. ) The Prezchersplena. 4s3 Ny mph. Poabslee thisma 'nogexceSent point andtorhèfoulea`aCh4:asex. ceedingcomfortable: howmach thereforeare we bound togise thanks, rooarhealed) Fa- ther,whebarb deflected vs from the power ofdarkneffe, and bath tranflatedvs into thekingdomeof hisdeareSon ì And1hefted: Goal gheevt thegraee,thatg cola .a,t¢ being rhos made free from fin, we may become the feruants of righteoufneffe ^, r Rome, is, thatfo otirfruit in holineffe,the end may be euerlafting life f. But nomrfitjvcrlea ;, rlcafeyoa,llong tohearethe third carfeofehefma/áegaret of Preaching. Epaph. The third cauCe ofcontemptuous relrffante, is the iu'ging ofthat The third which is taught by the outward femblance of the Teacher: as forexample: ,,feöfthy Some great manin the World,that haply is a Magiflrate, or a manofnote and ddLke of fpeciall reckoning in the placewhere helic,eth,commingto the Chunh, and PrtaiI o . hearinghis finne reprooued, and filch and filch duties perfwaded , ltraite hee caned) his eye vpon the perfon of the fpeaker, andhimhe leech to bebut fame ordinary man, oar thutif he Ihouldeomeinplace where he it, llcouldbe fer. uedasthepeoremaninthetornecoat, ofwhom Saintlames(peaketh s, thatfhauldtlames ;' be bidden caJ?andthere doofeof,orfit here atnrifooé- /ioale; eftfoone,hebegtnneth to thinke with himfclfe, that it would be theme for him, to fufter the words offuch aone fo farce below him intheworld, tocarry fo greatauthority with him, as that he Gould by and by conforme himfelfetohisperfwafions. Ano- -therperhaps , that hath had fome good edtycation, and thereby bath gotten Tome tafle of learning, or is otherwifebyobferuation andexperience, growne tobe a manof forne rçach and capacity the, whenhe comparethhimfelfe with the Teacher,feemeth tofee as much (ifnotmore) learning, iudgement,reading and vnderftanding in himfelfe as in him t and thereforehe faith withhimfclfe, Why should I yeeld to his inftru6tion ? Why fhouldhisopinion fway fo farce with wee, as to drawme frommineowne courfes? Whyfhould not I be as wellable to fudgewhatis meet , ashe ? -A third,that is(itmay be) fameGal- lant, a manof(pink, thatthiakethitapattofhis courage tobe without feare, euenof Godhimfelfe ; he hearingataSermon threatnings denounced againfl finne, and againit thofe very fisses whereofhis life isa continual)praetife, in ,thegreatneffeofhisilomacke, and in the profanenelfeofhis heart, beginneth to let all at nought , imagining that it cannot (+and with that hardineffeand ndannted rcfolntion whichhe profeffeth, tobe ftricken with the wordsofa filly man , or to haue his heart terrifiedwith a few idle fpeeches. ina word, thepeoplegenerally doenot confider how well a thing is (pokes, how fuffici. entlyprooued, howfoundly feconded, andmade good by the word , this n ver entreth into their thought : but they fee; that hce which preacheth , what ishe but a man oftheirowne fort, oneneitherarmedwith authority topuniflt them, norenduedwith power to conftraine them , neitheryet furnilh'ed with wealth tocontend with them : and that all his force lyeth in his tongue, the exercife whereofwhen it isonce ouer-part, there is all that heecan doe, andtherefore- they makea Tufh at his do&rise , and (ay of the Preacher, as t heydid ofoil Hm ¿e but wind", and what is he that heGould command vs4sIef;Say. l hus,rhis alfois+anecauCe ofreliiflance tothe holy'do&tine taught, men looke no higher then the man , and they valueall that is Paid , by the quality ofthe fpeaker. Nymph. Thudifcetarfe ofyosrt, fo fdildifeauering theproud conceitsofenmt. reformed heart,calleth tòmy mindthe commendation whichPaulgisethoftheThefaly. ciao,, to, Whenyet receivedof vs (faithhe the word ofthe preaching'ofGod, xi Thera,, yce rcceiued it not as the word of men , but as it is indeed theword ofGod : forfolong ás men ham no higher acostei:oftbàtwinch they heath , then thatit ithuta mans dofirwe, therefpeff 1,110 it cannotchoofe but beVery[mall; fethatlmull need: yeeldestayesin:hie, that thisaljmay well gee 'thong the number ofthe- taufet, why Preaching is offo (lender *amnion hero ampl fE wt. re: Str, mors thatare enemies X x h is
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