4.Secl.z. Admonitions aadcommina tions prefitaidc for Gods dill- . drat. ajo Obieffionsaga4 theoffurancee f osir e& Nonaafivered. more andmore confirmedwith the promifes,of the Gofell fo was it requifit that hypocrites and fecure worldling shouldbe rouzed out oftheir fecuritie, with thefeand fuc like admonitions and comminations. Neither were they neceffarie for hypocrites andworldling Metric, but euen for the deere children ofGod : whobecaufe theyare partly flefhandpartly fpirit, therefore as they hau neede that the fpirituallman fhouldbee comforted and their faith confirmed againfi diffidence and doubting, with th fweete promifes ofthe Gofpell; fo had they neede to haute their vnrulie flefhcurbedin, and ref}rained from falling into retchleffe fecurity,b thefeadmonitionsand comminations And becaufe by reafonofthis diuifion which is inour felues weare readieasit were to mutinie, onepart ofour forcesbe- ingreadie to march cheerefullie to the land ofpromife, the other to forfake the way, fometimes on the one fide being readie to turnebacke againe,as vttcrlie defpairingofattai- Ming to the end ofour.iournie, whenwe confider the fonnes offlnak,m our fpirituall enemies, in refpe6t ofwhofe ílature and 1 }rength wearebut as grafhoppers,and the mightie op.. potationswhich are madeagainf}our weakeforce;and fome- times to -goe on in a way which God hath not appointed, prefumingvponourovine f}rength and abilitiesr. Therefore that wee may keepe the f}rait way without declining on either hand, God doth as it were hedgevs in on both fides, to refirainevsfromWandring; on theone fide with fweete romifes,.that wee may not defpaire, but relic our felues on is f}rength and affif}ance; on the other fide with firickt ad- monitions and fearefull comminations, that wee may not rufl toomuch unto our owne power, norprefume vponour wne abilities : and by themeancs ofthe one, heedoth as it 'ere pricke vs forward in our iournie, keeping vs from nce thinking offianding f}ill, or returning againeinto E- ypt; andby the other.as with an handheedoth uphold vs, hen weare wearie and readie to faint,hauing an eie to the crowneofglorie,and the garland ofhappineffe,which ispre- ared for vs at theend .ofour course, and race ofChrif}iani- And asa skilful! pilot, whenhisfhip is in a tempeftuous and s h s c r h t o o w .p ,:tse
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