The 'Preachers Plea: manfaloffaithNodoftbehalyGhof{, andthey werewit ableto refill the wlfedorgeand roe tpiritby which hefpake,yetcertainarafe emu oftheSynagogue, andmendthepee- plegatßhima. Pant wasmightilywithiood, fomeumesbyEhmaethe for- aMire.c,'y cen:o, fetoctimesby the Iewes , fometimes by Demetrios,and thereof that faftio d,fometimesby Phyge1os andHirmegenet a,otherwiles byHymeneusand b.Aftsg. Si Phrlerne r. Thus wehaue curaa cloudofwaneffes to confirme this,that it hath dÁ si9. tilerbeen theBinds courfe by all meaner towithfland the Preaching of the e a Tima.tT; truth. And thereforemaruell not, good neighbour arit,when you fee the lilcefw, in there times , thereare Satans oldprankes, andhe will thusbeliirre himfelfe to the end. Nymph. FilefeddeGod, you bane wellfatisfüdme¡utbis : fo thatl nowfie that *hopwhich lonethe truth, hamcattle toreioyee at it, ratherthexbe difmayedwhenthey (hailfeethe outrageaftheWorld, andthefuryofcarnal!motagainfl thepablThingofthe Goffell. Epaph. You arenot deceiuedr for the diuellhis flinglingon this wife,fhew- eth that there is a fironger thenhe come, 'whoahim,andto take his armorerfrom hime. And though the oppofitions ofmkn are at the firft affault fomething gLuke tr.isa troublefome, yet wehaue ruer casfeto reioyce,when we cars lay ialhly,e4'fter thiemannerdid theyte thePr/hark bLukc6,13i Nymph. Te; Sir, 6y))oser lease, hankie kie batmaraell,sbatféeieegthepreachingof theNordis feexcellent tithingae itis, eyes the power of Godvntolaluationi, men ¡gon¿r,tóo fhoto!dnotwitbflandigfo eagerlyref illnandfbewthemfelurefegreat e mietorteit. epa.You will ceafe towonder,when youThal trulyvnderlhand the caulesmo wingworldly&vnregeneratemen ccpp malice and malignethat, whichindeed as youfay,iftheworththereofwerekhowne,rhey ought rather withal! reuerence to imbrace:and ifyou thinkethat it maybehelpefull unto youin that, wherein youde fire tobe refolued,I wil opie t1 a fameuntoyou fomehingmore at large. Nymph.Taacannot content me better,thenifyouThal vndertaketodfcáarfetherof: foe' (ae I fappofe) when lbate once learnedthf truecaufe whopreaching refitmachmifiiked, I (iiall the leffefeare tiepretenced>eafons,which l dailyheareto bealledgedage nflit. Epaph. The trueenures why thecourfeofpreaching, when it is performed fo court d asit ought, is fo much repined at,are there threeefpecially. The firftis this :As the diu¡ke of men lone nothingmore then theirGanes, fo they loath nothing more then thepreaching. difcouery thereof:they canby nomeasesendure to have their fecret corrupti- The 6tß ores rips vp : it is adeath unto themto bethorowly anddire&lydealtwithal(: tour.- Wicked dbabhated the fincereProphet of the LordMtcbdiah, becaufehe tie- uer prophefiedgood vnto him buteuillk;that is,he neverfeared him , but deliueredk, Kinpa.g.; thetrarhof Godvnto himplainly without flattery. Now the preaching ofthe Vnün word,it is as the prouerb is,Tbeftnger inthehill;it is everrubbingupon the gall: andbeing light, itmakethallthings manifeflt , and difclofetheuery mans dole lEph.T.tg, and react vngodlineffe. Inthe daiesofblindneffe(that is,in timesand places where there is nota retiedcourfe of preaching) manya man feemeth to him- felfe , and toothers an tobevnreproueable, whowhen thelight of theword by powerfull application breaketh out, is difcoueredboth toothers, andelpe: dally to hisowne confcience, tobe nothing Idle then that whichhewas fup- pofed tobe. Here is then one caufeofdillike: the word thushandled, opetreth that whichmenof all other things delve mofi tobe concealed: ro that itis true of thewordofChriff ,which hewitneffetirofhimfelfe, The weedhaute me, be. califs htefliftethereofthat theworkesofitare mill°. Tell menow I prayyou, what *1°674; thinke youofthis ? Nymph. Trial,Icasnet bar bear, wimeffe tothe trothhereofourofmineowne ex. perienee. For howfeeìer,lhousenow learned, IthankaGod,tofaÿwith Dauid: Let the righteousfinitemee,for that is a benefit ; lethim reproueme , and it (hall benP&L . t,¢. preciousoyle that (hall notbeake my head : yet Iwell remember, when Iftrfp beardpreaching, Ipas manytimeseh[contented : me thought the Preacher wee tooper- ovary, 479
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