\~~ . _ !!An E:.xpojition ofChrifls ;:;:'h·7· f I t~c !ewes to b_c c:i.tcJl't or offered in !'"acrificc. A not the time::s th~l God harh.appointcd for the · ' to God: Chnfl chcrch>rc here by allufion to 1 con:ocdion of itnncrs. And by this \\Ice are 1 th:1t ccrcmonic, mea~cs fuch p:dOns as are ex- I taught, ro £omprimit ous Iudgemcnt of any dudcd fr?:n :i\"l~J. ~o-ly thi•~gs nf the Lord, and ' man, in regard of his finall (ft~cc;t·hough he \ ~aucno nght or ~mndt tncot_h~ Lords wo.rd. be an vt1rC}~Cntant _finncr, rcfu,h_ng infir.u~tion; I or f:~.:.:ranwnts; iudl ns b~t.h m hc::tn :u~d ltfc forn.oft h_atnous finncr'l hauc om i;:'onu-cr:t:cd. \V',-.:red~) be vnct~~lllC'aS ho~S,{lnd dogges1 and Wtll not The thtrd poim, rvlurt tht>fo a,e;r-lilnllfiYine I anO lwlUe ' · bee punticd.JV. f.ett{un. Pawl 1.hargcth 7 ltiM are f() be four.d: ltis no't\n th'C p:~wCr.,f any 1 f~~~:;.~x l'i~.tct-B. [ th:J.t iftcr ()nee oY twtce admomllm, hu (houh.l ordin:n·ict~ini.ttcr, ·~r.ethern,un,raldcr_crmi1le 1 t'f:ttEl an f:tcutt~r, /z.>~?IVPI[ that fuch n rmr: $S of a11)' one, th3t he Js,:~, z/.l)ggeor afWihe <;..:for iD r I 1rnff"~~cnce bctw::-~ne dog<:rnd" fwi"itoe. perucrtcdandjin-n:th, bt-ung d.tmuedo{ hu owncfuch doe fina!l impenitcncic, :tlld f\·ilfUn oblhfttfc~: r~at_ i-~, ~!meth wi-lfully ::fn~ o_h.fil-m_:ttel~', ilacic_coocurrc; -..\hieh wee atG' n6t able to kry !tntl tn to hn111n,.3 cO'ndcmn-cth bunklfc 111 hrs H~rtamcly,arc come vponanyn1ahoi- .woman 0'-\·nc heart and conflicncc: and. luch a;e mca:nr. ".'·hile they liuc among vs: andy.cNhi.s may b~ by tl.rJgl ~nd r~·~nc in th)s p~::H~C~ ·• • laid \-\'ith goo? confcicnce.t~at d~f."V i{mmany _No"V the d1tfercnec ~t tl_1dC t'.\"O )~3Y bee a fearc~1l dcchna~ion ~o the propenifs cfdogs. , 1 thts; Bydogs nr:.: mc:tnt oofttnnc cn<.·tn.;c~ :ha' and fwmoe, cucn m thts "lgc of ONrs; for many ma!ifioHjlj reul!l:'thc miniilct·icof rRc word,the B wr.ll hearc t-he wotd 1 J:tcl:i\tc lhc:Sa.cramcnts &: .doCl:rinc of G"od~ and the mrl1f-nr.crst. rher.c·of: pmf.ctTc ~hat theyho:pc t0be faucd· by ch:ifl·; fuc,h a dog \\·hs;_.AI~.,·anda th~ Coppa--fi.?Ji,h, 1. aOO yet they wi.H nilc on his M.inrl'le~, atlC r Tim. 4-1 4.and lucb \Hrc many_otthcle.l'cs befpcakc againfi" their tnini~cric- ;. ye-s.; thll times ~omc \0onc nftcr Chrins :di;;cnhon,\\"ho t~uilcd arc ll4l-w,"-'·hcrcin many in open fpcc£h .,"'("j-1 not , the Apolllc P'.:tt!, aml B:rrmxbr.4,' and blafphcfii£-kc '(o renJllc and condcttmc thhftt ·that ha.u·e , I ! t'hc__,d the d~l... .~h_ine_ whi''"h they ta~1ghr, ACt:· Tj. b-cc.n~ t~c\..~oft: excellent inflrumctus 0( Gods 4~ ... and ot thts fo:rt aFC all conutCted obfhnate ID't'FCfe tn'lllS Chur.eh:.::ummgmany.I wi)Lnatm: hercdks-.ByFJ'II"lQl, ;~.re mt·ant obllin:tte enemies one, M. John Calvin-,' that·wonhi:e ·tnttnunent that do contem-IJC'thc word of God;.e-i.'thcr be.. of the Cofpcl, is in th'emouthcs,otrminy fluF ' c:~.uf'c they\\ 1\l·nOt :~.Jrmt refoJmatron of11fe by dct:cs.condernncd as a.n CFt:oncous perfo·n; rra1 K ' fuch as Al9dJ an~l Hcroti \\ C~e ;· or bcdut(: €hing f:tlfc and d~mgfs:rdu$cl(ldrinc.-y.ea' .Jnany ~ tl;cy fcornc and mock at the\\ or. B. of God, as thcr·eOc c-hat come to-the-lOr.ds 't'able, affd yet _z.