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V
E
R;
S.
Epheflanr,
Chap.
5.
6oz3,
He doth not fay, you
are
light,
now (land (till,
fit
you
dowoe,_
bur
walke,
that
is,
beftiryour
fclves,in
the works
of
God.
obf.
That the
light
of
Gods
word, and the
light
of
knowledge
in
our
minds
Del.
do
binde us to
worke
in the
works
s.
ofGod
:
Thy
light
ù
rifen
over thee,
Efay
6o.i.
aril
andfhincoutr So,
the
day k
approached,
:walke(faifh&,Patl.)When
Rom.t3.,s
God calieth
us,
it
is
to worke
in his
Vineyard
;
Worke
the
works
of
ad.
La1eur
for
thefood
that
perifheth not.
Strive
reenter
in
at
the
pad
Luke
:3.
gate. Endeavour
by
faith
and obedience
to
enter into that refl.
worke
our
your
fitIvation. Give
alldiligence
to
make
your
calling
and
eleoáion z ñec.,.:ó:
fore.
Seeke
firfl
Gods
Kingdoms.
For when
God
dotty
let
the
Sun
of
Mac.6.33.
righteoufnefle arife, it
is
fit we fhould
about the
bufineffe
of
our
fou le.
We
fee
that
thenight
is
dedicated to reft,and therefore
God
that doth
order things fweetly, doth draw
a curtaine
of
darknefle
about
us,
as
which
is
friendly
to
refl. Like a nurfe
that when
flit&
will
have her
little one fleepe, clothcaft
a
cloth over the
face and
every way hide
the
light.
But
when this naturali
fun
arifeth,
then
tam
goe oueto
their
works:. So
mull we, though
in
the darknefle
of
the night
we fnorted
in
fin,
now
we
muff
behir
our
felves,
feting the Sun
of
the
fpirituall
world
is
rifen
over us.
Which
doth
rebuke many amongft us
that
are
fetching
naps
by
vfe
r;
broad
day
light,
that
are
flothfull,
and
cry
with the
fluggard ,
A
little
¡deep-it
little
folding
of
the
armes;as
for example,We
tell you,you
tttuft
not he covetous, not
fallow the
world more then Heaven, the beanie
ofknowkdge
fhineth from us, and
God letteth
his
Spirit
enlighten
your minds to
fee
that
it
fhould
be fo ;
yet the worldly
man faith,
he
mull
a
little more
follow
his
matters',
till
they
are at
that palls hede-
firetb.
We
fay, the grace
of
God teacheth you
to
live
foberly
,
denying
Tic.
i.at.
ungodlineffe
and
worldly
lulls
; and
God
letfeth
fo
much light
Thine
in at
the
crevife
as
that
you know it
fhould
be
fo,
yet
a
little more
pleafure, (faith the voluptuous
man.)
So
of
idle,
foolifh, much
more
fcoffing,
jetting mike, though
the
Lords judgement fhine(as the
light)
out
of
his
Word,
and your confcienees
fee
it, yet
we mull have leave
to
be
merry.
If
a man finde
a
light burning
and
nothing done byit,
he
putteth
out
the light. Take heed that
fwd
turne not your light into
darknefle,
becaufe
you would
not walke
by
ir:
We
mutt
be warned
to labour
in
the
works
of
God
,
in
quickning
Yfe
t;
our
faith, hope, repentance,
encreafing
our obedience
:
Now
we
mutt
play
the Merchants,
not
loyter,
and
then
got
to
buy with
the
foolifh
Virgins, when
it
is
too
late;
while the
Sun fhineth
it
is good to
ply
the harveft.
While
wee
have
light,
let
us
worke
, for wee
know
not
how
foone
God
may make
it
night
with
us, whenwe cannot labour.
2.
It
is
to
be marked
that
he
bidddeth them
,
walke
ad
the
children
of
light
;
which
to
underftand; we
muff
confider
how
men accuftome
themfelves towalke
in
the
day feafon.
T.
We
fee
that howfoever they be homely
in
the
night,
yet they
will
have care
to
have their appareil
fitly
about them before they
come forth
in
the day
feafon.
2.
They