rTim.r. •S· Chrifls .An Expojition Triumph. out that the world was neuer-fo bad;but bring A Henc~ w~e leame, that it isone thing to bethem hometo themfelues, and you !hall finde leeue InCht1£t, and another tohaue feeling that ihey hauc many excufes and defences as and experience: and that euenthen when we plaifrer-worke to call ouet theirfoule andlilha"e no fenfe nor experience we mufr belceue: thyfinnes: and ifthey bee vrged to fpeake afor Faith u theji<bjijling of thingrwhich aunot H,b. 11 , gainfr themfdues,the worfr will bethus, God fiene: andAbr.ham abouehopedidbeieeuevnder • he!pe vs,we arc all finners,euen the beltofvs. hope : and Iob faith,though thou kjNme,)'" willI ~•m,,, Butcena!ne itis, that he which isthroughly bdeeueonthee In Ph lofopb b · b 8 · touchedi'ncon~ci'ence'orhi'sfinnes, borl1can · ~ h' 1 h y aman egws Y lob'l· " " ex~etlence,a.terw IC comesknowledgeand 'I· and will fpeake more againfr himfelfe for his bebefe; as when a man hath put his hand to manifold offences,then all the world befides, the fire, and feeles it to be hot, he comes to ThusPaul when hee was conuerted cals himknow thereby that fire burnes: but in diuiuitie felfe the thiefe ofaNjimurs. And the prodigall We mufr beleeuethough weehaue no feeliag: childe confeffed that hoe had finned againfr firll comes faith, and after comes fenfe and heauen and againfr his father , and was not feeling. And the ground ofourreligion flands worthy to be called hischilde. B m this, to beleeue things neither feene nor The third fruit ofhis conuerlion is, that he fe!t,tohopeaboueal!hope,and withouthope: excufc:thourSauimrr Chrifr, and ginethtefritn extremity ofaffli~Hon to be!eeue that God monyofhisinnocency, faying , But thi< man louerhvs,whenhcefeeineth to be our enemy, hath ®ne nothing amif!e. Marke nere: Pilau and ro perfeuereinthefame to the end. condemnedChrifr, Herod mocked him, ..ll TheanfwerwhichChriflmadetohispraythe learned Scribes and Pharifes condemned erwas,ThudAy jhaltthou bee withmeeinPar 4 - Lult , 1, him,and the people crie, Away with him,let difi. Whereby se te!Hfies in the midfr ofhis 41 , him be crucified: and amonghisowndifciple.s U1tferings the power which hee had oucr the Peterdenied him,and the reil: ran away; there foules ofmen: and verifiesrhat gracious proremaines onely this poore filly wretchvpon mife , Ask[andyeji,.H receiueJiektandye jhaa the croffe to giue tefrimony of Chrifrs innofindt,ktJock!,&1t ]hall beopened toyou:and withcency:whereby we learne,tharGod choofeth all confutesthePopifh purgatorie. Forifany thefimpleones of.thisworld , toouerthrow man lhould haue gone to that forged place the wifedomc ofthe wife : and therefore wee oftorment, then rhe thccfe vpon the cro!fe mufr take heed that we be not offended at the who repenting at the bit gafpe wanted rim~ Gofpel ofChriCr, by reafon that for the niofr C tomake fatisfaaion for the temporal! punilhpart limple and meane men in the worldemment ofhis finnes. Andby thisconuerfion of brace it. Naymarkefurther, thisonetheefc thetheefe weemaylearoe, rhatif any ofvs being conuerted had a better iudgement in wouldturnetoGodandrepent,wemnflhaue matters c6cerning Gods kingdomc, then the three things. I. The knowledgeofour owne whole body ofthclewes.And by this alfo finfinnes. II. From the bottome of our hearts dents may learne,that ifthey defire to haucin wee mull confe!fe and condemne our fdues themfelues vpright iudgement in matters of forthem, ana fpeake the worll that can be of religion, lirfr of all they mufr bec01ne repenour felues,in regardofour fins. I I I. We mull rant!inners : aad though a man haue neu<r f@ earnellly craue pardog forthem , and call for much learning, yet ifh,ebe carried away with mercie at Gods hands in Chrifr,withall reforhis own blind af!ections& !ufl:s,they will corming our liues for the time to come: ifwe do, rupt and darken his iudgement. Men which we giue tokens ofrepentance; ifnot,we may work in mines &cole-pits vnder theearth,are thinke what we wil,but we deceiue our felues trob!ed with nothing (omuch as with damps, and are not truly conuerrod. And here wee which make their candle burne darke, and mufrbewarned to take heedelefrweeabufe, fometimes put it quite out. Now euery mans D as many do,the exampleofthe theefe;toconfinnes are the damps ofhisheart, which when elude thereby that wee may repent when we they take place, doe dimme the light of his will,becaufe the thecfeonthe croffe wasconiudgement and cafta mifr oucr the minde,and uerted at the !aftgafpe.For there is nota fecod darken the vnderflanding & reafon: and thcrexample like to this in all the whole Bible: it forea needful! thing it is, that men in the firll: was alfo extraordinary. Indeedfudry men are place fhould prouide for their own c6uerfion. called at the eleuenth houre, butitis a moll: The fourth fruit of his repentance is, that rare thing to linde the conuerfion ofa !inner heprayeth for mercy at Chrifls hands, Lord afterthe eleuenth ho"re, & at the point ofthe (faith he) mnember me when thou commef/ into twelfth. This mercy God "ouchfafedthis one thyk!ngdo,.e:inwhich prayer wemay fee what theefe, thathe might be agla!fein which wee is the property oHtith. This rhicfe at this inmight behold the efficacyofChrifls death,but frant heard nothing of Chrifr but the (cotthe like is not done to many men ; no not to nings& mockings ofthe people, and he faw oaeofa 1000. Let vs ratherc6fiderthe efrate nothingbut~ bafc ellate full of ignominy and oftheother thiefe,who neither by thedealing fiJamc, and thecurfed death of the croffc, yet ofhis fclow,nor by any fpeech ofChrifr could neuertheleffc he now beleeues in Chrifr; and be brought to repentance. Let vs nottherfore therefore intreats for faluation at his hand. deferre our reper.tance to the houre ofdeath; ----~------------------------------------------------------------~ro~r-
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