----- - -----~--- -·-- --------- -- ---- ------ ------ --- :If>'"·"· t,6eu.(6.tp.to <tbelie~r. I w~ I ~~ abo,;ndance-,aboue rhar \\ lucl~ " co•nperent & I AI WMI::aH<_;,..Ond thr~cforc thc)' <A crc ;bn!l~ht ;,~ i---'·i fi,fficlcnt; then 1t1s not lav.fu!J tor a man rn tbct,uebith.t " t" "~... 1 / ftek§ to bench: f6rproofchcrcof, ·we h~nr. the-" I ~ 1 Bur lofne~ay' t,Linlcc th!ft'th•o; rc:tfo.11s no( ! 1 \ rlo!OC cc!lnnonlc of tile word of God ; Pttuf;i hibHaf)tlaU, for '!'en lt>ay fccke for liC3ht·n tha~ ~ \. Cmh, Tun.6. 8J 9· l¥hmwceha!ufo1'de•rmdrat- '1 ncmt had rrnc l3utng fanh. As , Ralr•t!lndrfi:. 1 mmr, rPec n~t~ftrhc)-?wttb~6t CoJtcnhli ·[o1rh~ ~~(/ tf11t h1J 'l;Jlie m1ghr bee r/zk,srhe cndc "f t/H: ! th4t ;»t!lbee rh:h, f~llir.totemptation,a,.f~[Ja)-~J, r:~~hteoi!I, Nul~~- 2 ~ . J o. ~h:r?'-' }eh no doti~1! I and into man_r foo!ijb·and ~o;fome !nftr >wlucb l\ee ddired the-!latc of rhe rtg;b!<i!t<r afrer·th~g I I dr-ownc men in]terdttlon'-imddtfl-rulllon. VVhcro,. hfc. ' · :>:l ~, l·' ·• • • 1 I ths~ph~lc doeh t1ot'fi'~ply condc.mnc a ri~h · "I anf~\'er, that this dc(lrt:ofBaL'lAfn! \ViiS hO! cUar.c ;blft rather rhe dehrctobee nch, that IS, ~roundedvpou anyconHat~t pcrf\o\'_:liJon, noi a detirc to hauc more .then is ncce!fal'ic for the icftlc:d refolution, but vpon fomc 1odalnc mo~ maimaining of a mans dhte. Y'ct -fhi_s is the · tion. Secondly, thoLlgh'h:e-e·dcfircd to di~ rh( comtno)l finn"Cofchcworld, men arc: iOcoued~arhof rhcrighuom , yet liev,oou!J nothHr-th~ tOlls chat they will not be contetlted'\"'ith th:lt !tfo ofth(righteoHJ: he had no·ddight eo walk~ which is tnough, U{lt (~Ill toile :mUmoilc for in the "''ay racom to that e-nd \\'hkh they \o\·al.: nlorc1til rhc.y hauog~ncn (o muclt-vft(let their B ked in; without which, no man ordinclrily can hands,as would honcrttyand fi.tfficiCtly main- ·come to it. ' · tain:c<tenmcn ofrllcir cilate and calli'ng.But all Yet fi•nhcr fome will fay, M~n7 f/mlifi'•kt fuchrarccondcmnedt, by-the teltimoniebf the (as our Sauiour ChriU faith) to mter'inRrth~ holy Gho!l, in the pla"tc aforcname<l, . ftraiugau of rhe kjngdome ofheaum, ani/ jhad f!!!Jfh WhaUfGodgiuc abouqdanccto a m1thenMe, Luke 13. '4· Therefore to frckc tnan,by b.wfull nlcat.tcs; what niull fuch a man for hea'ucn is no fufficicm argument of true doe l •: )'[njiv. When God fcnde1hriches in •· f•ith. • boundance td anym~n,be mull rhinl<bim!clfe A nfwn', True indecd'c, many iliall feckc to to beappointed o'fG0d, as ailev~ard ducr the, come to hcauen, and 01all not be ::\ble toentrrj for the good ditpoling of them to the gloric of bccaufe they iCckc "'hen th~ doo1e cfmercy jg God,.and the go'od-ofhis Church; alwaies re- !lmt,and whf the day ofgrace is pall:for tl•crc' mtntbring this rule ofche Prophet D4uid,P[al. is atimeof grace wherein tht lord will btc' 6!. 