I · .. ··-·----··- ' 98 I '~--- ~ ------------- ru[Commentarie vpon lj Abuhlm1, ' :j I I I \ ! :.C<>:.~.,s. I i I I Dml'·ll· I I I ·I I ~ j n:~Jfl: limp!e m;y ·llOY\' f:.:c him necrc vmo A ha.d rru.c know1cdg", failh, :md louc, t!i:'!trbe) ; 1 . I thcm. rmghr utcrcafc and4hoHndth~rcin more .r.ndmorr A~~incJ ._.,·here is_more. knowlC<_lge, there Epl1c): 3.16. J 7· Philir. x.p.u. Co!oi:,' L 9 : 1fi10uh. be more obt:dlctlLC: thtrforc tt cancerJ 1. . I net~ a_li thofc t~l~t t~ro~CO'c. thc_mltlucs robe Her: t-hen _we may obfcruc in the e;~mp·lc Chnfhans, and iu:Jm:l t)lcmfch!cs to h~arc rtnd I of t~c!c P:nn.archs, that it is the duty 3nd.pro- \ Icarnc the word of (,od uught vnto them; nQt pcntcof cucry true bcircucr, eo goc forwari.i l .t0 comc_m thcmfdu~-; ""ith bare kn~\\'lcdgc, ~nd cncrca{c w_flith, tiH he come to a fUll perthough 1t be ncucr. io much.: But Wtth:lll~ to I 1\\'lfion and atlurancc in Gods promilrs, All \ bri:1g forth rh~ fruitsofobcd1encc in thcitl!ucs rhc gifrsof God ( :md therefore faith) :'!re the I and (Oiltlerf.;c;on~. For, ti·~oupl_l.Abr:ham, 1[- Lordt tAlrmt, and cuc·ry erut bciceucr i;; the a.tc, _aud laao~, ·111 rc-g:1rd et b.1th<.i1d goe far Lords fcruant, called to occupk thcrcwi 1 b. i before \'S: yer l<:c1ng '-"C J,;;.uc more kno-.dedgc NowGod, h:J.Uing put his talent iuro any mans It hen they h7.d in the MeHias, \\'e mufl Io.bou1: hand, do~h require tht encreafothcrcof, as the l to b~come 11ke Vt~i:O rhem 111 the ohcdicr.ccot .. ParablcfllC\\'es, Luke 19. 1 ~· And this P,w/ 1 our·liues:chcir faith \>\':lS llrongc:rthcn ours:but B tcacllcth:fot· prayiqg fortheEphejim:s that they 1 our obcd!e!1cc fl10uld be gre:uer th0 theirs,be- ! tn;~y goe on, and be ftungthencd bJ the fpirir in · eau(:;\':<; ha11Cmore caufc to belccuc then they. 1 theimn:rman,Ephcf. j.I6. he fignificth,that he I S.l?ad f::~ith, V/e all beholdas i1;a m;rrom·, the l that doth rruclybclceuein Chrifi,mufi goeon \gtl}ry of thcL?J·dwiriHpenfacc .· .And thccnde fromgrace to grace, till hcc be a tall man in l thereof· is tl~is,rhat \\'C m:ty be rramformed in- . ~hrilt: as a Ch1Id growech from yrarero yc:u·e 1 to rhefmu tmagc fi"~m glory to glory, IU hr the ull he come to be a fhong man. The nature of :fPi.rit of rhc Lord. So th:tt the more k...now!cdge faith is like vnto fire, which will not goe out •oNe hauc, the more f.:nilification we ought to fo long as wood or other fewcllis put vmo it, haur, and the mm·ehatred of fin ne, and more : but will take hold thereof, and growc vnto a· obedience to Gods commandcmems. But, the gre2ter flame; and fo will faith gro\'\'C vp ro a mor-:. is thcpitie, the cafC goeth farrc otherfull pctfwafion in all thofe that confcionawiCc \.