-------------=---=-:---::------------- \ Matth.7. Sermon in the~ount•. ~~-'· I t '!.lj. it is faidc, tertainebe/eeuedin Chrijf, hut bee dterft not commit bitpfolfe vnto them. And that we be not dccciucd'h,crcin,wemufl: know that this faith of an hypocrite hath in it three things ; k._now!edge of the truth , approbation thereof with affcnt vnto it , and a kmde of pe,:JiVajifm that Chritl is his rcdeentcr. Of the fcc'ond decree of this 6ich we hauc example, 2. Pet.:. t8~whcrc fomc :~re {aide to be bel(,uiled with wantonneJle rl!rOitgh Jlefh!y !ujls, who had 6/eane efcaped ftom them tbat·he wrapt in error: chat is in i<lol:mic. And of the third degree ·we hauc example in the i3mc chap.vcrCt. where fome t:tlfc pro\',hcts o_rc faide to der.ie Chrifl. tkat bought them' ccauic for a time they profelled ckcmlClucs to be rcdccotcd, and were' alfo pcr– fwadcd in a general! !ort that he had bought them: ycc herein they failed, that they did not cruly apprehend the merit of ChnH, ~ndapplic it c!fccrually v11to thc:nfelues. The tlurd gdi: of a dole hypocrite, isaraj/ofGodJfat<IJUr.-Hebr. 6.5.itis faideofiOmcthat Ell quite away, Th:~t th<J wereenlighrencdby GodsfPirit, andhada Mj/ of thegood>vord of God, and of thcp•wers ofthe 1vor!dtocome, though they were neucr fcdde norfillcdtherewith. The fourth gift, isgood "fleE!ions; good(! f.1y) not in them?but in rhcir kindc and fo farrc forth as we can mdgc: they hauc JoJ in the good things of God: Luk. 8. 1 3. 7'hry that art OIJ the ftoncJ, are thry which whm thq haue heard rectil!e the word with ioy. Th'J hat~eualefor Godsgloric, as had Iehu; 2. King.to.I6. and yet he departed not from the finnes of his forefathers, v.~ r. Thirdly, they haue rcuercncc: to Gods ,_finifters, as Herod to iohnBaptifi, Mark.6.lOoHerodk.._nowing John to bt aiuft andhofJ man,fearedandreucrencedhtm. The fifth gift,is an outwardreformation oflife: the ftonie ground rc:cciucs the fcede with ioy, and·brings forth feme fruit, but it laficth not: offuch it is [aid, Hcbr.I0.,9. They t<eadvndcr footethefonneofGod, and countthe bloodof the Teft.. m~ntanvnholy thing, whaCwith thqwere fanEtified: that is, according to theirprofelTion· and pcrfwafion. And thus we fee what kind of gifts an hypocrite may hauc, and yet ncu,cr be faucd. Vfa. r. The confideration wher€of mufl: moouc vs to look vnto our fclucs,that we haue bctt~r things in \'S then thefe arc :·for here wee fee wee may goc on to pcrditiori carying the profeffion of Chrift in our mouthcs: And the rather mult this be confidercd of vs , becaufe , many lookc to be f.1ucd who come lh.ort ofSimon Magus in kno\,•Icdgc,and of Saul, Ahab, :m.d ludM in hum~litic; yea and foi· faith, far;c (hart of the dcui\1 hlmfclfc, who_is faid, tohe– lemeandtrcmh!e: but how c:1nfl: thou looke to be (aucd,thlt in regard ofgrace commdlil10rt ofthofc V·.'hich arc now condemned!? 1 Secondly, hence we rnult lc:irnc to fu·fPcft \' ,pur felu~s, ~nd call our fclucs to _a reckoning; ' nbout our faith o.ndobedience,and we muft nor ' j ~attcr ourfclucs herein: for rhcfe things before I 245 I - -r A l named willtlot:fauc vs: many haue had f~ith.in fome 'truthfor fome degrees thereof, and alfo good affeCtionS & other gifts; as we ha4e fccn, ~,r,vho arc yctfor.all this condemned. ..