____ t_he_I_'·_C_hap.r~ tb;-Hebt~~-~- -_ ~--- _- ·-'-~,=- !J___ ) vnrea(onablc a thing, :t~ the rnaki~gof t_hc A kiclmull ._t;:JC 'and ./Pcn"-t, and yet ISto:_ld afotcj ·1 Arkc, and obeying , fl'llll (ondciltCtb:tt WIClund, ti;IJwillnot h~.u·e him, 110,. ;·ept'nt, E.7c ~ j ked world who would ndt belceuCGod~ or3. 4· 7· AnJ v-bcn S<~:nr P.ndhim(:.:lfe prcadH~d I c!inaric pr~mifcs; nor obey hisordin2ric anll vmo the !ewes at RcHnc} fome belu11;.d !101) mort ho~y commandcmcnrs. And as the S.;:d::~J ACf. 2.8.2.4. ThcrC i,SJ1othi11g \\ iH nwrc dlf,o.~l: l arcf!l.id to co;.;dannctheworld, r. Cor.6.:!. b:y ragcam::m,::~.nd dftdownc l~i.,JicJ.n, thcnrcj l I bccing witnc!Tcsagainfl thctn, ~md approou~rs'"- l~c: th:lt his labours arc: nOt dncly in '':tine, b"U} 1 ~ of Gods iuH [nucncc : ft) No2hs faCt and fo.nh doe t;!kc a C0!1traric clfcd ; t~a.t. \Nhcrcas they I j ::ondcmncd that world. And thus we fee it is were bcfl:o\\'td to haue (;;~ucd them, rhc!t are r appar:mt, that the obcdicnc~,and god!y exammcanes of thc:-ir deeper condcmn~tion. Thcl'c: piesofgood men; doe condrmn:!th~ vngod{r. fOre :tS when thdr I:~:bours bring mc1i tu C_;odl The;,(c whcreof 1 is to encourage vs 3Il to they may greatly ~tioycc, and ac:~mnt thOle 1 imbracc Chrif1ian rcligionjand nOt bedauntn! people) as Saint f.:iU/ did theJhdlalonians,ktl.. ;G·~;~~rt:!, by the fcornes ,orother ctJil bchauiours ofpro. crownc, hU to;, nnd,~loric : So '\\hen they dono t:wc men, which cannot abide the Gofpcl. For good( as NoJh hcrt) bi!t chat men arc worfc: hcc that walkcth in the way of holin~ffc, ;\nd C and worf"c; this muft humble and :ib:tfC tht:rn.iJi ' kccpcth good confcicn'"c in rh~ midf.of' awicthemiCiucs, :md let them kn.bw the po\.vcr ~nli f::.!d rruJ~rar;on; if his godlindfc doe not o:!crvercue is not in thcm,but God. So l~ith S. Pa.1'1 I com~rbeir ertill, and conuert them)it fl1~ll more t? the vngodly and inrp~n_it~n~ amongft the dcmonlhatc their wickcdnc!fc, and crmdwme ~o~inthi::tns; 1f carc, 1:mJ1 hcc, 1J!hm l _tume;1lf.J 2.co:.li.it. them. Oui Church is full ofmockcrs, and they G()d "Y.t:fr me amtm._f!./i ;on) and I jiJ.1!1 bewail~ : dilCourage m:my fi·om Chrill: and rtligion: but f"lldnJ of tbrmwhichhas-sc{:nned, andr.otrtpmJ~t!. let them know, this will be the end of it, their And furcly, this or nothingwill abafe a Mini..: obedience whome they contcmnc and laugh fter,a1H.l miniftcr matrc1· ofgreat bc-.\•ailing:y._ct at, will be their condcmnation.And rhus Noah not fo, but as fiill there is matter of trur;:· -;ombyhis obedirn.ce ~n building chc Ark, condtm1'ted fort and contcntmcnr, vmo :Ill godly ..llnd the wo;-/d, f•ithfull teachers. For Vl'l'<thcr thy labouL b$ Sccohdly, fo didhe a.l(o by his preacbi;t'"~' as thcfimo~troflift v_nrolife,or ofd~ath vnto d~flrb, ,:cot~'J..t1l he buildcd it.For,thc building ofthe :Arkc,was to thy hearers; it is to G'od·.a fsvutr {.tHfiHI' iJt I 16 " a p:nt of lu:; prophencJ!l numHcnc. Chrt/f. ·'· ~ The PtoFhcts prca<hed two wa1es;mV\'o!d, Againc) we rhay herc_iearnc, rhat ti·,~~~ ~.ll~ I and tn JCbon. Fo1 bclidc their verbaO preach- C arc condemned before God) hauc rh~ir· cOn·..: mg,anddchueli.lgofGods word,thcyprc::tdldcmnatiOn by thepreachingof the \yord_.. 