Tire rnuff notfinne uponexamples. z93 thegood togleaning after the haruefl, then the great Fianna is the diuels, and á ratan number the Lords. Againe, facing they are o great a number, they mutt baue a broad way,but it leaded)to def}ruaion. Indeed innuft bea greateway, inthe which moll mutt trauell;and the godlyhase a narrow`way, and therefore Daseid faith, Lordlliewme thy parbes,aud helookes ar theiournies end.In heauen there is rodrnéenough, but hell, as E- zecbiel faith,muft beenlarged ;fodangerous it is to follow a multitude which is aiwales like itfelfe,and yein ay- fee howüidgement paffeth on their behalfe,when it is putto rhem.Tbere wasa voiceput vp formaking a golden Calfe,and there was notone agamft ir. There was a voice what Mould bedone with Ielüs,and all cricd,crucifie him. Another was,whether God fl nrld be God,or Eaal íhouldbeGod,and noneheld withGBdb uc£liiah.Alfowhe- thee Chrift orBàrrabás fhmild be lootedandall chofeBarrabar.An d ina Food matter,whe- t her lofeph (Mould soe into thepicot' no,and all but Rubencontented he lhould. In religion we cangrant,that vvnincrfality is no note of thetruth : and ifany obie&ì veto es, what, fo many Princes,fo manyNoblcs,and yet haue theynot thetrue religion? wecan anfiver out etPau1Notmany noble,notmanymighty bath theLord chofen,b:utinour life wecannot be drawn to confcfie the lame. Whereforelet vs bewareoffollowing themultitude. 5 Particular examples may bemade generall inftruelions,when the caufe of them is generall. When an exampleis grounded vpona generall equity, thenmay it be followed, . but when it bath foam particularrefj a i}and contrarie tothe generall equity, it maynot befollowed,though it were well done. Yet that was notwell done of Zipporah, becaufeit G+'eumcifion was theoffice ofa roan to dotthat fhe didiasappeareth, Gen, r7, for,in that the Lord de- by'zippara4' parted,itwas rather for thefaith ofMops, then that thethingwas right. So Was is in the Cxod,q. exampleofSimeon andLerei,who finned : yethad the Lord More relpenb of their fathers faith to crowne it,then oftheir fiune topunifh it; yet was ie íh11 finite. Therefore when we cannot doewell,aswe thinke.becaufcofothers,as wife, friend,husband, &c, let vs know that the fault is inour felues: for ifwe werefaithfull,; they Mould be fo farre from hinde- ring vs,thatmien by vs perhaps they might beIaued. r.Cor.7. 6 It werea gooddung to make othermen our looking glaffe, -and in their fa lies and infirmities,eithertobeholde ours prefenr,or to fïifpeetthem to come. y It is not good to binde any to our examples. 8 It is euermore a later thing to.inftt in the generall rules then in the particular examples. 9 We may not felloweurry good examplein Scripture, and when we followany, weEa,mpfer;,, muf} iooke wehave the fame fpir¢,and the like affeelion. Scrip;areGom o Many call esill gcod,byI-peaking forit, bynot (peaking again(} it,by defendingit tebcfiCooed, in themklses,defrodmog it its others, whoare worletimenSaul, s.Sam.ir. for after awhile he bethought himlélfe, be confefled: but thefemen aftertheyhave on taken vpon them to defenda finne,will defend is i}ül,thcy will dwell in it, huem it, die in ir, goeto hellin it. Th3.4. fence of Profilers theyare of ill caufcs; parafites,I would they. were only in conredies,luch as (oweGnno. pillowes,Ezeeh, t 3. and Plàl. to. filth as they, AC-i. I z.the vayceefe Gods fuchas Abfalom, Qp i laudano z.Sama 5. that laid that all matters that came before hint, were good. Titele perfwade o-. peccatorei. titers tolinne,eitherby 'hew ofreafon,Gen. 3. orbyThewof religion; asAffalomdid, or a by (hewofl}acute,Ioh.t9, we haue a law: by faire prommles,as the diueli to Clsrsft,ail tisis I 3 will glue riser;or byfaying,ye(halllodemoreeafe,JeroboamsrealeifortimeCalle,witha + Pilares voyce; orifyou will not fay as Nebuchadnezzarlaich, you (ha Il into the furnace. t Butlomeoftheedoefay. I.Inecerfpakewordincommendationofehisorchateuillmat- ter. But have yenot heardthe common faying,*the thingit kite fpeaketh.7heheauens de- lies ipfa la Clare theglory ofGod,Pfal. g.andyet fpeakeneuera word :Their aébions fpeakelowder and aluiüfr, plainer than theirtongues. Titele in judgement abfólue Barrafeo-and condemne Chri(b, and lobellow on themill Poch things,as belongto thegood. Theybellow prefermentson them,thatleafi deferue, as jeroboamdidthe priellsofficeen thebafèfe fort of cluepeople : Andlb it is inourtimes,for many haueplaces both in Church& commonwealth whichcan Prrferrnesfs; (ernefor nothing but tobeconfonancsalwaies followingthe found oftheir vowels hauíng r'TLe. none oftheirowne. a. Somefpeake not again(} Inne : when Helyhad let hisTonnesfaults Impedirequi Pom(l,fin n C c- 3 pane,.
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