Òbietionr tgainf thecertainty ofour eZeEiiors an,livered. 277 the more incited thereby to ferue the Lord in-holine1fe and newneffeof life : for like louing children, themore theyare allured ofthe-loueoftheirheauenly father,and fecured ofhis tnercie and bountiful) benefits, the more they loue him a- caine, the more they loue'him,themore zealous they areof his glorie,and the greater their zeale is, the,greater. is their care inmaking the light of their godlie and Chrif+ian hues to íhine before men, thattheir heauenly father maybee glo- rified. So that it is not the fault ofthis precious feed,but the barrenneffe ofthe groundwhich maketh itfruitlefl'e,or elfe for good wheate,fendeth .tares,cockle and darnel) ; it is not anydefect or ill dïfpofition in this fweet finelling flower, but thevenemous nature ofthcfe ípiders which turne honie into poyfon : andtherefore the feede muffbe call vpoatheearth, though there be f+ones with thegood groundwhich wil ne- wer bring foorth fruit; theflowers offweete confolationmua not be pulledvpby the rootesand cat+away: for though the fpider gatherethpoyfon, yet the profitable Bee will gather honieout ofthem. Secondly,when wee teach the certainty ofele6hon, weedoe notteach that men muf+ gather it Out ofGods fecretcounfaile, butfrom their owne fanduification, bywhich they may bee affured that they are iti(+ified,callel andeleed : and therefore whofoeuer are not fantified but continue in their.finnes withoutrepentance, can haueno af- furancebyour do&rine that they are'ele&ed or (hall bee fa- ued; naycontrariwife, we teachout ofGods word,thatwho- foeuerliue in thefefh fh4lldie.Rom.8.z3. that they whichper forme the lulu thereofíhall neuer inherit thekingdome ofGoda Ga1.5.r9.2o.2T.that none who continue in theirvnrighte- oufne% and vncicanneffe (hall enter hito the heauenlyTern- falem, t.Cor.6.9. to. Reu.21.27; but (hall haue their porti- on in the lakewhichburneth with fire and brimflone ; as it is verf.8. Nowwhat ftronger bridle to curbe inourvnru.iie flefh,whenit is readie to runr,e into finne, than tobe aflurcd that ifwee liuein finne,and fulfill our carnal' lulls, wee are in the fate of condemnation ? what fharper fpurre topricke vs forward whenwe are readie to faint,or flacks our pacc.in the Chriftian race ofholineffe and righteoufneífe,than to confi- T 3 .der
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