That riches are not tobecondemnedand reie&fed. z 17 goeout oftheir Countrieouer all the wo ld ro preach the Golpell, they had not the daily vfe and comfort ofthern. For after that Genie is fa id CO haue left al,and to haue follow. Luk.p.zS.zg. edChrill ; in the next words he is allo laid, to haue made Chrifl,andmany with him, a great feaft at hisownehoule, the which he could not hauedone,ifhe had forfaken all, in Mat.19.z7.& refpeelofright and pof of ion, but oncly in the former re- 4.2.o. aa. & fpeEts. And`Peter alfo who faith, that he had forfàken all, lIh s i retained fill his houfc at Capernaum,with otherneceffarics and prouifion,as were fit to glue vnto Chrift intertaintnent. Andfo likcwife,he had his nets andboates,and othernecef fariesforhis fifhing,euen after the refurreclion ofChrifl, as John recordeth. And therefore ofnecefuie, their leauing and forsakingofall,muff be vnderflood,not absolutely and a6fually,but comparatiuely in relpeol oftheir eflimation,af. fectlionand resolutionofputting it in"pradlife, whenas they should becalled thereunto ofGod. In which regard,we al- foarebound to forfakeall,not onlyin difpofitionbut ina6t; firfl, in cafe ofChrifian apologie and profcílìonofGods true religion,when weare by persecutors put to our choice, either to leaue our riches, or to leaue Chrifl and his truth. Match./o. In which relpeE1 also wee are to leauc our flues, as our Luk.i4. Sauiourhimlelfe in many placesrequireth.. Secondly, MIA? Mark.8. it concerneth the generall'goodofthe Church; for thecom= mon and publicke good is to be preferred before ourowne private and particular. And laftly, when as in time ofgrie- uous persecution; theneceffitie ofmany ofour brethren' is great,and cannot be fupplied byany other meanes, tlienby fellingawayofourpoffeflìons, that the money may bee im- plated to the common vfe, as was thecafe of the primitiue AR.z.3t cap.5. Church in the Apofllestimes. .Fourthly;theyobie6lthelayingofourSauiour"Chrif to ,.seéJ.io. Oleyoungman.: Iffh4u vilçbe-perfea,goeféuthat thou ha>f,Th fayingof andgiiát tc áo.the,pnore,p°c. Ianfiver, that this was but a par= ChrJß to ai'e Ocular trial! which our Sauiour tooke ofthis young iufhcia- %%Z. ca- rie,who bragged that bee had obferued and kept the wholeMat.9'zr. . lawofGod ; wherebyour Sauiour. (hewed him how farre 1~ç was offffotnrhat,.petfco1ionofri'ghceoufíreswhich God therein
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