to drozvfie SAINTS. I 99, them for our owne felres, rather than wee will part with them for nothing. So they goe away, fo, Gods Minifters go away, when the Market is dead, no cuflomer will come to their flails. So Tam1 and Parnabas went away from the Jews , Tee put of the word from you, and therefore, lo, wee turn unto the Gentiles,AEts 1 3.46. q. ei. yee will have none of it , we have offered it to you, and we were bid to do fo, but yee put it off from you, therefore fare yee well : Dye in your fins. So people now put off the Word of God, our Do- drine finks no where almoft ; one puts it off from him, a- nother puts it off from him : Like as the Cities of the Phi- leflims did with the Ark,The men of Ekron,t hey cryed out,and do you bring it to us? and fo the men of lfhdodfaid,and it /hall not abide with w,t Sam. 5.7.Every one put it off,they would have none of it. Fifthly, when people oppofe, they are fo farre from re- penting at the preaching of the Word, that they fall to op- pole, and to mif-ufe the bringers of it, as the Jews did Saint Paul. The Text layes, He/kook, his raiment at them, and told them, your blond be upon your own heads, and away bee went,Atfs 18.6. when people lay their heads together how they may have out the Minifter,many times God gives them leave for to doe it, that they may bring evill on their owne heads, the Lord lets them have their curled wills, to their owne utter deftru&ion and condemnation. Sixthly, when God hath fent all his Minifters that ever he means to fend :He fent one Minifter,and they would not heare him, he lent another after him, and they would not hearken to him neither , a man would wonder, Purely God will fend no more; well, may be God in his great goodneffe fends another good man, and he does what he can , but the people will doe wickedly ftill. Yea , but when God hath Pent all that he wearies to fend, now he will fend no more ; as God did with Judah ; I have fens unto you all my fervants the Prophets, riling up early and fending them, Paying, fume from your ev,U wages, but yee have not inclined your care unto mee, Jeremiah 3 5. 1y. when 0 2 God
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