------~-------~c__.....__..,..._-'--- '-'------ J Matth.]. '[l.l)Jl4· Wemull 110rliu:by feafc. Lc,rncto knoiYGods "';u. Howtoliut i11~fl1i..!.lions. Sermon in the~ount. I 'tt.i} j ------------------------------~~--------~~~--~~--~~----- · hondllifc iscucr commcndabfcart1dngmcn, lA The \,\'ayofnature i~-wh~ti m~;l-:i;lt Onclij•·.Th:~·~ ! butit is not 1i1Aldem to faluation. It is but a by the light of n:uur~: ofthis S.Pau/fpcak,cs; o!ua%c. ·~i \\'orkc of OJ.turc, for a man bynatura!Irealon 1 Atl:. 14. r6. Godfojfor#ldaflrhe Gmrtlcs ro walk!_! • 'c l·adc • .,·,,,·11 vprt'gllt lt'"c· ·,, m·ltlf hallc' in rheir awne wa'>~e.r, wherein the)' were void~ of 1 . . .. .. 1 ~;~e at~lani ;he hcathcn:bm1 ~hc life that muft God in Chri!l: an_d fa not ~ndc~· mcroc. The ~f}~1~(~~h; i bring a man to hc:tucn mutr be lead by faith: Wd)' offidfof.ritb, 1s fomcthm_g ttwrc then thr] j and therefore chcv chat \Vould walkc the way \vay ofnatllrc;but ycr it lcadcth ro JeflruCtion, to lifC, mufl: walk'by f.1.ith,not by rcafon onely. bccaufc their f.1.id1 i~ falfe :tnd profeilion vaiJH::! I I I I. This alfo l11ewcth that they are dccci.: and thi:; lS the '<vay C?f falfc rdigi,>n, \-\'hereof. ucd which line by fenfe, mcafuring Gods louc there be rhefc' three ma~nc & pr.incipall _at this : and hatred by ounvarJ bldftngs and crofi"es; d:ty,to which all dthct maybe rc(ened. The reand thcrfore when God takes away the means ligiotf of rhc Turk..;s; of the hwes; and of the ! they will no longer tru!ton him: but we count Papifli. The THrJ:.!! in their religionacknow::. f l'urclfLfl~ ita poinc ofditho!,cHic, not to trufi our honcfl: ledge Chriil: for a grc:lc Prophet, but not to be ' freind without a pawnc:much more then is it a God, neither doe they ldokc fo'r any f:1lu:ltion · diilionour toGod,whc!t\Ve willnotrclicvp- B by him. The/(wuinthcir religion acknowIuCaitmc. on him, without outward pledges of his fa.. Ledge but one: God, yet out ofChrifl: th<-y ac.!:. uour: and thctforc we mufi rdie on God when knowledge not his indt'fl:ltion paH,byt expect all mcat1es f3ile: for nom::n lz.i1oW(th !o~tc orhait yet to come: they waite for an ca;:thly king~ tr.dbJ''Ilthat ;.,-b<forehim.Ecc!cs.9.I. dome:They hold the oldc Tcfbmcntoncly, & Ill. M:mythat profdfc religion arc dcccidcnic the nc:w.Now both thcfc refuting Chriil, ued,that meafure their grace and goodne~C i~ haue not thcf.·uhcr,& fo can hauc no faluatiO in religion by feeling in thci1· ownc hearts: but their religion. The Papljh ackno..,vledgc much Pof>ctk. \we mull: not relic thcrcon, for true faith may truth formally,but then againe they oucnun~e be in the hean without inward frnfe: againe, it: tOr they hold that gcncrall faith, which the the dcuill may put fotlfc comforts many times Dcuils tnay hauc:but for £hat fpcciall iuflifying into 01 mans heart : the bad man recciut·s the 2 faith, w~creby a man is to btlceue his own~~ word with ioy, Luk. 8. t 3• looke to thy faith faluation; tht·rcmillion of his Gnncs, and his by Chritls word, and thereby iudgc thy (elf<: pwnc rcconcililtion with'Cod in Chritl, that .and rcfi not in thine inward fccliog. they renouncc.Againc,thc Ch·rifl ofthe Papi'tt I Ill. This tcacheth vs to -acquaint our is no true Cluifi: for they make him but halfc {dues with all the commandcmems of God C a Sauiour,or not fo much;cucn oncly an infiru:- lc',•ntif Tritl.lc!l:'". cip.9·.&c,n, u.