\472. Mam natura1L1magin.atirms• •~~~~~~~~~~~~~77~~h~~~--77--~-----\bc rooted out ot mans heart, hec wtll neuer j A won,. our diligenrobferuarion. Ir harbplea- ·val_ue the "'ord and religion of God accorfed God from time rorime, rofend his Procling ro the worrh thereof, fo as with the phetsandMinifierarocallhio peopleroreggodM<rcbant he wifpartw<th<Ithat heh.rh, penraoce:rh4s did l("),lertl1f],/oei,Amor,and r.'IJher thm he,.;[btfrujfrAte ofrhi.Jpt.rle,Mat. the refi;ye~the L.,.,/him(t/f(asZeph•"Jfaith, 13,45,46. Indeedmenvfetopleaderhuofor Zeph.3.s.) rifethtuerymorning, ~~ndbringsb16 rb~m(Clues;Weconfolfeour!elucs to be !inmdgements r. light, which fhould rurne·men rier~~ and therefore wee cannor thinke fuch a I fwal ~heir finnes,;hef~il~thnot,411tJ ]tt rh~ '1Jiic.. wicked thought, th~C:ween~ede norepent4nce; kedw11/not let.trnttoluafoamedo Bur.wee umU know,rhar both th~femaywell To comeroourown rimes: it bath plerued 1landrogerher,inthe wicked heart ofman;he God to I!Jrre.vp many worthyMini(\ers vn- - inayconfelfe bi!nfclfe to be a linner, and yet -tova, who lpend their rime, and llreogrh,.in thmke that he is righteous: for is notthis the labourwg to bring men to r<penrancc,& fa!-· : common prachfe, to make great Jinnes little uauon;but yet who is he alm.o(i that rurnetb • Hnncs, and litdclinnesno!innes: Doe not ' fromhiSfinncsl yeatheLordhimfelfe as in meocloathe VICC invenues robe, and rmne B former ti_m_es, fa now doth preachfro~ hea- . !outvertue in the rorren raggesofvrce?Is nor uen by hts mdgemenrs,as famine,plague,&c. drunkenne!fecounted good fellowOHp, and andyerby lamenrableexperionce,wefeerhat kind ·neighbogrhood lis not (wearing made the body of ourpeople remaine fecure, they . the token of aprauc n,indc, and pride counare{etledon theirleet.Icr.48.11. fri:t:.r,in thNr red deceocie; and fornication but a trickc of dregs,Zeph. 1,1 :, no man !li.nvp himfelfeto youth; &couetoufnes elleemed good thnfr, Cay,Wb.r h4Ue I done!Ier,8.6. Now rhecaufe and carefulnelfciOn the other fide,is not the hereofis nothing els,bur this curfed thought rnore fins:erc profetlion of religton rearmed OfftcHrity, whereby aman faith thus in hi• precifenes,Puritanifme,Hypocrilie,and fuch heart,I•mfrtt fr•m G•dsiHdgements, Reade hke1doth not hee that refraincth the corn· Mat.l'l-37 .dHtJMJ in tbt d•im[Noah(Caith lmonlinnes ofthcumc,mal<ehunfelfea prey our Saurqur Chrifl) fofo.aOitl"inrhedaitsof tqthe mouthcsofthe vngodly I Now wheto thecomm>ngof the Sonneofm•n: the] did eate, du~fe things are, though the mouth fay, IAm drink,.e, m~_wiun,mtdgiuc in mArriAJ.e, Ana 4 (irmer; yet th;: h~art thinkcth l~tm rigbuoJU, ~newnr;theng tJ/1 Noah c"tred into the Ark;. 11nd and foit is,apparont this thoughttscommon C thefl•odcame AndtoekfthemallawaJ. f2!!!jfion. among vs. How could it bee, thar they O•ould know noSect• .3· rhmg, feeingNOAb bad preached vnro them lJ1ans thoughtof(mtritJ in th<d•J•fpe.ce. of the flood, an hundred and rwentieyeares The thirdeuill thought concernmg amans before I A•fwer, Surely .irwaoas if they had felfc is,athoghtoffecuriry;in thetime of peace knowne nothing,for they would not beleeue and profpcruy, men fay thus in their heam, htm,it would not Onk inro their heads,much 1am frtt from a// Gods iudgcmcnts, I am inn• lelfefettleintheir hearts, rhatG ODwpuld dang<rof ht/1, death, or damnation, but fure-ede1lroy al! theworld by waters:and fomay i_t nough of faluation. It may be thought,that befaid ofthefetimes;""~""nothing;though none is fo bewitched of the diuell,as to haue we be called to repentance by the minifieric this conceitof himfe!fe, burrhe Scripture is ofrheword,yet we will norrepent; & theugh · moll plaioe in rhc proofe hereof, Pfal. 1o.6, we hearc ol Gods iudgements, we rhinke our Tht ,.ick..edman, (fuch as is euery man by na· felues free from them,and will notbelceue til rure, as we 01ewed before) (aithi•hwhcatt, I thcbeefome of hiswrathliveepe vs all away, foal/"'""' be mooutd,nor bt i•danger. And the as the flood d1d the olde world. . Prophet Ijai•hbrings in wicked men,faying, Wherefore,to redrdfe amongvs this dam· Ifa.z 8.15,We h~rte m•dtAeouen•ntr.ithdwh, D nablethoughtoffecurity,let vs confider our and with btU"" areat •gmment: which muff ' grieuous finnc• in particular,&fer before our not be vnderflood as done indeed,(fordearh eyes the curfeofGod,both temporalliudge– and hell will make leaguewith none,)bur on- · menrs,and eternal death, duevmo vs for the \ ly 111 menswicked Imagination, perfwading fame.It is the applyingofGodsheauyl'rath rhemfclues,thar they be in no danger ofhell, that mu1l make vs lhake off thio fccure \ or of the oraue: for (o mnch the next words thoughr,wbich the rather wemull do, rhogh import, tharJ though a{courgc runncoucr tmd it bcgrieuou' tothe AJ01, aod a.13 pa~gvnto p•JTethroughJttit,p;aHn•tcomeat<wyearigh· duth m a natural! man;becaufe ull thiS teous v.,uid was ouerrakcn hcrewtth, for m thought bee reo:ooued,the faumggraccs of his profpcrity hefaid in his heart,Pfal. 30.6. Gods fpitit'wil nottakcroaring in our harts, I fha.llnu~erbtmoPucd; muchmorethenisit S. 4• · · ·•. the thought of eucry narurall man, to fay M•ns f•i•tthoHghrsinti"!<of Jijlrejfo, · wirh therich fool<, vpon the incrcafe of out- . The 4_.nd Jalleuilthoughtofmans heart Iward blcilings, Luke rz, 19· Sonlt, (oul<, r.kf touching himfelfc,isrhis ;In trmeofmrfene 1 1 rhi;eca(e,rhou hafteno"gh,nothingcanhurt thee. he faith, HU cro.JJes arc grMter~ndr:orJ.er the~ T'hcl/fe,By this we may come to the knowrndudth'l are, So l•bcomplamesm hrsaffirJedge of athmg which fallcth out in all ages, Clioo,that (h)hi.Jgriif<Andm•(me"'"' h-.uur dun ,,, Rcmcdie
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