><o.Conrrnand. \pan the Commandements. ióg;. Campbel, w hen hee was in the fire citied, ire fommoned the fayde Fryer to appcarebe- Core the high God as generali fudge of all men,to aunfwere to the ìnnocencie of his dearh,and whether his accufation was iuflornot, betwixt that and a. certaine day of the next moneth,which bee there named,& ere that days came,the Frier dyed without any remorfe of confcience,that he had petfecuted the innocent. And fecondlyhow Callice men in the dayes of King lienrie the eight bcefng falfely scouted; efcaped fate from de danger of fuch witneffes , andthey themfelues (a lull plague upon theirini- quity ) haned,drawen,and quartcrcd,cre they went Koine. Therefore let vs tremble to prouoke the Lorde by this finne,let vs fpeske a trueth ffwc to fpeake at all,& flrame to lie cum of the Diuell. The daylie beggeries, difcredites , fliamcs and dcathes, firaunge and fcarefull of fuch as haue made no confcience by falle wrtneffe.bearing, to pollute their confciences oughtinightily to moue vs, and very cffçcttually to per-. fwade vs neuer to doo it. For God to vs as hath berne to otheis, will moil affuredly (hew himfelfe either at firfi or at Iafl,ar one time or other, when our Linnet; the fame and bee no changeling in hiâ nature at all: And thus much of this comilrandeinent: The Application: Ottelet vs Weighe the guilt or innoi'ercie ófsur fecles,iftheLorde fhouldecallv .rroanaccorntfar this his law. Generaflie wee fee 9)' the care that fhoulde be to vs topreferue the credite,do good name of al men,and what heart fs dull tr dead, andpafl ail feeling that it dothnot efpie even a general/ want in re felfe , concerning the fame ? Generally allTrurh would the Lord by thie law haue lourd, cheri/hed, & maihtained,&the ceutrarie hated,flounned r areoy- ded,bur what eye fir blinde,rhat can not fee the courfe we common- -ly tale,& the race wé runne to the mayntainaunce of thevice, rooting our almofI ofthevertue from amongff vs? But confider theparcicalars one by one,t3' fafhallwereripemoliprofit. Haueyyounsuer, inallyoarlifeteflifiedofourneyghbouranvn - treseth publig ielíe,forfaueur,or gaine,or hatred,or ante caufe whatfoeuer ? Hauer you neuer flipped neither inyeur ownebehalfe,oryour friender,nor your tenne éT liberrieri roranyway? But hare euer dealt in all the teflimonies that cerium saw as yen dare abide Gods fearchin eye toiudgeyou? Con (iderwet the matters thatyou home dealt in, remember the times pa rememberthe turn that haue beene made vntoyou, clperaduesuure the rewarder r bat haw been offeredyou alto,& if you be cleareand no way to be row hed,though God fiftyou neuer fo narrowly,bee glad andglue God pratfe.Butifyou can cet,ifyon may not,ifyou dare not cleare your fel fe,both becaufe aguiltit con fcieece accufethyouwithin,and becaorfeboth men cfr mat- ters may be produced& named, for whome and wherein af feitionbath led you , etifro corrupted you,malice inter.fedyou & firs floynedwri,then fee it, fee it in the feare o fGad&ehinkyf rr,cö- .feffe it mat naught, atknoriuledóe your Remit); , confider this lane th'ar fo flatil forbidderh it, tremble wader The hand of the. God ofheauentthat bath euer plagued it, ertherby one way or au e ther, in a mans re/fear hie feed, in thisworld or the other. And fo by, risegrute of Gad pal light breed fórowe , & amendment of life hereafter. be of that affetlion that damneth our fouler, woe worth the ayne;tbat getteth vi hell. And occurred it that furor andwitnes,thot fo refpetberh his prefect purpofe,ru that he cat? ethaway the care of G ; of life, ofHell, of dearb,of cistill honeflie,, fame, &good name in hie countrey & dmehing,nèstr able after to come sn ccmpanie where he may not feare the touch in taih ofhis ill dealinq.Certarnely certainely,i f agood name beabouegoide& Rarer afal fenitnesinthedrof (ër"dregger.áftheworldtha¢ the Lord hateth & tuerie honey heart very perfeElly loatheth.The next branch that breaketh our obedience & duerieto the Lord in this Lane is lying, the faule filth - whereof bath in part Ly, before been dif plaied & opened. And now it remahreth but to confider our courfe & homegrïe- aaoufly gui/tie we are before God ofthes augly vice.whereis that man,that woman that aged or younger that will clearerhemfelues from all blot or flame in this behalf ? Dooth not merit el 'faller in hvrman,euerie'Wires in hermaid finde ir, nutlike ir,hareand abhorre it ? Dooth -not merit, eflare find it in. other And God in sv all to the tut incenfing ofhis wrath & furie I againff
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