1.'bj cd 10 their I1Hts ~tnd ttflron.r; efpcciaiJy 111 furh ,, • {ccreu ofalltheworld, fairh the .ApolHe; {J;tJ/1 acltons as were cxtraotdmane. And fuch W:lS be iudgedb.J lcfm Chrt/1 . uci>;·ding to the (JqfNoahs buildingofthe Arke: it was an afJunll pelt: andhcrt the prc:tching of Not!.h, and his I preaching; yc3, eucry firoke·vpon the Arkc,,Nas a{fua/1 prMch;ng by prcparing'thC Ar].}C" 1 tona loud Sermon to the ~yes and cares of that dcmncs the world. Such is thepower and migh~ I wicked world. For, bymaking it, he fignified ofthe Miniflcrieof G ods word,. vpon aUrhem fomc fi1ould be faucd, and the refl drowned: that refill it. l namely, all that would belcru0 and repent, Which beelng (o, lhou!t\ (each all r.wn, !houldbe faued in it: :;md :~ll that would not, 1wv~en they cbmc to hcarc Gods~ord, to {u~~- 1 01ould(outofit)bc drowned:and bcc11ufc they m1t t_hemfi:lues to the pow~rof 1t, to qbcy Jt', j bdccucd not this, thet·cfore by;, he condemned and become penitent: for ,Ptherwife [b rfi)ny them. Front this ground v\•c may learnc; Sennons as a tnan hcJrcth, fo ina!iy.tlf.diflJI1r,ttJs'l 'I Fufl, thJt a man may he a crut and fincere arc prcfemcd to God ~gainll: hint.And if at tht! Minillc;,lawfullycallcd by God& his church, !all day there were no Dcu!l)s to accufc; thq(c I 1 and yet not turnc many vnto God, no~ by his D bills of iliditcmchts_, would -bqrh·accufc,a11d IMinill:cric bring many to repentanCe. For here co.'Jdcmne /;;,..And this ludgemcm is b~f5411mc 1 ,Noah aProphet c:~llcd immcdiatly, yet in 1 20. in this life, as their conlo..icncc!! 4ot (;kct1·t'dl j ycarc.s preaching both in wont and aCl:ion,hc them, and is accomplifht at the J2H day: for 1 1 cannot turnc one to faith and repentana. A there is no dallying with God~ \vord;, it:;~ (il.fl:· 1 moltfearefitll thing, if we well confider itJthat not fauc,it kills. lt.is the fi.r.c,which ifit ~;;-an(:l,6;t both hy preaching and making the Arkc, he fofccn,it hacdcns.Lq then V,l itnprtlit.t.liHll~''V fl1ould not turnc nnc o(thc fonnesofLamech, m3.kc confcicncc toobey gods word:for if1101ov McthuO,clah, or Hcnoch, to bclceuc him: but they :-tbufe it, it will be cucn \".'it h. cbemJ b.,oth that thcv{hould all r:uher chufc to be mifled here & in another \-\·orld. FOt,as·thc ';cry Gunl i in the g'<:nc·ra\1 vanitic of th:i[ wicked world, Arkc, \\·hieh fauC'd No~h ~nd his h~ttJlvjJ,I. ' then to fernc Cod with Noah. This was amofl condemn:d the world; fo .th€ fitmc: w_Qr~l_,e} diiComfort3blc thing \'ntO him J!> could be, yet Gc>d, which bclccuC'd and 0hr;y!=d by g.O~lJ:y j this hath bcc1:<: the c:~fe and lot of many holy men, is their faluation;·di.fcb{'!;etl,·-.~n<l nf'tlfcd J Vrophcts: El:u n~u(l goc rmd preachvnti them, by vngodly men, 01all be·thtir··cQoi!Cnl!~;ltiotf. ! :md vet hiS doClnnc mun /Jttrden tl-cit• hearfl And thus much for til'c {\\,O,CJHls, Y.'.hf·N~ttlJ i tl,,., ih'J ma; not hefaucd, Hai.6. 10. And Ezc~ I prepared the Ark:& ciifequendy ofrhc..fc"coJU! I -- - - --- -- F r 3 · --~- ---;:JtC.:< I :"ln.1~5 f~it!1., ,-
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