I i~·trf16. ,.-- thel..Chap• of the. 'Rpuel. fv,·ord eo kecPc himfr6 ooin": & when his cies .] A j For this c:1ufdlnnc in Snip~ure.is called rcbt>l.l. were ;pcn.ed, that hef~~ th:'angc~ 0Jthc-Jord 1 ljon,and c.~cry.fi~1ncr i~ a rcb.db.gainH <?ad: A with!laud him in tbadort;hc fell down & adoJc:J.refull thmg 1t JS to hauc G;nd tor an cncmtc: red the Angcl,for it W3! the Lord: yc:c becaufe &: yet this is the condition,flot oncly of11tch as he ccafed not from his V\'ii.cked couctoufilC!s,but 1 du.i neucrrt_"e.penc;, but of ~ll thofc th:lt hold the "'J.uehad.,cOunfel agalnH the Iti-3ditcs,..,.hen h« name ofGhnfi inprotCffrm1, & ycc continue in ~o~tid not curfe chC to cauiC: thC to ilnnc:thcreany one fin, ,,·ichout r~nuing their repentance. fore he was nain with the edge of thcJword,aT:hi-:, aliO inufl: i'Cruc to induce cuery o1at1 that N11tt1b. 31 a: moog the M.idi.,nitCs by .the IJhildrCn'bf'.IIi-ad. hath·not repcntcd,now to begin:& ifthey,ha~Jc Eucn' ( 0 Chriil dealcth with the Ntcholait~os, bcgii, to rep&morc.daily rcnuing the (3mc for I becaufe they.goon in their bad coiifcl,pcr!wa- _tl!m daily flips,& ~o fo>ll they be the friend, of ding the lawfuh~cso_fcaungrhmss facn~ced t~ Chn_tl,as ~ Ab;·,t_ha wtU,& as l~Js:dtfctp!es we:re. Idols,&. al{o"oftotnrntion;_thcrlorc.~rit he 'Nil !hud:y ,111 tbcfc t .. vo thrctnulgs ~hnflllH~:vs 'fight againfi'thewith~be !word q(nrs mouth! htmfclfc_ to be thcttuc doC\·or ofbtS<hurch:lor the mini fiery ofhis word,therby to rcdaJm the he wtll hght aga1nfl tbcfcNtcolanans,whcn as from their wicked waies; iftt be potlible; but.if ~ he will oncly come vnte his church. Where tFo that will nooferue, he will ihl fight again!\ rh<', B feehediuidetb his word ~tighq.whcrein conli~ and with the (atne fword ddhoy them for euer, :lterh the principal wifedomc ofauue Propher, Th1 vft. Firft,heremlrkc,Ch~Hlfaithnot,! wil •kil the, 1 giuing c6fo:-ts to whorh comtOn bclongctb,& but fight aaainft th€; for he intended ftor:atthc threarning iudg~inents to whom iudgemCm is firfl to deA:~oy thcfc Nicolattis,but his purpofe due;& making difference ofiudgeme-msaccor· was to-\vithdraw thcm.fr6 their wickcd:waics; ' din'S to chc: !late of the pcrfons againft whomei yet fo,as afterward if theywould no_t bercclai... ' they are chrcatncd.For the he-auy iudgemC.ts 0~ med by his-word, be would therewith defiroy Codmull not ?e threa:ned agamfi all pcrfons, the. Wherin we may behold the cxccedmgpabut agamll the rmpenttct.And bccaufe there be ~ tience ofChrH.llefus toward lewd.&: gricllous degrees of iudgcmcnrs,temporlll,and eternal; linncrs,r~ac,maint~iped thf l~wful~cs of~dolatherefore temporall iudgme:ms·m~lHec thrcatttic: & fornication ,8.: gauc thcfc1ucs thertunto. •ncd to thofc to whom they bclong,:mP eternal . a Gcn.6.J· So_r/1; L 1 or4 1 ittfPirit ftrDue ~ith rh, oM ?!'_or{d,a~4 I judgements dcnotmc:d ag3i1~fi- ~hofc to whom 1 JP.aredtiJmruo.yeamto wirhJrdWoh•m~ >hey belong; obfcrurng the crrcumflanccs of theirwick.!#<JfohJ thepreachmg•JN•e.Sf_>.)i~ctim<, place, and pcrfons, according to Chrifls b8at.•.s.uf. wife ,h_ e·fparGd-the Anuno'nitcs b ti~l ~beirJ!nne~ C example in this place auJ t lfwherc. So Iikcwi~c' wpe tl}f;? ro.littfull; and;the Egyptrans alip, far the benefits ofthe gofpclnrc not to be propou~ many~~ycares, t_ho~ug?