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óto.
Ephefians
Chaps.
VER.AI.
to
have
fellowship
with the works
of
darkneffe may
fee
how that
pitchdoth
cleave
to
us, and beg
of
God
pardon for
our fecrer fins.
vfe a.
And
itdoth
teach us what wee
muff aime
at,
even
to
!crepe
our
felves
unfpotted by avoidingevill, the appearance
of
it, by having it
in
deteftation
:
For the
beames
of
the Sun, though they
fhould
Thine
on
the dunghill, yet they doe not mingle themfelves with
any fiithineffe
So
mutt we,and Chrift hath for
this purpofe prayed
that
we
fl,auld
not
betaken
out
of
the world,
but kept
from
evil.
a. The
fecond
thing to
be marked
is, that he
calleth
the
works
o
Dom
darkne/re
unfruitfall;
which
doth
teach us
,
That
the
wayes
of
(in
bring
Rom.6.zr.
typed
to thofe
that
walke
in
them. What
fruit
have
yee
in
thole
things
Rom.ys
whereofyeare
now
a/hamed
?
Sin bringeth
forth
fruit
unto
death.
How
can thofe
that
are darkneffe bring
forth
any
good
fruit
t
forwegather
not grapes
on
thaws,
nor
figs
on
thiffles.
To
confider
it
more
patticu-
larly,
thofcthat
are changed are treesofrighteoufneffe, and
they bring
forth
fruit pleating
to God,
fruit
to
men,
to
themfelves.
Now
on the
contrary,looke
at
the
works
of
unregenerate men,
they doe
difhonour
God,
they doe hurt theirneighbour,for
fin
is
a
univerfal
I
unrighteouf.
neffe, every
where wrongingman;
and
thirdly, they
doe breed
them-
felves all mifery in
this life, thame,
fickneffe,
poverty, &c.
and end-
leffe
mifery
in
the
life
to come, fo
that they may well
be faid
unfruit-
full.
Vie
r.
Wherefore
let
not
men thinke
that
their
finfull courfes are good
to
them,
profitable,
full
of
pleafure,for the end
of
that
pleafure will fling
like a
Cockatrice,
and the profit
that
fin
bringeth
(hall
prove
like the
Mannah,
Escod.
r
6.20. it
rotted and
came to
nothing. Sinne
is
a baited
hooke,
it
(hews meat and
covers murder.
to
It
muff
make
us
avoid
fin as
hurtfull
to
us ;
doe with
fin,
as
we doe
with crafty
Brokers, we will not talke with
them,
when
we know we
cannot
fpeake
but
they
will have
us
at advantage
:
So
wee
mull iftop
our
caresagainft
the
Siren- fongs
of
fin,
not meddle with the
leaff,fee-
ing
the Devill
ufeth
by
little
fins
to bring
on
greater,
as
wood
cleavers
by little
wedges make way for greater.
g.
This
confideration maymake
us never
wonder at
that
abundance
of
fin,
it
is
an unfruitfullthing, and evill weeds
grow
apace and
come
upthick.
Now
the third thingfolloweth,
viz.
That[uch
who
iralke
in light
mullreprove
and
convince thole
that
walke
in evill.
But it
is a
queftion
what
manner
of
reproofe
is
here
to
be meant
;
fome
fay,
that
oncly
which
is
in
the light
of
works, not
that which
is
made
by
word;
their
reafons are
thefe.
x.
Brethren only owe a reproofe by word to brethren.M4.18.
if
thy brother offendthee,
&c.
a. This
is
bidden
to
all
the children
of
light
;
Now
to reprove
is
a
duty to
fome.
3.
It
is
bidden by
the
heathen;
Now
they
are dogs and fwine, therfore
not to be
rebuked
by word.
q..
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