e. xt. ncY,t,. 7 tyap,,h' '"1,i1 MA Çyt , .Sf`J..kLi'e.:>y,c7` THE PER FITE PATTERNE OE TRVE CONVERSION. The firí't Sermon. Math. r3. q4. Again, thekingdomeofbearsesiolike-ontoatreafhrehiddenioehe field,whichwhew a manbathfound, bee hedeth it, andforioy thereofdeparteth, andfellethall that boo bath, mod (myth thatfield. His :text whichI haue now chofes, foJloweth fitlyupon the former ;forifany man hearing how fullof danger it is to line under the furled minif}ery of the word, and not to profite by it, flictuld demand n hat werebell tobec done for the avoidingoftogreat a lodgement; -oar Sa- uiour would anfwer him, that this werehis bell and fu- ref} course, that whenhe bath foundthistreafure of the Gofpell,he fhould hide it,heefhould got his way and fell all that euer hehath, that he may .purchafe it. So that my two textshowfoeuer they be notioyned together inone vndiuided courfe ofwords,y et inorderof na- ture they doewell agree ; this latter beeingadire&ion to all chore,whole hearts haue beeneaffeaed and mooned by the former. The fcopeof But' to come more nearelyto theverfeitCelle; The drift and fcopeofit, is to theparable. ¡hew that the kingdomeof God, and thethings appertaining to it, ought tobee and are fohighly prifed by all Gods children, that they are willing and ready to forgoe any thing that may beea hinderance to them inthe attaining ofit, For The dinihcn, orders Cake in teaching; it maybe dinided into twoparts; thefirlt fertethdowne the inef}imable value of the kingdome ofGod, It ie ne a treafore bid in the field: the'fecond IheAtlr the high account that all Gods children makeof ir; *Mob When amadbathfound , hegoeth andbideeb Woodfor ioythereof,he departeth,andfel_ Iteb all eher he bath, and beoyeih that field. Firft ofthe former part ; Thekérgdome TheexpeG;i. of beaten is kike Tinto a treafore bid itsehe field. Thething whichis heerefomuch on: commended, is called, the kkngdemeofbeaten; and therefore we mutt fill enquire The kiwi- what is meant by it here inthis place.The kkngdome ofbeaten is taken in Scripture dome two wares; Fi!It for that glorious dare which s the Saints and childrenof God ueri,whatir is. (hall enjoy when they fhallfifewith atilt Icfus, and (hall raigneafter tlslife withGad and his Angels; frnne,deáth and hell,beeing utterly conquered andtub. dued the vfe ofthis pheafe (tbe kixgdome ofheated) is plaine ynough andneeds no proofs.Secondly, it is taken for themeans tobringes to tisis kingdome,aad to entreesinto the adserancc & pollhlsron of;t is this life; namely the preaching aMar..4. es. of theword.(whfch is called theGefpell ofthe kingdom x) and thegraces ofGodp fpirir which areoffred with the worci,and wrought thereby in the hearts ofGods people. That 'the preaching ofthe Gofpel iscalled Godo teingdome,and is enten. trance intohautehappineffe, I prooneit thus. When as ChriltCent out hisApo- f}les to preach,arnongotherdire&tons heprefcrihéächis,that if they werein any place refnfed,artheirdeparture they fbould fay,Ertenthe deft that clrai,erhcn ofof yd71rCitie,We wipe ofagainflyaa;notwitbfianding knoutthis,tbat the kingdome ofGod bLuk, to.tr. war comemere melon, : that is,the wardbeing begun to be preached vntoyou, God
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