I <lob l9·l' 4Gcn.t8. .'-1• ·----~~------------~----------~~~~'----·-·~.~=------ \4-68 Maiu rzaturalllmagina'ttons. I ro c<~e mcarchlie dogs vndcr hts feere 1 wirh A menby barure.are haters of GodsChurch theirrhumbscmrcotf: fuchan oneisenery and people, fo Chrill faith to his dtfciples: man by narurc:hchftcth vphimfclfe,faymg, (f) T•~AII~"'h•ttd·of.ttnAtibnJ[•rmJ'""""' 'M" '•·• I""' the m•"• and trc.adeth hiS brother vnder /•1:!, Yea'f~'hofoeurrkjl/llh;o1<fo•llthink! th•• Iolu6. 3, his fcctc, as nobodte vnrohrm. 1 AndthtstS hedoth God good (emict, and therefore this the caufcof much !!rife&. hurcin al humane thought ofdoing mifchiefc is as gener.all, . ,,. focictics: : this cau(cth many iarres, otUCh c:uc:ninthC1minde ofeucfy .man by nature. skorning,and grcatcontcmpi among men·in This fntther appeareth by thecoptinuall per• , word and daedc. . . fecmion,thathath cucr b'ecne railed agoinfl Now that we may reformcthu thought m Gods potlrc·Cburch , fince,the bcgmnmgof vs, weo mu!llearneto fay as /obdtd af~er bee the world:ll b·cganat Abell, foone after the had binaflh~ed, and cameto fee his lmnes : giuing of the couenant of grace to our fir!! (6) Behold l•mvi/c,and withAbraham, (d) I parcnrs,,.nd harhconrihued to thisday,and ambut duj/anda(lm' and <vith•Da•ld, Iama O.allabide-vnto rhe end:fo that ifcarnal men worme,and no man, Pfal. z:t, 6. yea with P4ul, could looke into their owne hearts 1 d1ey • Rom.7.>4 (e) We mufflaboNrto(uourmijirie b] re.{on if rhould there behold this.rnurdcting thought • fin.-, and that •·ill hclpe to pull downc the B again!I Gods people, This murdering pridcofourhcarrs, thought cornmeth from anotherwicked •- Scc1. 1, , magination,fct do.,ne by S. Petrro who brin- ' 0 f murthering tho<~ghll, . gcch in the wicked of this world, (g)Thinlti•g ••.Per~·!• Thcfccond cuill thought ofman agamfl ir tt./lrAHgrthing, th11t Godschz/Jrm die not, M <f• his neighbour.with confent, it athought of thry tloe, andrHnnenst wiJh themvntoAIJexcej[e ,f,further,or of All] thi~( that tendet-h t hereto, Of if riot: lit:ingindrsmk_enncJie,fornication, .md{11ch this weehaue particular examp1es .inScrip· other ~tbominatiom;fOr thiscaufcdo~ they con· turc. Deut. 15. 9· Tha Lerd forbiddcth the cciuc hatred J and fo willcontinue, r11l God !ewes ro haue rhis murthcring'~houghr in glUt them glace 10 rcpenr. I( any n.all fay their hearts:Iwillnotrriuue the pt~urc., I r~ill nt~t thi_s thought is notg~ncrall, for N tr.buchttddoegoodvnt() thrm; giuing vs to vndcrfiand, nez.ar(h)anheathenmanfoewedfa11tlllrtoDa- hDan,:., 1 !J thaerhis "'as the common thought of the oiell,audhighly•d•••ttdhim·, Ianfwer, ttis Iewes,or clfcbewould not houe forbiddentt: true he did fo, but that woo aworkcof.Gods . yearhe Lord doth there [et ?Uifhisthougbt fpeciall prouidence, 1vho procured him fa· by two figncs, firfl, M em// •ye ,' when aman ucur, and difpofed the kings heart to a!feet · rurnes hts countenance from rH~ poore, or C him,ashedidalfo the hear~ of the chiefc (i) •Dan.r,••· lookcth on them withuu~cornpaffion: feEunuch. Otherwife NAlmchU-m~~arnatucondly, vnmemfu/1dtRirng, when a nlan will rallydtd nothing but intendmifchiefeagainll not hdpe the poorebygtfr, according ro hts Gods Church 1 as hisrage againfl the rluee abrlitie. ·And bccaufc all aC\ions proceed< children did cuidetitly bewray,Dan-3- 19. from tboughrs;the hcartbeingthefountain< A third csamplcof thismunhering thoght ofour dccdes, hence ir appeareth, thatth!S ladde, which euery MinHier ofGods word nJUrthering thnugbtagamll the pocre,isrife mayobferue by daily experrcncc, and that IS in rhlngc: for where is the man that doth this,when mens faulto arc particularly rebu· pi'tiethc poore ,.:and doth good <to them ac: ked in the miniflerie of the word, and the oor~ing to his abiliticl nay·, thcf.ordscom· quicke, as it were touched by applying the plaint again!! the Ie•·cs may be fltly applied word to theconfciencc;ihenwill the heort of tootir umcs,in regardcf cruelty and o.ppreCanaturall man,thuseenceiue oftheMinijler lion:Th~f]Joiie ofth~~oorc·f.s.in]Df4~ hou[d: what that reproouctb finne: ThUman mMtJeiiJ me', I htt!{tyc t~doe' chat yebeate '"1 pupU topett&ef, D h~hAth(omtifite,Anilmalicc,agAinft me,th'At'he and"'i•d! rherawofthepear<! I(a. 3· 14.1 5· rhru reprooutth '!'JPAJiiCHI.rf•ults,whenas the "The fccond example of a muttherlnp Miniller,kne\vt~erhnottob~C:his-perf?nal.l ~hought,ts concerning Gods Church, and it finnes: · butit is the power•of the wora rha~ isthi•, 1wiHdoe .~meftite or hurt to themtb~• ranfaketltilie·finfull heart: this is the faulrol . ..rP,ip God. For proofe hc~col,teadePfal.74 all carnaUhea·rm,who;.. mbearcquietly till -S. v.,llidbring<~h in.the Babylonians,Edotheir faulrs,be rebuked, but then they thmke mites;&.e;fayingrhus.on~ ro \mothee again!! malitiouOy of the preacher: rhusHmddealr Godli><opletbeIcwes,terv~drftroy them •1· with John Baptill, he heard himgladly for a "gether,andPfll.83·4· L<tvtclihhemofffm?: while,·Mark.6. 1o:but\llhen he was rebuked beei•gaptaple. And./ttthen•m' of lfroelbeno. for hts ~rothrr Pht!tps.,!fr, then.hecaff Jo~n moreifJrememlJAnc~. Now as this w~s their tnprs{on, Luk. 3· 19. zo. And 1fconfcJence tbought, fo is itthethought ofall men natu· might beiudge, many an hearer would bee rally ;!'for t·fia~which was •tJo1e!difpofition of found tb baueanHerods heart towards Gods Bal•ti,BdomJ'ildoab<andA.;;mo•againf!Gods Miniller. Ghurch,<is :he•difpofition ofaU mcn'natural- . ·Sect ·3· . ' Iy,:fcr lookc-h"'" gorterall the barred of.man ,. '· Of thiughts if Adlfltem,thrft,•nd ~'-"' is f fogc'ntralliHhepurpofe of mifchiefe If- ;·' ,.!• di(grace. . ' , •:~!nil thofe that profelfc religion: for all ·' 'fhc third thoughrofmantouchtng h10 -..~t netgh.
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