d80 2;lePreeicherf Tle4. emptory,and agreatBeale moreplaine then needed : yea,?hadmachadoeat timesmete perfwademyfelfe that Iwas chiefly aimedatinfome:hings , and thatthe Preacherbad 9 receivedfamefieret infarmatmnstoesbing meandmy demeanour, whichbe thereopened ie thepulpit. Selmaa thing isitforfe/ bandbleed tobearethewordsafreproefe, yea, though in the winner afamans owne confeienee hebathevery way deferuedehe fame. But Awaybefeech Godan thebehalf*ofyore, andothert ofyourfort, thatheweuldenlarge you rfpirits,and giue vtterance vnto you,that you may openyour menthesbold. 11Epb:6.t9 1y, topubli fh the fecretoftheGofpella. For I thinks thereWere newerAny dates of greaterleeway , inwhich it needful!thee themen ofGodAmid liftvp theirvoyce like atrumpet,t o (hewthe people their tramfgrefiions, and the honk of&cob ifai.18.1. their fines °,Becaufeindeed,.+it en&feidofold; Alltheworld fitted: Rill, and is p Zaci. r.u. at reft P. Aidlwìfhvnfainedly,tbatthefeeirallwatchmen theirparticelar Charges, wouldremember that itemwhich the Spiritof Godpeakbythe Prophet; ye thatare I Ifa,6a.6, tnindfnll ofthe Lord,keepe not filence 9. BatSir,Iam afraid?chetoomuch Peter.. ruptyou,tbereferelprayyóuproceedloAar theNextreafanofdiflike. Epaph. Youhaue raidthe very troth. Wecan be content toheare theword Vntill it riflevs: But asa purging potion, fo long as it is in drinking,is butas o- therdrinkvntill it work,and then wecould becontent tocan it vpagain :Cowe can quietly hare the word vntillit worktpon vs,but then itfeemeth a burden . vinovs. Btit tocome tothe openingof the fecond reafonofthe dilbkeofprea- ' Thefeeond thing : Ihaue byobferuation found it to be this becaufe preaching is as men caufeofthe .fuppofe) anenemyunto liberty, a thingwhichbynature curry man defiresto flake r ,ho£ enio In the fecondPfatme we read what is the opinion thatmen haue of Chri- rPfal,5 .,3. ftiaobedience, theycall it bands andcords r, that isto fay, metre feruilityand flauery,abale and ignominiousthingto be conformable. This is the very con- ceit whichworldlings haue ofyeelding themfeluesvino thedoctrine ofChrift Iefus.WhenLot admonilbed theSodomitesoand began to perfwadewith them todefift from violence againft the ftrangers that were with him in his houfe : fGcmt9.9. theycriedfirait,Shallhe edgeand riderI Forthwith theybegan torepine again ft his godly aduice, as sgainil amatterof tootnuch tyranny inLot, andof too great fubie&ion in themfelues.It was the imputation ofKerah&his adherents tNum.t6.3. to Mofes andAaron; Tee raketoo muchvponyoe r : theydeemed the gouernement ofMefestoo peremptory, asan enemy totheir liberty, and therefore not to be endured. When the Prophet Amospreached , it was faid,thatthe Landwcsnot aAmos 7.1e.able to beam his words °:aswholbould fay,hisSermons were toocenforious: men that were ofa liberall and freedifpofition#were not able to di geft them. One reafou which the Iewes had agninil Chris, to fortevpthemfelues to find a manes to fuppreffehim,was,becaufe they fuppofedthat if theyher him alone, eIojm Imo. TheSmetanawoeidcome andtake away barb theirplace andnationx. They thought bondage would follow vponhis do&rine. This might eafilybe enlarged with theaddition of manyexamples : bnit ourowne experience maybe a fufficient 'confirmation: For essen at this day the worldmaintainechthe fameopinionof obedience andconformity inChriftian duties , that it is an abridgement to li- berty, that it fauoeethof ilauillsnclîeandbafentife for a man atthe words ola Preacher tube refirained. Nymph. TrulySirit ismoll; : for etaofmypears experience, famebletawitnegi ebm much , that many men imagine,that>`ortbemtoliuewitboistcontrelement,fallow. ing thefwayof their owne afeílions, iftheymay fweare andblafpheme, andbe maims us and rioto ,anddrunkewiththe drunkard, andpropbanethe Sabbath, andfeeffeatzeale andfencerityin Religion , and renne into allmanner of exceffe , this is liberty. On the otherfide , they repute the reflrainefrom any oftheft things, to be thegreets/I three!. done; aheifer" itis robe keptwithin earepa fi, that a manmay notfweare, may netfpend theLordsday in fpores, or in worldlybufneffes, or in traeelling uponhis owse occa= ens, that he one fitfilch a narrowwatchbefore biemouth, a that therefhouldbe ea filthineje, nor foolifh tal(Zng, nor ieft»ig : that bee (hand bee tied to the continead kear;n%
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