The triall ofe/iilo,pticei. ;,:á his teacliing,Pallperithal(awithout theLaw b Secondly, for thofe which are wil- 6Rom.z.tz: hilly ignorant, their offence is doubled bytheirwilfulnefIe, and they hp vp mraib vnro thcmfelues spat fl the day ofwrath "-, by their contempt: IfIhad not cRóm.x.fò comeandfpoken to them theyAmidnathase hadf+tme, that is, theyhad beene free from this highClone ofcontempt, but now they ham no cloake for theirfinned. The d 5.2a; Vie ofthat 1pcech, they grail know that therebathbeene aProphetamangthem a,what eE'iekxJ doth it argue, but theencreati of vengeance, where the Lord bath richly vouch- 33.33 fated the meanes of kriow'edge? What a heauy chalenge is that to leru/àlem? Hewor ten world l homegatheredthy childrentgether,( c.andyewóuldnòt r. Thirdly, £Lút,t ;.;4. tecy which know and yet make no account to practice, that falleth on them which Chrifi fpake, That f ruant which knetphtsmaSleri will,and didnot according, /hall be beatenwithmany! ?riper, to which agreeth that ofPeter, Ithad beambetter gLuk.t2.47. not to home knosone theway ofrighteoufnes, thenafter they hasteknowne it,to tesrnefrom theholy commandmentgulch met, them' fo that if the Scripture bee true, both I,zPcr, theone fort and the other,thofe whichknow not rightomjnes,and whichknow- lag it, doe for ail thatneglect to pratlice it, are not of God, butin the verybigla way ro deltrullion, I t is true of them both, that theymake noconfcience of rig hoco ht .sines, theMie in ignorance cannot, theother in froward diiToluteneile, val. not. Tomake thematter yet moreapparent, that theDoctrine well proc- eed, may be the firer ground forthe vfeand exhortation following, let me yet furtherprooueto you, that men ignorantlyorwilful! neglectingrightejnfe,., cannot bee of God;but in the flareofcondemnation. ou Touching thofe which are ofGod, and are inhis eternall coúnfell ordained veto lf£e', tinsmuch the iAeTrT4S. Scripture bath reuealed. Parü, that at one time or other, boner later, God called) them t Far ruhemkmdeath predflinate, themalío he, za/Irak k) lt is laidof kRom,8,3o. Corinth, that Godhad muchpeopleinit' ; and therefore inhis prouidence he feet I A&,8.10. Patel topreach there. So that where there are any foules belonging toGod, them theLorddoth finde/Dine meanesorother' tobring them out of darknesto the knowledge ofthe truth Secondly, as theLordmoreorletleaffoordsthemeans of lacing knowledge,to all that are his, föbee lothalto open their heartsand make themwilling to receiue it the enlrghtenerh theirminds,that they tnaydn- derltairdìt,SóQod ap` erred Lydiaherheart ",fohefbiandeut, the Corinthian; Hearn°. mA@. And thereforeit is atrue and undoubtedprincipleof our Sauiour Hm that is e °LCór.4ó, God, bearish God;word°:euerin thechildrenóGod there is adelireofinliru- oloh.8 7. Ilion, Thirdly, thofewhich arethe Lords, lookehowGod affoordsthem the meaner,and furnilheththemwith inwardgracestoprofit by the tneanes, fo he aho frame their hearts toyeeld obedience vnto the forme ofdollrine é, where- p in they lime beeneinllrufted; fo that their defire is, ro hate theircoeuer/arion 9Ghi.or7. fade 4ebeeommetb the Gofpel45 and towalks;with God innewnele oflifer. This is fRom.47. that which God fpeaketh by the Prophet, I will put my Spirit within you, and caufeyoet to walke in myffatutet,andyeefhallkeep mjiud gemeritr,anll doe them`. Thefe aEie.3.8.zy.; things the Scripture reports to bee fulfilled inall thofe whichbelong tóGod: and therefore it mallbeatruth,thatthey whichdoenot doerighteoafner either becaufe they areblinde, andknow it not, or becaufe they are wilful' anddilfo- lute,and delire it not,the fame are not ofGod -, they are (asyet) thechildrenof Satan, aliens and (hangers from Godskingdome.Thus faite I haueProceeded in thispoint : I base (hewed you in general], what ifis, notto doe righteoufnere I have openedto youhow many forts of men are guilty ofnotdoing rightemel: *self, 1 haue gaseeyou two fufficientreafons to orooueit tobee truewhich lohn here faith, that theywhich doe tier arenone. of Gods. It followeth" next,to makeefeofall onto ourfelues. I toldyou in the lull Sermon, thatit isnotfor anyman to take vpanhim to 7be judgeofanothermansfutureeltate, asto fayceraainly ;that heis damned; or is a k f reprobate,-
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