S 366 TheGodly areWa/liedandSanilifed. a c r. VIII. creed utherwtfe, And is it not thus alto inour cafe ?God is mercifull, but he hash decreed otherwife , then that thou who loveft and livelt in finnes, fhouldflever be refrefhed with this mercy. The damned in hell may have it as foon as thou wilfully abiding in thy wickedneff ; onely God may give thee Repentance, and fo fit thee for mercy ,whichhe will not doefor Divels. 4, Fourthly, That Wherein they Wilful] deceive themfelves, ie altoafloat Ckriff, the Mediator and Saviour. This they build upon; Chrift came to favefinners, he is a Mediator to make up our peace. Now they make no queftion, but this being true, theyare Pure tobe faved : Ines they build upon a good foundation, bay and ffub- hie ; for Chrift is not a Savreur to any, but thofe who receive him altoasa Lord and a King, and fo proffer fubj Rion to all his !awes : He is not onely a jefus, a. Saviour,but he is alto a Lord and a Kirg, and he never communicateshis benefits, where he doth not beftow his graces. It's true he carne to fave linnets, he dyed for this end, but he all° dyed co ranfome us from our lulls, and to make us a peo- ple zealous cf good wor kr,Tir.z.r 4.Thegrace of God ( which is that of the Go- Ipel in Chrift ) bath appeared, teaching us to deny all ungodlineffe : So thin as Chrifts body was not laid any where but in a new Sepulcher, where no mandie lay ; fo Chrift theMediator is not received into everymans heart , but where no lull, or other grope line is fuflcred. to abide : If Chrift be a Saviour to thee from hell hereafter, he is allo a Saviour from prefentlulls and rranfgreffons; and indeed this is thegreatefl falvationof all , by howmuch the evill of Gone is above the e- vilI of the greateftEuniOrmenc. rherefore the trulygodly, and luch as indeed havepropriety in t. brill, they look upon this as theprincipali and chief enddour redemption by Chrift, ro have our alive evils fubdued, rather than ourpallier. They thank God for fending Chrift into the world, to take away proud hearts, earthly hearts, difobedient lives. In this they rejoÿce, that there is verrue and effi- cacy in Chrifts death, to kill thofe burdenlome liits and finnes which they lye un- der. Know therefore, that if Chrift purpofe to doe you any good hereafter, he will do tome to dire in this life. It's as great a mercy, and thou needell it as much, that heshould deliver thee from thofe prefent evill wayes thou walkeft in, as if thou Were in hell flames to be favcd from them : And never did Divesmore impor- túnately delire a drop of Water in Hell to cool his fcorched Tongue, than thou oughtell for the prefent to delire the bloudof Chrift , and the Spirit of God, which is Ike Water, to exringutfh that immoderate thitlt and delire after finne. Fifthly, Alendoe fo earlydeceive themfelvee, leceufe they put toe much Worth and efficacy in the Sacrament,, and externa profefon of the true Religion. In being a Proteftant, in participation of the Sacraments, they think there is fo mach piety and Religion, that though their lives be foul and noyfome, yet theyhope for fal- nation. This was a great delufion of old in theJewel; what controverfieshad the Prophets, and expoffulations with them in this matter ! Theyewct they pretended their new Moons, their Sabbaths, their Sacrifices, and would not bedriven from this refuge s But fay the Prophets,Wafhye, makeye clean,Ifaiah 1. execute judge, Mena and juflice, let every wickedman forfake hit evil! Way. Otherwile the Prophet declareth,that God hatteh their.folemn Affemblies. The Apoflle ameswould not have ufed fo many Arguments to piove that faith without the godly areas of it could not juflifie , if fò bemen had not been too prone to fuck in this Principle; andasI told you not long fince, Tais Opinion was fo generally anduniverfally re- ceived (vie. That ifa man didbelieve Orthodoxly; thoughhe lived wickedly) in eAuiins time, That hedidwith fear and modefly oppofe it. But obferve our Sa- viours groundof his ref ufall of all thole when enjoy many priviledges, yet live ungodly ; Depart Promuse ye workersof iniquity,Mat. 7. Becaufe they were wor- kersof iniquity, therefore God rejects them. Hence the Scripturecomplainsof thofe, who have the form and profeffionsof the faithof Chrift, but in worksthey deny him, 7n. r. 1 d. Thou abhorredthe Socinian and other Hereticks, becaufeby their
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