iMmh.7. Setmon in -the\~ount• I ~4 5 i ~ ------- ----------------- - - --··--------.- '·---·· -~ ro falultion. Burhcr.c~'vc- fee; a 1lataraH m:m A : (Drrk, at:td. wiih!'rcrh> am{ mf_" .,(fm i;e-r thrq:_,.ar.d ,, hauinga good gift of God c:utnottlf.h5mfdtC c<~fh-bm; imo.:J)r{irennd 1/JrJ b11rne. And Saim vfc ic '"'~i;th~ Dd l dtidgs he do.rh,~hough tbcy Pw:er f.1.irh) ,r£./Trii'" d.trtu:a;io~1 jlerpeth r,dt) z~ 1 be gof.\d in rhcmiclurS:; yct..til('Y be finr~-I..":S in Pt!r. ~.... j . ·~ .\ ~ ._,. ~ . rt~ ~ l him. :~ - -·:~.;.1 ·.•• ~- 'F~t ~f:.!Jbhi.~fpucstocot)lf0n(JodsChil- l ;~~~[f~f1 ~ :,;.~~~~::~~e: 1 I I. Here il(o "r\'C may fe~ "\'hat .~ 1)1ifcr:l- ~:en tn ~t·ga.rd ot falfc Prqph~~s, for £hi')l~\~ _Ptoj•he:~. !:eucurc. blc GtiC we arc in while wC rcmaine vnrcgcnc.. <_ .. pds Cl~urc,h .bt .rrowbl_c4 'J:.?'l~p ~he~ ~or .t 1 ratc(,fot-\\,c hn d<:le•nothing l:nh.linpc: '""e be tunc,yet 1t ll)a,ll nor ah,·au:~.s be f<·l: th~ orncJ!·;I! • like to'\llOftlC:'S <19dttbillic-s which Cith{lf bring 1'01UC \o\<hC[C'JO t·ht-y ~n11,lt b.e. cafl: OUt, a~1d rt.l forth n:o fruir,or ds.badfruit'<and rhercfo.rc w~.: c:;ciuc rho:rir due and J<;fen,Jc:~.dcfhuC}.ion1 .~J.!1,d nluHd.a!Jour ro Uct:-onlc•,ncw plants ih:Chri!ls this cfpccially·mult be ::emc~mbr<.:d, to fta}•a,r;d orchard:~ becring ingr3ffCd into l1itn by faith; 'ornforr our hr.a.r.ts in rcgarP of the.PopjOulc'::' and mad.e new crc:atl.li'cs Uy ·rc.g~ner.nt!ion·,..ha.. lig.ion \\ hi,h.ds:nh moH of aUm.okfi arid.p~au... uing bclccuing hc~rts and good contfc.ie~.ces, bJc vs: fidl, hct-.;:m(e it is natur~l, :mci fo readi.;J that fo.... \'C may bring forth goo~-·fruits;•uto B1 c:mb:r:trc:.d ~fc'eoJid!y, m:myamong vs do much the pr.aifc 2nd gloric: of God. ···J o; .; :t.ffcct it;an.d rhi;'dly,it is maint~in~d by n1ig'hty c oodwork1 1V. ~\11/c may hence lcarnc :1 gencr:1ll rule Monarchs. But yet forall·th;)t ir mufl downc; ~~ci~~-ufli· touching a rightccu-s'l]lan; namely~ th~t a.man for it iJ·4 plantJPbi~hGod nnur fot. nor planted, mult firlt be truly iullificd and fanClificd.b.cfor< Maith. I·;. '3 .•and the j:hcifc vpholdcrs o( i! he can doe a good workc: ~ri\,a tree mull hauc fball be dellroicd. the fappc and nature ofa good tr.e.c,and.thfn it · ll:P{r.This teac.herh vs tQ cfchci.-\' and O•un brings forth gopd fruits, and not before. .l~.111d falfe reacbCr.s: and therefore doth ChriH ad.de Condl.Trid. 1 this oucrturnes a p.oim·of naturalL and.popif11 this•cxhortaJiP.il.:; Matth. t 5·l4·,Let th-e,;, tdorre, ' i I I I l f I 'I fdt:e.c:~p.,. l rdigion, th2t aman may he iufiific.d, a.nd{auc.d rhey arc the> 6/'i11d{tadcrJ ufihe 6/ma·e.: :md Reu,: & un.):. by his good workcS: but that which followos J.8J4,· Com~.o11t ofher, (that i~,_fpirituall BaOy• \. ,,.'!j f cannot be acaufcof.rhat. which \~e~tbeforc: ' l01\. whfdi-is ~~omc) my peoplc,for if youpartalz.e the fruit c:lllnot make [:hcucct.o be good~ bu.t J~irhhtr inherj?mJu,,ycjJJa!t {H/fir:ifb,er puhijJ;.; oncly dCclarc3nd m;mife~[hat•it isgoo~,fi·om mmtt. : ,, whence it comes that the fruit. is g.o.ollir and fo I J I, Vfo.Th~.words of,his t<,rcatcning bc;- good workcs theyproccedc: fromiufiificat·ion. ing funh,c:r applied vmo all men Eas they arc it?