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V
E
R.
Ephefian.r,
Chap.5..
60,
It lettcth
as fee
that
wee need
not wonder that
finners can
goe
on
Yfe
z.
fo
contentedly
,
for
fleeping
is
an eafie
trade
,
but the
end
of
it
is
death,men
ftung
of
Afpcs and
of
the Serpent,
both
fleep,but to death
both.
For the
fecond,
This
is
our
duty
to
awake
andrife
up.
For this, Gods Doll;
Commandement bindeth
all thofe
that
have lived in
impenitency and
fpirituall
death
:
now
God
admonifheth
to
repent, though
he fay
not
come
up
Lazarus, yet that
in
¡oh.5.25.
is
true,
he
fpeaketh
to
finners
that ftinke
in
the death
of
finne,
and
they
rife and
live : And
for
us
that
are
his
ownechildren , hee calleth
at
our doorc
likewife,
Cant.
z.
r O.
Rife
up my
love
, and
Cant. 5.
6.
I
rafe up to
open to my
beloved,
&c.
Revel. 3. 2.
Be
watchful and firengthen
the
things that
are
ready
to dye.
I
fund
at
the
doore
and
knock,
ifany
man beare
my
voice
and
open
the
doore,&c.
But one may
aske
what this duty
doth
infold
e
oe
r.
That
we break
off
our
fin
by repentance,
for the matter
of
fleep
j
it
is
this repletion
of
loft.
2.
We
muff
get grace,
fpirituall fenfes and
powerofgrace, which
doth
make
us
fit
to worke the works
of
God:thus
in
naturali awaking.
s.
The
matter
of
fleep
is
diffolved.
2.
The
fenfes and
power to move
doth
returne into
the members,
this order
is
let downe, 2.7im. 2.
2
5,
z6.
God
giveth
repentance.
2. Men
do
ávavntHV,
awake out
of
their drun-
ken
fleepe.
3. Men muff exercife thefe graces, bring their. faith
,
make
it
lay
hold on the promifes, r Tim.6.1
z. Fight
the good
fight
of
faith,
lad
hold
on
eternalllife; bring the
eye
of hope
,
ma>'e
it
fiat
be
in
heaven,
whence commeth their helpe: Look for the accomplifhment
ofGods
words,
as
the watchmen do
for
the dawning;
exercife
the
care
of
the
heart,
and
fay,
Speak
Lord,
thy
fervant heareth;
Shew
the diligence
of
love
in
the
work
ofit,
12-he
f
1.3. till men come
to this they
are
not
well
awake;
as a
man
that lieth
It
retching and turning
in
his
bed, Prov.6.
r
o.
is
(till a fleepie fluggard till
he
hath
awaked himfelfe,got up, fetled
his
cloathes,
and
let
his
hand to fomething
:
Blow up
the
grace
of
God, ITim.i.6.
...iwakc and
flo-engs
hen
that
which
isready
t.
dye; and S.Peter
faith,that
Rcve1.;.1.
thofe
in praélife
muff jayne
fait
h, vertue,
knowledge,
&c. that
will bee
s Pet.t.t.s.
kept
from
idleneffe and unfruitfulneffe,
which
arebranches
of
fpiritu-
all
flumber.
4. Laftty, we muff watch againft
fleepineffe,
z
Pet.5.8.
s
Thef.5.6.
Befides
the phrafefignifieth
an exciting
to
the prompt
and
confiant
performance
of
any
thing.
Now
then we
mutt be exhorted
to
(hake
off
our
flamber,
if
God
vA
fhould
call
the
bits ,
who
fhould
not
bee
in
for fleeping
,
fometimes
winking
in
unfruitfulneffe, fometimes
napping
in
lufis
through weak.
neffe,
fometime without
life and
power.
Now
let
us
confider
how
odious
it
is
to God,
as
vineger to
the teeth,
or
as
fmoake
tothe
eyes
:
Curfid
is be
that
cloth
the
work
of
the
Lord flothfuly. How
hurtful'
to
our
felves,
for that which
is
halting will quite goe
forth
,
if
it
be not
gob.x
j
H
h
h z
refor-