2î Dáuids langing, andVnuids loue. 1Sleba.rr: deflnet Nh from theflood but Nh t mutt be moonedWith reserence, and pare íheArk; orelfe-he could not haueefcaped. He would fame Lop fromSodom, m Genoa. butyet Lot m mat hie himout quickly,and not !ochebebinde hem, till he have re_ n 1L.3 s. i. couered Zorn,. He waswell pleated tocure Hezckiahoftheplague,bot yet He_ tekiabmufttakeainn,ofdryfigsantillyitvpcnhi*oyle. H;evouchfafed to pre_ o Ad. 77.3 t. (erne Taal and his company at Sea,*yet the Marriners muttabide in the Ship, elfe _yecannot befafe, faithTeat TheLord could hauedoneafi there things otherwife, but he wasnot fo pleafed,andhispower muff not be ventured vpon,when hiswil, byappointing an honeft andeafiemeanes, is apparabt to thecontrary: Now that Gods word is theordinaryand appointed om:warameanesof faluation, I hope plohh.6.68. wedoubt it not. Iilt werenot why fhould itbe called as it is ? P The q A. 70.3a. 9 the wordof grace, r theWordoffaith,' thefeed ofimmortality,the ° keyofknowledge, rRon :o.8. n theLanternof Godspeople, * theSchoolemafler ofmankinde, the nGlßof gLW<n, t. our life,r theScepter of Chriftsk4ngdome,n ate Kongdoneofheamen, then Conner.. ,tIfä i,9.fo; ter of the f ule, the b Enlightner ofthe es, ° the maker ofmen wife two faluation. Ga1-0.24. I contnoenàyos toGod (fairh Paul *Ms farewell tothofeof Ephefns) and to the xlam.t.a; Wordofhisgrace: heputsboth together r uenchnotthe fpieittdeftenot prophe. z Ifsst4, eying: there is the meanes : (,(land f fl, and keepe;heinlintelians:that is the way á Mai.:;: tohand. 8 Chrift dueling his Difciples how tipreferue their own comfort, . ti PGIrg.7,8. when hewasgone from them ; layeth thisfpeciàil chargevpon them : Remember c Tim.;.t3. the word that 1fèid vmoyou. No word, nocomfort.O h (faith Dgaid) tahenot the dAé2- ao,;a, wordoftruthvtren, out ofyrymouth. sT"';S This is an excellentpour, worthy to be taken notice of,becaufeit difcoucreth fzThef z.q to vs thecunning and fophiíirie of theDiuell, which is this: Ingood thingshee g lob, r t.io. feuereth the meanes frog; the End,and ineuill things he feparateththe End from 9.43' themeanes, As forexanipie, in esili things hebeartthmen inhand thattheymay TheVfee. fafely aduenturetovfe the measesof damnation, and goe the way that leadeth to hiell,and yet for all that,they thali not bedamned. Hemaketh a youngman beleeue that heemay reioyce in his youth, and wake, in the )ayes ofhis heart, and °I Aa;a:,6, yet forall that, efcapethat which Salomon faithmull needes comeafter,namely, thatfor all chof things Godwill bring thee toiudgement. And yet theLordbath fo ioyned thefe two together,thatneither thefubtilty ofyouth,nor any wit ofman, nor all theDiuels in hellcannot feuer them, towit, thepleafureoffinite, and the iudgemcntsof God. Thus theDiuell beguiled our firft Parents. Godbath cou. pledtheft two, Eating anddyingwith an Adamantchaine, he whichdid theone, hGen;,4. mutt needshaue theothrr,'yet hebrosghtthem into thisconceit,that theynaight Ease,and yet not Die. Oh theworldof routeswhichSatan at this daydeceiueth with thfafubtilty. Well, as in Euill hecutteth the end from the Meases , hetel, leth thee, thou maift run on in fin, andyet be faced, fo in good thingshe cutteth tl;g ans fromthe End ; He perfwadethmen,that they may beSaints inheauen, thongthey be Diueis'on earth, that theymay haue theLords faluation,yet ne- uer delight in the Lords law : that they maybecitizens ofthe new Ierufalem,and yet nonew creatures; that they mayfor ever dwell with God, though hisWord doe neuer dwell with them. Henceit is, that many will profeffe to feeke Gods kingdome, but carenot for the righteoufnesofhis kingdom', will cry withBa- INoma;Jo foam 1, Letmedie the death oftherighteowe ,but neuer faywithDateidm,O that my mPlal.nry.;, WaietWeredireEied to keep thyflower. I' befeechyou let not theDiuell cozenvs any longer, ifhee haue thus hithertodeluded vs. Let vsnot thinke tobee fazed by othermeanes then Daaidwas, his way tofaluationwas Gods Law, if thou leasethis way, thou Ihalt neuercome tothat marke. If the WordofGod bee nIerrç,tó. not fweetvnto thee, if itbe not to thee as /treaty faith "it was tohim, tbe ioyatui reioycingofthy heart, thou exercifng thy foule therein , and framing thy heart and lift ti;ereto, know it fora certarnety, it is amatter ofmeere impofsibility w ,.." for
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