3 26 atfns roomingv:r to the diligent hearitTofGods word. veto them the great light,euen theSunne ofrighteoufneffe, Ep c f2, J. Chrifl lefus. Fourthly,throughfaith wearefaued,Ephef2.8. Neither is it poffble, that without faith we fhould euer at- tainc unto faluati on, for this is the condition ofall the pro- mites oftheGo1j ell,vvithout which we cannot haue ally af- Iohhn 1.t:. furance ofthem, Iohn 1.12. and 3.16.18. Moreouer, what. and ;.16IS. , foéueris -not done offaith it finne, R.om.14.23. Andwithout HeG i1a .23 f áith it i. impofble to p!eafeGod, Heb. i 1.6. But thepreaching ofthe word is theordinarie meanes ofbegetting faith invs, Rorn. io.17. as ppcarethRoni.i o.i y. Faith commeth by hearing,andhea:. r2r' by the wordofGod. And therefore whofoeuer contemn or neglec`ì: the hearingofGodsword,they refufe the rneanes offaith ; andbeing without fiaith,all they doe is finand can- not pleafe God,neither can they euer haue anyaffiaranee of Gods promifes,or their owne faluation. Laftly, by thehea- ringofGods wordwe arefaued, and therefore.Godsmini.. fiers in this ref-peel are calledSauers ofthe people, i.Tim.4. I.Tim,4.16. i 6. lakeheedeunto thyfaireandunto learning; continue there- în,for in p doing thoufhalt bothraue thyfelfèandthem that bare thee;becaufe they are the tniniffersofGod,whom he vfeth as means and inf}ruments inworking thefalúationoftheelectt: and therefore feeing by the preaching oftheword,weare made members ofthe body ofChriff, regeneratedand in.. lightned; Peeing thereby we attaineveto faith,and euerla_ fling faluation, let-vs as we loue our owne foules, diligentlie are the word, and not fuffer our felucs tobe hindred from- frequenting theholyaffeniblies of Gods Saints; with.euerie vaineplcafure andbafe comtnoditie, But here the tempter will bereadie toobie61,that though satans tempra. the word preached be thus neceflarie_andprofitable at forre tions,vwhere- ti Ines. when we areat leafure,yet this fhouldbeno reafon to y he "'it'''. moue vs to negleel our bufvies,orabandon.ourpleafurcs;for sÌravveth men p Bons the dill_ when once by thehearing therofwe are conu,erted,inIíght- ,few hearüa of nedwith theknowledge of Gods true religion,,and indued eds vvord, with faíth,it is fufficient ifwebut feldome heate it; for what 4114[P ,cold in fubflance canwe learne,which wee haue:not alreadie lear- ned,or what can the preacher teach vs, .which wee doe not know as wellas líe? ,Againfi which 'temptation, 'iNhich isfo common
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