dome (bail Cupport thee , and hold thee vp? So it will if it 'eane con(lantly on thewifedome ofGod , for his direction, otherwife remember thatSalomon,who fell fo grieuoufly, had beene allowife , and therein in that refpec9 thy better. Wilt thou fay myelection is confirmed to mee, I am chofen, and called, and beloued of the Lord , and therefore in no peril' of fwaruing? It is true, that by the venue ofclec}ion, vocati- on, and ettcrlafling loue ofGod, thou (halt be eflabliflaed, if thouwilt goe out of thy felfe, and in godly feare depend vp- on him , othcrwifeconfider that Salomonhad all the prero- gatiues ratified vnto him perfonally, and by name,and yet di- uerted, and went farre away. There is a worthy raying of Nehemiah for this purpoCe, though in a particular cafe, reprouing them that had married Idolatrous wiues 5 Didnot SalomonKingofIfraelfinne by thefe 1f,bem,13,t6; things,yet among manynations there Tras none like vntohim rFor be Trams belouedofhis God , andGodmade himKingouer I,iraed : yetflrange womenmade him to finne. By this likewife we may be induced to moderationofcen- rfi Z, Cure towards our brethren, which haue beetlewont to walke in the right pathos oftruth and piety , though theyfhould fails fornetimes in faithful' proceeding therein , nay though Satan fhould furprife them, though the world, or their owne corruptions fhould draw thccn to únfull courtes , and holde them fall in the fame for a teafon, wee may, and mull con- dernne their finnes, and inflabilitie ; we ought, and by duetie are bound to reprooueand admonifh them of their faults,ac- cording as our place requireth,andopportunity occalioneth; but depraue not the former fruits of Gods holy fpi it as though there neuer hadbeen anyvprightnetre in them, ney- Cher paire fentence concerning their future condition , as though their faluation were departed from them : For fo fhouldefl thou inrigour purtue chofe , whomGod in mercie bath feared : fö fhould Salornon , 4ra, and other godly men, whom the Lord in his thronebathacquitted , bebrought to thy barre to becondemned : fo mail} thou make thine owne wayes as flippery as theirs were,and falling,fhould findmany at
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