thereforeafweit as the others , he adorrteth alto with Mite gar H pa,; thetltS, )1 _ tggvo a penny to them thatVvere hiredat theeleventhhour, tlo[{ l á rh, o g:: And thus much for the tirt ;Mud ; there° rcmatnes Sardys. tSW.thLeJ; _: .%end l igill notpoet hN gameout ofthe Booko f life. This is the fecund rwacá,applycd fitly to the times. For becaufemany fhould revolt from truth in thefe dayes, anciruany ;Cities;.people, _Provincesand Co treys fhouldagree to'confirai .thefe errours -( asár this y'it' it befeen how far and wide this contagion fpread itfelf abróad, even flyingover the&ea, and infesting thefe', NorthernCountreys of Gati4 wn4Stsiria) by which their approving of errour, they fhould` both race their namesout ofthe Catalogueofthe Saints, and fhould a fp cut offfront themselves thehope of falvatiòn, unlef a they 're peptesf laft (1 fad ),fhe revolting-of fogreat a ,íhumber of people 61 44 erouble the Saints , Chrift biddeth his conquering fervants be ofgood Oleo,hehiamfelf wouldkeep them free from falling, how- foevr they ,fhould fee an infinite fort fall on their. right and left hind. Torhe alone it is, whichdorh frre ofall recall us frommom', andthen fancfiifyethandcpnfirmethus inhis truth, that we donor in any times fall 'away. Thisreward therefore , as it is full offolace in regard ofthegodly, fo it fheweth that this fhould be -aheavy dime through the fallof Many.. For it is no triflingmatter to betray-or fQrfalçe,the truth , asmany thinke it to be, who can fo eafily eoridif'. cold to any opinion ,. but it is:an,argument of noworth in Gods ac,;' count. But you will fay,howcan thofe that be once enrolled in he höoke :ofLife be raced out ? fpecially feting this is the Book ofthe .jambe, as it is afterwards, chap. t 3. 8. That is, that booke wherein whofoever have their names written, the Lambe accounteth them' for his own , and acknowledgeth them tobe the !mires 'ofeternàll life , neither is there any man given to the Lambe that canperifh ? 10E1116.27, 33. and 17. i141 anfwer , that thefe things are fpoken in regard ofus. For there is adoable book! .flife , one (that I may fo call it) of Vocation, another of eledtion. All they are faid to be booked in that, who arc received into the fellowfhip of the Church by the preachingofthe Gofpcl, who do worthily feemetobepar- takers of1ife;.and to have hope given them ofeternal' falvation. For the Scriptures arewont to /peal;! thus univerfali ; Giving thanker to the Father, wh. barb made eu worthy tobepartakers ofthe inherit,',nce ofhiefaint., in light, Who loath delivered tor; fret* the poWer=áfkarke- neffe, : and kath trpnfatedne into tÓ,ß JCingditsr of bie k loved pons in Whom
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