536 ThePreaciherl plea, wefind it true by common experience, that thegreatenpart are fo dead infin, that if a preacher lhoulddeale after Come firthmilde faÌiioo, as oldEll dealt e t Sam.:s;, withhis Connes°, hisCermon will butbe like adreame whenoneawaketh : the hearer haply, when he isgone,will thinkehe heard fomething,but he knoweth not what,andbecaufc hewas reprouedbut (oftly,hewill imagin that hefinned but Ilightly,andCo will letal i flip as eat 1y,as it camegently. So that a man that f}dult ;.ry, intendeth to doany good in this frozengeneration, heehad need tobeerather yy Mat. 3 q esy, ltoanerger eneofthefinenetofthunder , thenBar-Innahe, rhefonneofa done. In hlers s , the Prophet /ncm)we read that the word ofthe Lord is/ ianbammerh:nowif iBcd. is, rr. you sdde that toit which Salomoefaith,chat *bewailsofthemrf-are likemale, it will.follow thence, that he which is a wife mailer- builder in tht Lords houle, ks.Tims.rs. and aworkmaetbatxeedetbnot s,beafhanerdk, whenhe handleth this fameham. merofthe Word, he,willbe Cure todrive the nailerofhis exhortations to the head, that they may leaue fomeimpreflion in the heartsofchore which heare him. Well then,this is the fubnance ofmy opinion in this point : I wouldha ue apreacher to preachpeace, andto aimeat nothing more then the consft,:t of the (QuitsofGods people,yetI would hauehimwithalframehis courfe to the manner ofGods appearing to6lgab : theTextfaith, that firfìaWight, Jim: ;Minim/stir swrrtairet,ardbroke therack!: then,afrer that cameaneartb.ynake,and it Kitue. rt. after thesertbyroke mireFier : sedafter all theft, thenCAWaJUGandafate voices. After the famemanner,I would not haue the fìill and mildevoice ofthe Go:pel come, till the flrong tempelk ofthe law hsthrentthe fiony heal is of men, and trHab.3ae. haue made their bellut to tremble,anirottener f to into intotheir honer and tocry =Flay 3r, 54 with thatgoodKingHrucbiab,0Lord itbath oppref/edme,anfort me,:orat the lea ft,becaufcour auditories are mixt, confiflingofmenof diners humours, it Chaff be good for him todeliuerhis doetrinewith that caution, that neither the humbledfoulesmay be affrighted with the (enmity ofGods iudgements nor theprophane and vnrepentant growprefunaptuous by the abundance ofGods mercy? Nimpb.Indeed asa verilyporfwaded, that:hie eosrfe which"onherename1it the bell:fort.eho heftagreetheft propertiesoftheWordwhich the vlpo/flemakes mention of,to wit, Sharpeneffeand entringthrough, tothe diuidiug afundcrof thefouls oHdsgas: andthe fpirie,anddifcerniugofthe thoughts and intents of thehearc'.Retyeri,s theworldtbiris a sowfisharmen bkenotof. papb.Nomaruelh for(as I haze inpart toldyoubefore in the beginning of ourconference)it is thegreaten enemyvnto that whichmenlouebeff,and that is their owne frnne,vntili Godbe pleafedCOpat IS rnr f irit *Mhomooboweb,and .pEzcc. t t.ro re takftheflomheart out oftheirbelie, r;there is nothing that they doebatemore, q Pt 1. to..y. then cobe rrfermedq. Est thetruth is,that thoughno reproofefertheprefent,fee. iI-41, .n. meth tohe igamhetgriestom yerasthelength ,whenmenarebetteraduifad,bethat fProu. at.s;.rebnkahfhellfndmore faawrdbenbewhichfiaterethwithbis lipat.Yea,and the time 5s,Tim.4.;. will come,that tbofewhonowcannotfleawhdefomedcilri et,willcurfetheday thateuertheyknew,orheardthole[ westtwegred 'chaplaines,andfoothingBld. xr Hin.,s. k1ahts, whichhauefowedpißawes ender their arme belesy, and haue eanfedrbrm to Ezcc.13 IS. ewehp theirflatteries., and theywillalfocry fhantevpon [bore, whom theynow tler.is3x thinke toocholeriekeand cenforious, that theydidnot fpeakemore thorowly vino them therefore whatfoeuermens acceptance is, it is benfor vstoordee thematter fo,by (peaking direbIly tothe reproofe offinne,thatwe may bepure from theblordofslime; and that.no manwho liueth vnder ourmininery may haue caufe in the dayof the Lord toimpute his flowneffe inrepentingtoots toocold,too milde,andtoocouert mannerofreproouing. N ym.8rtwhatfajleanow,fir,totbetbirdaetrfatior:whichis,tbetlormakryarrpree. chingtoocömen,ar febl that means drawnintocontempt,& makeittohe the le/o efloe. wedamongmenucan tel)os,tbere hem,' ;haareprnthem tbi felresheeftbat minim , dAft,so.se.
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