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E

R.

3.

Epheftanr,

Chap.

5.

583

It

fhould reach

us

in all

our

offices

of love, to

be

willing, ready

and

vft.

chearefull;

that

which

is

willingly

done

is

twife

done; that

which

is

hardly wrungfrom us,doth

lofe

the

grace

of

it before

it

be performed.

Againe,

it

may be marked

here,

That

he

that

ofereth

is

the

Sacrifice

ofired;

which

is

every

where

affirmed

that the

Prieft and

Sacrifice

in

the

New

Teflament mull be

all one

:

which

doth

finike

off

all

the

rabble

of

the Popifh Priefthood.

But this

by the way.

The

third Confederation for

wham in

the

Chapter

beneath

is

more

fitly difcerned.

The

laft

thing to

be marked

is

:

That in

the

fufering of

cbrifl

god

is

well

pleated with

xo

;

Look

as

it

Dori.

is

with us,

if

our

fenfe beoffended

with tome

flunking

favour, we

can-

not

be

at quiet

till

force fweet

thing

be burnt which prevaileth above

the

other;

fo

the noyfome

finell

of our

fin did fo

move

the Lord to

wrath, that

he would not

be

at rcfl,

till

the

Tweet

finell

of

his

Sons

o-

bedience did come into his noftrils

:

It

was not

all

the

Sacrifices

of

Bullocks and

Rams that could doe

this,

it

is

the bloody death

of

his

deareft Son on the Croffe

which

did

reconcile him to us.Col.1.2o.

It

pleat

d

theFather

by

him

to

recöcile

all

things

unto

himfelf,&

to

fet

at

peace

through the

blood

of

his Croffe,both

things in earth, andthings in

Heaven.

Which

doth

teach

us,

feeing

Chrift

offered

is

the

Sacrifice

with fife

a.

which God

is

pleated,

daily

bythe

eye

of

faith to looke to

Chrift, to

hold out to

God,

this Lambe

of

his

that taketh

away

all

our

fins. Be-

tides

the

folemne

fervice

of

the

Church

of

the Jews, they

had every

morning and evening

a

burnt

Offering,

which

did fignifie our

Chrift

offered,

that

their faith might thus

(till

be renewed on him

in

whom

God

was well

pleated.

Againe, it

Both

let

us fee

what

is

the filthy

ftinke

of

fin in

the nofe

2.

of God,

for that

is a

ftrong

ill

fmell

if

mighty

thong

things be not

ap-

plied

to

correec

it. Oh the

Chine,

the trayterous

rebellion

of

man

is

fo

vile,

that

nothing could putout the (tench

of

it, but

the

fubjefion

of

the Son

of

God to the

heavy curie

of

the

Croffe;

ftrong

medicines

argue

firong

maladies

:

the ftrength

of

the

Correftor

¡hews ,

that the

contrary ingredients

are

ftrong likewife.

VE

R

SE

3.

But

fornication, and

all

uncleanneffe, or covetoufneje,

VERSE

3,

let it

not

once be

named

among yea,

as

it

becommeth

Saints.

Now

he

cömeth to another dehortation

from luft &covetoufneff

e:

In

the

verfe

there

is

,

r.

Adehortatfon.

g

2.

A

Rcafon.That

you mutt do which becommeth Saints:

In the

firfl

part

thefeiwothings

mutt beopened.

r.

That

Chriftians mutt

refraine

the

vices

here named.

z.

How farreforth,

viz.

that

they muff not name

them,

without

deteftation.

For the

firft,

to

open them particularly. Fornication, and luft ,

a-

gainft

the feventh

Commandement,

is

either naturali

or

unnatural!:

this

latter belongeth not

to

this

Text. Naturall,

is

eitherwith

-

perfons

aeere

us in

blood, or

perfons

further

off.

The

fir(t

is

inceft,

not

here

E

c

e

a

fpoken