1.66 Chrifls An Expojition. l:u1: fudgem_em:---- to fee what great li:curity reigneth cuery A ~-inCh.rifl:. This being fo,aboue all thipgs wherein thefc ourdaies.Mep goon infiofrom m_tlus world wee mull: labour to bear pe~ce day_ to day'and fromseare to yeare without Wtth God, and neuor ceafe nor be quiet with rep~,nta11c~,nothingataB f~aring the kmence Our felues till we haue the fame wrought lnd of cou4ernl)ation at the -la!} -day; like vnto fe.tled !n ourhearts. For before fuch'ar\ln~ as many '8hich for the obtaining ofother mens we betq Gods fauQUr,his fcarefull curfchangs goodsjlre neither by the fe,tf<.Ofarraignment ouer our heads, and ifwe foperfeuere witho)lt or imprifonm_enr keP.t ing9f'?d order. Th~!'C· repentance, the day wil) ~ome when we !hall cafionsriffeco,i')<~C:>'Y,Ofo\d,:I_.theprofperihe~~· ;(.lis fearefull ftntence pronOQrx;ed aty of the wicked, who of all men liue at gunltvs: Aw•yfrommeyuuiftdi~~tohelljire. mofl:eafewitbou1pouble ,-either in bodio or WhathF\ fire is,we mull: ~ot curi~u!lyfearch, il_>minde. II. G_P,dspatience,andlongfuJfebut ratljer gioc oue whole endeanour to nng; a~ Sawmon (a,irh, Bec••ftfmttnce ~g-l'!n./f leiriie how we may ~aoid it:as when-"' mans an tlli!/,.ork< u not ex.r:utedjjmddy,th<refore.rht h<>ufe i$'9~'/ire, 'hiscare mufl be, not to fearch he.rts •,'the children of men""' f•liy fir i'n them liow itcame,but rathcr'how to_qqenc~ it: yet todoee•ifl. Buttoawakeall rhofe which ll'.lt in B weearero-knowthus much th,~t by ,hell fire lS their kcurity;thGY mnfl_remcmberrhat hg,Y,:- not meant anx bo.diiy'll,.mc;., b~t i't /igm6es foeuer the Lor~ God doth now d<ferre.his rhelc:azingofthefearefu'~n~rc~riblewrath i~dg<ment, yet there is aday whe~einhe will ~fGod bOt~on body and (<lil,lf fo~ ~q~..Jior no way!hewmercy and long fuffcrtng, when ·owfoeuer the bod~e bee 1ilb1e<'l to burnlng ti>ey ih Lli,heare this fearefu.lllCnrcnce ofcon: with.bodily liJ.ii.'tYtt th~ foule llongfp!rit~all drmnati_0)1pronouncedagatnfl: them. tA."'•J cannot .burne; .. ~nd,fh;refore hell fi,e is not fmnmey~c•r:fid.The frcood vfe is to the gOd- -'lll;l _ .t~rta-11/ire ,,Jl%_J!,grieuous torment, lirly' ly ; It ferues to nurture thcfll and t.:> keepe rde')lpll:.dthercq~,--frree:•:lf<>r the di~~t/1mzd themm.a.wo_l>l;foreGod: and. no doubttl)is huan~,~~] Therc,!Sl.IM,uery'P.an~hembynawas aprmetp~U caufe why tllls ii:ntence wa;s tare th,t~.c?rruptlon;. wber~;when hee finhere penned by the holy qhsfr. Awife.!pa• ~eth,h?_t~a~es rha~~h~r~ is no danger put all fl:crof a family will chcck.e 'll!s (eruant, '!11dif ~ ~c,\J~ ,haumg as E['!)'fa~_th, made ":"~fil•rt Efay tl · the ciwfc"require, eorrel't hig> in his clin~s "'"~:h'e~;,iButhere confider,thatalthouglghe ''• i>_r<fence , t}\at'1i1<.childeit felfe may learnc dtueh,'i->4o~e"')•ng~II,oflight .,yet v;hqn he t'i.er.eby t<;> '(~are &fian~ inawe of his f.t.1e~ , hadfin~e~Ji~c~liJ,J,lot~(cape heU,;ipyasprefo-Chri(l rhe,rpcifl: careful and wjii: gouernour· C _pared 91ai·ror btm~ ijQWthen J)iatfvngodly ofhis Church ba;th fct downeth'is fentence,of _ men, whiob are nolllalfF..