46 oftheRichWan,andLazaras. (as was faid) neuer left himfelfewithout witneffe,no not in the blind world of the heathen ; howmuch letTe can hee want witfleLfe now in the newworld ofgrace , where the light is tenne times clearer then that oftheSunne ? and wherebetides the.darke harres of thefirmament, wehaue the clears glorious Sun -light ofthe Gofpell to walke by ? If then , being taught (as weare) in the common and pri- uate fchoole,that is,both bycreatures,and by theword,we profit not more to obedience, or a better life ; notonely the word (that we haue-fo long heard) will judgevs, but cuen the creatures,that doe fo well in their kind, will with open mouthes witnetfeagain vs. And let me tell you,that b Efay r,;, ifthe (b) Oxe knowe his owner, and the Alle his Mainers crib; andwe that haue reafon tomakevs men, and the Got: pet to make vs Chriftians,neither will know,nor regard to know our owners feare , or Maiffers glory ; it cannot be but thefe fimple drudges, the Oxeand Affe,will in their o. bedience , glue in a fearefull euidence agaiuh vs,one day. Alfo,we that haueourbeau's obedient to vsin the fixedaies, and yet (as rebellious children worfe thenbeau's) are difo- bedient to the Lordon the feuenth, what can we fay :For when we fpake to them theyheard vs , when we whipped them theyobeyed vs, inall our bufìnetfe they attended on vs : andyet we linen not to God calling vs by his word ; we neither profit by his challifements, nor attend on his comrnandements.How can we anfwer this ? how can we denk fo plaine a matter as this And when thefe fhall fpeake again ft vs with the voiceof their tetlimonie, what will we alledge for our fetus : Andwhat will beour defence A fearefull thing therefore,not toheare fuch Schoole maillers as thefe,nor to be better by precepts ofthisnature, in fuch Monitors,as thefeare. Vie,. But doth God makevnreafonable creatures his witneuies againft reafonable men?Thê though mee Mouldhold their peace,the (toneswouldcrie,L4 t 9.40, That is,ifit could be i"uppofed that man. in bearingwitnet%, wouli be partio all to mankind ; yet God could hauewitneffesa «anyand fufficient
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