i 1 ~~~~:~~rti: !-~·-- i5 true which is hc:r<: [ard of them' that they A W( alfo mufi follow thbr r~.i:ll irl tht- prat\;(t : nlldc ('MJfeJ7iun :tntl prof~·lf:on of rhtir efbte. of this protCffion: dw~Uin.g here on the earth, J3nd their faith, a:A<i th;lc ru the -cn:mics to~ \\"C muii tcHifie a11d profdt~ our i"ducs t\.1 be 1 God. . bothflr.-t•.,.gen llndpifgrimrJ; /' ! Henc.c \'\'C Iearnc,that we are not to be :fhalha how ("''>·ill iOlllc C1y) ll1•ll we be :~ni .. .,.c;.. med of that holy profctll<?n of Cl;r~OUn relirabk,to thiS pr~fcffion? An.fi.,.For the- pr:'!Ctifc:! gian to which \)'C "re plied. O ur calling ii ro hereof,we muH dot thcfc three lhiJ!g> : 1, VVc · profcfTc thcGOfpd:UJ~rcligionofChrill;now ~1n1H vfo this world and the rhing1 thereof, a! 1[ to n:;:m)'it is:1 n:pro:-,~h nnd ignomifl ic; b.m.wc thllH,_{h wu vfod tlu:7J nor; r.• Cor. 7· 3s•.TbC muH Iearne this Jpcc!all .Jcf10n b)1the ~:~~mplt rcmpor::tll bldTings Y\'C hcrt cnioy; va.: mnfi JO I gf thcfe ml."n, chat howfocucr thc,wor!J indgc vfc, ni though1hey \\'Cl'C not ours; bur :u fh:;.n'"- QfChrHl ;tt~d his rcligi5 , yet wc·h:nJhlgrmrcd gcrs due, oncly for the prefcnt occ:tficn !I but into this }1oly prQfctTion, and b~ojogulled we mufl ndt fe~: our hearts rhereon.Aml thc.ra.:. hereunto, mUfl ncucr be a01amcd of it; mu~h t~cr to perf'r\·2~e vs hcre~omw, let vs .:onfic.:ier · Jcffc depie or fori2kc the fame. Int he prhniciuc the p_r:lCCiie of h.el-: godly P4tri:trchs. Tb(\y Church it was 2 con[ttnptiblc thing ·both •· li2d the promiCe fthc La".d-?f C:maondif\in. mong the lewn, 111d Gtc,ciansro bC.AChri!H- B ! d:ly and abfolurely; fo :ls no m:m in thCwodd an: to chc one, thcJGofp~ll \..-a~ a·Jlumbling ' harh more tight to any thing that hcpoifcflCth blccke, to the othn•l•ut;hing.fiock.:,.t ,Cor. then they had to this land; ye~when they calnc t. 13. Andyet Pau/protdfedopcn!9,tbat h~r into ir, they cnioycd it and all thi.!1gs therein :t5 wa1r.ot ajhamedof that J,o!J <iofprl, Rom.r. r6. j/r4r.gm; and poffdfcd nothing, bm did cucn And (o it oughtto bee with vs: we profcffc buy groundtoburythcirdcodin, An.tfomdl Chrins religion, and therefore we mufi D.ot be .~vc vfC the thi11gs that we li:mC' in thi~ wonld; alliamc:dofit. Some ~the.re bethat know but ·forourhou1Cs,\vcmu!l\·fc thc.m 3s 'Stra;,g".r httlc, a.nd yet h~uc :1 g()od ,minde to religion; doe an Inne: and for our goods, .we muff vfr ,but when they do~ tCc (o.me doe nothing d(e, rh~m as Pilgrimcs do other rhcJlS goo.ds,whcrc bnt mak~ 31f'()Ck$.and·a ieH ofrcligion,theyarc they Hay for anighc: we muH (o V!C· them :rh ther~b.yd;ur)ted and.bc!-.tb•ck from the open w•ycs, as bccing rcody :tnd willing to·lcaue the profclfton, :mdCmbrac;ing ofic. : · the ncxt-mo·rning, or at any time when GOd, . ' But if.wcl'ook to be f•ucd by faith,as thcCe lh•ll c31l vs •way. · , t.' men w~•·e,we mufi lc:irne.by theic ~xamplc,not C Secondly, we muft callolfall things irrthi• to be.