•· Thirdiy,rfeeing there be t.WO forts ofmen m tbc Churcltrhar fhall be condemned, the: one whereof hauc many worthy gifts , this muH moouc Vs not to rcH in thcfc things~ but to la... bour and Hriuc to haue our hearts rooted :mJ grounded in the loueof God in Chrifl, and to becomenewe creatures in rightcoufnc !fc and true holindfc; and then fl1all \ll.'e~be as the wife virgins hau'ing the oylc ofgrace in the vciTcls of our hearts, which will ncucr be quenched til we come into the mar:iage chamber with our Bridegroom<: Chritl Iefus. · r_ Wh.2~ rr,. B The f~:cond part of the condufion laid do\'\'11 r~rr~~ lhall by ourSauiour Chrifi is th~s, That fome mcil. be: Jaucd. ~profe!ling the name of Chrift in the Church of God fhall bep faucd. And thefc perfons arc here dcfcribcd vnro vs by their cffe.Ct or .a..Ct.i6, to wir,Th~doing ofrh~wil ()[the Father.Anr] be. c:iufe thisj·san infallible note ofrhcnrthat flul be faucd, h i>ill brjcfly fhcw what it is to<lAthe I!'athcr.J :pi/;ifhc-5cdpmres bdl expound themfclucs, Ioh.6.4o. This i; thewillofhimlhat .fontmee,tb.rt e;eery om: that bathfees;ethe Sonne~~ ar;d6e!eeueth inhim,fhould I:JaJJeetter!as7mg life. '• Thc!f-4-3'>4- &c.Tbi; ;$the willof God, men JOII>'fmH;ftcation' and th11t.J01S Jimt!d nbf/alu C 'ftom fomicatio"; andrha~ mcry onefhou/d~owe how topoff'J!e his ~vef[ell iri:.bt?linrffo a11d hqnDtiT", that 'no 'l'iJ4n oppff!lfc1ordefi'4J!d·hi4 6rotber, 61c. Thcfl: two,p.l:!i:c;.•· qf. Scripture laid together, lhewc that the doing ofthcFa.tllers will !lands in three thi_ugS, iofairh, in·rfpentance,tanc\7mlot" obcdier.ce,(aich is directly.expreffed in the place oflohn:andrc.pftancc wh'ichis:afruit offa1th, as alfo newe obedienceth~ tfuit of them both, in the word> ofthe Apoflir Vau! :for by-SM_– Elzjication is mc::tnt repentance ,·and ne~ve obe.. \Vhtr~n du~ ~0~~~~~~1 fb,ndcth. .t. t..• dienee b} thCdutiegfollotyjng. ~- · t... , For thc.firfi ;~jn true ~auing faith rhtte .are $:~uing hi1h three t Hhrgs rc.:.quircd: .K?Jow!edgtf·-, aj[c11t:,~ ani.'! ~~:l~1~~~~:d~ appbcatitnl.. By' ~ol-viedJc); 1' meanc the r·i"ght concciuing ofthe neccffa-riC DoCtrincsrof:tr-up rcligi'on, fipccialty of~ffiofc"which ~un.c~r,r« D ChnH our Reckcrncr• .Affcnt;, is wlu.:rra'J'nal_l knowing this doClrinc;d6'thfurthCr apptOOJ:Se ofthe fi:uuc-,-as wholfome dnChin;and tbC,t;uth ofGod;dirialing vs:ltjght.vnto faluatioh>.Ap~plicntion, iS lwhen we cqncciuc inour h'~an$'.1 true pcrf.,y·:Hion of GOd:s~h1crcy tO'\o\'ahles·,.; panicularty~in the free rar<-.~a,n ofa} our nn.o.es., and for the falu:nion of oiJi foules: exa.J:nplC'>c<>i" this p:micular applying V. e haue in thC,l!itpo– fllc Paul, Gal. 2. 20. who profe!fcth th\Js;-Ne,. lirtenot I;br~t Chrt../1 liuerh inme, and tbe t;fi 'ba""t [now li~t~i< hyf."itlr m theJonne of Godu~~ir:JJ what that tS,lh~ l11CVYc.~h after, f.1ying,Te.kfJ}Jath !oucdme,tindJ:Juen himfolfefortJ'Ji: apd .·wi:rh. ..f out this p:uticular appli'(_l.hQn, neither .kttO:w-· ledge nor affcm,can fauc·_¥s.:_Jn·the 6(.of;10hn Chri!t ptopouuos himfclfe'~ilto'\\~ a~'th~vrn.d. . , ~ ~.I : "'i . 1 i ~ : )~. :;, I I I ·----------_- --~~--yr .._ __
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