The Vfoiterie ofH,pocrijie. 247 red a as fruit ofRababsfaith,notonely that the didnot hurt thernelfeogerswhich camero fpie the City;but theentertained themtoo, & lent themaway fafeb.De: bIamcs.a.sp; ¡wrath, inher fang after the deliuery from the Midianites, pronounced acurfea- gainft them ofA$erefh ; andwhy ? not becaufe they hinderedor hurt thepeo pie in their enterptifsagain(' the Midianites, but becaufe they camenot out to d Mach 41.45'41. help the Lord °,and they didnot thegood they might hauedone. . So at theday of iudgement a it (hall notbe laid, Comeye bled, becaufe ye haue notperfecu- ted nor fcorned the truth and the profetfors thereof; but becaufe this and this good hathbeene done by you,yeehaue releeued, ye haue vifited,&c. So to the damned, itlhall notbe laid,Gweyeearfed;yehaue putto death, and by all vault meanes vexed and abufed Godschildren: for, thegoodthat they haueemitted, rather then the euill they hauecommitted, (hall come into iudgement ; asyee Monet clothed the naked,nor fed the bungry,&e. Therefore it is not ynough Ifay,not tohaue brought foorth ill fruits,but the treewhichabounds not ingood fruit,cuco that (hall beca(' into the fire. The vfe is, toouerthrow the idle fancie that many haue , which thinke they ?'he$'e haue laida great matter intheir owne defence, when they canfay they neuer did ° any manhaute : whereinhowfoeuer they are hardly tobe beleeued; yet, fup- pofe it werefo, you fee by mytext it is not enough ; forthe Lord will in theday ofreckoning demandofthee , what good thouhaft done, howhaft thoubeen helpefull vnto others ? wherein haft thou bin profitableto the foulcsof thybre- thren ? if thou canin thew nogood thouhaft done , it will beeprooued to bee hurt enough, and therewill be no waywith thee, but tothe fire: Againe,itcon- demned' chofe, which I know not whatpollicieand pretended difcretion, will carry a kindpf temper inmuttern ofreligion, fo as they will goeno furtherthen this, that they will notbe found enemies to good things; but tobe friends and furtherers, theywill no way thew themfelues s fuch theyareaschofe were whom $/iai challenged for halting betwixt twoopinions;lfthe Lordbe Clod, fallow him, bar ifBaal behe, thenfollowafter him(faith Ise) bat (faith the text) thepeople lake theirpeace e: indeed they hakenot againstthe Prophet,but they durft not fpeake e 31{¡t¿äg,ri; withhim. Many Inch coldfriends religion bath now adayes , who iftheyhate the wordof Godreproached, orany good courfefpokenagainft,.thinkeite- nough iftheyhaue not ioyxed witheuill(peakers, although they haue laid no- thing for the truth. The layingofChrill agreethwell roRich, He that isnot with me is again/? me r; our Sauiouraccounts them all as enemies to him&to his wood fah, ua.iò who are backward to thew themfelues friends thereunto. Itis not fo much, how we haue hindered the cootieof the Gofpell in theplats wherewe line , that (hall be asked after;and howwe haue furtheredit :ifwe haue not labouredthe inlarge: mentofGodstruth, ifwe haue not foughtby all means to credite and aduance it, and tomaintain it toour power againf' all gainfayers; we (hall be found bad trees, andculling intothe firemull needs be ourpotciosi: the mouth ofthe Lord bath fpokenir,andit cannot be vntrue. Another thing which we may learnt out of this daute, to reafon after this Dck. fatidos; that if the treesnotbearinggood fruite, (hall bee cutdowne, and be 4. thrown into the fire ; what (hall then become of thofe trees that bringfoorth vnfauorie and (linking fruit ? If the rich man beedamned, that did not glue bread to ponteLazarus g, what£hall befallthofe that takeaway , and grinde the faces ofthe poore ? ifhe were bound hand and foot h, that prorecuted hisowne P. Luce 16. right extreamely again(t his fellow; whither lhall they bee cal} that labour t`1arogka a thevniuftvexation of men , the things wherein they haueno colour of right I &a If the floodfwept away them that did but build and plant, and give in mar- riage (all, things in themfelues good and lawful, and are noted onely but in men guilcie of not regarding the Lords warning) whither (hall the tempef of the Lords furie carry them that blafpheme his name, reproach his truth,
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