--------~-------------~---- ----· ·- . ~ ,_ ·. the 2. Chap.o/ tbe 'R.,evel, i :..\ / 9 - - - --------- ----- - -·'--~--- l-"--· on apart ofthe praC1ife ofrepentance; bycon- !A i unh 0 ut hi.i coimnaun.!ctr.cm_sfor diut:sCl~d ... :.t u ition weemuHvndcrHanJ rcn1oric of confl'i~ 1 ' Some th::n they 1t1a:ybeepr:1&~tfcd; nnd od;c1·~ , encc ~or. f:nnc_; which i:) no grace o~ it fclfc, to rJke fr,)m men all cxco_fc Jn_d-.ci! dii0bcdt. 1 1 I rhougn tt may be an occaflon thereto 111 <?ods CtH Co Tht:~s he commaun~~d P~;:-;·~:oh.w !et d:t· i Irlc:tt:. A third abu(e is , that they prcfcnbe l p~ople goc: that by nts dttobcdicncc lm l f confcffion cfall:! mans finncs v.nto mcn;whi~h ~~can migl~r be t:'orc h~rdcn~d1.an.d G ~d mote l 1isa gibbet for any mmH confcJcncc; \\·herem wllly mamfc:Hhtsglbnc 111 hts <tdtHttlam. So rhcv require IilO re then God doth. Afourth a~ he comm:mdcd !fl'J' ro goe :one! preach vr;to rbobu(c j:;: that they require f.·uisfatlion tb Gods peop!c rnot for th'eir conuerflon, bm to .. b!md ·' rt~.?.;, inHicc by n~an.o; good worke!; whereby they o... rhcit eyn, and to ba,.dtm rhei;·f:trlrtJ, Antl {i.) he ~! ucrthrow fadsfa8:ion by Chrifi, and c.xaCt that comrnaunds the rcprcb"Jte eo rc:pcnt; bm nci- l of;ncn which n~nc is able to pcrforme. Wee thcr directly , as hc Co:h his childrcLJ, in '' hon1 therefore murl rcicCt their ~,-,·ickcd doCtrine, hce intends thepraCHic of rcpentnnc(" ; bm by brouohtbyrhe dcuill inwGods Church, and confc<]UCnt , bcqlllfc thcy lwc:unong !·;~ chi!- I imbr~cc that fauing repcmance \\'hich !landcth drcn : nor yf:t \-\ i t h ~ntC Dt they O)ouid obey, :'• in true hut11iliationand reformation. B but rather w harCcn rhcm , and to make rhcm I I I. Point. Who is iuhat commandcth rC.;; incxcuf.&blc, hccaufc ofrhCir finnes. 1\nd Lhcrt penticc vnto his Chur~h: name!y,Ic(us Chrifi. fOre in.r!1~11l his commaNdtmcr:.t ca1::\0t import !' Many, notoncly Paprfis buc Protdbnts , gaany :~brlltlcto obey. · thervpon this and fuch like comtnandemcms, 1V. Point, \Vho be comfn~nded tO rrpem? l' That Clod O'jucth to euery man fuffi.c1cnt grace namely, Th~ Chi1rch of Epht[m, lhatis, the mi.: to repent if he will: For cls (fay they)hdhould ni ner with th_e whole bodie of the Church . . but mockc rhem, in bidding them repem:conThis m:ly fccmc firange, rhat hcc ffiould eom..: I fidcrinO' that y.Yithouthis grace it is as impotlitn:lnd them eo repent, fceingth'cy had alrendic • blc fot ~ny man to repent, as for a man to rife repented at chcir conuedion.Herc therfnre "C and walkc that is faH bound hand and foo.rc. mufi learne that thcr·cbee two degrees in the .An[w. This colleCti-on is ynfonnd: For the practifc ofrepcnc:mcc: Firfi, rhe bcgi1ining of · I t~anifefiation v.hcrcof, J Will firfi lay downe rep~ntlllCC: Secondly, the_ tcnewmg of the ' r . the "rounds ofthe true an(\\·er; and then apply fame, And in rhefc two contiftcth the vd10!C f rhe fame, F~rfi,rhis commandcmcnt toRcp(nr, llatc ofa Chriflian mans life. He nmlt begin to I is not giucn to eucry man, but onel~ to. the repent \\'hen hcc is rcceiue~ to mcrcic : het Church of God, or·to that people whtch ts ~o mufirencw that repem7•1CC tnr his daie!y ofbe a Church : and God giueth itto them for C fences. , n· this ende,that bee may gather among them his If God thereforehaue giuen vs grlc; t6 re- The v(e; 1 elect. In Gods Church there bee two forts of pent, we mull not comc.