4.. Vetuids !bilging, andDluids loue. 21% for theeto befaued. °Strangers.Pern the life ofGod through ignorance, faith theA- oEph.4.t6, piffle. Art thou a «ranger co toe Word, thouare a franger toGod; Heaven cannot be thy portion, except thou claime the Wordasan heritage. T hat I may ptellè this point further, & with the P Hammer ofGodsbleffed worddriue home p Ier:e3,z4: thenayle ofthisexhortation étien to the Head Paul faiththat q o,ißmen axe q.Tim,3r3. merleandworfe, deceivingandbfing deceived. Therefore left we fhould (asindeed without verygreat carewe will) deceive andbeguile ourfilms, thinkingthat we doeboth long tobe faued,andalfo loue thewordoffaluation, giuemee leave to teach you what the Wordof God hachratight mee, namely, how, and bywhat . figues it thall appeare that we doe indeed louetheWord, and that theLaw is oar delight. There isno body almoft, butifhe be asked, forshame he will fay, he lo. ueth Gods Word, and that he were a very wretch ifhe fhould not. Butcome to the vndeceivable markes and vote parable fignesof this loue, it will then appeare that GodsWordbath but avery fewfriends. Theveil,ligneof lone to the Wordof od;is,louetothepublikeminifcry Themarkes thereof inGods Church: the reafon is prem. Hee which loueth theWordvn of Lou,m fainedly, mull needes lone the meanes by which the Word fullbecome moil GocdWordof profitable ontohim. It is an idle thing for amantofaybeeloueth the Word, TheLmarke: and yet not to care to vnderftand it , not to delireto know it , not to make conicienceto apply it. TheWordofGod is called a *Treafarr, of which, ifit rMagt3,44. be kept together in a Hoord, there is noof . If thou feede thee,cloath thee, minilettoothers with thy treafure, then it is vied as it fhoòldbee t takeaway this from it, what difference is berwiot (fatting afdathe opinion ofa worldly man) and athingof nothing? Ifthou thendoe loue the treafureofthe Word, thou wilt Jouethediiprofingof it, the right diuidingo ir'the (haring it outby Gods Stewardtoeuery mans necefsity. Thou sloeftheart Daaid herefay,tbe Law is hisdelght; in another place thoufralt hharehim fay I that the Habitat. fpÇd tb 8. & ofthe Lords boufeisbú delight, and protefling, that todwellthere, and to be.. PGL2.7.4. bolde the Beevtiethereof bis chiefe dfire. And (why thinke wee) werethe Ta- bernaclesofthe Lord fodeare untohim ? Was acceffe thither delvedby him asan idlecomplement? Or went hee like a Time fernertoefcape law ? Or like an Athenian' toheart naves? Or whywent bee? Surehis lout to the Latee, t A6,17,u: drew himto theplace where theywere which could teach him the Lawe. It was with him, as irwas with thofe whom hi?tfelfe fpeaketh of, who going to the Temple had the ways of the Lord in their hearts, and as with thole, u pGl 4;f' **. which pronoke one another, Come let vsoaevpto the mountaineiftheLord ,bee *Ifa,t,;. Mill teach vshiemayes. So then, thouwhich faifithou lose« Gods Word, lame' try Mee by this rule t when I looke vpon'" thy profefsion, thou art pretty and lhraight withoutletme fee now; whether thou be alto found within : thou liueft in a place where-the Wordof God is diligently and foundly taught, God bath bleffed the Congregationofwhich thou art a member,witha wife Steward;who zzukc,a.rt. kapweth how to;Meentry onehis portion of 'mate infeafon. How clod} thou like. this? Doth it content thee, or cloth it burden thee ? Donfi thou thanke 'God for it, or will not thy froward heart tuff r thee to repute it as a benefice ? Is this Manna as groffeveto thy cafe as Horfe-bread, or ' is it more ¡meet y Pf,,r9.1t3' thenHony to chyc:Math? If thou take nocomfort in it, if like the Gaderens, zMa,.a.3y. tboti wouldeftaccount it a commodity, if Cirrill were departed thy Coals; thou mull giueTee leave totell thee, thouneitherlouèltheWord, nor !Duel God, nonor yet truely loud thineovine foule. Againe,doel thou live in fie: ricbo, where' the lineation is pleafant, bat the waternaught, that is, wherethere are a a Ki s..s9; good outward commodities, butthe true creaturecannot bee had, wherewhen 'thou comrspeíl`to Church thou beholdef -one, who hach got on Elige mantle, but cheumayel fay tohim, where is the fpiritof Slim ? who isable to
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