M,,t:h.]. \v.q,')· I Purge~h~ l ~,~.~~t,l~~·~·t , fia,un!;· Sermon in the~ount. · I 25;· I ----------------~--~~~--~~~~----~----~--~~~' ncd,bccaufC in hc:ut they bane bccnc addided A of al1 his hearers.; that is, ru he.aret!n_d.doc thr I-.--- to fomc open or (ccrcr finnes, wee mufi in rhc words of Chrift. whofoef:cr. hMrcrh rhcfe m; fcarc of God labour to purge our hcans from n•ord.r,twd· dorhrbefame. I J. The propenic of I :iilli..nnc, (v as \·VC be not addiB:cd to any one this duric: it t~ tt mile of greatwifdome, I n•i!Lli-. ftnoc, \"l.'lth purpofc ro liue rhncin: yea wee i:J·n him to a rcife mar., C7C. I I l. The fa:ite of I muf1labour to turnc our fclucs fwm cucry euil this dutic; Safetie atJd frcm·j,jc ngain/f ,dt perils way, fi·om tinncs in thought, in affcCJ:ions, in of !Jodie ttndffJif!c, in the :2.5. vcrfc: all n.hich a~e I b<.·hJuiour, and aCbons. Tbc purpofc of our amplified by their contraries, in the z6.and 2 7· . hc:1.n :nu!t bc,nor to liuc in ::~ny one Iinnc, fo as vcrles, :JS we ll1a!l fee in their place. . · if we fall, we may yet trucly r.1y, it \\'3S agaiuH The fidl point is the mainc dutic ofcucry I T!i~ c!mi~: (,r our purpofc and intent: and therefore wee good hcJrcr, n::uncly, to ioync praC1ifc \•\itll h~::t/'"011 l. nmH labomto be rcnuc:d ~~n- the fpirir u~ our knowledge ofth\c word ot"ChriH.This dum: is ; mindcs, eucn in rhc molt lccret part ot our oft vrgcd vpOn vs by the holy Ghofl, H.om. 2 . foulcs . It is not cno~1gh !O kaue linnc when it I 3. 1Vot the hearer1 of the Law, b11t the dooeri lcnucs vs, by t'Ca!On o~f We:tkCilL1fe, or want of thereof /ball 6ee iHj/ijied before God.- and Saint opponunity:thusdothmaoyanagcdman,._.,.ho B lame1 !lands long on. this dutic,l:lm. 1~ zz.Bc hauing liucd in lcwdndf ...: :md IuH ~~~hi> youth, yu doerl~f the word ,a,;d not.. h~arer.r onc[1, dr... dorh at length , by reafon ofweaknd1C in oldc cciflingyoHrownefou!n: vvhiclt-aftcr hcc (l'nforlagc, lcauc thoft: finncs inpraEt:ifc; bur yet hi3 ccth both by the v:mityofhearibg wit!w.u~ do... heart is Ct:illaddiC1cd to them, and therefore ing,v. 23. 24. & by the blcfiingtharaccompaeucn then\\ hen he cannot go without 3{bffc, nics obedient hearing, v. 2 5. an~ Luk. i 1. z7· will hce take great delight in reheading ::tnd 28.when a woman in admiration a.t Chrifls dorcmcmbring the trickcs of his yourh.Now this Chine, pronounced her b!r:Jfed that 6a1·chim; man hath no repentance, for his delight in the Chritl auf..Ncrcd, nay ratheYh!~f{edaYe tb~ tiMr remembranceof tinne paH, is all one before hcarc theword of God, and}Jepe it, And in the God, as ifhe had liucd Hill in the praCtiCe thcrparable of the fowcr, M:J.tt. 1 3· there arc fourc of: our prayer tl:creforc nnift be wirh Dauid kinds ofhcarcrs,three bad,and one only good, to the Lord contJnuallv, that hce would incline vo~ho did hc3rc, know, rec.eiue, embrace the 1 Otl'f' heart I vntohW commandemer.fl,ai1dnot to eowordof God, and withall bdng forth ftuitc uetoHfncjfo,or anyother tinne, Pfal.t 19. ~6. plcntifu!Jy. And naturall rcafon may pctf\o\·adc 1 Wh ,r; 1 h C vsolchcwcighcofchis·ducie;torchebdllearV, 2fo O;OeUer toen ear~ ning chac men hauc in humanechings isco liceth ofme there words, anddoth tic, or ofno vfe, withoucprachfc : much letfc 'l" can diuine doChinc thenprofit a man \\•itlrout thefame, fwifl /iLen him to a 'Obcdicnccbeio}ncdthcrcwith, " ;(,. 