AnholyPanegyric4.: -[ -------- ---.- The gcodntlle ot rhele out" ard rhmgs is nm loch asthadt can privile~r,eei'LI y de- A 7 ,.,, n.,.-,. fire ~frhem from fin. Monarchie is the befi ~f governments,and hkefi to his rule that .·,,.;&-,@- fits m rheallrmbly ofGod,.One God,one Ku g,was the acclarrauon of t~.ofeancienr '"· I Chrillians: ardyer it wa. mif-defir;d ?fthe Ifraelires: We.may nor ever defire rhar which isbetter in it felfe,bur that whrch IS better for us; Nenher mufiwe follow our I conceit in this judgement, but the ~ppoinrm;nrofGod; Now,though God had appointed in time,both aScrpteronaa Law-grver ro J~d•, yet they finned in mending the pJeofGod, and (purring on his decree. And ifthey had llayd his!eafure, fo thor I they had defired rhar which was bdt in irldfe, belt forthem, appointed byGod, and \ now arpoinred; yet themanner,and ground offended: For out ofan humour ot innovation, outo{difconrent, our ufdifirufi, ouc of an itch ofconformity ro orher I Nations, to 21keaK;ng, it wasnoronely a fin,as they confefTe,verf. 09. buc (rag11ah rabbah) agreat wickedotfTe, as Savmel rels thrm,verf.17• and(asofrenrimes we may B . read Gods difpleafure in the face ofheaven)he fhews it in the weather.God rhunders ·and rains in the middefl ofwhear-harvell. The rhunder was fearefull; the rainein , rhat hot climate & feafon,firangely unfeafonable:both to bein the inlbnr of sam~dr \ fpeech, was jult!ymiraculous. TheheathenPoetsbring in their fuined God rhunPf''· ,,, dring in 3pplaufe ; I never finde the trueGod did fo. This voiceofGod brake rhefe Cedars ofLebanon, and made rhefe Hindes to calve; and now t~ey cry Pecc4vimw _ _ ,verf•9· Heverwewrlllloop,rhe jud~tmentsofGod willbringusonourknees.s.: !:~;;;;~;.Jet. 1 nmJtakfsvam2ge of their humiliat ton, and according to the golden femence of that l'J'i>~gn-:r. Samian-wife-man,that bid~ us lay weight upr>n the loden, (how ever H1trom rake it ~::;:;:!:~: in another fenfe)~e Jades r~em with thefe rhree dories;. feare,fer~ice,confiderarion. '" •f•,•d, ,. Feareand ServiCe !!Of lltllrogether. Servethe Lord 111 fiare,falth D•vld. Fe•re the um;nudtl ritm Lord and Jerve him)faith Jrftma; And,feareevrr beforefervice,fur that unlefTe our fer- C :;!~~~7~~a- vke proceed frcm {e::~ resit is hollow a~d wonhltfJe.One faies well, that rhefeinward """' '"' ' ' difpofitions are a> the kemtll; outward al!s are as the fuel!; he is butadeafnurrhere- ~~;q;;~.~~1· fore,that hath outward fervicr,without inward fear;Ftart God( faith StJ/(Jmoti)/Jrji)C. ,;ff~. f· the,,k[ep his co.wmand,ienls.Behol~,the fame10ngue thatbaderhem norfear,v.:K>. P,,,,_ ,, nowbids them feare;and the fame fpmr thattels us they feared exceedingly( ver.18.) {!!;:,;,;. '+ now injoyne.' .rhem wfear more.What lhall wemake ofthis? TheirorherfeaYewas attbe bd\lmnall; for now they began to r<pent; and as one fayesofrhis kindeof {:~::~:;;::,, feare, that it harh rwo eyes fixed on twodivmobjects,fo had this oftheirs: One eye locked upon the raine and rhunder;theorher looked up to the God that fenrir.The oneof thefe ir borrowed of rbe llavilhor hofii!e fear(as Ba.fl calls it,)theotherofthe fili•ll; for theOavilh feare call< both eyes upon the punilhmenr;rhe filialllooks with both eyes on the party oflendrd. N"w then SamNrl would rectifie and perfefr rhis D alfeCiion, and would bring themfrom the feare ofllaves through rbe !tare ofpenitents, 10 thefeare ofSonnes : and indeed one ofthefe makeway for another. Iri uue that perfefr lovethruflsour feare:hur it is as rrue,thar feare brinys in that perfelt lovewhichis joyned with the reverence ofSonnes. Like asthe needle or briflle (fo one compares ir ) draws in the thred after it, or as the potion brings healrh. The G 0 . • compunCiion offeare(fairhGregorJ) firs rhe mind for rhe compunC\ion oflove. We 3z~·;~,;;i1;; fhall neverrejoyce truly inGod, excepr it be with tremblior: Except we have quafo•"'''"" ,,. ked at histhunder, we lhall never joy in his fun-lhine. How feafonably therefore ;::n~':wfJ,~;:- dmh Sam~tel> when he faw themfmitf'n with that ~uilty and fe.rviJe feare, call them · fli<"u. to rhe reveren!lall feare ofGod; Thmfore fr•r J< the Lord i . I ItS good tlriking,when God bath firiken; there is no fifhing fo good as in troubledwaters. The confcience ofrnon is anice and fullen thing: and if it be nor taken ar fir rimes, there is named- E lin~ with ir. Tell one ofour gallants, in the midll ofall his jollityaodrevels,ofdevorion,ofpierie, of judgements; he ~ath the Athenian quellion ready, What will thisbabler fay? Let that man alone nilGod bath toucht his foole wirh fome terror, rill heharb call hisbody on rhe bedoffickneiTe, when hisfearheris mmed10a kerchief<when his faceis pale,hiseyes funke,his hand lhaking, hisbrearh O:tort hislleO:t confu~rd, now he may be ralkt wirh,nowbe bath learned ofEii tofay, sp:ak,t urd for thJ ferv•gt/xaretb. Thecoovexor out-bowed fide ofa vellellwill hold nothing_; I!
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