of true conilérjori. 27ì now to bee wattled and fanfìified by the Spirit ofour God : I fayhdwhaPpy andcomfortablewere it, to fee as itwere but one of a kinde, thus to haue re- nounced his former vngodlinelle;the very Angelsin heaucn,as Chrift faith°, vLtlk.rg ;sö. would retoyce inb: butwhen there (ball bce agcneralGefütance of the truth, And (as the ProphetIfayfaith) men (hallfill away more out thou. ; and they sTfa.r. Will not, as Chrif Paid to fartfalem, vnehopand the thingsThat balong ;vote, tholo' peaeeY; whatfhallwee then fay, but pray with Daoid, It ruyowler theeLord y' LUk r9.gz: worke,for menhamdeftroyed thy Low.: And tocry with the routesvndér theAI- uPf.ïrgaz6; tar, How long OLord, holy andtree, when wiltthott áudgeandwiengethenothat does en theeerth=? Well toend this point,this isthe fumme, know this whofoeuer aReú,6.ró. thou be, ifthou dwell Rill in thehoufe ofthy old(inns, this pearleoffaluation and life eternall, can newer be thine ;hemull be a newcreaturef, then s ill corne b uCor;g. t9 into the new leriefblem; there hands an Angell with theblade ofa fword Ibaken tekeepe theoleic Aden, anon lining in his oldecorruption, out ofParodic And this is the first point. The nextpoint that i obferuehehce, is,that alteration front the formermars- Doliánez flee of behati :,ur w Bich is required to faluation, is no exchange ofone finne for another, but a fate : for this caufe it is, that repentance (without whichwee /Ball alpornlha, as Chrnt faith) is defined to be a turning fromGnneunto God. dLek O Ifrael,it thourerarne, reerrrneuntone, faith the Lord'; and for default hereof èler the people areblamed, They ',dome (faith the Prophet) bat notto the inefthigh f. Ifa manMould turnefrornonefinite toanó 'ther, as for example, leaue prodi- gality, and fall to couetoufnelru,thiswere no repentance. Therfore I fay,Chr,ll mennoneth here aplaine,and dïrebt,aidd limpl'efait ofamans (innes,andnotan exchange. de It is a point worth thenoting; for many of vs that profêlîe religion now The f aboyes, (hall bee fcand rather to haue changed away fomeofour olde fihnes, then truely to haue folde, and limplyto haueforfaken thbm. As for example, if weeconfider their cflate which lined in theayes of Popery and blindnelfes wee (hall fee howtheyhaveexchanged thole fumes whichthen they were giuen to, Then theyhad thePope in dilusnation, sod the religion ofAnrichrifl;now, hauing left them, they are becomecontemriëts anddefpifers of the Gofpell: thentheywereafraidofthe famed paintsof afuppoled Purgatory; nowthe tor- ments ofhell (then thewhich nothing ate more certaine) cannotfare them : then theyprayed in an vnknowne tongue,not vnderflanding what theydidfay; now they carenot to pray in a knowne language,thcugh theytrayeafilylearne what they ¿dicer : then therewere manySacramentswhich rndeed.wereno Sá- èraments,and they weremuch accounted of,now thereare but two,and the fame WhichChrist onlydid ordaine,yet arc they not efteemed: then menobferùed many fuper(litious holy -dales; now the Sabbathof the Lord is noreftçewed: then theygasaemore then theyneeded to the rnaintenaltceofa fortofllow-bel- lies,whofe feruice to Gods Church was altogether unprofitable; now theyare Rochetoglue a needfullallowance to the poorer thentheywould got bare-foo- ted onpilgrimages, many aweary fleppe ; now they are flothfull to goe amile ortwo to fettle aGod. In a word,then menwerealtogether fliperiieious; but now they are wholly prophane: then in many things they did more then the Lord required; now it is aburden todot the one halfe ofthatthat they ought to doe. Here Is akinde ofalteration; yet it is trot locha felling as is here men- tioned, but a plaine exchange: falfeworfhippeturnedinto acontempt ofa true worfhip:adelight infalfhood,turned into the hatredof the truth; amultitudeof many ceremonies in the Church; changed intoa rudeandvnciwllkinde of be- hauiourí tnenscafeswere then miferable, yet it might feeme pardonable, be- caufe theywerenobetter taught ; but now it isdamnable, becaufe they haue fo marry meánes ofinfhuttion. So alfo tow= sneerer, fume amongft vs through aás
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