bf ,.--1 c.~=;~ .. ~ .. ~.,, ~:.::.~:~:·~:::~=L.; ... ,.,.~~.~.,:J!ti · 1 we tayj •:rhingl'rot;IJmott.rtft n~r~r~lJh~e d.me; I willnot rarrit·,'Hcb.:o.37~ ·" · . · . ·· 1 ! it muHbe vnderftoo4 o1 ~_,cccffitiC :n pan, and Thus much:for thcmanetofrhihC".tlt:::ttlvnJ not abtOiurc; for iu thcmlducs they_bee clian= i now follow thc'Inilrumults v\·b'crbv the Lbrd · gcablc and cormn§Cnt ;and ncc~fi~ric oncly 1 dorh cb·1lvaic tltc fJ,m: vmd r.,s .Chi,·~dr;"'' lddt : in regard of Gods ·ilcdcc appomtlng them is t'hclif[ argumcr.r·whcrcbo;.hecis dcfcl;ibcd; which is vnchangcable: ~ti ~-cgard whcr~of all in the le word.s,rFhich hefo;'~ and fhrwcd b/lii/; j things ro come arc nctcflanc.Ar!d ye~ w~may 1 AntTt! to hi1fer1Mnt lohn. 'Ai·hct'c t\.\'l;) pdU'ftS' I nvt rhinkc, th:~t ~he vn~Ch::tngcablc~lcs·ot gods m!'!)l be obt'CrOedJ firfi thC tCl:km.of ~:brifi; decree doth ~akc aW'i'<.Y frcedomc .from'mans \vh}eh is the gr~tth~ cf thei.rimp,oyl·1ltOt ... :·rea.: will 1 it onely inclines the flmc ro onep~tt:and I cortdly,chc pcrlons lmrloytd therein as h1:. ln- . fo diip~fctb, ,;h!\r man D1ould frccly·~'';H...thac firumems. For the tirH: Chriftfcqt m:djherN:d I eo be v\·hich Gocl eternally haeh decreed. . rhis Re1ee/ario~. This ·:1Cliop 0~ Chrifris nocec~ r Tl;~ fecond thing wh~reby 'he O)'(tt<:r o( bythdiOiyGhollfortWO fp~ciall c.ules:fil'llr ehis book is ict out vn~o v·s,is thccircumH:ancc: ttJrfhew that S.lohit did not pen and publiflj{l oftime when thci<.:.chingstmufi be d(ffif:sShor}- B rliis bookc rafh1Y, but by calli:tlg and \varrJnt~. 1;, mutl be wc~lo~ic~ucd:~nQ ho~,o,{o~~~r, (ome from Chrift.This tcachech vs v\•hat inufi beout·! thinos foretold were not to be done :tll many behaflioi.ir in all our aCtions v{·h:ltfOeuer wee / hundred years aftcr,.,'.:hich !p:Icc of[i1;1c 111i~ghc t:tkC in h:uid: we muillooke \vc 11-;~ue warr3nt I fccmc very tpng, yet in t\o~o req>elh it'is but fn?mGod for the dOing ofthefalne, byvertu~ lhon. FirH, in regard of God, t8 wbom4 rho~- ofour calHng, and without thi_s ~cmould nOr· . fandJMYtl t~rek~r M ~ne d-1)~~.Pec. ~ :8.Scconadare toemcrpl'ife :1rty thing., 'f'·.-o.· · ly, in rcg:1rd Of 1T1CII, tO"whomc a hundred or Ifthis dutic"-yl.'~tc pratl.itCd:Lchcre W6idd bl. two huu~rcd yc1rcs fccnlc but a {hort ~hnc• Morc-confc.icnC'c.Oftile Cerui~e and wC!!:01ip o( when once they b'ce:\pired, thogh b~fo"rc they, <;Jod, a1id more.fufi ~~aBng·v.1ith men, the~~ · ·f fccmcd long; · thc\·e isin the aftail~s ofthis fife}<'. - · ,,, This ciwlmllance oftime is let dowikfor . ~~etondly,d•i\ :i~Eon of Chith 19 noted t?f: I two c:Iuf'C:s. Fitll:to ccrr\fie all earnall aild,r;;.lfe... gc'fmorc;reuercnl accept:incC, and~tcacer :~u.s lctfc men:for this book f.Jretellcth iudgn1ei1ts, fhoriticto rhis bbekc; for V..Oich i'aufc alio i ! plagues, and de!huC.t:ion for tHe cnemits of -1 was"'fcnt by art A1igeWif ::iil i-lrthl}' PtincC ~ j;Gods Church, which tnu(~ qioft~y_c:ome vpon lbould '"''rite his Idler-tohis ft1bied',-and wich:. .. :'them; \Vhich is aching worrhic"..our£ardilil C allfcpd it by-one'o'fhisguard-,no-do:Ubt thC· 1 conlideniti'on in this ii!cure age of the wor!dt fubi'eCtwould recciue it moll:-1-euerentJy. Be... whereinmen blctfc themfelucs mJhcirfirmo, .hold !his bookc' is th·e Epiatc:.nil kric~ of Ie~ without,fcarc of Gcidsil•dgenl~nt~_; ' ani!