2a8 ThegoòdFight., Fight which is inthe world for corruption : men doe notonly not fight again(} it, butthey doe fight and fnue and labour to maintaineit. I remember what I h2King.;. readof lehu " the infimment of the Lordsvengeance vpon Ahab: houfe ; asbee 3IA2. entred in at the gate of/met, and lifting vp his eyes to the window, faw that painted Jezebel thewife ofAhab, hecryedoar, who ison myfide, who ?,Prelenely two or threeofher attendance looked out, as it wereoffering their feruice. Caíf ber down (faith he) and they did fo : foalto in theChapter following, when bee fent tothe ofAhab: children, willing them, itthey thought it good,to create oneof their Mailers formes King, and toRand vpon their guard, and they returnedhim anfwer, we are thyfermentsand wilt doe allthat thou (halt bidvs, what faidlehn? Ifye be :nine andwillebeymyvoyce,take the heads ofyourMailersfens, and come :0cm to Izreel by tomoron. this time. After the fame fort, weprofefsing our felues, byour thewes to be on the Lords fide, and tobe readie todoe all that bee (hall bid, hischarge is,that ifweebe his, wee call Jezebel out at the window, I.Eph.4.22; we renounceand difclaime,we ca/I of' aridcrncißt" our fwectell,ourdearcll,öur mGa.çs4. Profitable(; our bell pleatingcorruptions: Mortiseyour members which areon n Col.3.3. earth ".Ifwe now f hall notonely(conrrary to command)preferue the life(which maybe imputed to a kinde ofniceneffe and pity) but (hall fight for the life and Rare ofJezebel, and (hall fervp one ofAhab: tonnes, Come gro(fefirm toraigne ouervs, profefsing ourfeinesalwaies ready'ro defend ir, how (hall the Lord ac. count vstobehis ? Andyet thusitfarethiö theftcuilltimes. What finne,what groffe corruptionalmoti is there, which fallwant a patron todefend it, either that it is no trine,or that itisbut a littlefirm ? Thisglauering and glozing age, whichbathdeuifcd anart tomake deformed faces feeme faire, olde wrinkled vi- fages to Tooke young and (Mooch, hath alto learned tofee a colourepos naughti. neffe,theDiuell helpingforward, left finieappearing in it owneproper likeneffe fhouldaffright the confcience. Thus the adultrests womanwiper; ber mouth, and o Pro.30,10, faith, I basecommittedno iniquity°. Euery vice lothnow goe armed; ifyou doe touch it neuer fogently, yet (like the nettle) it will Ringyou ; ifyou deale with it thorowly and dire&iy, it fwaggereth like theHebrew with o)31ofts. Who made pE20d, 2.14. theea manofAuthority?? what ? is this fo greatsmatter ? Itru ;, thisandtbis is q . Sa.rç. t3. lawfud,or ifnot, wbatneed 'cubeagrieued? Thusmen fometimeslikeSaul9 are not alhamedto faythey haue kept thecommandement ofGod,when they hauefoul- r Mal,3. z,e3. lybroken it ; fometimes like the Rubborne Iewes r cry, whereinfhallwee returner wherein haue we trefpaffed,what bane wefpokenagain; God?when the very tones in the fireet are ready totellifie againftthem, and the earth is róearie in bearing their fins. And then itappearethby threevndcnyableeuidesces,that ifwebein- eitel before the Lord,for notfightingthatgoodfighe which Pan/fought,& which euery Chriftian ought tofghtagainft fine andcorruption,we(hail be neuer able topleadeNm-guilty. I with that which hashbeen: Paid may focomat vs, that it may commavs, left going in rebellion againft God, thatdoome befall vswhich (Luk,rf 27. is foretold. rThofe enemies, whichwould not that -I"Waldraigneauerthem, bring them hither and;ay thembefore me. Now as touching our failing in the fecondfight which is again(: Satban, con. fidering what I hauealready faide, I (hall stele tofpeake the lea : for where corruptionand fine are not withftood, there Sachau is not fought againft where they areentertained, thereSathan is ferued : fo that theproofe ofthe for. merpoint, is a confirmationof thisalto. Neuertheleffe, I willa little infili vpon onefpecialty, anapparent tellimonythat there is little thought or refolutiona- mongthemoft to fightagainft Sathan: and chat this is, the neglea of one of theprincipall weapons whereby toencounter him. Thinke youthat hee mea. neth tofight, who goethvnarmed ? nay, whowhenaweapon is tendred tohim. tallsit from him, or whofeemeth not to care, though it were with the land, as is was
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