, __ ... ..r..~ had ?doubtl~~c h~~had .. B.· ut,HW~,!~)a wo_iHk~·~ j·' l\1 ch<m,.v)'dn ilwirftitfimid imc)J:di':';;&)·~~rc;; / hill mJttCr-:·1\hiiths '0\\"nc fe::rO~nt-S V\OUid not . oucrJ'H Hrcng:hcnCd tl\.e1r f:JJrh. Fo':', wl1cn t"..;. , t:h.ilr:cue l~i.s rtc:u*'h1g 1bur.~hofc rather to !iuc ucr ·atC-ct any prohd!'i.- of God \\"a'i·inla.c vmo i ~oo(dy·\\·idi rht..~v'drtJ j :md pc-fi!l-1V.·ith it,_th~n them 1 Gr any word of G~~l came Vn~O them; ! ro l_iUt·godiJ v.. ith their M.ifl~r. ;·anti bee lau.ed they tl_1cn r~mcmbrc~'GO~-s m('rcit and ['l.ith.;. wit-h himjThis t.\'"'hs.:tnd t.~tl! b.e tr.:tk in aU Ages I fillndle vnto tbcm lllthCtr deli:1:r.1nct 6) th!: rh:t:: inl \-.:lckC'd..'lg.e-, brin o \\·li!-lfdt towne, a Ark!: anJt~ercfor~ bclecucd. ~- :M.tj}e;·Jli~d·l n<'t bcr.bfc tb gou'<'rne'"his ownC: Vmo the le :lod m:mymhcrfpiritHa! vfc§>did fcr.uams ;·bUt the f.lrcarhc of~'eltf)l'fioli wit:kcd.t the Arkc fcrucvmo Ntitth, and to /;is h'oh(I)(J/dJ nCffe, :nrd ill cx:tinplcs·ofot~lcr·ineh~doth dra!J! as ni:myofthem as v;,·cr~ !Je!n:it.'·/• .. · 1:htm fr0t~1 the ohc-tfiEcctffthcir -!11aJlers. They Bur what is this to vs? Indt:cclc, thC A1·!:} can tcadily allc:tdgc fot thcmf~luCs $:wee will (crucd them for ;a ccmpoqll ddi~cranCC:, it fa.; 1 not be V fed mbrc hardly -then orhct men art:; ucd their liUcs; therefore they :dlo had rcaf0t\ we will f1ot.beucd to our houtcs·, and bound to makefpiritU:tll vfcofit: Bur it f3ucd nor vs-, ro fomany exercitC$1, we will doe ?tcither~ do. it ferucd vs dJ no ~fc corpor3!1; therefore hoW • Thus would f'.toah.lfemants doe, and peri(hcd B can '.,\'e make any 1piritU:;.ll v'Ct ofit. -, wid1~he worl'd.So•ln!rd a thingi·s it for a t!ood I a11fwct; though V\' I! had no corpor-idtli;-fe of m<in to hau·cgoo;d fctu:mts in futth·imcs or pllth.~ ~rke, y~t there arifhh an cXctJlcm·JPirir!1::. ccs ...vhcrc \.\'ickcrl.neS rtiigncch. ' ·- ;;/lvfc oUt of the confidl::r;idon ofiL .: · · · And thus we hatlc (ccne in iOmt> fort, How The Ark.fof Not!h andour /;apti{rr,t, arc ~... the Ar~f.utedNo·ah '.lnd·his bouf/,afd,3ml V\' hat gurcs cOrt~lpdndcnt one to thC oth~dti),1t,rh:u thishoujho!dofhis was, ' N~.rhs .Arfi! w~u tO thcril, Bnptt[me is f<> v9. NowbetidcsrhiHnde a.td vfeofrhe Ark!, Thusreacheth S. hrer; t.31i0.2 i. Torhe Ad:J wearc further to Knowe; tb.t wherea-s this fitof NMh rlie'jigure whiCh ndwe foh(t/J Vt ,, cum uingofrhemwas but :lcorporlfll d~liuentlfU fron·l Baprifnua!!urh. The 1:1me that S. Pa11lh_cre ~(,~. a ccmporoll de"h, t·his Arf:.! hlth.alfo afPirirucribeth to the Arl<e, S. Pmr olcribtth fo 'Bap• .t//.vlf!}·~\'hich \\'C mny not omit: fOr a'S mlny of tifm~. Thc··~rke fau~d t.hem, Baptifinc faucth No~'lh.J family :1s we're cruc 6elemers, it was a vs.Now the r·cfcrnblancc'bt:t:\.\'iXt,thdC t"vofi... mcanes to fauc ehem an other way,eucn to fauc gurcs, hath two branches. their foul~s :for it caught them rnahy things. Fidt, a& ic was neaffary for·them thatfboHld ~ :FirA:, tt W:\s an ;~.tfltr·ance ofGods lout vmo hu{lmed In tlfc flood ', 1 to bcC.i'h1h~ Arke; :\tid th·cirfoules :for if hc'c were fo carefulI to faut: omofchc Ark.c no poffibilit-ic'tb trcape: Sd ·is their bodies from the; Aood, they thtrtcby affuit for them th~at '\..