251 Theperfit Patterne marke what is faid,islifienerlajìig, meaning that itis the trencs to ur man intoafdedafuranceoffaluation;(o agaiteiris laid ofthole that beleeue,that k r,ioh.3 tq, they are' already trarJaredfrom death to life k. The future happineffe is begunne in thislife t according as it is laid ofthe vnbelccrers , that theyare condemnedal- ready : that is, their damnation is ascertalue, as if theywere already plunged into it. So againe, the Cerua.nts ,of God beeing fitrnifhedwith thole heavenly graces whichGod offereth inhisword, ArePaid tvhave thefirfffruitnn of the Spi- tnRom.8.z3. ritm., and theearnf oftheir inheritance ", becaule there, things are gages', and nEph.r..4. pledges, and Peaks vnto them ofthat happinefle which hereafter then fhall en- ioy. Thole whom the Lord will admit todwell in his gloriousprefence in the world to come , he cloth firfftraine them vp in thePhoole-houle ofhis Church, and frames them by biswold tcat Spirit vacothe inheritance, which beebath re- ferued for them withhimfelfe. It is atrue raying of the learned, Oporter vt gm. bus Dempater fit, ijeEcclefa fit mater they whichwill haue God tor their fa- ther, asad haue. the Church for their mother. Heauenis laid tobee a new lea ateu.ti.z. reefalem °, into which note bisait corne bat nehr creature, r stromin tiSC Church of p a C°r.s.ty. God is kept thatimmorraddfode ofGodr holy word n,by which we areborne anew, q Frans;. and begotten unto a burlyhope ofeternailllfe'. rr.Petr, ;, So then, heaven cannot bee enjoyed in another world, except entrancebee made veto it in this world : except the word ofGod bane outwardly, called vs , and his fpirit inwardly termed vs, there is no ordinary pefsibilitieoffaluati- on. The 'We. The vie of this is, to difcouer untovs a notable pollicyofthe diuell, and that is this: In mill 'things laufparates the end feoaat the meanes, ingood things hee ferueth the meanes from, the end, As for example, ineuill things her beareth men in hand , that they May latelyadventure to vfe the meanes ofdamnation , and gó the way that leades to hell, and yet thatfor all that they (hall not be dam- ned. Hemakes a young manbeleenet,hathe may reioyceinhis youth,andwalke in thewayofhis heart, and yet that ht mayefcape that which Safomonfaith malt comeafres,namely, that for all there things, hee molt come to iudgement r: andyes ï Ecd.ii.9. God4i¡ath roloyneel there together, that neitherthelnbtiliteof youth; norany wit ofman, nor all the diuelsin hellcat) ruler then; , (thepleafuresof the fle(h, and the judgements of God). After this fall-lion Ssthan beguiledour firfipa- rents;$'od had ioyrred thole two,eati g anddyin1 t withan Adamant Chaise ; he ; Genz.17. that didthe one,malt acedes laane theother: yet he brought abent intothat idle conceit, that they might rateand-yet not die, (Yee (ball not die et all). Olathe world of foules that Sarhan hash beguiled with this fubtilie. Well, as in euill things hee cuts theend from the meanes, fo ingood thingsbee cutsthe meanes from theend : heperiwades men that they may beSaints inbeanen,rhough,they bee diueflsonearth; that they mayhaveglory in heaucn , though theyhave no grace in earth; that they may raigne with God,though fioneraignewith them; that they may bee. Citizensof the new ]unitlem, though they bee no new crea- tares; that they mayeuer dwell with Chri(f, thongi his word doe never dwell with them; that the Lord will crowite them with immortalitie, though as long as they live heere, they doe earndroume themfelues in worldliné((e. Hence itis that many will profeffa to feeke Gods kirgdome, that yet carenotfor uMut F;t; tite rightéoufnefle of hls kingdome °;that will cry with 13ahaam, Olet myfouledie xNum.:3ao the death of the righteeur x, whoneater would fay with`Uaoid, O that myWayes yPfal.r195: werefo -dire fed, that I may keepe thyfatatesr. Ibefeechyou let not Sathana- ny longer confetrvs,.if hee haste thus hitherto deltided vs. The It/ngdome of beamen :is begunne heere : if wee bee nor begotten vntoGod by the preaching of the-Gofpell in this world, wee can never bee heires with Chrift in an tither world; ifwee he not Can&ified heere, weecannot he glorified there; if the word -of fGodbe not row fweet nato vs,ilit be nor(as Jeremy faith it was to him) the rr
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