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MinliierS

muff

?math

the

Gofpel

publicl7y

659

feene

in

the Citie of the Lord of

Hofis,

in

the

Citie

of

our

God. God

will eftablifh

it

for

ever.

87 Pfalme

,

3

verle.

Gloriítu things are

fpoken

of

thee,

O Citie

of

God.

kzekiel

40

Chap.

2

verte. In

the

vifions

of

Cgod

brought

he me into

the land of

Ifrael,

and Jet

me

upon

a

very

high mountaine,

by

which

was

as

the frause

of

a

Cane

on

the

South.

This

is

the

Law

of the

hours; upon

the

top

of the Mountaine

;

the

whole

limit thereof

roars

about

fhall

be

mot

holy. Behold,

this

is

the

Law

of

the Houfe.

And

fo

the

Church:

is

let

on

a

hill

,

there

should

be

that

union

as

in

the

Cide

for coming

toge-

ther. But

I

cannot

tdnke

that

this

is

the

fcope

of

Chritl

to

let

forth

this,

but to let

forth

the

eminency

of

the

Gofpel

;

you are

lent'

into

the

world

to

preach

and

adminifler

the

Ordinances

of

the

Gofpel,

and

goe forth

in

a

publick way,

and the eyes of allmen will behold

you

;

you lead

need

look

'to

your wayes, for

the

eyes

of

all

men will be upon

you.

As

a

Citie

that

is

fet

on

a

hill cannot

be hid,

and if

there

be

any

time

of danger

that Citie

is

prefently difcovered

, and you

tuft

goe

and

preach

in

the world,

and

you

muff

not thinke

to

lye

hid,

as

force

there

are

that

have

a

fordid

fpirit

, and

had

rather

lye

hid,

and

be

of

no ufe,

then to

appeare

muf

pc

ly,

and

to

be

of

ufe

for

Chritt

;

No,

faith Chrifl,

y

not

thinke to

lye hid and

be

in

fafety,

but

you

mutt be content

to

tha:1.111

the

'be

the

obje4l

of

all

the world. Luther

on

this

place faith,

tu

5

oher

4>

Therefore

you

mutt not conceale

any

thing of the

truths

of

God,

you

mutt

goe and

preach,

and

preach

the truths of

God

plainly,

and

not

have any

refpe& unto

the

reproach

or

fhame

in

the world, not

have

any

refpe& unto

povertie,

unto riches,

unto hatred,

unto favour, unto life

or

unto death, becaufe

the

Apoflles,

and

fo

the

Chriflians did make

pr.ofeffon

of thofe

truths that the world

iaw

no reafon

for, it

is

to

draw

the

eyes'

of

the

World

upon

them,

and

becaufe

that

they

did

Peek

to

hold forth

a

higher

way

ofReligion

and

godlinefs,

then

other

men held forth,

it

drew the eyes

'of men

upon

them.

Won

t

which Tortullian faith

on

this .place,

How comes

it

to

palpe,

TurtJGiau

on'til

that

-our

Lord

compares

us

to

a

Citie

on

a

high:

hill,

know

that

the

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M

a

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4

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