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R.
6.
Ephtlians,Chap.
5.
That
the
devill
will
not
ceafe
to
prompt
is
with
fig
things
as
ferve
to
ex cafe
jïnne,and
fecure
MS
from
judgement though
we
live in
finne.
For the
Apoftle
fo
circumfpe6liy preventing thefe
things, doth
let
us
know
that the
devill by his inftruments Both
bend
h'imfelfc
this way,
elfe he
Mould
fight with his owne fhadow.
Now
it
is
a
good
diligence
to
fearch
what
kinde
of
teaching
the
Apoftle doth here glance át.
Wee
reade
therefore
of
q.
kindes
of
teaching
that
did cut the
finewes
of
thefe denunciations.
r.
Of
thole that
tooke away
future
judgement,
for
fume
faid
the refarrellion
mas
already
paffed;
Tome
that
there was
none,
as
the Sadduces
:
fo
that
theft
held
no
furtherevill
to
waive
upon finnc
then the doing
of
it.
z. Some abated the doctrine
of
grace,
and make it give
liberty
to
finne,
of
whom
S. Iode
Ipeaketh
:
They
turne thegrace
of
God into wantonne
ffe:
as
Peeing
it
was
faith,
nor our
workes, therefore
we
needed not
hectic fo much
our
life: Paul
therefore preventeth
this,faying,sball
we
finne
that grace
may
abound
?
No,
God_forbid.
In
which regard
Saint
lames
writ
his
Epiftle,
to
thew
that it
is
a working
faith that
juftifieth and favcth.
3.
Some
abufed
the
doEtrine
of
Chriftian liberty,
as
if
it gave
indulgence
to
the lulls
of
the
flefh. Brethren ye
bave
beene
called unto liberty,
ufe
not
your liberty
fer
an
occafon
to
the
e
g. Somedid teach
amiffe
touching
the
nature
of
thefe finnes,
as
the
Pharifèes,
of
fornication and uncleann°ffe
:
Some
in
the Church
of
Corinrh,
r
Cer.6.
53.
And
no
doubt
there were
that
did caft coverings over covetoufneffe,
z
Tim. 6.
S.
Such as
fippofedgaine
to
begodlineffe,
andde-
vouredwhole
kips,
Tit:
r. r
r. Now
all
theft
wee
may
conceive
in
this fentence.
.
Thus the
devill fhll (though
not by
falfe teachers
Chattering
do-
árines,
yet
he)
doth
buzze into
our cares fpeeches
to
keepe us
from
thinking our
frnnes
fo odious
as
they
are, and from
feareofjudgemente
as
havewe
not
forne
that
fay,
all things are as
they
have
been;
where
is
that
judgement
?
threatened
men live long
:
for
uncleannetfe,
why,it
is
a
fraïltie, yeares and
a
wife will helpe this
if
in
youth
:
God
is
mer-
cifull,
did
not
Noah
and
David
fall
a
but Gods mercy
calleth
us
to
re-
pent of finne, it
doth
not imbolden
us
to
finne;
thefe are
filch frailties,
that who fo
liveth
in
them
cannot
pleade
God. It
is
one
thing
to
flip
by
infirmity, another thing
to
take
our courfe
in
evill. So for'jefting,
why,
may we
not be
merry
what
them:
if
a drunkard Mould pleade
for
his
drunkenneffe,
May I not drinker it were
abfurd
:
So
to make
lawfull moderate mirth
juftifie madneffe.
God biddeth
us
be merry.
I,
and
Gad
cloth
pronounce
a woe
on
them that
laugh
:
May we
riot
thew wit
yes, fo as
you
fcape
folly.
We
meant
no hurt.
But
you than be judged according
to
your
F
f
f
z
workc.
595
Doll.
r.
x
Cor.xg.xa.
Judev.+
Rom. 6.1.
Gal. 1.13.
teer.;.;