crie good Fight. 227 to rayr,Trntb is, /haveheardor readmeshing nffescha matter,beet Idoe not difiinflty and experimentally vnderfand it. Thus(as it was p1 fold toPeter)mcns very fpcech mMat.16 bewrayeth them, and their dumbneffc when they are asked the Word (as the (ouldicrs call it) ihewcththem ro be but ftraglers and haègbyesupon theLords campe, and no good Figttere. Well, without judgingIleaue you to the .cesftng orexcajîngofy our ownethoughtr": Only this' fay, that he which isvnacquaìn- nliom.a.rç, tedwith this point ofdoftrine,can no more bee laid to beea Fighter in thegood Fight againft corruptionand fin,then hecanbereputedaparty in a cafeof diffe- rence betwixt two, who bath not fo much as heard ofthe quarrell. The fccond proofe thatthe Fighters on thisfide againfi corruptionare but f.w, isthe vniuer- fall ;:ddingof themoftvotocorruption. Whenmencomewith banded knees, off, mg vp theirweapons, yeeldingthemfelues tobe orderedby chore whomthey fhould wichftand, there is no likelihood that they haue an intent to Fight. So in thiscafe, when mengenerally haut (as in were) booked their names,and entred into pay, (and mienas aman would thinke) fworne their feruicetogroffe finnes, who will take them to be the,L.ords fouldiers, or conceiue thatthere is any mea. ning in them to Fight againft corruption ? And furcly this is the commonRate. Iremember what Deborahin herfong° reportsof the mother of Sifera,how that o Iudg.t.as, theand her Ladies in their expeâatign of Siferaand his followers their reterce 30. in triumph, faideithermother (in their affurance oftheviftory) Hone obeyset gotten and diuided the pie? I maylaymore tritely (for that was(pokenonly out of i nagination, eitheras they thought it was, or as theywilhed it might bee) of there fouleenormities, which theWord of God hath branded with the harefull name, that they are the woke; ofdarfeneffe r : Have theysergetten anddioidedthe pEph,ç.ca. pile 3 Doe they not lead captive, I fay not as they did of Si /era; e maidortws,or (as'Paul dothof the wily workemen ofhis time) a fewfimptewomen%but euen g2Tim.3.6. whole multitudes of all ranks,ofall call ings,ofall degrees ? Sooften asI reade there placesof Scripture, the earth war corrupt before God and filledwith cruelty , r Gen.B.aa. ThemoncfSodom compffedthehouf roundaboutfom theyoungmeneneatotheold, alt the peoplefromelI quartersr,Theyambled them/ibees bycompanies intoche- harlot, Wem19.4. boufes r, From the leaft toesto thegreatoft ofehem, every one isgioén to coueroufnes°, elms7. Tbenthey/ lopped:heireareo andran 'uponStevrnaletonce*, Thenorejeejlsoutal- oler.6e,. moltfor the¡face of twohooresofall mencrying, Great it Diane oftheEpbefians, xÁB'934 çUfeeke their owne, andnotthat which is 7efau Chrifie s t tooften (I fay) as l reade y phd,a,aa, there and the like places,inwhich mention is made offwarmes ofpeople banding then:feluestogether in :trill, I cannot but reckon them as fore-tellings of theft ti.nes, and theft timesas Commentaries and expofitions ofchore places. Thole matter- finnes, Ignorance,Contempt oftheWord and godlineffe, Security, and want ofaweunto Gods Maie(ly,negie&oftheworship ofGod, Swearing, abate of theSabbath, whoredo.ne,drunkennes, opprefsion, pride, cruelty,contention, malice, &c. marke how ineuery towne, in euery fociety,ineuery family almolt, they doeenen ride in a kinde oftriumph : ifthere be any better di(porfid,Iabou. ring robe so longer tiseflaues ofIls, but to become theferuantrofrighteeofnes e, z Rom. 620. they areas Ifaiah fpeakethofhimfelfe and fich as himfelfe,' asfsgnesand wonders- a IhS.sI. amongthe people : and how the world entertaineth them it is knownwell e- nough : you know what David faith b, Theatrial, *witted ehemfeloes, the felfe b Pfal. 55.15: /coffers athorekets tare meandceafednot ; and againe, They thatfate inthegate ffiakee ofme, and the drunkardsfurry ofene o. This is the kindeneffeof this generation to c Pfal.eq.n: thole whotot. the Lord le/ur in finceritya. Thus the vniuerfall yeeldingto corrup- p eplrA,ay. tion, men ob.yingfin inthe lofisthereof°, enddrawing it 4e it Were With cere ropes t, Rom. 6. ,o argueththat they fighrnor againitfinne,Euill reignsa in themand over them,they '1,4(i. 5 S oaa: doe willinglyglue vp their members h to follow ir, and (as the Apaftle fpe4ees) h vat r . they take thought i it andRudy tofulfill it. The third proofe in this part is,rtlye iRom.'3.04 Fight
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