__., ~---------thn..Chap. oft~e ~vel. i 179 i"'etf.6. 1 !___ ' - ---,, pric!h;bur he ;.,ottld· not depart from rhe !ins 1 , A · r~bich I aij. doe hare. This Chtill addcth t<1 i of Jeroboam. And lud.M tlo doubt ha-d many ~lco.uragc thcrn to goc forward in the vcrt~e l l o-ood oirts while hcc "'':IS with Chrifi, bm hrs · for wh_ich he cornmenJed thcrn,in hating cuJll ~nde ~as mo!t fcarcfull: And t~1_is Ch~rch had workcs! fo).· what could r'nore prouokcrhcm t<1 1 many good 1hings ill ht·r; yet IS n1e Ill d::tUil"- Zc:Jlc and conflancic thdcin, d1cn tO know , I "<r ofbccin•' cut oif from Chrill:And fo iuany th"c.y did that which·Chrilt ·hirnfelie did I Ana i ~nongvs h•~c cxccl\enc gifts. fome for know ..• · here we fee, '· that Chrifl: would -hauc eucry lcdoe fOmc for mcrcic and concc:uu1g ofpr111:.. member of b:is Clmrch to' be like: mindedj and er t 31 ;d yet for all tl~cfc they t;t.ay be cu~tpff like affeCtedvntohim,:is htl 'Ai;tsm:m. We muH from ChritL Therrtorc we muft not content loue thofe things which Chrifi loueth, and our fclu~w1th thcfc,butlabour fdr the princihate thofe things 1 Nhich Chrift hateth,rcioyc.e pall,-..vhich is true; hcarti.c,and vnfaincd repen... wherein Chrifi reioyccth,and mourn for thoJe ranee,which we mu(l: dally renew for our con... things for which Chri!l mourned. And grr1lt: tinuall falls. And this \>\I ill kccpe vs in Gods farcafon it !hould be fo: for we profeffc ot:r uonr,and from his iudgemcms. felucs to be members of Chrill, bone ofhiS More particularly Chrift here Corflmendeth bonc,andflclh ofhis tldh,forout ofhis blood this Church, for hating the a rDitrJofrhe Ntco- B fprung the ChurCh: and there mull be confcm lairanJ. Whereby he \"Wuld teach vs our dutie · ~md conformitic betwcenc: the head and tile ifwe be Chrillians;narnely,to take knowledge I members. 0!5Jf. If Chrill hated thefe wicked of the finn cs and crrours of our times, aod to men, why did he futfcr them~to- Hue, and not hare the fame vnfaincdly. Ye[ nore, bee corhtOt them off.from troubling his Ch•1rch? Anf. mcndctb them for hating rheirworl/p;not.rhcif Bec·mCc hereby hec v...ould manifCfl his louc w· perfonJ: giuing vs dirrC~ion how to temper our his Church, anl:i his iufHcc vpon :hewicked:· hatred in the world. Wo mull let it againlt the . for he can bring light·out of"darkendfc, and ftnne, not againfi the pcrfon of any man.Somc good not orieJy out ofgpod)but Out ofcu.ill. will iay, the Prophmprayed againfl the per- ,,., Ions of the wicked. AndDauidprofdfcd ha. V. 7• Let him thnt hath .an tred ofthe men, Pial. qg, 21. Doe n"otl hate h b b · thernthathatethec!Anf.Dauidwasan extra- , eare ~ . CtZYC :»1 at t C .fPirit ordinarie Prophet, and had no doubt this re• ' ' faz"tb .,, t th c·r. · l , n– uealcd vntohirn, that thole his enemies were j' ..,n 0 C f.JUYC 'JCS • L 0 obllin~tc, and would not rerent. Againe, im- C htm.that OUCYi:Omltleth tpj£{;t; precauons of the Prophets m Scnpturc, mufi • ~ · J be vnder!lood as propheciesofGodsiu"dge grue tO eate q{the t'reeof./{e nlent to come vpon tho(e againH whomCthcy h• . · h • . .J '. . 'h' ~ prayed. Burwcwhichwanrtharextraord!naD tCh ·tJ .tn t C mtduefl if t e' riefpirit, mufi kcepe our [clues toourordi...: difi .;l"q J ... ··' '· naridule:Hatetbefinnes;andloue the perpara I C'!J 0 • ·. , . fons. Thcfe words eoncainerh~ i!ondilfion ofthi• Further, obferuc the Vl•orkcs here -hated: Epifllc: the fcope whereof,; 'Ifs to excite this namty, Idolanie,and Adultcrie,whJch arc10yChurch to the more·c~refull performance o·f ned together in rhelc N'icolaitans. Adultcrie is the duties before prefcnbed~ ':fhis concltifion the puni11lmCr1t ofidolatrie; and Idola:trie the hath two pans: ·a·cemmandemcnt, and-a•prO-. punifhment of Adultcrie. Spirituall Ad.ulterie mifC. The cOmiTiandement in·the beginning is punifhed wi'th bodily adulterie. This wail ofthcvcrfe;Lcthimthathathttncare;bfart'What verified in th~ olde Iewes; when they fell n tbe fpirit faithvnto the Churchu. In· thiS comw1l0ring after !lrange gods, God gauethcm m:mdement note threepoints,l. whoarecom.- vp ro vnclcanc !nil. And iris palpable in the D mandcd, Thofewhichhaueearcs. 11.. The du. Church of Rome: they bceing fallen to idolatic commanded, They m11ft heare. I 11. What tric,docabound in all vn.clc~nncffc : for they thcymullheare,namcly}'rhatthejpirtrfairhv,.;. ' telcratc Stcwcs for form cation: and adulrc· to rheCh«rclies. · · · ·· · rie and Sodomic arc common among them. I. Po1nt. Th~panics comrnand~d.ate thu.t Againe, fundrie mC"n may here be well adfet forth~ Helr~hichharhan ettre: who thCfC be, monilhed, who will be ofno rdigion.becaufe Chrill doth more fully expound, Marh. IJ·.g; there arc many fi:tfs and fchHines among the when hee faith, Let him tharhath ttitem·eto profeifors thereof. Thefc men !hould confiluare,heare. Where he rnakcth rhis difiiriClion der, That in the befi Churches pJanrcd by the ofhcarcrs; that fame are deafc hearers, ·fome Apofiks, there "''erC fe8:s and hercfies,cucn iri hearing hearers. The·dcafe hearers -arC' 'th6fC thc.Apoftlcs times, as herein Ephefus, And thatbringwith them tothcminificric of the therefore no m:uucll, if there be fcth and \VorJ their outward ,cares ot1ely, but their fchifincs among ys at this day. This offence hearts arc not affeCted with it:n'cithcr doe they 010uld not mooue any to diOike the Gofpcl, care eo learne, to bele.eue, or obey, tliac which but rather eau le them more firmely to clc:me· is t:lught them.The hearing he3rers areaU fuch· · vnto the truth. ~~de their bodily cares, hauc·cares pier_ r Cec 1 '· ctd ~--·-~ 1
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