ons of the Law of Nature mutt ceafe.- Here I have two points to prove. I, That the Law of Nature ( fuppofing the workof Redemption already wrought; and the Gofpel and. Or- dinances efaabidhed) obligeth men that are ableand have Op portunitytodo the workof Miniflers . 2; And that this Law is itòtéeared when Ordination ceafeth. Se& 23. The Lawof Natureprohibits cruelty, and requireth Charity,and to Thewmercy to men in greateflNecefíìties accor- ding to dur ability : But to fufpend theexercife of ,he M nifteri al office, were the greatefl cruelty , where:there.is Ability and opportunity to exercife it: and to exercife it isthegreateft work of Mercy inall the World. Nitdre teachethus to dogood toall men while wehave time, And tofave themwithfear, palling them out, ofthe fire, and to love our neighbour, as our fives ; and there- fore to fee a man, lea a town and Country andmany Countries, lie in fluì and in a Rate ofmifery, under the Wrath and Curfe of God, fothat they will certainly be damned if they aie in that condition, and yet tobe filent, and not Preach the Gofpel to them, nor call them home to theHate oflife, this is the greatefl cruelty in the world, except the temptinganddriving them to hell.. To let the precious thingsof the Gofpel lie by unrevealed, e +en fhrift and pardon and holinefs,and eternal life,and the com- mhniönofSaints,and all the Church Ordinances, and withal to fuffcr the Devil to go away with all there fouls, and Chrift to 16fe.the honour that his grace might have by their converffon, certainly this in it fclfconfidered is incomparably more cruelty tomen, then to cut their throats, or knock them on thehead,as fush andas great an injury to God as by omiffion can be done. I heed not plead this argument with a man that bath not much, unrnand himfelf, much lefs with a CCrift'tan, For the one is taught ofGodby nature, to fave men.out ofa leffier fire then Hell, and a leffi:r pain then'evet°lafting torment 'to the utmofl of his power : And the other is taught of God to love his bro- ther- and his neighbour as himfelf . if the Love of God dwell not inhim that feeth'his brotherin corporal need, and fhutteth up:the bowels of his compaffions from him ; how then cloth the,loveof Goddwell in him, that kerbhis brother in :dlareo? ddtnnarion, Curled, by the Law, an ereauy to God, and withina `' .èii 'a' d tip rl, 10,121; Auü "yet fu ra
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