376 The Spirituel' Senne ./hip. whichGod mod hates, fwearing,whoredome,oppre on,fadhool,contempt ofGods word,&c. EithertheScripture is a fable, or clfethe foule of the Lord abhorrcththefe: yet in the ppraäiifeofthefeisthevery ioyandbufinetti :ofthe times,andnothing is leffe refpefted, then that which God moil requires. It is in Vainero faywe loue God,when we will do nothing (otitis fake:who feitech himfelfe to refome any thing athi s bidding?This is PooreIoue:Cana woman proftitute her body to a varlet,and vet truly fay;fhee louethher husband? It is not poihble. Nomore canany man callhimfelfea friend ofGod,ifhedoe and pertorme theworker ofthe Diuell.T'hethird mark; ia, agriefeofbeart,tofea,and hsarethe nameofGod tohed eaoared, thetruth,theRelgrmmed:heprofefonafthe ¡rajaheaillfpokanof. A faithfull friend cannotendure the reproach ofhis friend, he cannot patiently fit by, andheart him whom he loueth tobe reviled. The very bloodof himthat loues God , will rife to behold that which may be a dilhonour to God. Eltakiar. andShebnabrent their clothe' when theyheard the f, Kin.r3.38. blafphemy of Psb/hakçb r, Howdid Ohlofet, who was otherwife in bisowne IN....A. 3. matters the meelef1may s , vexe himfeltc when he beheld the idolatry of the I, Exod3:.r9 people ro. Daa,dt eyes gapedoat Ricersofmatert, becaafe menkept not the Law 1: iPtala rp.t;6 They which are Pealed vp untofiduation, doemourn: andcrieforal1theabortina- ktanep;q, tamsthat be donein the malfi ofthe placeswhere they linek.What vvill becomeof vs, ifwee be tried by thisRule? whofe hearts hauefucha craft drawnemet them, thatneither ourowne (nines,nor the wondrous finnesofthe timescan makevs tolament.tt neuertroublethvs, to feetowhat a height & perfeetioé frane is come incurryplace; to heart curry cornereven ringof fwearing, 51_ thines,cruelty,curfrng,contempt of goodneffe:whofe bowelsdo yerne inhim 1 a Per. a3.- to con( erit? That whichwould vexethereghteouoford: ofLett, ifhe werealine to behold it. that we candigeft and paire otter without anytrouble. Therein little loa: toGod,where the extremeimpietyofthe times is not taken tohart. Thefcartb remake, ix loner: Gods children: Dueryonewbichloaeth him whichbegate, mrlob. {,r. loaetb him alJowhichtogotten ofhone,. He which louetlhu, Cod , muff needs loue the go acesof Godwhichdoe appeare in others: this bbedeth truethcfaffec- tion , cven there where there is no knowledge or acquaintancertherwife: the very name ofaDifciple,is a fufftcient tyeamong'' Chrillians indeed There is no furet note of faluation. Weknow that weare tranflated fromdeath to If., ni Iob, 3.,,. becaafe we lone thebrethro,.. Thismay bee turned againft them, whoa: kurt to others, is rather lelfenedthen encreafedbyReligion ; inwhore eyes fome arerefpelled fo much the Infle, becaufe of the profeifon which they make. Surely there is nogodlincffe inhim, which doth not lone the beginningsof godlineffeinanother. The left mark:, is afpeciall refpeíi to the thriaing and profperity of Gods Church. Notewee this : the hazard ofthe Church bath grieved the hearts of Gods feruants, when for outward things they haue had no cede offarrowing. Nehemiahwas in good eftate, being the Xing: oNvhe. x.11. Butlero, yet beewept andmourned, whenhe heard of the dil3reffe of Ierafa_ plicate 3,4, temp. The people of God didgrafeare Ierafalem to their chief: ioy q. riyah qPtal.r37,6. wouldnotgoe dowse to hit hoafe, and take his cafe when the Arkeofthe Lord was in hazard e r Itwas no contentment to thewifeof Phinehae, to betold that r aSam, 51.0 ghee hadborne afoe,when theglorywax departedfrom IfraeTheArkeofGodbeingea_ fr Sam' 4.5°' Againe , theproceeding ofthe Gofpell hash refrefredthem in thci.e a6- at fliblions, andmadethemruentoforget theforrowestherof ,Paalwasinbeads, rPhil.ta },r8 yet,tbatChia iegreaebed,1therein iq,andwilliy(faith he)e. This is worthy the thinkingon by thole, w Lo are ofthat care ll difpofrtion, and let vponearth. I things, that fo they may hauefor the backe and the belly,andenjoy health, and peacr,andplenty, carenot which wayReligion goeth,and hearken asTit- . tie how it fareth with the Church, and vzhatis like tobecomeof thedate and butnes thercof,as theydo whatis done in America;theyprouide themfeluesto line
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