the Epile tb the óalatiar+.r. Chaps.. 397 the Apo[lles d&din fundtie cafes) and hereupon he curfcth' fometime euen particular perfons , as Alexander the copper- path. :.Tim. 4. 14. Thirdly, we mutt diftinguifh the affefti ons ofmen. Someare carnal] as rath anger , hatred , dcfire of $ rcuenge,&c. fame againe aremore fpirituall and diuine., as a zeale ofGods glorie, andofthefaftic of Gods church . Now Paul in pronouncing the curie, is not carried with a carnali'sf- fedion, but with pure zeale of Gods glorie, and with the . fame fpirit by which he penned this Epifile. Ito The fecondquettion is,whether we may not curie our ene- t mien as Paul did ? Anf. No : foreve haue not the lice fpirit to dífcerne the perfons ofmen what they are : and our zealeof Gods glorie is mixed withmany corrupt affcaions,and there- fore to be fufpc&cd. We in our ordinary dealings haue an o- 0 5 thee rule to .follow, Matth. 5. blefjeandsari not. Ifwe dare goe beyond the limitts of this rule , we mull heare the fpcach of Chrift, ye knownet o,fwhatfpiritye are. Lae. g. fß°á The third dueflion is, howwe fhould vie the imprecations that are in the pfalmesofDauid,as Pfah 109. and in other pla- 20 ces offcripturel Anf: they arc to be dire( ed generally againi3 the kingdome of thedcuill : and they are further to be vied as Propheciesofthe holy gholt comfortinghis Church,andpro- curingafinall fentence vpon the.encrniesof God.' Theword which is tranflated, difgniet,is to be confidered: 25 for it fignifics toput men out oftheir eflate, and to driue them out ofhoule and home, as enemies doe.when they facke . and fpoilea towne. By this we fe thatthedo£ trine ofiuffification by workes or by the law,is a doetrine full ofdanger and peril, besaufe it puts 3o men out. oftheirelate in Chrift, árid bereaues them of their faluationin heauen.Therefore'let all men fire from thereligion of the Papill as if theywould the frot.a.an.armicof Spaniards or Turkcs. Contrariwile, they that would prouide well for themfclues 35 and their :pofleritie, and plant themfelues in a good eflatee mull take this courfe.Thcymull cöfidcr that there is a citie of God in heauen, the gates and fuburbes whereofbevponearth in the affemblics of the Church e that this citie bath many roomes and habitations, &many liberties : that the lawwhir- : by thiscitie is ruled, is the whole, word of God, fpecially the Ddd 3 dea;
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