\•ill haue th'ctlr{ohUsf;nicU ~· 1td red thcmlelues,he ~~ould be as gbod vtltothcir C be in Chrill;'imd ofhis Church; tholl tnuflobN fou/(J, \ovhich tllcy kncwe to be f:irrc m•.rc prcmJftica/1members ofChrift ~ and ·Vtfibte rr'lrrn..: r:inosand exccllcnt. L hers ofhis Ch1rrch: and om of ChrHl dmihh 1 SccOndlv, it fl1ewcd themhow to be (aucd. Chtl~'ch, nopofTibilitie offaluatiori.That'this is For,as thcy'fav...e ne:> fafCtie,nothing ~ut prcfcnt true (tOr Chrift) S. P~tir prooueth :ipparahlly, dclth outofrhc Arkc: So it taught them, that ACls.4.1 1. Amongmen thercW no n.tf'n~ '";giild: out of GodJ Chm-ch, -:tnd cot of Gqc.Js fauour, vndn-heomm, wh"~by to/Jee fim(d, hwt thenamt no faluition could be (XpeCl:ed ;'& fo it c3ughc o_fl~fUJ Chrljf; neitherUth'trejirluation in·~tny o.J. them to labour to be inGods fauoar,1ud mcm... thcr. . .. r, :.r: bersof.his true Chl<fuh.' And thatthis is trU<, tor the Ch~~~h-, hce •Thirdly, they f•w they were f>ucd fi·om the prooucch, AC\s , 2. 47. The Lordaddtd to. rht flood , byf~irhand obedience. For fir[!, Noah Church daif;Jitch M Jhould bee faued, See how b~!ettltd Gods v•ord , that the flood fhould fuch as arc to be faucd mufl ioyne tht:fducs to come; then he o~:.rcdGods commaundcmcnc, the Church-, .,.,.hen they £Cc where it is: and all and made the Arb,!:, 2she was CO!ll(llanded.And this is llgnified and taught in B~Zptifir.e. ·For the J thus he and his, by bdecuing& obeying, were outwardvfc ofBapiifmc makes vs members of · faucd\hrongh the Arkc:andwithout thcfc,thc D thcv~f/h/e Church, and the inward and po;wc~- Arkc could not hauc fol!cd thrm, This taught full vfc ofBapti{mt makc,vs membcrs•ofCMifl thc.m rnorep:trticulatly hqw to be faucd; namlmnfefe. · ;.· 1, ~~ . ly,:by. bcleoui~~ God,.andobeyiltz God, and cl le The vfc and confidcration hereof> /ht;uld "<? f:al~ation. For, wh~n they taw th~ir bodies t~akc vs all mor~ carefull to be tru~ members of I c-ould not be faucd ·wnh out them; tt affured Chrift, and of hts Church, by makmg not oncth<'ln much lcffc· could their foulcs bee faucd ly:l bare profcffion ofrcligicn; bt1t by fcckin!J withom faith and obedience. tobe incorporate imo ChriH: by faith .:md true Lallly, this dclir-~erancc by th~ Ark! was a repcJtt:tnce: for this tnufi f.'lue vs whm no'thing pawne vmo them from God, affuring tbcmof c.an. As they that were out ofthe Atl:.!,n·ogold faluation, if they bclccucd in the Mefftas. for, nor fl!ucr could buy out thdr fafetic) no lands {fcing Godfo fully performed his promifc vnnor Huing , no houfcs tior buildtng~r;· no tO them for their bodiJydciiucrance .vpon their hiiks 1101' tnOtHlt:J.h1CS, ITOthiilg in the WOrld , t ! bolccuing:thcy thcrc?y mi~~t ~il\1re th~~clues, north: whole world it fdfc could (::toe them ; 1 1 !JC wo1tld performe IllS prom<fe ot fa 1uac10 vnro b11t bcmg out of chc A ·k! thoy they "11 peri- l, ~----------··-- ------- .. . Ff I Q;<d ~-- _:__:.::;._
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