1 ~ Vfo. Theconfi~erationhcrcof,milfimooua Wifeman WIJich hath bui/ded vsco pray to God the Facher, in the name of 1. · b , 1 f"L. /,, Chrill:,that hewouldvouchfafehisfpiritvnio r.>IJ oeyeon aroc'\,e, vs, whereby our heans mighc be endinc<1;di25. rut nd the 1 ainefiel!, and fpofcd, and bcmto an vnf.1ined lone and obc. dicnce of Gods precepts, deliucred in his holy the floods came,andthe wmdes word, btcau[c it is ourdutie to liuc in the j\ra- ""'" '-/ db h Clifc of that wd1care. Yea., wee nmA: pray fo ... ol lJ ew~an . eat vpon. t at houfo, to pcrfoimc obedience in our life,that>Our,con.. . . )·-·- .. d ~ /J fi fcienceSmaynot oncly not acc,ufe~s.J bu't:alfo an tt J e not; Or tt UlilS groun~ txcufc vs .before GoLl in rcgard.rhereof;· drot (led OrJ a YQ(bC, leaf\, in regard ofour true cndeauour&drf.rc ~ D to obey. This dutie becing praCt·ifcd;\.\jJI.r,nintAftcr the dcliucry of many notable inllruCl:i-. fiar true comfort VntQ vs 'in time of.diftrdfc, ons in this fcrmoO ofour Sauiour Chrift,~..,·hcr-· yea, in thcfcarcfi11l c:afe of death it fclfc.Hcrc-. by he hath fufliciemly rhewcd hunfclfe to bee by did good King He"-el;ias cornfru•t himfclfc the nuc Prophet :md DoCtor of·his Church :in• at his death, that hee had wa!lzedbefore thcLoi:.d this vcrfc,and cbofc which follow,to the 18.he wirh dnvpri(ht andperfeEt heart, Jf.,y.J8. •And c.omes to lay dm·\·nc the cor.clufion of this exthe ..,~orJ 0 f God is pbinc for this.comforr, if I cellent fermon, whcfein he dorh llirrc vp his oflr hea 1-11 condemr.c 111 nor, thrn weehttne 6o!dl hearers to a notable dutic; namely, rh2t chey nef{etowards God, 1 • Job. ~. 21 • alwaicsprouitllOuld not make light account ofhis doChine ded, we hauc a good vndcrfbnding ofour·duconteming thcmfelucs barely to heare, rcade: tic to God,for an 1 gnorint confciem:C will fai ... dt tofcarne the famCjbut funhcr,to (Toe about fly excufc: · : 1 r:. 1 ,, : the praClifc thcrcofin their liucs and~unuerf.1.. 11. Pnint. The proprrric ofrhis duti.o. It is tions. And for the effecting hereof, hrc lairs a pari of ~reat \Nifcdom~,for he·that.l;.C3JtCth & ~~~~i~1i;~: dO\,• ne here at l:~rge> the ffuitc of true obccli- ; obeyeth, 1s.the onelywifc- man; lrnrltlik!n him u u.:\ 1 iid()m. cncetothcword. Jn this conclti1XlnJrcthcfe ! (r · h "'\ 'fl) ·;r. Tl I ·1att . ~ 1~1· vnto a lPtJe mm1. 1is .point is .... r_o!n_::o..:_omained: }. A l.naincdutic to be done hkcwtfc Wtth cat~c to be·remcmbred,· that the ( h~a-
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