S¢2 eJV14er greenhorns `ÏZeadinga jbah%ee to s, handingis to ourflume in that they candoe fogreat things for vaine glorie, and toget ot p f » credit to their feót, when wecannotdoe halfe fomuch for Gods glorie, and tomayntaine toToferpa'. ,, his word.Butif willbe oliriketofare with Saul,euill men : the Lord in his wrathwill piJtstobemore P par ribteoa,tben make vsperfecute goodmcn (for SaulnotpunifhingAgag, did afterwardeperfecuteDa- they be. aid: ) wherefore our righteous foules mutt begrieued with the iniquities courtimes, ttaibsa sy andwe mull thew our zeale in religion by ahatred oflyes, howloeeerthey be cloked isotbejiperedl with the hifhrionicall vifard of ciuill honeftie. For as it is daungercus to aduenture our bonifie. felues tobe tainted with the groffe gyre of the peftilence : fomutt we careand make con- $iesile. fcience,to keepeour felues from all contagion efperilons vntruths. The f todo Thefecois4 realonaswefaid,is thecircumtt anceofthe titne,bothin that his owneper_ teems úo fo, was contemned, as port.14.6.The teicb(edbastelaideafnarefarme,butIfawnednotfrom God. thy precepts. As alto in that theword ofGod wasfo flenderly regarded and alinoft brought untovtrercontempt, as in the 16.port.6.verle.pis timefor thee Lordto worke,forthey haue deJlreyed thyLaw. uneto the Forthe firft how wonderfully doth it commendhis loue to theword, thatwhen they made faireprofers, no gaine could get him; whentheybegan to threaten him,noterror coulddifinay him ; when they circumuented him with preferments, noplealisre could Freuaile with him, no promife could win him. For the fecond, theyopprefled him with miuries,they vndermindedhimwith benefits,they fupplantedhim with politike llanders, and let fairefaces on their vile caufes, and yet noneof ehcfedid toprenaile, that either their violence could enforce him, nor their liberalitie allure him, nor their policies and fubtill cauillingbeguile himone whit, tobe drawenfrom the true worfhipofGod, which was aninfallible token, that vnfainedlyhe louedthe law. O fingulartryall,that whenthe lawelfewhere had no entcrtainement, yethe did defend it though he was fo highlycon- temned. Experiencedoth teachvs, thatthe moregodlineffe is oppreffed, the lefle it isregarded, and thatnot ofthe vngodlyand wicked ones onely, but cumofthe very childrenofGod, » afwell by calling,as by election. DataPfalm.73. faithofhimfelfe that he fretted to fee the » profperitie of thewicked : lob, Ieremie, Abacucke in times pall,and manyof the Saintsof ro Godin our times are greatly troubledand giieucd, to fee how it goeth with the wicked pail.faiet.la wifb,thagetilie, s then is a lure token of hisloue toGods word, risen then » to efteeme it, when of thetimes it washated : neitheris this any true triall or argunsentof » ofehe loueof Godsword, to favour it whiff} others doe fauour u, but when all formali likingof it beginneth to decay, then in truth and conflancie to profeffe it argueth true is andconftant loue ofit.And it muff notbe flrange untovs, that the Church is often vexed with wicked herefies,becaufe iristhe infinie iuficeof God, whenmenwith faire and loue, donot obey yy truth ina good confcience,wherebv they;diminilh the glorious credit ofthe childrenofGod,togiue themouer to tome horribleherefie. At what timewemay fee both the graceof God ingiuing ffrengthto Isis tobeleeue euen in the middeftof heretics, as al- fo thefaith of his children euen then tobe confiant when others reuolt from the truth. M to continue inour former example ofDauid. Firft he was taunted,when it was faiJ,whais this man,is it notthefnneofIJhay? Then br- ingbetrothed andcontraaed to tise eldeft daughterofSaul, he was deludedanddepriued ofher. Afterward Saul prouoked him withopen violence, howbeitftill heprefeuered in the loneofGods truth. dpptication. To apply this toour felnes, ifa man now adayes becalleda precifian, ortermed by the name ofpuruane; and that feine worldling thus reafon with him, what will youbecome a precifian ?will you giue ouer and forfakeyour friends? and commit yourfelfe to their company,who arenot abletopreferre,pleafure,nor profityou ? willyou now enter fohard a life ? and fùffer fo odiousa naine ? doth itnot cometo paffe, that this firft bluff bloweth vs away? Other louse can be content to giue theirnaine toGod; butwhen theycan take no courfe to get lining &perfernlcnt, then theybegin to fhrinke.Thefemeninakinggod- lineffea pine, will fo long worfhipGod, as they maygetprofit byit. Butwemult neither let contemptabafh vs, norbenefits allure vs, and when all law is againfi va, and ofallwe (hail
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