tbe 'J..Cht~p.if the'Rpuel. \'";'?;··' ; ------------~. I Iooc ac; well tow:uds God as m<~n,to ldl'cn and A that the linncs \Vhich arc ripped Vp bJ the l:iv-'' !I Gimini(h? and that this i$ fo, our·confcienccs may be curedby thC Cofpd. Th'is is Chrills wiil ull vs, if we lookc to that Iouc :wd ;r.ca[e manner of preaching in rh is placf', ..,, hofc prawc had at ourfirfi calling:and though we baue t1rfe is 3 moH .wonhy platfotmc fOr :lll his minot felt thi_s decay,yct we mull know we be in nificrs : for we hauc no warrant at this day ro I danger of _it continually. And therefore we preach the la;Yb;ucly,whi'ch oncly m~kdh ~he mull: take heed chat we fuffer not our good wound,without the gofpcl Wha:h alom: d1cwaffc8ions in religion todirninifl1. \ Vater that eth the rcmedie. ! hath bccnconce hot, will afrertvard be moft This remcdic' here prefcribcd is of f'pcci>ll / cold, and frcefc the bardcfl:cucn fo, w~cn our vfe, :md wonhy bur cOJdidcratJoi1 :generally, hearts hauc b'eenc once heated with ~rhc fire by ic \\;e hauc direction tO anfwtr tO n~~G n<t-~ 1 ofthe Lords Altar, as true .Jooe; and other ccff::~ry qudlions of praCHre, which often fall graces ofthe ipirit, ifwe !'uft"'cr them to decay, oUt in the life of man.~irH,a man is cffc?ua!Jy we {hatl become more frozen ·in iniquitic then called to profeffe the Goijltl, and yet alter h1s any others. The hav·ikc while n)·C·iS q11ickc [(j conuerfiO'n, either through the corruption of take her prey, isfct vpon the hand of Kings&: his nature, or tby the tcrtlpt~tion of the dl·~ill nobles, but iflhewaxc v1cakc and die, {he is :s arid the world, tilleth into finne :'lgaint: what caftof to the dunghill. Euen fo we while we mull this man docfOrhis rccouedc? An{.l-lrr arc hot and chccrcfu!l in loue towards God mHft rrmcmhn-wlienahuisfa!lm,andrrprntof .and his Church, we arc carried· as it were on thofoiJisjlnnn,nnddo h,~ firft workJ. The fc:cond Gods owne hand: bur ifwe faint and decay in qudlion is this: A man rhat hath all his fife Iou!, we fhaU be ca!l: lower then if we had nelong liucd in ignorance and fin ne, is noWfouuer beene fo exalted. ThisloueofGod in vs is chcd in confdeuce fOr his1ooft life; how fha:ll like a little flame of fire, for the maintaining this matt cfcape tht Wrath ofGod 1 and become whereofwemu!ldocthrcethings: Fit!ltakc rcconcile'dvmohim? AnfHrc muf> fidl r<" heedeof all manner of6nnc, which qucncherh member whence hcc is fallm by Adams fin ne, Ioue and other graces of the fpirit, ~s water and byhisowne tranfgr~ffions: Secondly, hec: quenchet!> fire.ln the old tc!lamcm the prie!ls mull repent ofhis 6nnc:Thitdly, endcauotlt to kept fire burningvpon thca.ltar day and night, I dotthefirfl workes, whcrrro he his bound ~Y to be alwaies readie to facrifice vnto the the: law of cr~tion, and fa iliall he cfcapc thC Lord: and fomufl wekecpeaflameofloue wmh ofGod, and be rcceiucd into hislouc 'and other graces cominualJy burning in our C and f::tuour. · · · · hearts, that thencewemay off(r vp acceptable · I.uparticuptt'; thi's rtmedic h::tth tl1ree pa~·rs·: I facrific~s of praifc and thankfgiuing vnto the The firfl, Remffl1b.r n>hence tho1;1arrfalleo:The Lord.Secondly, weemuflflir vp the gifts af fecond, A ndrepent: The thirc:l; A nd doe tby grace thaurein vs, its Paulfaithto'Timothie, ftrjf n>ork:fs:Thefc words following, Or elfd 2.Tim. 1.6. vGngacomp::trtfon fromthCfirc, Will come ~tgain'ftrhu,&c. arc a rcafonofthis which burnctl> niorc bright and clcare when it remt'dic to per!\,·ode them to doe the duties is flirted vp.Lallly, we mufi cxercifcour fclucs prefctibed. · . in the duti(s ofpictie_, as faith, repentance, For the firft', R~memlter whr11ci thou· art loue, and fuchlikc :·andfo fhalltheynotdcf•llm; The wordsboarc this frnfc; Examine · cay. And thus much for the 6rtrte of this thyfelferhronghly; andfceinrhy felfcthcde: Church, '.. cay of thy formedoue : and then ponder the V. <t• t"De.·.m· emher there•-h_o.re i>mc in thy heart.feriouOy anJ throughly'.f.lere ' .l.~ }-'-~ Ckri'tl inioyncthtohisChurchtwo duties. I•. -h th t F: fl d Examination;whc)'tby·fucc mufi defccgd.into w . ence ou ~r I a u:n. , an his owne he•rr,and fcarch out her ownc WOllts TC'fCiJt, anddue thyforflWorl.s: "o cfpeciallyrhcwan•ofherlouctoGod, to his '\: word, and' to her brethren. 1 I. C(Jnfidcration, ,or elfe l wiOcome t~gt~injl thee whcrcb)' fheemun ofren thinke of rh& hor jhort/y, and wiU remooue thy ~~~m, and lay toe (ame ro hor heart vnfaineddl J1' [,, · ·' ,{"1. • 1 T hi·s eourfe which Chritl taketh with this cap Ct•ICn,! Out OJ Otl ftaCCi1XChurch, teacHerh vsfirfl ,that it is a danger•ous CetJt thou amend. tning tot· >ny pcrfon in Gods Church not ·to . £. be atquainted thrbughly with liis owne dl:at'e, Our Sauiour Chrifi the faithfu11 Phyfition tliat fo he m:..y fcarchout his ownc '"'·:mts, and of our l'oulcs, hauing lharpely trebukcd thi~ dcepcly confider of the fame. For this very Church,doth here prcfcribe vnto them a.foucthiug lcrcmi~ bl::~med the people m his rime, ratsne rcmc:~ie againnthcir finnc: ofd·ecay i.n that no man (aid with him('clfe, awhAt hatu I arcr.S'.G. l"ouc.Fromwhence wemay learnc-,that the"f:aw donc.,AndChritllaycth this fin ne to the charge> wherby-finne is rcptooucd is tobe ta·ughti,hut ofthe people of the old \1'orld, that tb~y were with this qualification, that withall the do:.. ignorant of their eflatc, b·They·k._newe nothing b. 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