tbe 1.Chap.oj the'Rpur/, ------~--~~~. ar1d 1fthc:f hauercpcntcd; to renc.w tile J~une A- mnch ofthC_C0ri1rii:tndemei1t. daily,and do itmore:th:ufo God& iucigctuenU ,. ·To him 'fhit ou~rconimnh will! giiit ro;,,,~· both priuate and c0'mmon mayb< aul:)ydeJ.We 5frhc trecoJ lifo, which u i~ rhtrmddcft of rht therefore mull hereby be mctouc:d tO !'Cardi in.. P•,t'r.zdifl of God. Thcte words c.bnt:iinc the fC1 to our owne waics,tO·fin~·omvur own tinncsi c:o·nd part ofthis conclufion, eo \\·i 1 t, :1 ntofi eX.: and to ccSntldcr ofGods iudgcthem~ -thc:reby c~llcm pro·miiC: wherein confld~r t'¥\0 poinc1. deferued,that bytr"Ut repentance wcmayrurn8 FtrH, to \\'honi it is made: SCt'bnd!y; \\hat ig Vnto.God, and.fo <>fcapc his ftctttfull iuJgcprolnifcd. Forthe firll.Th< proiniiC IS ma,d~to' menu. ~ ~· ·. . ·: · . . ~ h'im that cHircomm~rh: Thatis; tO hirh thai:-i;1 ·Further,theft Word;,wh~tttlif]iHtJI](tttiJ?JnJJ Rghtiilg;>pr'cu3ilCth :~gainfi aH the fpiritua!l c:·i to rhc'churChtJ,<iOfftlirie-twd rea(urts tdmooue 0!-'rhiCs'bf his falU~nion; finnc;Sat::m, hell.) ilnd tuery,m~n.to he<J~c)l. Sctatff~ thf.y~tt tpoktH ~?n9e~natl~~-Tbcrc beth~~ ~hin-gs ~c9tli6t: by the fptr!t, that;, lhe holy Gho!l'.N.b.!cal1fc to hf3kc a man 2blc to oucrc<1mc rli£-ic cnc-, they'ate dot fpoken to one 111an; tirGff_ed 1uf'eh I m~cs.Firfi,he mullbt borne ar:cw ih Chrifi, Of alone,liutto all Chur.~ll<s.F6rthe fidlH• hia)l water, and oftli<'fpiric,x . Ioh. 5. 4• .Hcc rhnr ft be deolatidcd tceiti'gGhtif> fp~k;.<licll:wordsl I B lt~rnt.of.God~ilcrc~mmi/B rhc w~rld; (? b~ ge" How can tt be (atde thanhe fpmc fpcakelh nclat1on he IS freed frornthc l:ior.dagc othdl; •hem? Aii/ Both t1,.)"Rand : firil,: beC.ufc all dbtli,finnc,and Satan.Scc6iiBiy;hc mlt!l hauc the eu·twatd :1aionsof.any ~tfbd it{Trinide true faHh,Dy V(ituCwhercofhC mufi Ocny and ar{co!btHoh'td thCie.fl'~:8uff6tC2cb ilfC Chtirclr tC!,~Ounc'c birhfdfe, :1nd be Wll:qfdCutr he ts ni is all bittward atliori of Chrill; aii~ itli'ercf6'(c ihc"dcaili; jhlllldh; and 6b~a·i.en~< of ChriiL it agteeth·•o tlfe father, and to rh~ Hoiy0li61t; Therefore S.J.hn f.,ith itrthe fa,ri.<"platc: Th:i As;wlien the Fathe-t tttated tllihgS h1',tt'tt be... iJ ihe vJtforirrdhi.ch t'ltcrCo7n1ti'tth rhe world 1 e~ ginrting .·the (otitiC31fo'tr:t3tcd, and the ho~t. li!fiydurfAirh. For..whch anlaq Is In C2hrift, by ·ohoil created tpeffi. So llere wlfefi'lhHoM<i file){ he is madc'parrakCr of't:l"t!f lMvit;foly teaclieth, the Hthtt itaclli.eth, and- tllfholy ,1pclh the cro!fc, :i(Jd by it r~ttiu'cth powerrd' GhCHlr~aCherp: F~ as,the· thrce·~ed'ons :~re fi!l)du" his o"'''"~ c~'rruptiCfbS; ~th~ ·wot\d, :md oncih'n:iture,fo rim!l'ihcj lle ioyned ln all ch:ttHe dcuill. Thirdly, hcc thar woufd oucrcorr.e . ward'3£ti6nS. Sec~ndly, ·Chrin laith·tlie'fpirit rbb1t kccpc faith} th3t is, iruc reHgioti·, ·:md :1' fpe~keth, bccaufe hoc now fitting:itt~c right goo·d con(cicnc:'c; llanduig·O'tit in life &·death hand of the Father, ~o!hnottcaci] hischurch I I :igainfl all aducrf.,ric power wha!fo·cucf.: . _ in bodily prdcncc, b.ut by his fpiri~, which afI n this, that life ciJcrlafHng is proitiifed i6 i Tbevfl: 1 