cui (ommenta~ie-vp-o-;;--- -- 1 ~"""' ~ th~mto b:s ownc confciencc, & by faith m1kc A hlling. ThdC t~wo pcrions,ljaacand lfm:ul, ~ ::-.~~~- j the.: m his ownc? Men commotlly arc like vnto 1 arcTy_pcs oft~clc two ~ons ofp<:oplc v..:homc ' way-faring men ,or tr:wcllcrs on the fc:l , that J God cloth clec~, ~r~d reJc~t: l(attc rcprcfcmcth p3(fc by tl)3llY goodly fairc buildit'gs , rich tho(c thar uc cnoitn to Jaluatlon \\ho become t()\1\'tlcs, and lf1:mJS; \-.·hich,\dlen they behold, ~be true rn:mbcrs ofGods ChurJh; and If mat! . they admire, and wonc!cr :J.t, :l.nd 10 goe their ts a type ot thofc th:~t arc rcicCtcd. }'; 0 .. ,·.in re- : '"'ay, without makinE purchafc of:my ofthem. g:trd ofthis different <1ealingofGod 'Ni~h m5.- ' And thus dcJlc the mcll men '(\"ith Gods merkindc, cbuling !Om~, ~nd rdi.tfing othns, wee cifu1\ promifcs, In the mit~illcii<.: of the word, , mull: all put in pra~b[e Saint Pctenlc!Ton wirh God hie:; open vnto thcrnhis nch wercics,and J 1f~:u~c and tr~t:nbling, bceing vcric carefull, and boumifull prom tiCs .~n Chrifl ; :tnd men <:~p- 1 Jgmmg ~l!dt!t[.CJtCe tomaft.!our cleEfio11 fwre. 2. proouc thereof, and 11kc them well~ '-'Yhcreup1Pctcr,r .10. tor, all be notdcCl:cd to falu::ttion, on many doe wiljwgly :1pply thcmfelucs to l but fame arc reictled : dl beenot !fa~cJ, but kno\\'c the fame ; but for all this, they will not l fomc arc I[11Mtfttct. If:lll\o\'en· clcded & ~,·horcaiue them hyJaah, :lnd fo apply them to their I fen to faluatiou,thca nO man.necdcd to care for ov.:nc fou]es. j B , ic:~ut fceing fom~ a~e rcicC1cd,& ncucr\'ouchBut •....-c n;u!l: take~better courfc; and ... ,·hen fa fed to come wahm the couenant indeede : we hcarc _of the protmfcs of God made vmo vs therefore it llandeth vs greatly in hand to take in Chrill ~ we1~mfi not co.menr our felucs with the good counfcll ofthe .ApoHie,and rogilleaii abare knqwlcd,g'e of them , but labour to bedi!tgence to makJ ourele£lion[Hre. lccuc rhem and·apply themvnro our [clues , to Secondly, V\'hcreas it is fa id, Not in Ifmae!!, our ioules, and ~onfciences:& fo by faith make but in Jfoccfha/1 thyfade bucallcd _- ·w_ee may thcmourownc, AsH 1sfa1d of Abraham, and note the flare of Gods Church in this world,in in him, ofalllhe faithful!; The biejfing~( A6raregard of the different forts of meo th3t liuc ham c4meon the Genti!et, thorough IefH4 Chriff, therein. For Abrahams fz.milic was Gods that we might rueiuethe promife of the lfirit ,tho-' Church in thofe dayes, and therrinwere both rough f•irh .- Gal.J. I4lfaac, andlfmael; though both his children, Further obferue , the holy Ghofl femth yet farre differing in cibre before God. lftnae/ down that particular promife which god made indeedc \'\'as borne in the Church, and there to...A6'1'aham, in· his fonnc !fl:ac: To whome it brought v-p, taught, and circumcifed; but yet WM[aide ;i,t.lfotU{ba!lt~yfoedc fu• cttlled, Ge:n, hee was without tht Coucn<lnt in Gods fight: i 1 .1 2.Rom.9 7· Inwhichpl::o.cc,.s it is faid,that Now lfaac... \'asnot onely borne, a,nd brought in 1 lfaacJi.'ou!dh'il{etde6c cai!Cd•. The mc<lning vp in the Church,and circumcifed, buralfore- _whcrc:ofris plain>3.n'd thus much in effcCt.:Ifma- C ceiucd into the Couenant; and herein differed elfhallnot bahy fon•-.nd'luir., lmt lfoac u the farre from lfmael' for he isthe fonnc of Abra- ·childewhichjhll!!6eerhJ heire; hee it i!, in whom ham., in whome Godwill continue the Couef.