The IJ f óuèrse ofHypoérIp. 137 o people theireranfgrefsions,&Made themfee their finsb<SodlddohiBaptili,whenbnçyst,r; beefpakedire ±iy to the Phariftes , and called them # viperous generation , and whenhe toldHerod to his face; hee might not hauehis brotherswife °. So did c Loke 3. Chrift, when hee preached woo to theScribes and Pharifees a , woeto Corakinand Math, ú. Bethfaida =. So did Peter,when hee told the Iewes , youI fay have cricked era f eels x. pine the Lordof life r. So-did Pail whenhecalled them fooltfb Galathiant g ; fo gChap.3. mull we all do,left webring thepeoples blood vpon our owneheads. Many roati will reade theprophefie of tertsy; heelball finde how the Lordthreatneth the Prophets , whichhaueAttietenguei, and caulethe people toerrsbyeheirfiatti_ riet b, feeking rather by a plaufible coùtfe to get themfeluesa name; then todoe h Chia;, ;i good to the peoplesfoules,bydiuiding the-wordaright, and giuing toeuery man his portion indue feafon. It is tono purpofe ; as it were to Rand hacking at the branches, and to ítrikehere and there vpon the outward rinds , butaman Mutt got to the roots , and knocke at the dooreof every mans confcience, that euery foule may tremble,and men at theleaf, maybe conuinced againft thedayofrec- koning: Ifthou doefl not well(faith Grid vntoCain )fnnelyethat thedoore ', Sinne Cep,ivë is likeacruelibeafl, which lyeth (leepingat the doore of euerymansbeart, it muff be awaked and flirtedbp, that menmay fee their danger. `Ìbeheart of inure itdeceitfullaloue all things k, faith the Prophet t' Andthere is a wholebundle even kICe. intheheartof Ochildtt, faith Saloman; what-is there then in the heart of a man, lPtou.a=,t;; whobath felled himfelfein the dregges of iniquity? This fubtilehearttfiull bet well fitted, euerycorner of it muffbee fearched , and (as theApofllefaith)fiege malt be laid toeuery thought, undemery imagiitationmull beraft dowse. ; the Conic mi.Cor,ao.y muffbe ranfackt ; and riftvp : otherwife the feedeof thewordwill fall to the ground without profit. This is theright vieoftheword, itwas not ordained ro be atale founding well inthe eare,but totea fharpe cuttinginllrumenr,fearching deepe intothe heart. . Iknowthiscourfe(h'allfinde little grace amongmen, andhe (hallhauefome 7beYfe. thing to doe, that thoaapplyeth theword' to thereitèofeuery mans confcience Eliowas glad forhispine dealing to hidehimfelfe into Mount Bertha Ames n a.King.i , was bani(hed the Court for his boldnelïe°, rYlithaiah wasmade to take the e.w. breadof aflliftion P. Hamra vat put in prifon S, Zacbarieb was thine is the P ',King'22' Court of the Lordshoule'. The Prophets generallypaid fweetly fortheir plais. gi;Chr,ióati oak ; *bidsof the Prepbeoo(CaithChrift)hase they'vehiked frItcon7ohnhishtäd r,.Cht.ag,at for beingfo forward to reprooue Herod F e ourSauiour was hared,becaoTehe te. fMars;.37. Ned Woke: thereofwere eui2 °. Peters mouth was flopped, óMah t. and hewas commanded tofeukenomore inChri jisria»ëe =, Foul was counted an sPt74: , enemybecauje hee told the truth Y. As itwas ofold, fo it i3 now, he that /tali goe -y Gal+,16, about to tread inthe fleppes of theftholy Prophetsand Apoftles, (hall goe nets to drinkeof the Camecup ; ifhee (hall fpeake home and tell the ignorant perfon, the Sabbothbreakef, the tontemner of the word, thefwearer, the butesof pleafure, the adulterer, the drunkard, thevfiirer, the fraudulent perfon, the ray. let,; that no filch Ilsall juhtritèthe kisngdorneofChrift andof God, thoughit be not his owndword , but the Lords ; plainelyand exprcfly fee downe inholy Scripture; yet hee(hall be lureto Iseareof it, hee fhall hauecaufeto take vp the, complaint of the ProphetJeremy , Woe ismee my Mother thanthou ball bornemee a èoseentioue max,and aman ¡batffriueth with thewholeearth : I hueneither lentere vjary, nor men have lent veto met onvfury; yet eueryone Both curfihies ìï But what then? it isthe Lords buine(f, andwoebeto that man thee alldoe itne ligentl'a, aIcetsra Thole that feare God muff labour againfttheirownecorruption, and ftriueto °le448,so fubmit themfeluesvntoit : they !}fall finde ir, though itbet notvery plealing to flefb and blood, yet to be very holefome for the foule andfpirit, andhappy is 1w that when-he cousssscthtoheart, dothbegof Godeodirea tl// tongueoftht Preacher, that beemay fpcake to bincnfcience. Asforothers', thoughthey Y ROW".
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