terhjsaf<enfidnhtfcri't tdoe their cdnfonc~ C . thchHhat ouercom~.Fii~,we dltfcruc,t~arrh<OJI ~· ;~nd inllruetor•.' \ . · '. · . do<!liin'c of vnitleHall gta«,atlihningthittthc Here th'cln abferuet~at the hcll~t!tdll't}c~.) promlf<s ofth'e'Gofpc! for Iife,ati'd raHiar[on;• keth to the Charch i\1 S<tipture.Thc: ch~rchof belong to all ana:euery mat1 'vn:itfo'cu<i, vn" Rome appo1ncsa iud~c!ofpcake vtiio n'"ii iri ltffc he wHI rciechllcni, is a dcuicc of man< i .mattcl's 6(ttij'1tr6ucdle; which !s $e~hur'ch~ brai~e. For life (tc_mall is JlOt prom,i'J~d eo eye--' I' becaufc ( fay ..tliey) aiudgc mull fpeakc,: and ry in:ln as h'c is a nian comritlng of .Jidimi;' but Chrillisabfcntfrotnhis'ChiltCh::it;~ ili< word i~ a mat1a. he is in Chri(l byfairh'; and a licw · is a dumb'eletter,arld caniiot fp<alie:Thcrefore ct'tatuid. The pr<>l)lifcs of the Gofpcl bevnrthe thurch n\ull nce?•b'~ iu~ge. But tliey etre ue'rfall indecde t~ all that ouerco'nic:but that Is' If gro!fc!y: The churcn•cailnot be iudgt.Iiil but apropertic whi·ch reflraines thc?nr wholly to1 Chrllts'niini!ler to putitf,e'xccutioitthatWliidl truebclccucrs. Secondly,hcicby we arc tangl!c' I he cominaridctli. Cl\rlfl·.thttcfore muff !\cc· fo to hue, rhoc we may fay rruly in the tdlimoIu·dge VlitO his chil(Ct't·l>y Scripture, 'which is nic of agoodconfcience,wc hauc ouerc·ome :1} i tt6t"a d~mo·c iu~~.c;.f~~tnc:~rcid.h!s fpit 1 h~peak-. o_Ur fpiritualf C~em!cs, arld doC_.'~minu-~lly i,.. etli p·Jamly and filf!lctctftly far thc·rHolumg of fland conqucroors oucrthcm. ThiS ts amatter 1: any poidtltl conrroilcifi<, ih:it is rle(tftfull in' Dj of.,tJld!Cifc ioy and c'oi11fort, wliich will ehcere Gods· c~mr"ch,..- . . ' . : t dtc' foUlc in great diflrdfC. But to Jiur and lie ~ , fhcfccdnd reatonlo 3ttcnticinls; becanfc! l in· finne,isoi \~illbcahell ro tlie confcicncc. ll tbefcthillgi are fpohri to all Churi:Ae:r.Wlicr~ I whal aila11c the ircaturcsand honours of thts 'wc'fc·e tha't th]ng's fpi>licn io 6ntch'u_r?B igrct! I ! \vo'rld 10 any mon, while hi•cdn(cicncc 111311 i to all, From whcn·ce \\1 C'tn~ftlearnc'tPu. fP,Ccitell hith He"is ri \'afb·IJ t"O Gone and Sann? for all dutic in relidtng and llearitlg'Gdd~ ~bly I wliile ne conritiudh in that efi,eo, he i• out of word; namely,to read :!nd heare wiih i!jipnc'a: l thcfauour of Cod, an.d hath no part or porri- ! tio·n. We ritU'It not rdl i'n afl.burilhiiig K'n1 6'wdtfiti the kin'~domc of heaucn. Therefore it · ledge ofthe ftotie,but apply cucry precept and' ila'ndCih vs vpon to labour to fcelc in our hearr I ,I Cxamplc"vmo our felucs. Jfit bean cX:anprt of the <Crtcn cuidencc of the vi8oric ouer ourl ~.crm·~,~vc tnufi apply i't t'o ou.r felucs"f6r irilit:t- (piriwall et'lcn1ics)bY. the !Urc rcHimonie ofthe I ~1oli; tflt be atl'cxampfc of VICC:, '"''c mull::ipply · fpirit of grace ,lt to our fe.lue_s to rnoouc vs to cfchewand 3dTllc ft:cond pOin,t is the th~ngpromi[cd,ro uoid che Hk'c.ForCod \.\•ould Haue all to fc:irnc \\'ir, life cucrl:illing, notedby this gift, To cttlt! that which hcc:fpc3keth Vntoonc:. AndtfHIS o.'th'etrc~of!ifc. A~t fs fct o~by _ \.:CC 2 t WO
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