·· f•y fu.s Chrilt, fent by his-Ahgdt'for\he b'eneiitof, they fhall' haue peace, though they walkc afect• Hi•!=hurch. What rc1pencc thcreforc,-an'doc..c the tlub90'rnthcffc of t~cir' dwnc lieart-s; pt'1c.:. certt~tion ought {hi$ to find? furdy athOUfand" ring farr.c from th~r(Hhc cuill day:faying,fp:<rc fold m'prc with euery oflc, then'the Vl'ritibg or thy !~lfc;this thing fllall list come Vnt~ thee, any ca):thly PriliCC whatfoc~eti " .. ~ But !hall the Lyon roaro; aoo thc·b.alls 'nof Thdrccond poili~to bl:ob'ferucd,i• ihope~l' ,trcmbl~?yet the ~ord chrc:ltncth hisiudghTCt.S:r fons V\ hoin Chritl imploycth aboUtt<hisRc'llt!~ ,but n1en\,l1Jn6t repc·m:·ytcll, !et vscont!der la'tion, and they be rwo. Anho!y An!;el,and S~ ' 1thiswhe1her we be yoimg <it old,high or low, lohn.Fdr the firfr;lt !lath pleaf;d God In oll 'a\L\ I th3tCods·iu(igelncnt's':lrc~fhortly to eome:~ geS r'ovfc the miniflcrie of Angels, :ls a ti1ca:ni }~t this bC'a·tnotiuc fo ralfi!'.vS Out ofthe flerp'c". ':"hereby he would conuaythc knov\·lfdge efr ofJlnno;and offccuriti,.That whlch P.r.r faid ni,S \vtll vmohis Chur~h.The la~'i.ll riwunr Si- , I . offal!e tc:fc~ers•, ·isalfo tr.". e of a~! itnpcnifen< I) ""was gJUcn wMofos by the muullcne of a~f finncr,, vaikff< thcy,prcucm the lame bylpccl Angel, A&.7.J8. Gal.~.l9•AiidDa!'i<lreed" die and vi1faiocd~r.epcnt~hce: TIJe1r iudg{»~'int .ocd the expolicio:n ~ffundri~dr.camei and.Yi~ tongaxotunotfm·eoff,~nd~heird•rimitiin'JI?•~ 1 ·fi~.<i>-byanAngcl,DAn.S. 19:anl1 9 . zr> 3ircl ' lfeth»ot-,--2,pet:2.)• :: ... t :.. '· ~ r '" - ~ ·ro.f4~ :\ndthcfc~cnVifiO!H\\'hich(i.Ont:linC I l ·l· Secon~. ty{tliis cirttfrf)A:an!e of.tfrruf~ruedi tHerttlb 1 qaticc ofthis-book~, were fncwed id. I grdt!y~3·loi'nforr the ftr~ant~of Chntr-·,<aM John by an holy &igel. Butl1ere we mu!halic . :rofi~rniflHhrin wid1 :I'll patience,a;,~d fongfu·if· l h«d<', tbat we 'doe,riodikc ihe P•pi1t. grou11(l ! faring vn<tct:Ony ~~duerfitt~v 4oJr.dnift:ffc-~h1tt I hereupon the inuofJ:t~dn of Angd$ _, bccaufe' 1 41'1ay.befa1l\llein·in ·b~dic ot mitlde, erbe:th. chc.ylb{ a~ out vs,ahd bringyoro"Vs~ partlcubr' I~~ccdc)1pany arc br~ugl~t tQiQ'lpnti~n<:-'b_·;na , 1ndfagcs from the Lord: tor before we may d•(\fut1.by?fllit!ions':ind·cretf~: ll'tit·thN~ild prav"V'nto rhcm, we nihil· h:iue from Clod :i "'()f God tn;fut'h' a'cafc mu(l oaUHi n1inde \t~~t I p:~riiCuklr toffim:mc.ic:nlHit fa todoe, :Jnd a1fd the botyrGholt hath here fe1·downe·i'OllYer- ~'pttirhifCt~·Qc he:;~rd.in that wceaSKe, or cl(e ning the preph:dlcs o£ithis~~;whkh fdr~tel 'our-pbycr is·not offalth:· bl1t the\Vho~cSCl"ip1 dcliucranc~tOr Gods Cllfun:t\in atid for~cu~l·y \ture f!. ffdrds ro \vord.· ofCO!nmaund,or promife mcmhe(ther'c'Of: namcly,Irb,,-t.~h~y"msif/f!J~r~ f0t':my fu~h :1CTiof1;and therefore we c:mnor I.J':!J!r~rtg~~J!p_a~:J~f4vtrielitt!c_w!;iltjt:·lr~.h~ doj·t~vithoudltn'l~> • 1 A • • 1 . . - V11 The.. .
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