384 TheÌ fe anddeath ofVorclts. The diuifrou thofetwogenerall points,theLife,and DeathofDorcartheone,verf. 36.theó_ of the plats ther,verf.; .Touching herlifc,there are two things con!dered : r9Her pro- iota a.partr. fenion(a Difciple) : a. The fruits otherprofefiìon(fullofgg ti worket,&c.)ewo things which ought tokiffe eachother in the life of a Chrifian. A profeflion without fruit,is groffe hypocrifie. Akinde of fruit(forfo there maybe)with- out aright profef(on,is bbote-Ieffe formalitie:but bothtogether,knowledge toguide obedience, and obedience. totefiifie thetruth ofknowledge, that is Chrifiianity. Inwhom I canfinde there two ,ofhimImayfay,Bebold indeed an . fohj,4q. Ifraelite is»ham is noguile e. This is the manof/weheart, and innocent handy, !!Pfal.a43. that fhall afcendinto tbemorrntaine of theLord.. Letme fpeake ofbothapart,' that' divide them in mydifcourfe,but in our courfe,neitheryou nor I,nray fun der them. Therthing t. Her profeffion ,aDijciple.Difciple was the cuflomarynameby which in ibc apart thofe that profeffed the truth werecalled inthe prime daies of the Gofpcl. In the beginning it was a title more peculiai to thole that gaue their ordinary at- tendance opon ourSaviour : The twelue Apofilesare called the twineDrfci- r p Mochao.r. lea X; but yet men thenthe namewas enlarged,his ordinary hearers arecalled rloh.6.66. y loh ry.3 s'. his Drfciplero,and blipsofArimathea,is laid tohave beetleaDifciple= .After Chrifts afcenfion,as the number ofbeleeuers was enlarged, fothe name grew more common :as in thisvery Chapter, the true ptofeffours whomSaul did Verfs. perfecrtte,are called the Difciplet oftheLord .,Ananias is rearmed a Difcipleb, bVerfse, and chafewhichwereafterward at Antioch, calledChriflianr(where that name Afts.i x.26. was fiat taken vp) were before that time called Dijciplere. ADifciple is as much to fay inEnglifh asá learner, and the beleeuers werefo filed bocaufe they were fuch,as in a delire offauingknowledgehad [Weir dependance vpon the ordinary meones of infiruétion(the preaching oftheword.)So then,Dor. titsaDifciple, that is, Dorcasafcbolier in thefcheoleofChrifi, afxbmitter ofber le/fete o theordinanceofggndfor thefauingofherforte,Shewas noneofthofe Lear. i'('limia 3. tierswhom the Apofile blameth,which learn togeeaboutfromhenfe tobowled, &c. but fuch alearner asLydia,which attendedtothofe thingswhich werefpakert Ans. x6.14. ofPaul e. Herbeing a Learner,is (as otherScripture) writtenfor ourlearning{. tRom.t i.a And the Dodtrine which it affordeth tovs,isthis:That,tobealearnerofreliAi- Tha t doíl onby themeanerordained ofGod toteach religion,ioa partofthevery.:Piece &b' be- ingofa Chroian.Thefe two words,a Difcpie, & aCbriflian,areas we are wont tofay in Schooles,termes conuertihle,as thus; IfaDifciple, fxrelya Chri,flian: If aCbrifliä,furelya Dìfciple:lfno Difciple,noChriflianilfno ehriflian,noDifciple. Iknow there be many counterfeit Difciples , and fo therebealfo manycoca. terfeitChrifiìans , andmany feemetobeDifciples, which yet are noChrifli- ans, andmanyalto take uponthem tobe Chriflians,which by no mean es will,' beDifciples:yet fill doththat whichIhauc faidremaine truc,thar,fuchas isa mans Difciple-!hip, fuch is his Chriiianity, :Ifa true Difciple,atrue Chrii lian; if but a formaliDfciple,futcl ybut a hollow Chrillìan,I willappealeto any mans lob.8.9. iudgemcnt,beit thathebe but(as itwere)a manofTeflerday g in Religion,to tel me what other things is meant bythis that Dacca.: was a Direple,ehen this, Dorcas wasa beleeuer,amoman convertedby theGofpell,to the (brill-rain Foi:h ?So that this obferuation is i nitfrom hence,Either a Difcple,arel fe,no Cbrif1 ian,To this forafúller coufirmarioü we may ioyme that fpecchof Chrift to theApo. Illes,whenhe Pent themOut topreach :Cq&- teachall nations,or wordfor word fMat.st.rg. from the Greeley toemake them Difciplerh,Ifyou cartbring themonce tothe,te fubmit themfclncntobecaught ofGadin his tame ordinance,you banewonne them. &`' When our Sauiourwould thew what marke his (heepe haue, he decla. tloh.to.xi. rethittohreanEare-marke, lIlyfheepehouremycolcei,they'havethewfand !Prou.zp.u: obedient tarot. Now a good Hearer and a good Difciple are one. A. game', no min cats bee aChrigian indeed, vnlëffe lien bee abelceuer :for what M
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