Mauh.7. v.q,I4· / Twodifl.Jn6C places for mensfina\1 aboad, Mcnsdifft· rtnrdhtcin he:mcnand hdl. Nopurga– toric. --------·----- - ... \ I ·~L~7 i ---·--------;-----------,----...,._~ ·- 1 ---~~ ,_. ! A. reuealcd it.' But the" Papills fay, it is th~ Vpe; ~. Jtd~.l:;nA r; p~r pare ofhclluc.crc to the hel ot"rhcd:.stnne.d.; ~~~r.i.lt .•. ~. i on, I will confider 31\d handle fiue pait1~S; which.•arc here fet "do .. Vne by 'op~ 'S:1tfiour ChriH:! I. that there bc,nvo contrarie cities or kingdOmes·, in one ofwhich cueric n1atl &wo:-. tllan mull: abide for~cuerafter thi'i Efe: ;ul_d'fur~ ,rher, that thcfc: affo~rd:V;nro men a c~ntr..ary c– fiate, the oneJife, the othcr.dcadl and-.deffru..:' CHon, jJJ;J'hat thei·c ar·e twodiHinCLwaies to thde't,wo.cicies or kin~domcs: one,lcilding trOJ 1dellruction; thc.othar-lc•ding vnto life•.~ 11, The condition- and · fr~pertic "of thcfc .tw.q 'A';aies : The way of me isftrait·~, and ,}arfoW~T( The way of dcflrudion isfraadind·w~de ,2'nd that fr6n~ the beginning to tb?. end. IV. V~hat men doe 1n th':iC .wc.y.cs. .; n;unely • that ftM»J walkc in the broaq way, antlfewecan·findctho ftraiteand narrow way. ~What m.cn(.ought to doc'tdnching rhefCwaieS, namely, pafiCby . the broad way and enter into arid walke io the £haitC w~y: which is,thcfc.ope of ChrHls cx– honatiQn dn.d infirutlion i.n this place.Ofthcfc in order. .. 1 Forthdi.r£t: Thctc·tWO cities are twi! di– £tint:\ places ordained ofGod for the finalland · ctcmallaboad ofall rn•nkind after this liff',_aG~ carding ~~.th3.t which eucry manhat~ done:·in his bodi:e: Thcfe are tearmcd diucdly.m Scr.1p• turc: one, thekj,gdomcpfhe.auet:: th2.othcr,vr~ terdaN<Jn..eJTe in the chapt~r. following, vcr.. 1I I. 1 rz. Theoue A6r.a1Mm.r 6-'fomc: theothtr, hell /ft"<, Luk.r6.>J.andinthi:ZI.and 22.·Chap" tcrs oftheR.euelation the.y-..re;lotably.-. dff<ri• bed,thc one is called thecilie ofGOd1.thc OthCr •he6urwmt la~: and vfaa!ly the<>nc.is caJlcd heaum, the other hell. And as thcfe are<li!>i.n& places,fo they affoard vnto men two dillinCl eltates: Theonelifc,the other deftrtifilon; as it is'faid, thendrrowc wa1 !e'ads to life ! the. hrodd way tod.jh:uflion, By life here i• n\dt, a b!eJfcd ltatc of man in which bee lines in fellow/hip with God,& bath his hcarr filled with .thc•n– fpcake•bldoue and goodocs ofGod;and with endles ioy from Gpds im111edi:1tc prcfence. .And this indeed is the dnely true life:our n:uu– ralllifc is but a lhadow thereof. Bypi?dition or dejhu£l#m, we arc io vndc:rfiand acur{ed fiatc of man, in ·whichhcc is without all fellow– fl1ip withGod in rcfpe-tl: of his fauour,.mcrcio, and louc; and y~t in bodic, foulc, and confd– cnce cloth apprehend the blttcrnc!fe o(.Gods wrath & furic foreuennore!hauingno feiib.. v– lhip faue onely with thedeuill :and his •ngcl~, :md damned fOules. This is no_Jif~, b'u~:ncrnall , clcath, though foule and bodie Hue together 1cternally. ::' !. ,, Vfos.I. In that Chri£t doth here mcmion but two cities orplacci, to the one whereofc– ucry man mull rcforr.afc,cr d.eat~; wi:. may ga– ther th:~t there is no middle: place,or condition hctwccne life and dcfh;u8:i~n. A chird·p.lace or lhte lhc Sctiptureknowcth not, aod t\lercfOre th~cre is no pl:l.cc 0r purging the foulc~ of men o..tter. this life, which the Po.pi<l:s call Purgato~ ne; tfthcrc had, the word ofGod would hauc I anfwcr, Ifrbat were fo_, thco .1l1~ir is no t:Uuaf ! tiotl tOr che1n that arc in purgarortc ;·for Lhett .I · is.n~Hcturnjng out of hd to l\caucm by rc::d0i1 'j and they that are in OIJl}' p:-.n ofhcl nr.c bUt datr...._ n.ed pcr(dm•. ::! ·•·. . pf the grCatgH!j~ hetwecnc r/,.c,h. •, Luk. 16. z6. ·1 'Jii fuJ..,f(fo;! I(~hilrc be but tWO places, and il.l St,itor.tn ~c t.ht= two caaccs ondy<\cliprJin.:; 'ro that which ~ .. l?