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ObieEiont
againt
the
a
f
fur
ince
e
f
our
ele son
an
fvered.
not
to call thofe precious
pearles
before
fuch
a
filthie f«'ine,
vnleífe he preferued
them
as
it
were in
the
casket
ofa
doubt
'full and
perplexed
fpeech,froin
being
trampled vnder
his
be-
mired feete,till
he
hadwafhed them
in
the
teares
of
vnfained
repentance. Moreouer;
hee
thus
doubtfully
fpeaketh to glue
him
a
more
cleere
infight
of
the
hainoufneffe
of
his finne,
as
though it might
bee well
doubted
of,
whether
the
Lord
"would
forgiue
it
or no,
that
fe,
his ininde hereby.being per
-
pplexed,hee
might by
the
confederation
of
his
horrible
finne
bee
beaten downe
and trulie
humbled
;
and becaufe
thofe
things
which
are
hardly obtained
are
more
carnally
fought,
therfore Peter
intimateth
unto
him by this doubtfull
fpeech,
that
it
was
no
eafie
matter to obtaine forgiuenef
e
for fuch
outragiòus wickedneffe,that.heemight
hereby
worke
in
the
Magician
more
carnal
and heartie repentance, and
incite
him
to
call
vpon
the Lord
for
merde
with
more
veheYriencie
and
feruencic
of
fpirit.
It
is
not
therefore
the
Apoflles
mea-
ning
to
ouerthrow the certaintie
offaith,
or
to
call
into
.que
Rion
Gods
inercie, whether. hee
will extend
it or
no
to
hai-
nous
offenders
who trulie repent
oftheir
finnes
and beleeue,
for
this
were contrarie
to
the whole
courfe
oldie
Gofpell
;
but
hee
vfeth this
doubtfull
fpeech
to
this defperate
firmer,
that
hee
might not
make
the foueraigne
falue
ofGods
gra-
tious
promifes bale and
contemptible, by applying
it
to the
feflred
fores
of
a
filthie
dog,which
were neuer
cleanfed
with
the fharpe
corrafucs
ofthe
law;
and
alfo
for
the
good
of
this
malitious
Gnner,for"he
doth not
abfolutely
aífùre
him .ofiner
cie and
forgiuenes, that
hee
might
be
furred
vp
with
more
earneílneffe and
care
to
feeke
it; for the
eafineffe
ofùbtaining
snaketh the (niter
careleffe
and
negligent
in feeking
and
fu--
ing;-neither doth
he
abfölutely
exclude him.
from
all
hope
of
grace,lefl
hee
fhould neuer labour
after
it,
but
defperatly
run
pn
in
his wickedneffe
;
for when
hope
is
cut off,the delire
al-
fò
fainteth,and therefore he
vfeth
a
perplexed
and
wife tem-
pered
fpeech,whichon
theone
fide
might
preferue
him from
fecure
prefumption,
and;
on
the other
fide
from
falling
into;.
hellifh defperation,
4;;ît,
.
Á:
Lail
lÿ,
theyobie6t that
fay
ingEcclef
,5.s,.,which
they
thus
reader.