Greenham - Houston-Packer Collection BX9315 .G82 1601

20 Craue C'ounfelr loofe,or deathdifinay, or the iudgementsof God makeafraide.Itisnto foundjoy that ci- therwill !cane vs,ere wethall beglad to leaneit as anvnprofitable polfeffton. 4 Many had rather part fromall fauour ofGod; than loofe the grace of fomewittie Jc e. (peech whichthey haue deuifed : but curled bethat meriment which refpeóleth not either dutie toGod,or loue to ourneighbour. Knowledge. egenrrall t % Herr are many who hauea generalknowledge ofthe truth ,butwhenitcomes knowledge. , to particularpraetife,they arehundredwith profits,pleafures,and felfeloue. z They whofe knowledge is in fwellingwords,and painted eloquence of humanewifedome, being but a dodtrineof the letter, in their death they are as if ch y knew nothingofClsril'c crucified: and whereof comes it,that there is fomuch preachi sg,and fo little learning but becaufe men preach and delight toheare plaefiible Simile. nouelti s,to pleafe the care rather than thefimple power of the word to pearce theheart: they take thebone,and refufe the marrow : theyare content with the (hell, but want the Hom the Gof- kernell : and not onlythe lawkilleth,butalto the Golpell: that is,theletter oftheGofpell peltmayhe being mini$red without the fpirit. Askethe wounded confcience,what comfort itis to jaedta k,u. heare thatChrift dyedfor ourGnnes : nayaske if this gall not as much as the law it felfe, fo longas iris rather conceiued by reafon,ttsan receivedby faith. g He fayd, howafter he knewGod, flee defiredby prayer two things principally :the one,that he might loue the Saints : the other, that hee might willingly and profitablybe- hold theiudgements ofGod onothers : which asGod in merciehad graunted hím,folsee confeffedthis fruitethereo,thatvnlelfe he feene filch iudgemencs,he (hould hauefal- len into manytroubles, which now through Gods grace hee had efcaped,byPeeing and hearing the ratitesof thefe inherits in others. For when hee fate how God dealt witho- thers,he fearched his nineheart, whetherher had beenor was fucha man : heperfwaded himtdfe hemight be filchaone hereafter, and therefore he repented before Gods iudge: ments carneon him: ifeuer he had done the like, by praierand good tucaneshe was made snore careful' for falling intois hereafter. Loire ofthe creatures. r 7;;He loueoftl:e creatureshindreth vs in good things,but thevfe ofthem furthe- retb vs therein. Gods children looketo thefpirituallvfe of tholethings,which theworldlingsviecarnally. z Sometime good outward gifts hurt the beholders,when theyhurt notthepo(reffers: Dwaffgut- as wemay fee in the beautieof Sara and lfpb: which thing ought to humblevsin the s. delire of outwardthings,and to makevs thankfull for a mediocritie. 3 Thenwee haue a lure tellimonie of our loue to gond things, and of our hatredto euill,when no puniíhment nor reward can either driue vs from good, or draw vs vnto mill. ,.rotes ofan bolt'manage. viladnes. a Great caufeof madnes is impatiencie ofminde, or élfe thc hidden wrath ofGod upon a manfor doing fome thingagain(t his confcience. t 2'fatrimonie. f Nemay knowwhetherhis wife bebroughtvnto him of the Lord by thefenotes. lufl,ifthere beany agreeing or proportionable liking eachofother, and that in the gifts of theminde,concerning their generals calling,as zeale,faith, godlines ; and alto concerning theirparticular calling. Secondly,i£they being thus confonant doevfegood meanes,as the word,prayer,and rodent ofparents in the r contrafds, and then thegood order

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