~(}i~;~~ pwn ha~it:: done here .on earch ctthC'r-gooP.or cr.. ucr' .. .tu·ll,"'JhC'u wcm\!fi-l)(:·ctdmonin1ed V'l:'irh <'!lh;::m: i!nd confcicncctt>.vfc all good llLC.anes,"' here ... b¥ }Ne m}ly.cfcai)e the one, and <lttainc to the 6ther; to be frc<:.d from deHrudion;& td gainc \ :B_ .fillu'ar,ion.In the ma{facre~md facking of'l cit]E, f , .. , i! I if?; NVhich fome arc Qain and fomc,dCapC":~]iue, 1 .euor~\onc hJth care ro fl)ift tOr.himfelf, to fau.c •his-l"tthporall hfc t much more thel:tougbt wee t.Opoo'uide for etc):naU Hfc, iCc.ing· at the '!all day whcreiJahc ·wllolc \o\'orld flnll be 1 r:mfac;.. .<.; J :1 i ·;ked; eueJy·on_c mUfi vndergoc cithrr faluation or 'dtlilrtiCHon-: if we bad our dcfcruing we 1 ihould be confolidcdeucry n1dtnCnt; but God ~ :inmercic gr::unrS" Vnfo vs.lcnpb of daycs for this very chiClthat we 01ould lf:ckc Gods king:. .Jome :md life cucrla!ling: and thcrcfor! this mu!l: be our principall care and ftudic, that we may·be al\\·aics rcaclic, whcnfoeucr we {hall be calledchcnce; arid the rather, bccaufe \\'C know n6uvhcn Chriil will call vs hence; Luke, 12. C 4o. Beyu ai}o prepared tlmeforc, for thefmne Pf,man JVill com( at 411 hourc wh~h ]!is think! not~.·.· . ..... .~ if.. Point. As there be two disicrfec}latcs in nVoi:liffinGl p!ac,s; fo rhere be twofeurrall lf'aies TWd w:tks. thadeadth~rcunto: the one, the W.fJOf!tfe,v, 1 ~4·.thc other j thewilytodeflruClion,-v.I ).Fir~,-~ '· Thl' \'"" l wtll fpcakc ofthe way oflife, and thereby l11al ! ofhf,. · ;we fee whattheway of difim&idn is; in which I regard jt fiands vs all in h~nd ·to knoy·.:e wh:i't is the \\'a'f o.fjifc·. No~' nonch2[h bc:,ttt.:r noted l it out vnto vs, then the Pr?ph~r H:\baccuks J _chap. 2 .v-4- in thcfc words, Butthe i. ft (ball /iuc . 1 by ji1ith ·.- in:wh1cb plac-e he forctcls the affiiCHons ofthe Iewes by the Chaldcans:·v,•hcrcl!p- \ Qn.the kwCS might fay, whereby then ll1all 1 D wdhy our !clues?he adwers 67 feith : The in# man liun, that is, Icadcth his life b;fait b. Some , ~iu:c this mcan!ng tO the Prophc.t, The iuffby i f4ithjhP.ithaue/i1fee~:ednflir.g: but the Apofile ! )cxp.o4~dcih ~t othc~wif~' Gal.3.1 I. s~ thcnt:o ·I wiilkfmthcwayoflife, IS to lead ourl!Ues by f3ith in ChriR< as.Heb,t O.J9· I F-Iere tV\'O points mufl ba conlldercd: I."''h:at I f-aith that is by which mC1i mufl liue in this world: namely .-r;-ue iuftifting; .fatih , the vcric 1 .f:1me by which r_~1cy ar~ t.o be ~a.ued in the cby !' ofthe Lord. I t,uebJ jflllh (!21th Paul) m th, {(}1mc of God, ll'ho htah lourd me, and,gi~-ten him-. ., I I ii i I I I \ I i I I I :I I I '.1 • · felj'e for me, Gal.z.2·o. wher~he cloth notably 1 expound this.tc.x~,O ... c:w~ng~that fatth in Chrilf'\ · otlr rcdccmt:;r, IS.th:u fatth \\hereby wee mnfi 1 lc:).d our Hues in ,thi~ world: for ,~hey \o\hlch __--.:._______________ -_- -~-v 3 -_ =------.;-- ·-";u ·I I d '
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