-Pctl·3>+ ' they doc,of whot~~Petcrf.j~c:lk.s, ~hat mc;ck!a: ! will not brookr;rrf'orm~t.ion.of life: th<'! will j· rbqrom{c! of Chriftsfocond.comri1mg. . not be drawn< fr!un the'! dru¥cn.n<'ife, igno- ;1 who mull .. The fccond pomt-touclung thcfe pcrfons,ts. C ranee, adultene, and conccoufadf~. A-third l-h1clge me" who -muft giHlt' i~nnent of a"l 1i'za¥ .or a"l tOrt there a.re, that take occafion. from ·Gods. l~~J~~~ f 4opil to b'tll? ..'(JJtJdri"fWi>u: ·we moHknow that. "\\·ord; to liue in t·hcir finncs, and to main- , j~ is'not in the p~·cr and liberty ofanypriu:uc umct~cir wicked liu·es; as from tht ·dothine IJY.in eo giuc i"udgcmenc of ~nolhe' th:t~h6 is <ll of Cods'ctcrnall prcddHnati.on, bccauk the d»ggeor :..fivi,e_;_bur it is a puhlik~rdttuc .be... ~c~ipturcteacheth, ~hat ~6ds dcctte ttherc .... longmg.to the tmmflcrs and goucrnouts Gfthe m ts vnchangc~ble; thc~etorc fome fay; they Chur(b t0 gh1c i-1.1dgcmcnt in.thls cafe. Match. "~·illliuc :es they lilt: mhers, bc.~aufc the word- 1 J1S.t7. :ScforC' a m~n mull be reputed as :t fuhh,.\'\'C"2f~oobrfaucdbyfa-ith al-one, there-· Pulilih:me, and \1ft ::m lleathm, the cenfitre.of-the fOfc thcyrcfulc to w::~1kc:- in good \.\·0rke~~ ·and. Church muft pa.OC vpon his bchauiour; ·and others look tO be tJued by C0ds ri1crcy itlonc, ftom "the iud g('mcnt of ~he Church nwfl: priaad thercf'<>rc they 'villnot'laboureithcr for Hate lncn hold .othcrs as Pl.iblfe~·nes and .heaknowledge; Of folith~.as rhey ol!ght to doe:and .-~::: r-:•. 'J th<l1l,·l'ndcc-dc on'r Sauiour Ch!'ifi and his At:Omc, hearing the doel:rinc ofthe denial/ ofonr I po{UcSga.ue rh.i~ iud~nemof m~n panietllarly jfb~e.r,_ doe_ f.1y? thc·word of (lod is too Hr.ait a' and pctcmptonly,; as Par-tl of 'Aio.:ar:tkr the elo&tme,barrmg men from Iaugh;cr, & muth. I ' ~oppcr-finilh: ~ut we m~1~t vndcrltand,.~·1~-at: D _ :md other rccrc:nious ;·and thcn·tor.c th"y win ~uthoPitic, an.d ·what fi1t.nt Chnfi ~nd h1s A· I none of Gods word: nmv though wc'c:annot . po{tlcs had ; \\hieh bcc:aufc we hauc not, ·wee c:tl thd<: men dogs,becau(c wr kno\\' OOf wh:ar I £3.11110t oiuc fuch iudncmcnt vpen men.funhet I they may be hereafter;· ycr \1\'C ma.y trucly fay, "here w~ar~ to kno.,~,thac iudgcmcm vpon ot-hcfc De pr:tClifcs-of dogs and fwinc. ~hers 'i3- ~\.vo-fold; Imignnent ~f artainti~, OF And thus we fe-e wh:1t is 171CJnt by holy imlgun.entofhumancw;fodomc: l"hc iudgt'mcnt thir..~s, b7 fcarlf~, by d~g-1,_ and fwbu; ~onv of a1·raintfd, touchin.g any m:ansfiarr,. belongs "h("ncc the mean1ng of (lmfi may be plamcly 6nclv tOG("I...V and:otlH:mrowhomGodrc-- rhusfa;rdo..\·ne: Gittt 11ott1Mtrrhtchh·ho/r;&c. ueal;th tl\e- f. 1'me~ The ir1dgemer.t of Enmmu that is, b.mt'"~'_([,•trd how,aml. ro whom}udifpenfo ltli{e-domr, is ""·1\c.n rl\c Church of Cod, in. the thnvc;rd a1:d f11c,·ttmmu, 1md if fl71J pt'.rfon 6t'o. fcarc of God, giuc ha!gcmcnt a.s truely and pmfy comtiflNI of o~ftinate "enmiti~ t~ ·yoHr .do_- aslnCcrcly as rh.ry can,who is :1 doggc and who Urinf, tt~ foch pHhti/b not mJ' rro:d ,··tt' the_; dogs! fs. a f\'-'inc·: an,d thi~ onel7. is the. iU<~g_cmn~t in r~;!ir.._(., o; [wi1:e in {e11folrj]e com:mning, tmdof. t-he Cffitrch,· vvhJCh alto rs condaronall; ftornmx_ of riJe fl:mc. · as namcly,till- rhry repmt: becanf'C·thcy know !. 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