364 ?}bfer?!: Wily men of great impiety have thong perfwalons of their happy Condition. TheGodly are W4JhedandSali.ïfifed_ S a c r:VIII. (Han faithwould fave them, though they had wicked lives, he advifeth cheat, nor to 'erre, or, benot deceived, either by falseTeachers, broaching fuch Doftrioes, or by their own corrupt hearts, fuggeRing fach falle delufions : Fie doth altodehort them from fuchwickedneffe, becaufc that was their courfeof life formerly, while uncon- verted, brat now they are.mglbedand fandïified, Before I come to themain fcope I intend out of there words, ( which is roexplain the nature of converting grace, under the notionof Waging and Sandlifying,) let me confider that Phrafe, verfe 9. Be not deceived, and thebeginning of this verfe tr. Andfuckwere fame of yon - For theformer, although it wasas pain as the Sun-flaineàt Noon-day, that all who live ingroffe fins fhould be damned , yet there were Corinthians who deceived their own fouls, thinking they might bePaved, although they lived in allprophane- nefle. Therefore to prevent this the Apoftle faith, Be not deceived, Chrilt Mich " filch Preface, Luke at. 8. andPaul,Gal.6.7. ?ante, alfo a 16. when they are to fpeak that thing, which unknown, or unobserved, would bring a man muchevil'; and truely there cannot beagreater caufe to prefix filch an Antidote than in this matter of the Text For how notorioulty univerfall is this contagious andinfetti. oilsPrinciple, that theprofeffìon of the truth of Chrift, and a general' formam. vocation uponhis Name will bring a man to heaven, though hislifebe nothing but a preparation forlìell. Learned men fay, that Simon tí`Ylagus taught thisDoftrine, That a bareprofeffion of faith,without a reformationof mens lives, is enough to falvation : whether thisbe messDoEtrine, or opinion, I know not ; to be fare, its toomuch their praftice; and it may juftly be thought, as Aeflindid, that one main reafon, why .avres doth fo much prefer good works, and a godly life, informing that faith alone without thefe,'did not _juftife einas,`becauté_fome corruptòd'and perverted thefe places in PauliHpiftles, whcute hefete upfaith as the onely mars. mentor juification. Obf. rhomenare very prete,etiera/lytod`cei4tetbemfilvesintñit, that though the, live wviekedly,ryet they f ailldye happily, anddé favedglerioú'ly, Though they have lived enemies and adverfaries to God, yet they think to have the Kingdome of glory, as children andheirs of God. Omonitrous folly and madne Ire cotma- ginefilch things I But what is more frequently afted in the whole world than this? Is not ptophanenrITe and impiety ascommon among usas dirt in the high-way, or weed's inSummer ; yet which oneof ehefe men, . that live in fùch wayes,'doth not promife himfelf heaven? So that if we codldremove this pillar, that fo many lean upon, I feeno obfira:Lon, or impediment in their way to falvation. Ifour henrers.were driven out of this refuge, and were convinced ; this is but adefuG on,andit will doe them no good, howmanÿwoüld come to us as theydid to jobs Bapti(l,What'halll wedoe to befaved ? For the further preffìng of thypoint, it is worth the confederation What are thofe taules that make menof great impieties thusfoolif aly perfwaded ; and flirt, Non-attendance to the Scripture ; not obferving the threatnings and curies fo peremptorily delivered there againfr all ungödtinefs. Men judgeof their falvation, and have hopes according to the principles of theworld, and humane perfwafa. nos : They clunk God like themfelves, as the Plalmill fetcb,Tfal.5o, T hey donot go robe informed outof the Word,how it will be with. them at the latter end. Oh know then, though thyown heart, and though all the menin the world fluould ac- quit thee, yet that is nothing, as longas the Wordbindet}rthee fall in tholechains of condemnation. Thou therefore that liver in all grolle prophanenel%, ptomi- fng thy self heaven and happineffe, look intothe Scripture and tremble,'take the Bible and read , fee if that doe not makeit as impoftìble forthee a prophatieman, abiding fo without Repentance andReformation, to be raved, as it io for flue tobe without heat, or the Sun withoutlight : Who would think, that the teivhorea- deft and heard} tomuch every day, Mouldbe thus deceived?- Knowtenet faith theApaftie, that the unrighteout 'ball netinherit the Kingaimeeef beaen Knowye not I' Is there;any ftach:a Babe, or an Infant in 'Chrifianitp that isnot icquainred with
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