10. If riches increa[e,[et not' thJhtar: vpcm found.Now ifmen fecke hiillnot in this timC 1 thtm. He faith nor,Ifriches increafe,refi1lc thC:; thoug~ they feekc him ncucr fo longaftCr ; yet but, (et not thy hemon them; and thus much theJ lhal not find bim.Butth< fcckingofrhefc ofthefc Qu..dlions. Patriarclu, was a found and conilant fh:kino , Now this praC\ife ofthe Patriarckn is as ne- C aod !o a notable fruit< of their ttut:fnith. F~; ce{fari·c for vs in thcfe dayes,as·c~ctr it was; for J. thry fought a heailcn!y CDY-ntrit : 2. they the caufe why \\'C profit little after much heafought it ih due time; not fora brUnt 1 but cho..: ringofGodsword~ is this: we hauc not beharough th!= whole courfe of their liucs: 3· they ,ued our felucs•·like Pilgrimer and ftrnngtrr in W<fjt the rightway; denying thomftlud '2n'd this world, but the. c4mof thethingsofrhu their efiatein this life,as bccing Hr'!ngers vpoti life haue cboaf(!d it vp, Matth, I>. I 2. that it earth ; and they were willing ro fdrfake all ' could~take no groUnd ,'bo"rfodte inour heart~: ~hings'i~ thisworld ~o auai.t1,h~aUl=, t.lleeming wf1cn. ·w.ebauc heard the word we remember lt st as thcsr trUC' dwelhngpl:tce,and thesr ctctnal not,b€caufe our hearts and tJ'lc affc~Hons thcrrcJl. , of, arc fet on the plcafures and commodities of Nowmoreparticularly, the holy Gbofi di• the w·orld.We th·cre.forc mull !l1akc offthis filuideth this rcafon into two parts, and handlcth thic finne,and !dame to bchaue our fclucs like the fame fcucrally : r. he proouerh that they Pilgri~u ttnd_firang?r!, not i~uangling our fought a Conntrry, in thisvcrfe; and 2. ch:u tfJh· {clue~ with the things of this Iif<•, butvjing Countriewhich they fought, was""'"'" it [c((e, them_Mtpough •wvfcd themnot,fo as they bee D verfc 15.16, Fort'he fidl part, thatthcyfought nohindclaqcc to the growthofGo-ds graces iu aCDHntrey, is thus prooued , , vs. • Thrywhichf<Jtbeyart PilgrinmandJiran• ' For riJ'} th.r f'l fuch thingr ,declare plainely gerr, theyjhewcplain</y that they fef(!a that they foef<!a Countrie. · Countrie: . In the fonncr verfe, was fet downc thcconBnt A6rah11111, lf.rnc, and lacoh fitide •f !lancic of Ahraham, Sarah, l~aac,and laacD/;, tbemfe!Hu, th.at thq were Pilgrimes and in the faith. Now in the r4· 1 ~.and i 6. vcrfes, 8trdnger.r: ' the holy Gbofi proceedcrh to amplifie and Ther•fore th<Jfh•wep!aiw•IJ thatth') foe/,fa .inlarge the commendation of their pcrfeucConntrie. r?ncc in thc.faith: for the f(opc-ofa\I thcfc verThcfirft parr of th;s reafon is cuident in it fcs , is to proouc, that al! thefc p:lrticularly fclft: for he that faith hec is a Pi/grime anda 1 wereAcon/fant·in the fattb vnto tht end. The Pranger in any place, ilicweth plaincly that hec I proote is madeby- o1lc fub!lantiaU reafon; the isforth of his ownc Coumt'ie, and therefore ·furr.mc whereof is tliis : Abr.fb.1m,Sarab, lfcekethonc. The fecond panofthcreaiOn is .c.a~,:._"!_~ lacob.f!!!_ghrfor 1h~ir Countr~ewl~ich afi"umc!d frbm their co~1fe.ffion,in the end ofrhe Kk 4 tonner
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