kcepe them inacHon. Doe this, ·and then indeed~you loue Chrill.But many talke oflouing Chrill,&what good friends theybe toChrHl; but tri~ them a littleby their:wor·kes, and ,you thall fee that theyneither haueGods commandements, norkc~pe them: and fo farre as theyfa ile in thefe.things, fo farre they failc in the loue·ofGod, andprouoke 'God alfct not to loue them. This confutes thofe difordercd perfons,ia whotnone can fee nothing, but open rebelJioagainfl Gods law,open breach ofthe Sabbath, and maniteH contempt of theWord: yet tell them ofit, and aske them ifthey be not ailiamed,thus in the face of rheWorld,to pr0daim~enimi.. tieagainHGod; then firtl they fall to fnifriogand cloaking. But ifyou come with fo good aproofe,that they cannot de– _nie it,but are conuinced to their faces: then this is the next; What? areyou without finne? haue youno faults? doe you fulfill all God!» Commandements?Ycs,miferable man,there .are faults ·in the bell: but this is bloc-kilhnefle. Is t'here no difference betwixt falling by frail tie and through infirmtde, and liuing and lying in a flnne,.and.allowingone-s felf~ in the ,committing ofit?That fraiJt.kis in Gods eleCt children:but ·this wilfull difobedience, and maintainir:tg naughtinetfe, i-s in hypocrites: Th3t God paffe1h .by and .rega,rds not; this, - he~ill ncuer put away,vnleffe there be an·amendmenr, and .great repentance. For filch perfons loue not God: and it is iufl;ifhe purfue them andplague them as his enemies.This -likewife is-for the great comfort ofGads children, that doe . their bell endeuour to ~cep all his Comandements.Though they faile in that obedk11ce whkh thcy,ovghf to pcrforthe, yet God promi!cth to.foeY;v mer'cie to them,: as Hhe ·t:hould fay, Though .you~ come farre fhort ofchat you thould, and -would; yet, fo long as your heart is true, I wlll beare with your infirmitie. For hee r.eqtiires J.lOt fulfiJ!ing,bui keeping• .Ifon~· will Ha_nd to himfe]fe, then ,he mufi either haue per– Jellion ,1:> r- con fi J[lon.• But ifhe. ttu.Heo ChriH, then he is vn– .d~t gra~e, a1}·d there.is merde in Chrifi, pitying a~d tewar• ding.: rewarai:Pgajl their.goodt pityingand.paffingby their . 6 . · ~ '' ~ t . • . .,. ·ln n:n:uh.. s.... ,' .~· ·. , , . · ·. , l 1 1! .. , ::ThH.1m~h(ir tkefoq,,JCDmm~trJitmtflf• 1 u . ~ · :! . Thl
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