(owilx,. think<cro co~<lemnation'againfi the wiCked> that t,hc efcipe l .; ' n···-,~~ . '-''' r. :- •• ~i.1,dren <>f-9txl'in this world whcnfoeue~ Nowfol)?weth t~rea!onofthefusieCl:it1;:y' lhall (leare or reade the fame, might l_>e 1 on in thefe ~ords: Fo~j'!"'"" hH11grtr{,M1d)t Ma~h,of. ri10pued thereby to fl:and in fcare ofGod,am) i""' me No mtatt, &e. Hence wee leame thefe .,,; l• !nor< dutifully'pcr(orme obedience vnto his' rwopoints:I. that aU.tnansreligion& ~ruing <:'o;nmandements. A"''!f from mt. J Hers >ye ofGodis in-vaine.'. iffo behee lhew no-commay learne, w h~t a bkfiedt~ingitisfor a m :m pafsiol)rpw:ird the poore members ofChrifl:, eo l1iue true'fdli>wiliip wirh Chrilt in this · infeedll_>g,cloathing,,lodging, and ~ifi>ingof world.For In thcda~ofi?d~~niei>tthopuni{}i-1 the<;>. F~r,wemu~ thinke,tharmany oft~ofe ment oftl>etv,ickcd IS to b~at!.oJf from hnl),, agat•>fi \"~Om thiS re~fon !hall bee brought, and driuen away from )lis pfcl<:~ce. N9'Y~~ did kn'<i):V Jcligion aud profeffet~e farne, yea, · that would haqe fellow!hip wit~ God afrer they pwp~ecied in tlje nam,e of Chrifl:, and thj_, life. and'~'fi:apc that pui)jl)lment, mu4 calledon_,hitp,faying,_f-ord,LorJ': and y~tthe fetkctohaut ic'inrhis lifc;andhethat will ngf knten,co~f condemnatiRn goeth_agail)(\ thii, feeke to houe fcllow!hip with him in this ljfe; D becaufe they !hew no. ~6mpafston •to,ward Qull neuer hat!e it afrer io'i-~e'_daJ'_of in~l(t• th~ membersof Chrifl:; ~r:d therefQre it is_a ·mint. Agame, ~et vs markethat 1t IS nothing prtnC!pallve>~ue,and afp>CI.al noteofa Cbnt6.draw nt-ere vnto Chrifl with .cur Iippes, if fl:ion_, to f!>ew the buwclsof compafsion tothe' l>e •rt be not \vith him :Jorf"ch as come wardshis ueedie breth1en. Here againe wee neer< with the lippe and kcepe aloofe in tpe note, that it is norfuffic~ll£for vs to,abjla_ine heart,il1allheare the fentcnce pronounced,Afrom euill, but we muQ alfo ooegood•. fo_"t is "'"Yfrom m'< yecurfcd; and fl>all bee feuered as not faid, I was an~ungrcd andye tooJsc{l"@!!' t.trrefrom ChriiJ,n>hcll fron~heauen. Thereme,but,Wh<JJl "'-"' hllni"JY'i"!''me_nome.•'f, Ma<n.;. fore let vsnord'intent our fc!Uesw1th formaJl. They are not charged Wllh domg em.ll, .but, to, profdsiou, but open the dores ofour heans, for not doing good. S. lolm faith, Then:et i& that the king ofgloric may come in.Tt curftJJ lnidtotht root<ufrhttm ' ,'1f'd tl]; <~_afo9. 101- "1 hey are cur.ft:d who are borm: ifl finnc and lowcs,not becaufe thetrc:e ~""r~ ~llifrqit, but liuc in their fins,and all thcdaies oftheir li~J,eS bfcauftitbannotgoodfr~tir:t~~r~foreit,r,nuflb_e ,f\ peifcUere to rhe la(t gafiK \Vitl:out fi.eking cafr imo the fire. Tilis condep1?esa badqp~-· 'rccouCI)'. - Whofoeuer he be, that is in this enionofalf worldly men, whothmketh.rallts I fl:atc, the wrfc ofGod hangcrh ouer his head, wdl,and that God wil be mcmfulVntothcm, a~~-~!fo__i.o~0~-ge~ rec~'0"iliation with becaufc they doenoharme. Thuswe fee h;~~ !uS
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