188118111tETIMIL THE PLATFORME OF Obedience. The firft Sermon. Rom. 6. 12, 13. Let netfnnereigns therefore inyour mortallbodee, that yee Jhouldobey it in the inflo thereof. Neithergioieyeeyour membersas weaponsofvnrghteoufues vntefuns, but gheeyourfelues vnte God, as they thatare dosefrost the dead, anag ue your meat-, bete as weaponsofrighteouf nesunto God. E haut heard out of Saint lam, thathie whichdoth rot righteouftoes, is not ofGod, but is as yet in the llatc ofcondemnation, and in thebroad path which lea- deth todellruftion. This being fo,lknow not what fittermatter now next to commendunto you,then this coonfell ofS. Paul, which towee teemed., to follow very direetlyuponthe formerdoetrine.For fetingthe negleetofrighrsonfaes is fo fullof danger, what can beemore behoouefull for vs, then byall meanes to llriue and o fee our [cluesagainll Sinne? Thus it appearcth briefly, how thelall text and this doe wellagree :.the former was as itwere the groundoftahis,& this may feriae to fet an edge upon the former. Now for the place it feue,you may boldly vndetlland rhusmuch. TheApo; TheCori., the hash proouedin the foregoingverles of this Chapter, That it is vnpelfible neaionand forthofewhichareChrills, andarebyBaptifineengralfedintohim,robegiuen lopefrhn over to theobedience and feruiceoffixne,The point being laidas a farefoundati- on, he proceedethto take thatcootie, whichmull beheld in all good teaching; namely, with thetruth of Doftrine to ioyne the power and forceofexhor- tation. Therein (I fay) beekeepeth thatcourfe, whichby all difcreet teachers Ng rj' mull beobferued. For whereaswebane two thingstodoc one to plant know- átsht s ledgr,anothercobeget confciencein out hearers; foundnesofdodirineferoeth hpiph.iai tohairnet, and vehemencyofexhortationisprofitabletorefotme ,andtoworke Anch. menunto godlinetfe. He whichexhorteth,without good groundbefore laid, may (perhaps) forthe prefent Moo= the affeftions, hat ir (bone vanifheth, be- ing withoutknowledgetoguideit; and-bee againewhich dehoererhmatters of Doftrine, albeit hedoih well, yet his paissesnot beefing pretfedby exhorting, commethnot tofugoodperfe@ion. Thereforethe Apofde, according to the wíf- dome giuenvntohim', couplethboth'togetherin thisChapter. a:Pee.:.rç.. For theorder nhaodimgthia Scripture youmay takeit thus thatthere s set The 61636 thefe verlesadoubleexhortation, the oneinhibiting, Let sotfalse therefore, &e. ofthéTear; Neithergiueyeyonrmembers, tic.the other perfwading, SeatginsyourJlees oust God,&,c. Touching the former, the inhibitingor forbidding part, thefubilance of it is contained in this claufe, Let sot finneregne inyourmortal' body t the two claufesfollowing ferue only as an eápofition to it s foi ifany man demand, whatitis, not toletfnne regné, theanlwer is,not toobeyit inthelafit thereof. Ifit be asked further,what it is nottoobey it ; the anfiver is alfofurther, not topinerlle. members an teep'om,trc. Thisis the order of the firll part. -Let vsexamine the Ff4 teat 317
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