·m our felues With that I men; EleCt, andReprobate; both which arc go9d beginning, but adde more repentance mingled in this life. Nowwhen .the.commaut_lda~ly vnto ir. For noman liucth rh~t h~th re0 clement to h(fattt and rrpent, ts gtuen out m ccwed grace to rcpcm,but he fecth ·m htmfdfe Gods Church, it is direCtedproperly to the ccontirinua1 caufc ofrenewing the fame,by reJ- . leCl; and to the other whom God hath refufed fon of hb dJiJ}"falls and wams; fqr euerie finne oncly by confequent,becauiC they arc tliinglcd dccayeth grace, which m1~H bee repaired by :1 with the clc8:. Againc, thcfc commandemcnts newe praClife of rcpcnranc{'. This dutie mull: bee giucn to the eleCt fort\o"O caufcs. I. To necdcs beepral!tifcd. It is the mofi dangerous reach them, not ·~·hat they are able todoe of cafe that can be for any m2n to lie in fi(lcc, for themfclues; but what theyought to dee. I I. finncmakes an,anliable ro all gods iudgnu:nts. To be an outward mcanes·tobring them to reAnd it is not1fo much the aCt offinne, as th~ pent and bclceue. For with the commaundclying m finne that bringcrh damr.ati6, For this mcmChrifi is prefcnt by his fpirit to wor~e in caurcP~ru/1. Cot. 5. 20. fpelking to thofe that the de a grace to repent and belccue, Ph1l. 1. D were reconciled to God, cloth fiillmolt crrr1 2. Work! out )'M Y [aluation infoare 4ndtrnnncfllyb~fuch thnn to IN rtconci!ed1.mto him,f."Iyhliwg: rendring this n:afon.in the next words, ing,Webffuch;On m ChrdlsJhatl,tU thoughGod For God wor'<!th m ; ou hoth the will tmd the did/;~fo(chyotlthrough v.t, thaty ee bee reconciled deed. In the Churdl-therc be fomc reprobates to God: Inrending thereby to prouoke them to who h:mc the fame commandement giucn vnthe da:Jy renewing of their repentance, that to them; but tOr other vfcs; as I. To keep them I thereby they might get a more: full afiUranccof in outward order. I I. To teach them their their reconciliation. · ownc impotencie. I I I. and principally, that , V.Poiu.t, For what mufl they rcpem?namly, God inhis iufiice may make them voideof all I for tbedqcay of'th(il'iolte: not for the want rhercxcufc at the latl: day. From hence Ianfwcr of , but for that theyfuffcrcd_irto waxclcfthus: This propoGtion is not true, tO\\'it, lf fer 1 borh towards God on_d his word, :wd God commarmd mm to repent, then hugiuetb towards their brethren. The fame thing is ipol them grace torepcnt,vnlcffc it be thuSqualifie<l; lcn to vs daily in their mi"ni!lcri"e of the word: I ~- btttGod commaundthcm tortpmt ,forthk-c~td, thatwhtrea'iOU1' fidllouc is ~one, m:tny ha: that th(ymay praUifc repemltna . For God g~.g fallen from it;mJ 1noeh:Iuing_:10n~all, . w: I I f
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