I 19o j . . eAn£xpojition "Ppon I --- ~ tionof agood confci•nce, l. Pet. ';. 21, And · A h~th ~<W<.d i1lSfalchlnChrill;forwho!cmeric 'I whc9 a .m~n kctp~th this promifc made · to alone he is fo rewan..ied, And fo mlifttbis and · God,thcn IS he'fai{hfull,and when he brea'keth ' ·all other proinifcs of Jik~'f"ort be vndcdl:bod ·=· ic, he is vnfaichtull. I I. God giucch vmo hi! ·forehe Pa~iHs do foulcly·crrc whcn'thcy"apply 1 childn::J1 ft1any good gifts and graccs,askhowthe pwmlies vmo the, 'AIOrkCs, which arc nl"adc [· ledge, faith , repentance·, and care to keep a . vnro the workers. By this promifc, we all that I good contl:icncc s•Nhid\ he would hauc them hauc made ou1· vow ro God in bap.tilinc, muH in all thingsto'kccpc and prctCruc. Aod therel~arnc to become f~ithfull in ke~ping the fame :~. ,,'ihn.~.!o _: fore Pauibidd'cthTimot!JiC, .1 k.!tpe that tbmg vnto the cndc, It is a flume for a man to bee I w/;ich iJ·Committed t~l'iro him of rmft. ·Now a Vl~fairhfUil vnto men ,much mOre With God. m:tn is 6irl1tUll vmo God, _\..., h·en bee makeeh And the more fearcfutl is this finne·, bccaufe good v(c'of the-gift~ and graces of.G,od, and oncly the faith full f1 1 aU inhertrc ercrnall life ttill prcfCrueth the fame, vfiug.rhcm for Gods Secondly "all fuch as hauc made a £hcvVofcood gloric, -a_nd the good of his owne foille,:md of -~ things heretofore, and now do fi!ffcr-thcfame his brethren: like as wee arc counted faithful! to d~cay,mu{t call f:o mind fron~· whence they 1wirh ~ncn, when \-\'C keep that thing f:tfC whi'h are tallen,, and become fanhfull keepers of the I is comantted vnto vsofuuH. The meaning 1 B gr.accsof God, holdingfalluucrcligion and then of Chnfl: i.s this .: Thou hatl made a progood coufcicnce, and walke conflandv in omifc vmo me in baptiGne, to renounce ti.nne -bediencc:: and then fhalt rhcy haue-thc Crowne 1aqd Sathan, and to kcGp faith and a good conoflife, though not for their dcfcns, but onelv fciencc vmo dco.th;thcrcfOre pcrformc this thy for the merits of Chrifl:. • promlfc:and forcholc giftS which I hauc cornV. 1 · 1 • Let him. that h"th mined oftru_tlvnto thi:c,fee th.ou keepe rhcm " we!!, and vrethem eo my glarie in che good or an eare, hea;e what the ,Shirit thy brethren. . . ' ' r Ag,inllthis precept three forts of men of• foith '}Into the [hutches: hee fend,and be vnf.lichfull vnto God.I.Thofc that h Jh /l becing bat>cizcd, doyet Hnc in ignorance and that OUercommet , tl UOt Yee fccurity,ncucr fecking eo know God,~r :o vnhurt ofthe r;,conddeath. dcrihnd his \.\'ill, no not fo much as tor· their 'I }~ ownc vowc in ba~titiuc ~ although none will . · · Thcfc V.•ords containc the lafi pa.rt of this brag mor~ of fideltcic vnro God, then thefc 'C Epi'fi-Je: namely, the C'?ndufion.Wherein ob· nlcn doe. I I. Thofc that hauc knowledge and fcruc generally, as aHO in the tW? next vcrfcs, vn<lcrfianding in Gods·will, and y~t make no that .Chrifi: repc:ueth the f3me things which he confcience tO Jiue accOrdingly. III.Thofe that fpake before in this and theforme~; chap_ter>yea fora cimc fhewe forth mo.ny- good things, as in thevcrief.1mewords. Thismufi be confidecare to ge: kn·o~''ledgc , and to keep.c faith and red, becaufc it is done by Chrifi, who is the , a good cocdCicncc, but after fuffcr_ themfclues doClo~ofhis Church; whofe example both for to be intaQglcd and drawn away With th<e promatter and manner of teaching mutl bee ou"r lies & pleafurcs ofd1c world,or d• to he·clriucn rule and precept. The like did the Apolllcs;/t backe by uialls: and perCccuti(>n. And of thefe grieHeknot 1'411/towriterhefame thing1; Phil,3· tbtec forts be mofi men gencrillly; \-\'hofe caiC 1. And Peter faith vnro the d1fpcrfcd Church; is fcarcfull and d'an~~rous,·.for they lhall"cl\cr 'That h""i/1 often put them;nmindcofrhefame hauc the crownc,ot lif~·J·,f-they cottunuc thus thingJ hrfore hU departing,wheriti the; had-k!JUW-- vnfaichfull. . !edg.andw.reejlablijhed. Hereby al!Minillers To induce men to fidclitic, Chrifl addeth a of the Gofpcl in thcirmini!lcrie hauewarraat, rnofi forcible rcafon:promlfing thercunro,The D often to teach and repe::tt the f:unc points of erowne of cte-rnalllife. Hence; rhc Papifis· con.:. doctrine, cuen in the fame words. Yea, Gods elude, that Martyrs by fuffering ma~cyrdome, faithfull Mmillcrmayprcach the fame Scnnon doe mcrt'rrhc kingdome of hcaucn; bec.a.ufc it ofcentimes,ifhc doe it not for eafc tohimfdfc, is called acrowne, therefore fay they .it is a rebut for the benchtofche peoplc.And therefore ward. VY.hercun~o I anfwcr t\'1.'0 wayes: I. The: ifany hearer of Gods word fhall ~t any time kingdome of heauen is callefl a. crownc,on~ly ' marke the minifiet· to deliuer the f.tme things in rcfemblance, bccaufc a.s with .men after the often;hc is nor curiouOy eo findc fault with his race is run, they recciue the garbnd;euon f~ afminifiery,for by th:n reafon they may find fault ter-men haue fot~ e:hc the good fight of fauh, with Chri!l, who fcauen times repeateth the and kept a good ~onfciet_lce in this l.ife-,thcn in fame thingsvnto thcfe Churches. the life to come they recemc rhe cro.wn ofgloThis Conclulion hath two parts : a Com-- ry. Foi- rhe keeping of faith and good confcimaundement,and a Promife:Thc words ofthis encc is.not the caufe, but the antecedent o(·ecommaundctm:nt haue becne expounded in I ternalllifC. Secondly, the reward is promifcd the fCaucnth verfc;v-.rith the doCtrines and vfes not to the ntat'tyrdomc, but to the martyr: and thereof; yet here is to bee obfcrucd .,.,·h:tt the yet not tOr his !Ufferings, but bccaufc hec is a tilirir commendcth thus ferion!ly to our hca1~ Chrift, nnd by (uffcring. dcath ring.The·thjngs arethrce,whichwerchandlcd in ver[.zx,
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