2 64 Generall direl,ons for a ever; and (hall not wee Wormes and wretches, moil unwor- thy theleafl.bit ofbread wee put intoour mouthes,part with our fuperfluities, folnetitnes, both in refpc&of the neceffitie ofnature, andexigencie ofe(late, as the.Schoolemen fpeake, to relievethe fainting foule ofhim for whomChrifldied,and whichbee would rake as done unto himfelfe, Matth.25,4o,, were it but acupofcold water onely ,? Mar.g 4r.Monftrous unthankefull cruelty ! mercilefneffe, meritingwithout Gods fingular mercy, and turning mercifull our (elves, the fierce* flame in the dungeon of fireand brimflone. 4. The laft and everlafling doome, at that great and dreadfull. Day,mufl paffe uponus according to ourcarriage in this kinde. Then (hall there bea feuere and fincere fearch a t'atr vase, non andenquirie made after a worker, as the fignes, evidenced ¡tuns 6dem fit acidoutward demonflrations offaith, and the rooteof grace pronunciaturus in the heart : or of unbeleefe and rottenneffe at the heart- aperta caufa eft quoniam iaeæ roote; andconfequently, as arguments of a righteous dooms tententize fuæ in paffedupon the.Shee eand Goates. That glorious fentence uuofquecam o p ves,ynàmhados, of abfolution; Come yee bleffed of my Father, inherit the nono«uttfides,f k ngdome prepared for yoet from the foundation of the world apodi runt fides,' vetinlidelitas)fed ( which founds out nothing but pleafures, ¡oyes delights eonrpicaa tt$i. ga glories, beauties felicities, crownes, kingdomes, Angelicall monxa alleba, , moteos obtu% entertainements, beatificiall vifions, fpirituall ravifhments, Hearts perfe&ions, unutterable exultations offpirit, Twee- tell varieties, eternities) (hall be pronounced upon the god- ly,.according to the effeets,and fruits of their filth, to teach us in the meane time,.what faith to miff unto, and refl upon for jufliftcation ; even that whichworks by love: and at that day, to let all the world fee, Angels, men anddevills,that the kingdomeof Heaven is given onely to true-hearted Natha.. neelr,hand}Profeffours, workingbeleevers. Now in the text . for this purpofe, there is fingledout with fpeciall choife, an eminent Synecdochicall inf}ance, in one of the worthielt effe&s of faith, and noblef} fruit ofgrace ; even the point I nowpreffe, andlabour ro perfwade : an open-hearted, reall, fruitfull bountie and love to Obds people, and dif}refíed mangy, z3.40, Embers of Chriíl Iefus, for Chrift and their goodneffe fake,
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