19Z i C H R I S TS 4lazm whether they hcare or no But that t 's dly ougt left but the Name; for ei'ho heares thaiswith ere tremblinharg, who mingles his hearing with faith, who drinkes the Word, as the Earth doth the Raine, who does what hee heares, with- out which all hmearing is no better empty Name? So for cloming to the Sacrarhmea entan is not chat trade a name too? Setting afide the Name of a Sacrament now and then, what have wee elle ? Who feeds upon fefus .:hail? Who comes to the increafing of his Faith? Wino irath Faith at all, that it may bee inereafed ? Who comes to it with preparednel e ? Who fits at the Lords Fable with a Vedd:ng Garment ? Who goes away nourifhed u any more unto eternall Life ? Without the which all out Sacram :nés are 'but naturals things. So for holy Conference, unlcfle it bee r..-,e N.,t,,,r of it, what is thereof the thing it :die left ?, May b r r+ fir ti: cusfory words of goodneffe, before wee part, but noq)üek,urg.ofone another up, no exhorting of one another; no e -m :o,bicg of one another, or admcnifhing one another ; nab ,,,,,,e are growne to bee afhan,ed of theft duties ; and for i >ra.,. en,hut that wee take Cufhions and fall downe on our Knees, and fay a company of Corifeffions, and Petitions, there is little cite done. Come wee to the Graces of Gods holy Spirit , without the which a man is Dead intrefpaffes and net finnes; &c. as Faith, Repentance, peace of Conte ience, and Love, 8tc. where are any of there to bee found ? )S f Secondly another Ufe is of terrour againfl us ; doe wee Z. thinke that the Lord will endure this at our hands? Hee bath endured it too too long, but Hee will not Puffer it .al- wayes.. He hath a Spiritual' thunder -clappe that Hee lets flyeaga.infl this fine; The Toile perfon Jima bee no more called liberal 1, nor the Merle bee fetid to bee bountiful', Ifaiah, 3 s. t. That is, the Lord will unmaske all fach perfons, Hee will pluck off all Chair Names, and they (hall have a Name fit fer .their natures, and Hee will doe this. Firfl,
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