Of Zeale. take heede itbe not naturallearneftnelle, or carnal!, or not faucuringof the Spirit. 4 OIC fyiiig iii his 1earmg,that night beobkrucd from ne ray n n h in it[ fe e rom time tori e,ehatmenhaue been morebountiful' in furthering a corrupt religion, then in relieuing the profcflots ofCoferreibis theGorpel i: he anfvvered his iudgement was the contrary,for though many in poperiegiue rmtrt> much,vet it is oftheir aboundance,but weread inno place that euer men fond their whole tho srtnu,n of o4fe(iionsto rue to the reachers, asitwasdooneintheprinaitiueChurch. p g P k ;iiupa,r. S Thenature oftrue zeale is let downeF1 b.ro. wherethe Apo(tie hcauily threateneth T,ue vain and them, that willingly giue ouer themfelues co fin : there is named in the propertongue the the P,opc;ties zeale offre. For as fire is not withoutheate,to zeale is hot, and cannot longbe holden in, fiber, of: Cw!fcsre this It islet do.wire by the eanerarir, Reuel.. when after the Churchof Laoditea for her Ieace- ,,,prr, bi> third warmnes, isthreatned to be fpuedout ofthe Lordhis mouth, it is added, bezealous and ¡into;,of;eale amend: where=lee zeale cobe oppofed tolukewarnmes,whicbis too temperatean heate the fJlpart. for theprotefiionoftheGolpell. Again,i.Cor.a4.r.that which inour common tranfla- tionwe reade, Followafter tome, and cruetfpir tua/l:Fu, &c. the naturali text hash, Bezea- lous after themoreexcellentgifts, and Rom.i a.Befermentinfpirit.i.let Godhis Ipirit inkindle in you a firewhich may flame out ofyou. Nowthereare dmers kinds ofzeale,as the zeale oftheworld,ofthe fleth,offálfe religion,according to the world. And eoeryroan is eaten, (pent, and confutned with tome kind ofzeale, which muff (haute vs, iftveehauenot the The rerompëce true zeaie, for that this zeale lcauethin vs tome aduantage and reco:npence, which the tJteacs a14 worlde and carnali men haue not. For when they haue Ipent and let on tilt all the ycte Strength of their bodies, and powers of theirmindes , they haue no pine but torment' of conscience, whereas the godlybeing fpeut in agood eaufe, have that repaired in the , innerman, which is conlìnned in the outward. Now to knowe what this true scale is, rnq,errieruf as neere as by properties wee may defcribe it, wee mutt firft vnderftand, that it is tnre ea[e. groundedon knowledge. For if our zeale benot according toknowlcdge, much like to the zealeof themfpoken of, Rom,it. wemay come to perfecute the trued), aadthinke we doevery well. Our zeale muff begin inherethe word begins : and endwhere the word ends, that in allthings it beproportionable to the word. Our Sauiour Chrift rebu leech the Pharifees,for (training Micagnat, and fwallowingvpacamel': for tithing feed andmint,and for pretermitting the waíghtier matters of the l as, ,wherein theybewra ted a rotten zeale, in that they teere careful' in the Idle, and careh&Te in the greater pcynts. So now a dayesmany rather deiring to be countedzealous then to bezealous; for a cerenieüie will be as hoc as ntajt be;and yet in toreprincìpalipoynts of religion they areas colde as Z'alotuinace. can be: ingreater caufes letthisbe ourcanon , to vfe greater scale: in ledè matters let r"°`°e''n a this be our pedagogieto vtéléffez eale,f b that weremember to count nothing fhall in the ÿ ae ar ra[de word, and that we curiocreafe anddecreale in affeebon, as the thing loueddotiriecre ale a> ice. ordecreafein.goodnes.If I fay, we can zealoullypurfue the moll principalthings,and for thepeaceof the.Church :cantolerase Idle things(far ifanymania mattersofleff importance Too rules, lithobe contentious,wehdue nofuch cufiome, neither the Churchof God) toe(hall ohferne this r t.rule,ftillremembring thiscantion,tharwecount/nothingfinalcommanded orforbidden inthe word.The fecond rule is; thatwe haue aiseye as well to things inward as outward: our Sauiour Christreprehendethxhe.Pharifes,for that theytirade clean theontfde oftheplat- ter,and left the innerfìde foule, whofeliues though outwardly they were without re- proofe, yetinwardly:they werefail Of pride, difdane, felfe-loue and i uch like. well,our zeale mutt beginne within y; andin time appeare without: we mutt no lefle foare todoe coin being byour felues aioné, then ifwe were eyedtithewhole world,leaft that we be- comeaspay rated fepulclrers, andasfuch .diflres;asare cleanewithout and Mule widùn.A braunch of this ruleis tohaue. a narrowe and iealous view of our ownecorruptions, lur- king in thebottomle le pitteofnature, andgaged onely by the word and ipatte. When sagaenife vn weloue to behypocrites in dilrembling.this natural' corruption,and yet arc be,fie in pre- cried. tending fain; outward faiiétinionie, the inftice of God in timewill vncafe vs, and then the fossewlsscls we would¡aide, ¡hall appeare in theface outwardly, and the good which,, in truth we newer loved, fhallbe feene neuer tobane been in vs. Herein then wemay goe s, tafchoole withthe couetousMans Whohad ratherbe. rich, thenbe counted rich, that ce may 453
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