit is loft. TheLord,the Lorde Tooke upon his Church for bis merciesfalse , and eyther alter the heartes of thereeChterche robbers bygiuing them to fee what hangeth otter them and theirpo- fiaritic moftiufllie forfuch afìn,or elfeplucl out of their handes6y reforing difcipline thebe- flowing of them any longer. Lext let vs ineigh whatgoods we haste euergotten by 'unlawful! laming , or by false deceit in the fame,andremember it bath been prooued before agreenous ealth. Let vs alp confider howe wetland touching the of firmatiutpart ofthisCommaunde- ment which We are afwell bound toperforme as we are to flie the contrarie, as howe we haue euer to the vttermof! ofour abilitie preferued and caredforthegoods ofour neighbours that they might be fafe, howe we haue vfed our owns wealth to théglorie of G O D the mainte- nance of the Mogif?rate ,the defence ofour Countrey,thecomfort ofour Familie,the reliefs of the poore, endtheeflablilbingaf the knmrledgrofgOD amongflall. Howwebaueabhorred . d fhuft in Gods prouidenc ,the rente of fleakh,aad retiedaffured of hisgoadnsfte. if we ferued bimwithfuchlike. Are wecleare, and haue done them all wijhoutreproofe, or b /emß? If we háue,let vs boaft and /ooke for life for our worker, but if any thing touch vs,ard Flaine vs, kynowe and remember what ,Saim lames faieth, I-lee that is guiltieof one isguiltieofall. And dooth nothing touches, thathath bin faide .? Hath neither hand by deed,nor heart by thought ester flrayed in any. degree ? O beloúdd, hee that fayeth croen in this Commaundement bee bath no f nne,deceiueth him felfe,and there is no trverb in him. Lot vs therefore rat herfee ourfinne, lynawe oar finne, bewaile our frnhe, and crie to the Lorde for his grace to clappe holde of Iefus Chrifi bis Sonne,who pathfulfilled this and euerie Lawe far vs,to the ende that we beleeuing might bee famed by his rtghteoufneffe. The Lode giste vs pardon ;the Lordegiue yr faith, the Lorde change our lines to a better coarfe, for his blefed name ardmercie Amen. The
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