111128/1§1611§1111k ec The firft Sermón. 1.Soh.3:i0. In.thisare thechildren ofClod l¿nomne and the childrenofthe Dinell: 7Yhofeencr dot& not rightee:M.1it not ofGed, neither he thatloneth nothis brother. Ht maine 'Cope andprincipalidrift ofthis place, is, Thefepef togiuevsa lull and certainediredion,howwemay theplace. bec reiolucd touching ourowne particulareffete, whether wee bee the children ofGod, or the chil- drenoftheDiuell. Amatterfor thefinding where- f, wee are exhorted togiuediligencea; and it is axPct,tao; alloapointof that nature, that folongásaman is ignoranttherein, howfoeuer he mayhatterhis own ionic,and beefecure,yet it is vhpoflible for him to - - - -- -=_ haue any true or found comfort. Not tovfe any ongpreamble,thcpoints obehandledin the opening ofthis verfe,ateinorder bete. t. That there are in the worldmen oftwofortr, Children of God, and The order CIaidrenof the Dina a. That thereisanexpreiledifference betwixt thee two. rho Wherein this difference (lands, namely, in thedoing ornot doingofrighte- in st. ou'nellr,in the losing or riotlosing the brethren. Of thereinorder, The fish point,that thereare in theworld two fortsofpeopleit is plaine in the 7yo trine r. words ofthe Text, andeuident by the whole courfe of holy Scripture. In the beginning God madea diniflonbetwixt the two feedes,:hefted of the (Chinkandhis members) and thefeedoftheSerpent (Satanand hisofffpringh.) Gengas: a The famed(uisonheld in all the enfuing times. In Adams family therewere,. d Mat á , Abeland Csaa%theonerighteousa,theother a rnurtherer Before the flood, the eGcn.q 8. whole worldwaa (asit wert) mariltailedintotwo ranks TheSonnetofGod, (a peopleprofe(iingtrne Religion, and thewor(hipofGod) and, Theformes ofmon, (prophaneandgodle4Teperfonsf.)Aftertheflood ,ïnthatfmallhandfull(awedin £Gen.S.r,a: cheArke,therc was Shorn andCham: the onebioffed,theother car/ed t. As there gGen.9.:5, was a di&inetionbetwixt Abrahamsfamily,andall the worldbefide (theChurch a6. being thenas it were confined to hishoulhold) fo euen in his houleThere was a . feparationa 1/náeí:hefonof the bondwoman, andlfaacehefonneofpromifeh. h ismore; eucn in thewombe ofRebecca, at thefame timethere was fan the hatedt, and ¡mob, the Lords'belonedk. Inproceffiof time, when theline £Äóm.9.,;. and poherityofAbrahamgrew greater, and fpreaditfelfeinto a nation, as there k d;;ag' was a difference betwixt themand all othernations, the one being called Gads ,,, Rpk peoplet, the other befog repatrdftrassgorsm: foesta amongthem there wabapr aRom.a.ax, tition,fome were leveesoutward, formelaves within ^: fome thefeed ofAbraham' av', og`ter shefiefhvforne bypromife o. As itwasofold, fo it is now, therebe childrenof o Rom,9:9. wrathP, and there be haresofgarce4; there beevefois ofmerry, andthere beeallo P"pea*;; wife's ofmrath: beleeuers,and infidels: hypocritesand true profeifors. fnone 9 m,93aai.. word,asthereis a God,andaDiuell,aHeauen,anda Hell, a Kingdomeofglo- a3. ry,and a Kingdomeofdarknc(te: fo there are fuerallfortsappertaining toboth: andat thedayof itedgementthere Still bea finalifeparation madebetwixtboth: toMenu (hallberaid, Comeyeblef /ed,to the other, Geeyeear /ed4 theone lhalf lIvlatzç,34 goeinroeuerlaf&nopaine, and the otherinto lifeeterna /1°. Now the one ofthee twoforts are in the verytext called thechildrenofGod: theother, thechildren of t vE1f` 46. the Pixel!. Tcuchingthe&rII, one is called the childofGodtwowages..Byg ne. 3
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