&c• .. I I that be in the Bible; and \Vith otll the promifcs mcnt to make men fauiours of thcmfclues; for that conccrne the pardon of finncs and life cb by his grace' t-hey doc'\\'Ofkcs pr?pcrly m_ cri- b ~fttrn.an ucrla!ling: for without this knowledge there torious, and fully ..,,·onhy of ecernalllife. They ,,~:Tim . .,.!c&. can be no faah: and thcrforc we muH abandon robbc him alfoq(his manhood, faying, it is call ignorance: of thefc things, and inflruCl our uery where in his ql_lantitie,:·vherc maffe is fai<t: [clues aod thofe th:lt belong vnto vs in the c-for they hauc th( [elf( j4mc bodie that w~r e 1\hcm on \-\'Ord of God, that they and WC may liye by crucified. Alfo they dcnie his offices: ·I. his rcN~:·l(i. faith. Kingly officc:for they pan flakes with him,:md. l V. Thcfe arc h:tppie daics of peace and of giue it to the Pope·, in faying d hce bath f'IOwcr I (I Bclhr.Je· b lli I L I I . I b' d I . r . I ' 1\oon.l'o"' I. m;;,ny temporal le 1ngs w 1crein we now liuc: to ma~c awes v.: uc 1 111 · c t 1c rpmncncc, as ! 4 c~r- 15,,6, but we mufl not hue ah.,,aics in this pcacc,God Gods lawcs d_oe. I I. hisp~·i"-~hood., bccaufet ~t j ~e~.~~?:tl1." hath begun to fer his iudgcmcnts among vs, ucry ma~c Pr~cft offers ChnH anc:w: and .tbcy I' 10 . . • · and if we doe not repent we mull: lookc: for make Samts f mtcrcdfours, efpcnally the Virf f>llflal~ • further and more gricuou!i iudgcmcnts, as rhc gin Marie. I I I. hisprophcticall office, faying ~0J~i-(2~:~;.t• loffe ofhis word,and a f\\ord vpon our fducs, the s Scripture~ arc imperfctl: vdthout tradiriO; tb·nCur. our frcinds and children: what if thcfc dayes D h vncertamcwnhout the fenfc_and meaning of c~l~u f 2 :o. come,.how mufi \O..'C then liuc?namdy;by faith tl1c Church~the i o:iginall copies arc corn!ptc.d J 1 ~~~~~~~~1.1?," i:-~ the word :md promifc of God, Jay hold on and the k Church 1s abouc them in :Juthoritic. c.r~. this, and though thou lcofc frcinds,g.oods,and The third way,is the \vay of faith and nature ! ~ie~:~~~~1~1.t 1 thine ownc tcmporalllifc, yet hold J3fi: thy together; this is the common way-wherin rnoH c.,~. fpirituall life, by fiith clcauc vnro Cfnifi, and Protcihnts walke: for \\:O hold the !ight faith 1~f!:~~~~·~ then in the middefi offwords and '-\'Capons of in word; our profcflion and iudgmem is right: 1 ~;race. death thou !hale v'l'alke the .. ,·ay w eternal! life, but yet our liucs arc lead according to nat.ll)'~ And thus much ofthe ""'3"1 of life:. And thefe three pathcs are ::\ll in the broatl•"'tvay The fccond way is ti1e WilJ to dejlruElicn: to dcfi:ruC1ion. Aud therc:;fpr$..as w~ holduoc which is called the wa; offr.nerJ and ~( tl)( doCI:rineJ andJ·ight f.1ith in ·wo_td: fQ let vsJ~af} vnJodiJ, Pf.1J. 1. r. 6. This way h~th many ourliucsaccord.mgly,and rc.fiific thcf.1rncby pathcs,,.,.hich tend all to one ende, and ll'lCCtc our workes, efpcciJlly in the times of,dcanh in the fame period;and they may all be reduced when God laies his ha.nd on, the poor'c, ,)uul J to thcfc thr~f hc~~s: I.che way of na:r~re: I I. r:hcreby tries the hearts of the,rich, 1 :'o: 1 the way ofjalfcfa,h.- Il I. the way otfaith and I I I. Pdi>tt. Tbepropmie4 l'bcfc1 w~ir{,Tl1~ •11ruureJ ioyncd both together. ------'-'-"-:IY~.c:]ifcis nar~ ant:l:fitaj~; the yv~y·y> d'2_ '-----~~----~~--------------~----_- _________________ V~4~----~--------~fi~n~,a~i~o~n~----~
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