Ch. i z. Exhortation to Faith, Hebrews. PatienceandGodlineß, Chia: 4. Ye have not refitted unto blood, i o. For they verily for a few days ftriving againft fin. chaftened us after their own *afore, 4. ft is but little which you have yet been but he for our profit, that we might be put to. If you will be crowned, you muft be partakers of his holinefs. prepar'd to lay down your lives rather than to. For they chaftened us as fallible and wilfully to fin: .paflionate men, as they thought good, though 5 And ye have forgotten the ex= fometimes in caufelefs Anger; but God doth hortation, which fpeaketh unto you all in Wifdom and Mercy, for our good, to as unto children, My fon, defpife not make us more holy, which is tobe more happy, Y p as litter to himfelf, thou the chaftening of theLord, nár 11. Nowno chaftening for the pre. faint when thou art rebuked of him. fent feemeth to be joyous, but grie- s. Have ye forgotten the Lord's gentle vous : neverthelefs, afterward it yiel- words, asofa Father to hisChildren, My Son, Beth the peaceable fruit ofrighteoüf- &c. Prey, ;. I I ? nefs unto them which are exercifed 6. For whom the Lord loveth, he thereby. and`i"courgeth every fon II. Indeed, Suffering, as Each, is grievous, whom he receiveth. 7. Ifye endure as a hurt to Nature (and a Fruit of'Sin to be chaftening, God dealeth with you as chaftifed :) It is not to beexpelled that Pain with Eons : for what fon is he whom mould be pleafant,but it is the fruit of iterhich theFather chafteneth not ? 8. But if isgood, which is Peaceable Righteoafoefr, ma. , which is in us more ye be without chaftifement, whereof Peace to the Soul ,g as Health isoto the Body. all are partakers, then areye baftards, This is theFruit, whenwe have been try'd and and not foes. exercis'd by it. 6, 7, 8. Note, I. Chaftifement is one fort of 12. Wherefore lift up the hands punishment, diftinguish'd from deftruffivepu- which hang do wn, and the feeble nifunene, iii that it is not only for a warning knees : 13. And make ftraight paths to others, but ate for the amendment of the for your feet, left that which is lame Offender. No mancorretteth another, but for 3 0 afault, and that maketh it punishment. 2. It be turned out of the way, but let it is not any derogation from the perfe&ion of father be healed. Chrift's Satisfaäion that we are punith'd ; for 12, 13. Therefore feeing Nature is weak, he never intended to make us lawlefs, or that and young unfettled Chriftians are apt to dif. our fins fhould not be punith'd at all : hisLaw couragement and fear, and fainting, labour to of Grace hathPenalties annexed. AFather hath firenghenand encourage your felves and one fatherlyJustice and Punishment for hisChildren, another, and avoid tempting Seducers, and and Chrift is not a King without fuch Juftice. keep under the Helps, inpublick and private, ;. Even the Sufferings of Martyrs are ofa mixt which God bath appointed foryou ; and avoid nature, partly for fin; even .Adam's and their all Scandals which may turn the Weak out of own, (God not on Earth taking off all the firft the way, whoalready go but lamely in it ; but curie, but making a Medicine of it for good) rather labour to heal filch weaknefs. and partly for the tryal and reward of Faith. 14. Follow peace with all men,and 4. Pardon of fin is not perfeti in this Life, elle holinefs without which no man (hall no chaftizing Penalty would remain. 9. Furthermore, we have had fa- fee the Lord. 14. Let Peace with all men, as much as in thers of our fleth, which COrrelted ü5, you lieth, be (not only your defire, but) your and we gavethem reverence : (hall we Rudy, care, anddiligent purfuit ; and holinefs not much rather be in fubjeftion unto and purity of heart and life, without which the Father of fpirits, and live ? none are capable of the bleffed fight ofGod's n. Wereverently fubmitted tothecorrefiotr pleafed Face, either here- by Faith, or hereafter ofourParents (whole Authority was lets, and in glorious fruition, Matt. ;, 8, they were liable to do it amis) : And fhall we i Ç. Looking diligently , left any not much more fubmit to God, who is the In- man fail of the grace of God, left any finiteSpirt, and Father of Spirits, as well as of root of bitternefs fpringing up, trou- e Hein (and is of infallible Wifdom, and use. root you, and thereby many be def}^ e doth amifs) and will fit our Spirits by Suf- y fering, for a better Life, led : is. Maíse
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