•(h>med ofrhe.p~otcfl!on ofChrif!i>nity ' world,th•t may any whir binder vs in ou" iour• whc,r~'li we ore·~all~d • but lnufi..follow this ney to the kingdom< ofhcaoen;likc vnto r,ood nmabfc .eXample bf~braham and ·th.e Patri- J trauailers,y-Jho ·will caric nothing with them in archs ,',Who were not afhamed' nor afraid to the way' but t!.at whichmll.y .funh<r theit• to t<flifio,thcir profdlion among the Heathen, their iournics cnd;3nd ifany.thing bindttthcnl wheof9~ut:rany occafion wnoffred : for who. in the way, they '''ill caft itfrc,m them, :mdra.t jiuflrr 1-.Afham<d of Cbrift in tbuw•rld, Chrift thcr loofc it then be hindred.from their home. will b< afl,"""dofhimatthrlaft IHdgmtrnt; br. B.ut wh3t iSthat which is burdcnfome vnto vs for< hu Father i~ tht world to <"""• Luke·9· in this our iourney to hc>ucn? This S. Paul z6. ,·. ~·. , flleweth, when hcc iaith, 2. Tim. 3, 6o tbit T~ goe further: Thcfc Patriarchs profe!fc certainc fimpl~ wom<n are ladenwithf·~·· Be• lWo things: r. Thot lthc,y were flrangrrs. •· hold, fi·nnc.isthot th>tladeth vs: •nd the Atr• That they werePilgrimsi l\ftr.:z:wge"r,'is on~that thor to theHcbrcwes, callc[h li.nne the thi11g · hath !)isabode not in hi• ownc,butin. Grange tlw hangeth on fo faft' a.JP'4f'rh VI miP>m Ccountry,though hc~r•u•ilc not., . . (Heb. t2. 1.) Therefore if we.. ;\ull be good ( AR4 a Pifgrhve is O:t1c r:h:a is agoing tho.- trauailers,and pilgrimcs tow:lrd the kingdoma roligh a·forrainc C.R.I!!Jtfjy tohis owoc home. D of hc:1ucn, we mu£l take heedc- of finne; fer Abraham, lf:,;c, otnd [4.47o~ werej}yangets, be- · 1that ·will hold vs do..,Ync, that .\.'lt cannot g.oci c~u(c they dwelt as ftr;}ngers in 'Tents, not in I one ftcp forward,butwill dr:~.we:i:s back.·C\'Ilard .~heir. owpc Countrics..;vhcrc they We(e bornr; ·vmo hdl: for. the way 1i- Jlrair~bnt ielldrrh·11n! _but iQ rh.at llrangccoumric, whithq;Godhad fu /~fe ,'And the gate narr~w, ttnd fewt ~here ltt call<;d them; :md the¥ "''ere Pilgrjrnc~,bccaufc rbr.r c~n entir into ir,, M:ouh•. 7..:·t :1. ·HC:o.rhan they w~rc :tlwaies rcadic 'to goc whit:he,rfocuer w~uld cc:unc hither,mufi come With an h.urhblc (;od w9uld call them:.on<l inall pl3ccs \vhcrcpud pure he3rt: for the gate will not fu!J"etan]l. fo·cuer. ~hey were, nm they waited on God, tl,at is l:.tden with fihric, tOentcrthcnlh. 1)'Fht: and fo.ughtto him for the kingdomc of hea;o. proud maii .... , "'~ofe heart is' pufi"cd vp witH \JCO. , J'.!.. "'!t r .: [~j')· ..... 1 1pddc: ~nd ,the couerous matl; V\'hofe he·ar.t·~ ~o~v this w01s no,tnr? pcr to thcfe Patrl:m:hs, · t:nb.rgd:l. w.ith a ddlre of gaine;£ the ambit!..! \ 1 hut is{\lfocommon to :Ill ChrifHans,thai-loG>ke ?US m:Hl,v .. ·ho is v .. ·ith child with worldly pomp ,·. 'tObe faut:d by the f:.mc f:~ith: tOr .ba~id 1~1;<7 and (late : and che lUxurious and voluptuous. • lfter them, contdfqtb -.;nto God,-HfJ.I. ~~.I 1~ man, who farres himfdfc with C!lrth1y and ~· th:;.chcisa Srranxc•..rmd-a ,Pi(~rime.; q;,foiom·.. c;~rnati ple~furc~: aTI th.efc :trc growr.c t·.o,·'l, n~!!}! IJim~HJa/{his f'.t"tb(r.t l!l't'::..:'nd e(JCO bsggc LtO Cfltr:r JOto thiS ftraitC V.:atc. nut ---- K k-~-.-- " ·'- <he l ! ---'<':=..,-:;::.':".-=-~- l
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