>v/llaccomplifo thepromifcs of lifeandfobwion nant of grace vnto life cucrlafling,to his pollem4de to thee~ . · ritie.And fo it is with Gods church at thii day: 'From the Wt>rd~ thu~ ~~pbneil, firfl wee in it there be two forts ofmen; one, which are mu!t ob (erue Paufs colleafon-g'~hcrcd from baptized and brought vp in the Church, hearc G ods dealing with.~hofc two pcrfons(Rom.9. the ·word and rccciuethc Sacraments; ;hut yet -1· )-namely , that G od bcfortall worlds hath arc not faucd, becaufc they hauenot the prof:.hbofcn fomc. nicn to filu~tion in his erernall mife ofche couenant effeCtu-ally rooted io their }!o:Unfell>to'manifefl: the oloric ofhis gracc;and hearts. The other fort arc they, which bccing ·hath rtfufed and rcicCte3 ot~C'r$ '·lcauing them bapti7~ed in the Chmch, hcare the wqrd cffc- : ,viuo thcmfcluei,rc:ihew forth hisiuHicc vpon C\ually, and rcceiuc the Lords fupperwonhir•'them. n ' ~ • ly, tothcirfaluarion; bccaufcGod dorh cl~aThis doChit,e is gathered out of this place, bJi01 his Couenant in rhcir hc:~.rts. Th'is dd}c- .aftcrthis mann.tr-: Stl(h as is Gods.pra61i!f and rencc is plainc in Scripture, in the par3blc9 of :.dC:aling toward~ tn~n, intim~: ~ fuch was his c- D 1 thedraw-net, (Matth. r) .~ofrhc Sower, and rtc_rn;Ul counfclbn~ decree (foi· as God before ofthe tarcs;as olfo by Chrills behauiour at the all·rime dctcrmilled to deale With men, fo in lall: iudg~mem, (Matth:25.31~) feuering the . time he~ de:.lethwirh rhcm.) No\tt Gods pra- {hcepc from the goates,both which, liuf rogeClilbnd dealing .with !faac and !fmulis this; thcr·in the Church. And by Saint PaH!, who , !{mar! isvouchfofcd to bee made partaker of [peaking ofthofe which ore b.,rn and brou~ht temporallhleffings; b.ut yC't h~ 1s cut off from vp m the Church, f.11 th ; that fome arecht!at·en .rhe fpidniall coucn3nt of gra·cc , and lfrMc is of tiJe Jlefb, and fome cf?i!dren of the prom;fr, themarith:urnufl .rccciue die Coucnant, and Rom.9.8. - ·~ b~Venue t.herofbe made partaker of Hfc cuerThis being_ fo, that cucry one whic? li~cs in h-fiiilg•. Aqd fo a.c:cordillgl~ ids wi~h others; the Chlf'l'cb, t.S not of rbe Chm·ch; that IS", JS 11ot Cp&hath deCrcCd to chufe lome men to faiuaa true member of the Church, and the true t!OriHlDd t:h:cfe 3readmitted in~o theCol1C'l15t; childe ofAbrabam: it muff make vs all careful, o1hcrs h.r hath decreed to rcict'"t, and they arc tovfc all holy meancs, whereby wee may bee I cut off 'fr0m the Couenant aod from life eucrfully a!fured thatthe Coucnant of grace bel ' -Ion~-·
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