5 4 Chsp.6. ACeit+msaent.rsie vpon porall, with infiniteand eternall punifhment. frj.Sinnebee- ingconfidered in refpeaof theata , as it is or rranfnr atiia,r, ¡s finite. But ina threefold conídcration, it is infinite. Firfl,in re= pec`f of Meobicft again whome it is committed : for becing theoffence ofan infinite Maieflie, it dothdeferue infinite pu . 5 ni(hment : for if he that clippes the Kings coyne, or defaceth theKings armes, or counterfaiteth thebroad feats ofEngland, or the Ptineespriuie leale, ought to dieas a traytour , bccaufe this difgrace tendeth to the perfon of the Prince: muchmore ought he that violates the lawof God , die the fini and fecond oe death, firing the breach thereofdoth not onely tend to the de- facingofhis owne image in vs , but to the perfonof Godhint- felfe, who in euery fznne is contemned, anddi(honoutrd. Se- condly, finite is infinite in refpea ofthe Iubic£t,For teeing', that the foule is immortal! , and that the guilt of (lone and the blot 15 together,doe ¡Line the foule, as the, crirom or skarlet die,the Like or the wooll,and can no more be f tiered from the foule, then fpots from the Leopard : it rcmaibieth that f.nne is infinite in durance,and fo deferueth eternall pu.oifhment. Thirdly, it is infinite inrcfpelt ofthe rninde, dcfire, and iiite,tt of theMiner, 20 whole Mire is flitl to walke on in his Ganes, and except God (haul(' cut offthe line of his hife,neuer to glue ouer finning,but to runne on in infnitxm, committingof finite cues with gree- dineffe. Thus haftingthe meaning of thewords , let vscome to the 2 doEtrine and vfe. Therebe two principall rcafons which hin- der men from becingbeneficiall and liberal! to the Minificrie. The fira is., bccaufc they thinke all is loll that is bellowed that way. The fecond is, bccaufe they arc afraid leathemfelues1 fhould want. To both which the Apofl!:le makes anfwer in ! 30 his place, comparing our beneficencein the vpholding,main raining, countenancing of the Minilacrie tofede, to teach vs.I that as the husbandmanBoth low hiscorne in theground, ne- 1 uer fearing the lofe thereof, but hoping fora greater increafc not doubting his ownc want, but alluring himfelfe of greater 35 plentie. So we in rowing the(cedesofgoodworks, mull neuer reame of loffe,or cot , confidering the morewe fowve , the' morewe ftrall rcape : we muff neuer feare want, fceing we thall receiue an hundred fold. Mark. t o. 3 o. If men could beper- fwadedofthis,that thetimeof this life is the (cede-time; that the
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