Ioh.Ig. jS. Chriil:s ofthe [reede. Buriall. calling ncithe~ dhl hee fcorne to take vpon Aiour nature, and to purifie rhe heart, and to him lo bafe an office, confidering it was for make it bring forth workes ofrighteoufneffe. the honourofChrifl: where'We learne,that if There bee many among vs , that can talke of wee.truly loue Chrifl, andour hearts.befetto Chrifls kingdom<, & of redemption by him, beleeuein him,\Ye wil neuerrefufe ro perform and yetmake no conk:tence offinne, and haue the bafefl (C:ruice that may befor his h?nour; ltttle care to hue .accordml' to the Gofpell not~inoiball hinder vs. Itis furthedatd,that · 'Yluch they p~ofeGe:and :Ults,becaufetheydo hee W~S<good man andaiuf/, and alfoa ri<h notfoundlybelee~e in the Mc!sias' and they 111;1n. And the lirfhppeareth ih this, that hee watt not f~ the kmgdo~neofheauen, & therwoulcl neither confentto the counfd nor fact fore there tsnochange mthem:but wefor our Qfthe !ewes incrucifying Chrifl.·It is rare to parts. mufl. labour to haue this afliance in the find thelike man in rhefe daies. Mefstas wtth fo[cph,& to wattefor the f.cond From this example.we learne thefe Le£fons. appearance, that thereby '":ee maybeemade I.Thata richman, remaining a rich mat) may new creatures, haumg the km!;dome.of Satan bee a feruantofGod and alfo be faued:fornbattered and beaten downe m vs, and the. ches are the good Wefsings of God, and in kingdom~ ofGod erected inour hear~s. themfelues do no whir hinder a man in corn- B Touchmg 'l'{Jchod"'"'' S. John fatth,that mingto Chrifl.But fomewiill!ly,Chriflhimhecame toleftubynight. Many men build vpon fe.lfe faith,/1 i<eifserfora(a)cabletogocthrough thtsexample , that itis lawful! to bee prefent loH,t9. th~eyeofa 1tetdk.,thena richmantumter into the at the maffe.;fobe 1r, mthe meane feafon Wet: 39· k!ngdomeifhem<m.Anfw.Itistobevnderflood keepe our hearts to God: and indecdefuch ofa rich man, fo longashee fwelleth with a men are like :JI{!chodemU<, in thatthey labOUI conlidenceinhiswealth: but we know,thatif to bune Chrifl as much as they can, though a cable bte vntwilted and drawne into fmall now after his refurrection hee tbould not bee threecls, it may be drawne through the.eicofa buried againe. But though 'JI(j_chod""'" durfl. needle: foheerhatisrichlethimdeniehimnot openly at the lirll: profeili! the name of felfe,ablfe himfelfe, & lay alide'all confidence , Chrill:, yet after his death when there is moll: in himfelfe,in his richesand honour,and be as <!anger,hedorh: and by this mcanes he refot• it were,made fmall as arwinethteed,and with methhis former action. this good S..natour Io[cph become the difciThus much of the perfons that buried ple ofChrill:,he may enter into rho kingdomc Chrill:. The third thing r9 be obferued, i;;rhe ofhcauen.But Chrifl faith inthe parable,that mann.er·of Chrifls buriall, which fl.andeth in riches are thornes,which choake the grace of c thefe foure points. Firll:,theytakedowne ·his G 0 D. Anfw. It isrruc,they are thornes rn !xldiefrom the cro£fe:fecondly,they windeit: that fubiect or in that a man that putteth his thirdly, tbe9lay it in a tombe: fourthly' the truflinthem; not in theirowne nature, but by I ~~mbc is made fure.Ofthefein order.Firll:,Jo. reafonofrhecorruprionofmansheart, who <ph taketh downe the body ofChrili:from makesoftilemhisGod. S. John faith further, the cro£fe whcronhe was executed,but marke that lofcph wasadifcipl•of Chrifl., but yet a in whatnlanncr: hee dothit not onehisowne dofe difcip.le for feare ofthe !ewes. And this head withoutleaue, but he goerh to Pi/ateand lhewes, that Chrifl is malt rcadie to receine beggeth the bodyof Chrill: and.craneth liberthenuhat come vnro him·, though they come tieto takeit downe, becaufe the difpofing of ladenwith manifold wantS• I fay notthis,that dead bodies was in Pilaw hand, he being deany. hereby ihould take boldne!fe 'to liue in putie at that time: whereby weleorne, thatin thetrfinnes, but my meaning is , that though all ourdealings and actions(though they haue menbe weake in the .faith, yet a~e they not to neuerfo good an end) our duty is toproceede be dtfmayed,butto come to Chnfl, whorefuas peaceably wirh all men as may be, as Saint fetWnonetqat come to him. Draw,neeretoGod lameJfaith: the wifc:domethatis fromaboue Iam.Jtti' (fairhSaintlames)andhewi/1 drawneeretoyo•. D is lirfl pure,thenpeaceable,gentle,&c.Ag.tin, Chnfl doth notforfake any, ttll they forfake this teachetb vs, that in all things which conhtm lirll:. Lall:ly, the holy Ghofl faith ofhim, e<rne the authorityof the Magi!irate, and be- :hat he waited for.the kingdo?'e ofGod, that long vnto him by therule ofGods word,.wee ts.heedtd beleeue mthe~efstas tocome, and mu!httept to do whatfoeuer we do by leaue. therfore.dtdWattedatlynltheumewas come, And by this wee fee what vnaduifed courfes when the Mefsias ,by his death and pafsion they take, that being priuate mea in this our {bould abohtb :he kingdome offinand Satan, Church,will notwithflanding takevponthem and eJlabhih hts owne kmgdome throughout to plantclturclteswithoutthe leatieofthema· the whole world. Thofameisfaid ofSimeon, giflrate beeing a Cltriflian Pril!ce. Hauing that he was agood man,and feared God, and, thus taken the body of Chrifl downe they go waited for the confolation of!1rael.This was on to winde it.And lofephfor his par;brottght the moll: prmctpall vcrtue of all that Io[cph hnnendoathes, and Nichodemu; a mixture of had,and the very roote ofall his goodnes a11d Mirrhe & Aloes wthcquantityof an hundred nghteonfiJes,thathe waited for the kingdome p~unds for the honon~able bnriall of Cluiil. loi>.' 9•1 of God.For tt !Stho.property offatth,wherby Hts wmdwg was on thts matltt;they wrapp<d l•· we hatte confidence inthe Mefsias, to change . his bodk haflily in linnen doathes, fweetc ~."ke '•· V 4 odours
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