- ! hey fay iu!Hfication is tM·afo!rl: .onc,,whe.r.o~ ·S.~ t:11k!) ,dQc trach vs, th:lt it is not fu.fPcJcn.t by :tman ofan cuill,tl)an is made a ·~ood man; for fvs eo abJlaine fr~m c6mjf.ti[).g groffe fJn.ucsJ the fecood wherby of agood man one is made C •n.d ro doe no man harm~, b~t bcfide ~fchc; ~~i:;:.~·~.;. b,ettcr: thc.firlt they fay;, ofw.orks,but the (e. wing cuill we Jllllll doe goo.,l.{n. the la(l iudgc,- .cond iufii6cation is'Of gncc:. An[. But this is 1J1ent, the fcnten~c of con9~pmati.,on fb.all ~e Th(:puni!lJ. m~tof f~lfe prophtts. fal(e.: fort he fruit:makes·not the tree a. better pronounced.a.gainfi the Wicke~d, not (o.r'_robtree,but ifthe tree increa(c in g"odne~,ir pro. .bing the poore, b.ut for not Yl'luuing of rhnn, M:~trb.1t; I ceedes frotn fomc odl.Ct' clufc; nor· from the arid for nor viftting~tndclol]thiitg them. Which 1fl·4~· fruit tber.cof. - · doth nota.bly,onfute that vaine.opinionofmaV. I?· Suer, tree.that ... h.,r:n~ ny igijoraur peop1e, who thinkc, that if th.cy J - ~ lit\t¥1ninnocym~ndharmelcjl'e.l,ife, God wil~ geth not forth flOOd fruite ~ hold them cxcuf~~ and faucthcin; but the trcC' . !>. . • .,,, , . 1 · tbathringihdr' (or~hgoo'dfr~it.h,ultbebb.rZ.r. hewen donme and cajl 11Ho the ypf. zo. Thr:nfore bJ rh.,rJrHirs;ee f!!.ll/1 . &re. ,.. ' .,.. k_now them. H~r~ChriH repeats 'o.gainc\hc'!tlrll. PJ he dcllutted i'n the I 6.vc'rfc,which lhews,tlh:it · ']"/; ·.'1: b '1_ • -it is a fpeciall rule to be obfi:rued of.·~ all~ fol' I ~0. 'Jere}ore ?J Joezr 0 rhcrc isnoidlcwordlnScripturc, ntitherany fi rUtti jhaflye LnoWthem. tiling repeated in nine. The·incaning thereof '\: we hauc-heard:and themeants:Whcre-bya•falfe Thcfe words cont::~.ine.a conclufon oarhcrc.d rrophctrnly be tlifcou.cred,with thcvfcs thcr. froth the fanner titnilitudc, whi.ch ishorc alfo of.amongwhich w~cfucwc.d that Cuet·y true' ,conttnucd; whcreirt iS fer do~,-,·n.e a grieuous .bclee.ucr in Gods Church·may be able eo dif .. thrcarning of etcrn..all ..do:.tr.nationsthc ekferued coucr a falfe.prophet, whereio thcfe_rhree c;a.. puni{hment ofall f:llfc Prophets. ·As.if Chrifi ueats muil beadded;!. The panic that would Dutid of r 1had fnid; look as in an orchyard cucry-trec that difco.l1cr a falfcprophet, muH hurn~le hiiufc;:!_fe j !:i~n~~~~~ifCo. ~ · ! btingcth notfort1l_good fruit is hc\·vcn dn\Yl1Cb'dore God; and h~uc ~n heart mf~me fort 1 11 c.-r af~H~ ~ l :-md c:~fi into the fit;.e to 'be burnt: fo in eh~ emptied. of 311 pride and fclfe~louc ! fo 1 thC r rnphtt, ~· ' Chmch of God thcfalfc 'Prophcdhall,1ot alLordwtllreach rhe humhlr hw wap<, I>fal.2 5:9. 1 f I v.:::11es li>e reputed for a true Prophet, but.at the yea, J,( doth e.1.:alt rhe hHm!4e .a1 .. d mc(;k.£, Luk. . I J.::ngth fl1nll be difcouercd, cut off frf>l'n the I. p .. and. tn all thmgs the humbled heart 15 1 1 Church,and condcmncd.All[wcrablc to·this is ptcfcrbcd vvuh the Lord.I]. The pan 1 c hum- I I ; rh~t fayin_gof our S7u~our C~rifi,Euery 6ranch I bled mull yecld hunfcltC to obey the \\ldl of'l w!!_tchbM,·eth notfrtmm me, 11 t4lz.cn awar, cd.fl God:.!f_.-:nr n~a11 doemyf~!tlur1 lt>tll,hejlM!I lz.vow ~----------~-----------+=~~--~ if
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