\'ith rhc vvorld: for cucn many an~ong ''SJ blic applie thcmfcJucs t~ the VVorde and ·chat ~re no Studenrs by profcffion, h:m~ great I Prayer. !'aJld (O:nmcnd3.ble i:.!::oiV!cd._~e in ,·eligion. BL;~ !!ut goes the cafe thus \'Virh vs in the m:1Ucr 1where IS the fnonc hereof in holy obcchcnce to of faith? Nay vcrily,gencra!ly it is farrc other- . .rbc La.wes of GQd? God by crtl!ing hath made C wife: for many among vs hauc no regard of vs. a plcafant vir:e : Our the fOwer Grapes of · faith at all, but thtnk they may liue as they IuH,. Jinne.are our ordinaric fruit, they be thegra.pu their good meaning willfcrue the turnc:othcrs- .ofg.a.ll (as iHvfos f~ith.) For Athcifmc, blaandthofcnotafewc,arefofa.rrcfromgoi,.gfor1PJlcmic, comempr of Gods· \\·ord and \\orwardmf~tith, thatthcyarc cucry dayworfe and ·fl>ip, wid1 open prof:ming of Gods Sabbath, worfe, and Hillg~eb..tc;/zfward more and mor,. Gbc cucry where abound; toomit the hai!lous A third fort wehaue,that will hearethc word, crimes again!l the fccond t:tblc, as opprcJlion, and r~cciue the Sacraments; bJJt yet their groadulterie, and blood touching blood: for all wth in graccis very !lender, they fland ;~.t a \'\•hich, we m<~y iuHly fc:trc, that the Lord wiJl fiay,and profit little. Clthflr remoouc his Candldli,ke from vs, and Now, howfoeucr it may be thought but :z fo ofaChurch :111d pcopk of God, make vs no fmall f:~.ult, not to profit in religion; yet vndoubChurch; or clfc fwcepe vs :J:W<l)i by fome fc:ucredly it is a fcarefull Judgement ofGod, when full iudgcmcnt, as with the bcfomc ofddhuthe hearers of the word in any congregation CHon, bccaufc we withhold the trJJth in vm·igharc daily taught, and doe not profit thereby; teo~tfiuf{e, Rom. r~ t8. For better it were-. not and therefore the holy Gholl notcth thofewato hauc knO\\'Cll the \\ay of rightcoufndfe; D I mmtobe!adenwitb jim;e, which arc etteY /earthen to mrnc front the hnly ccmmandcm~n~ .ning, and]etnetterarc~6le tocomt to~he~owgiucn vnto vs : let vs therefore ioync v.:ith ouu ledge ofthe trHrh, 1. T1m, 3. 7• Ifa ch1ld lately knowledge obedience, that JO we may fl1ewe borne, like_not well, nor growc.' w~en it h.at~ forth our fait\1 i,!1 doingtl:c dutit.:s ofpinievngood kccplllg: the common fapng Is,chac ltlS to God,andofbrorhcr!y louc&ChriHianiry, aChangeliilg,So, if a man hc::rc the word of vnto our brcrhren. Thus much of the firfi ffuit, God,and doe not encrc:1fe in knowledge,faith of their faitb. · 1 and obedience, we may moll trucly fay ofhim, The f(:ccnd 'fruice of their faith is noted in th·Jthcc isafpirima!! Chm~(cling, and therethefc \'\·ords;. .Andbelecrud tbem. VVhcre, by·! fore to :moide this fcarefull Iudgemcnc of h~lcmiug, we: nll!fl v1.1dcr!bnd not fo much the . 1 . God, •...,•e .mufl labour for f.1~[h; an~ hauing. aCl of faith, for th:lt \.\as not.cd h,eforc, as I gotten fa~~h, m.n·eafo thcrem , and 111 oth~r \':ord in:potts a confirmation of their he:uts, Chrifland :l rcf?lution in afli11·::mce of the promift·s· . I.t is_ ~1erc faid, .th~t thofC' ~auiarcbs rncrca·- the gro\\·th ::md encrr:l[c of thcu f:lltn: for d1c I graces of<..od, tr!! we come to be ftrong men m m:-:dc v;no rhcn.:\\'hich is not \'nufu::tl in ScripJnlm bah: Bur lt m:l)' be ~~mJu~dcd,. ho\\' 1 ~-i=~~_:~=~~r the Churchn "l'o .- -~~~.~Y what mea~~ :cy CICl a.rarnc h~;[::_i __ ._
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