~hey were mofi crud~d to cueric per_fon hand. oucr head With·o·at el-perf'«ui()ts ofhtS dwnepcop!e,And thougH d>ifcre;Ke, but wrth reflrarnt to fome oncly ;as t.he I,~w~~~~Q'l_()ft malitioufiy crucified the Lor4 Gods Prophets haue done. It is ofien a great oflife\ yeth'ti;fpared the fifty years,beforc he cut offence in the Church,wben the benefits ofthe the~fl:.fro beingapeople.Yea,dailycxpcricnc~ Gofpclare propounded,to all,& the thrcarning teacheth~ ts·this his long fuffrins:we mayhcare ofthe law denounced again(l al-, without limi" mP,It:.bl~todl< &,b!\Ier qa11Jes fro blafphei)Jers, tation or-refirainr.Thccoditions rhcrfo!c ofr<> whereby they daily crucifi~ Chrifi with their pentane<,& impenirccy,offaith & vnbelccfc,& tongues:n" like may bc.faidofthe adulrcrm, alfo the degrees of1hc all,nrull carefuly be ob- & all cruell perfons,&yet he forbears the fame; ferucd in the difpcnfetion ofthe Jaw & gofpcll, ' yea, in our owne felucs we daily tall of this his . Fourtbly,rhe end ofChrifis fighting mu!! be patle:nc:e;forfo fooneas 'Ne were borne,wedeconfidercd: for the firfi he intends to re~Iaim-e {crucd to be caftinto hell, and yet in merde ht them from their euill wayes,but ifth~y wil not l \ vbuchfaftth vnto vs, to fometwcntic:, to fame D be rcl.'lai:lJrd,thcn to caufe th~ fame w?rdtObe: thirtic,and to fome moe years,for a time ofr~- an occal1on oftheir deeper c6dcmnauon. This pentanc:c;when as eueryday he might in iufiice mull be dccp.dy weighed of vsall, who hauf condtn\~_vs.Thisthcrforcmull ~dm_onifh vs in had hy_gods graCe for m:myye3rs thcplcnt'ifnl j 1be feart·ofGod,noiiO abufe thrs hrs long fu(. prcachwg of thcGofpel, by which God hath.J fcring'any 16ger,but now·whilcthc day ofmercontinually rebuked& checked the finnes that 1 cie Jafl~(lll~to·humb!courfclu.es and turnc vnro be among vs,as ignor3nce, blafphcniy,& filrhi!. I himby true repc:.ntance. Tl.lc.fc arc th: daycs of lnes,cru~lty,a.nd all iniquities \~'h:nfocuer,& thC 1 1 grace; b(lt how hmg they W1lllaft, God oncly .fame th1ng the Lord yet contlllliCsto doe vnrl:> knoweth:for when death ·once comcs,hc: !hews v.,•.V'Ve therefore mufi think, that all tl:.is wh'ilc nomorcmercic.Theold "''orld bccaufc: they :tthe lord is fightingagain(l vs:\~·hCignotance-1~ ~~-Pcr.3,1.?~ bufcd the long fuffcring ofGodcwa~deftro_,red, rcproouc:d ·in·the minift·cry ofthe word.tlmtg.., ani:lar~now inhcllmprifo'nfor it , 3S Peter teachnor3nt pcrfon mufi thinkc the lord is fighting · cth: and •huloubtcdly the fame pri(6 t;·d be our -an2inH him,& foal A[hei!ls,blafphcmcrs,adul~ poni6,if \\'C take the Ca1TI"C courfe tha~ ..(hcy did. t~rcrs, ·oppreffars>& crucll perfons, when their I Sccon_dly, i!1 this threa'tning ..,,.c may obfcruc, 1 finncs arC"rcproo~lcd,thcy muH: lm·o....ve that [he ,{f.l'lM.-:.J. c Ioh.1j-t$. Ithat alllfrcpctant ~nner:h:1~1c God for their cLord (bnd~ faceto.facc a~ainfi themwith the \ I n~~,to fight ag:nnH: the·with a draw~ fword. fword o~~ts mouth~ fcck1nS, !O rcclaimc them 7-------------------------------------------~E~c.e_4'~~~~--- -· -· fio~"-'~--~-
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