IDpC.y, 94 Oft a¡ cad rrnctLazatus. did A6raharm: and yet in Hell, who mull be hhfather, but rather Abraham, whole forme inobediencehee would not be but all this auayled himnothing; finte theyonely arer.í6raharnr children, who doe the workes ofA6rar bam. Where weelearne, that it difpleafeth God,andwill not profite 's togloryin the barename ofa Chrillian, except webe Chriftians indeed. They that came to I6hnr Bap. fayde as much, but becaufe they fayde and didnor, Math. z3.3 .'hecalled them a generation ofvipers, Math. 3.7 Hee might haue called then ageneration of toades more truly, then true Abrahamitei. Andwhat fayd Ci ritl: to thofe who prophefied to others, but not to themfelues, and did great workes inhis name, but would do nothing for his name ? Depart,fayth hee,or, hence farce f-ommee, yee that worke iniquity,. M=th. 7. 3 2.3 3. That is,ye that call your felues Chriflians,anddoe not.like Chriftians; to hell with yee. So he that would bca Chrillian, and had not on the wedding garment ofa true Chri[lian, recey. ued this fentence; Binde him hawd.rndfoote,andca. í him in to vtterdarkeneffe, Math,22. 13. As ifChrifl had fayde.. Neale with him,as with aprifoner, whole handsmull bee bound that heenaaynot refil , and fret (hackled that hee may not rutlneaway . Andbecaufe heloued darkeneile, the darkenetfeofa fuhtle heart; let him paffe from that darkenelhe ofhis, to the darkeneffeof hell;fromone dark- nelle to another. The like we reade ofthofe, who pretending to bee of the houfhold offaithwith right beleeuets, knocked at the doore, towit, by glorying vainelyin that which they had not ; after the goodman ofthebottle had (hut the doore ofhope againf}all fuch vaineandvaineglorious tllkers:but what was the anfwere? I know not whence yee aree Luf;, r 3. 25. That is, yee aremeere Grangers to my Far thers houfeand to me, or yee carne to mee for a night,but yee continued not with mee, as mine doe: but tl-ey re- plyed; Weehaue eatenand drun.ke in thy prefence, and thou
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