1 verf. 19 • -,-- the 2.'Chap.qfthe-7\evel. · · . ·. ·- . -~ --;~;:o:=-1 ! nm.rroforgctthcfowork_rr, Amos8.7. Learne A r. Hcethathath mcrcici-fo.'ttiJCpoore,l<miNhili'l 1 1 thcrfore 111 thyparucular calling tO lhcw forth ro.rhe Lord, Prou. t 9.· 1 7· So char vvlo~n the I louc: and unploy thy commodmes,not for rhy poorc come fOr rclccfc> God commtth to borfclfc alone, but for the good ofthofc "'' lth row ofvs fame ofrh~t ''hieh he hath git:cn vs. 1 whom rhou liuefi: herein is loue, and hereby The poorc arc the Lord:i colieCtors, now v1.·hce I !halt thou be knO\t\'l1 to be thefor~:anr of{;'krift, the Lord woUld bortov• of ''S, fh~lJ '' c: tnakc Ioh. I 3. 35· and the childe of GodJTl:anjltucJ dcdi·aU; and fend him empuc aw·ay? Thircllj; from death to life, 1~ loh.3. r4· - tnnfidq that Clnifl hiinfclfC t:omcs m the pc1Thc fccond thit;g for which this church is. 1 fon of the pobrc that is hungric, fickc,nakcd, 1 1 comme'ndcd, iifort!tc~. To omit the diucrs tigor in any want; anti therefore if we would cniflc:ltions ofthe word, ~ere it betokencth a fopc the fc:aetUll fcntcnc~ of condcm~lltion ! workc of loue, whereby a man within the :t~ thC laHday, -1way frum mce )'CC cmfod intd' compaffc of his calling becOmes a fcniam vn.:. um·lafting fire, far I wm an h:mgri~, and )·ee tocucry m:m for that mans good. Read Hebr. g-auc munom~ate, ([,-c. then we mu!l hauC rt6. ro. where this is both commcnded and ga.tdvntothcpoorc,- andillewourbounti~ irr dcfcribcd. Gal. 5. r 3. Doe/erHiceone toanother .. theifrcleefe, whO are our ownc flc01:fo fhall in ioue. r. Cor. r 3. 5. Lou~ foel:..,eth not her I B we make God our dcbtor,and be Cormnendcd o""r.e, !mt mak.£rh her felf~ feruant vntoall,to doe whh this Church by Chrifi himfelfc in ' this themgood. And Chrifls comtnandcment is,Let I \\'orld, and at the day of i'udgcrncm heare that him thtU wouldbe M thtchiefeamongyo1e}be M the· blcO"rd voyce ofhis approbation, CoiiJe ;t b!cp fomant, Lttk, 22,26. Nowthcprincipallparc [ed,Mat,25·J4• ofthis fcruicc is} when a man is rc:rdic with his.. The third vectile for \\hich this Church is goods, accordi~g to his abilitie, to helpc the commcnded, is t'hcir faith; By f~tilh ·here \o\'C poorc} efpecially thofc that be godly, This is a· arc to vnderfland fidclirie;: which is a venue ft·uite oflouc, and therefore it is hcte fet after whereby a mai1 is faithfull toGQd in kccpi1~g it, as alfo in the places before named, Hcb. 6. that vovvtand promife which he made eo him 10. Gal. 5, r 3· in his baptifn1e:'.\ 1 hich wasto_renoUnee and dcThevfo. It were'IO be wilhed that our Church and nie him(clfc,.:~nd wholly to giue vp him(clfe to' people tmght bauc the l1ke pra1fc for thts veracknovvle~gc one God in three perfons; and . ;. tuc. But the nchcr fort fpend then fubth\ncc act.:ordingly to bC'lecue in, tO wodhip..a!'ld oand weolth vpon haukesand hounds,buh,and bey the fame God•all hi,slife long. Jn this fcnfe bearcs, vpon cofrly attire, and banqucting:fo is faith taken of Ptts:l \-vhq1 bee faith, That l.Ttm.J. 1 i. ·35 When thepOOCC that are in need COffiC for l'C- ' a I JOUngerwiiJdown /JaU~ damnation, heceufo they lcife, they hauc nothing to (pare; and if any haue for[<k_tn their firft faith : and in the former thing be giuen,it is drawn as hardly from them Epifllcs ofChrifl vnro thefe Churches;whcre as aribbc out oftheir fidc:Men wtl giue fronk- ·he commands themtobcfaithful!. , ly 10 delight themtclues with plaies and palt were to be wi!hed that our churches at!d Thi il[i,· ftimeS, and fuch like vanities; but the poorc cotigrcgations, might in like fi1anner be camthat be their owne Aelh, may die in the fir.ects mended for their fidelitie tO Cod;bUt that canfor wa'ntof that which men giue to their dogs. not truly be done ofvs gener:~lly. It is a comBut if we rcfpeC\: the commendation ofChrift mon thing for men to fweare by their faith;but Icfus, let vs abandon thcfe Yanitics·which binit is a rare thing to finde a man to keepe his dcr vs in the p~aClife 9f this venue of•forutce I faith; as w!l'! appeare by this lhorr (uruey of for the good of our brcthrcn,And to induce all I our people: For fir£1, the grearc£l part in·all men hereto, let. them coni1der, I. how the placesat·eignorantofGod, ofhisword, and church ofthe ol<l tdbmcnt w~s charged with of their Yovvc in baptifi11c; and alfo voidc of giuing the ~rA: fruitcs oftheir \\'ine, corne,and · care to attainc hereto. Now all thefe are vnoyle; and likel('ife with many facrifices ond cc- D faithful! vnro God. 01hers, though they hauc · remonies which belonged to-the tcfnplc.:Thcfc kno'wkdgc~yet they hauc no loue, nor carC of things indcedc be ccafcd, ~md yet we may not good things,which conccrnc the kingdome of mifpcnd thcfc goods whicJ, hereby arc fparcd; hcaucn, but all their delight is in eating., drinfor in the new te!l:arneut thepoorcare in flcad king, gaming, and in pallimes andplcafurc-s: ofthe altar, and they mull hauc that w.hich the Herein they fpend their time and {hcngth,::md altar had among the lcwes. Againe} ~Ifay 58. thcfc <1lfo hauc denied thcirfirft fiith,and their t8. Hu that powrethforth hU Joule to the htlncafe is dangerous :for ~s yet their bellie and grie, that is)1e that fccing the poorc in mifcry, thcirpleafurc is their God, <!nd their end \\'lll hath the bowells of compaffion rnooucd tobe d:unnation. A third fort are te:umed wife I j wards him, and from his pitiful! heart releemen of the world: but ifwe rcg:n:d theidldt·- ~ .,' ~eth their wants, according to his abilitic,his Jitie to God,there is nothinginth~m; i.hcy.arc , hf]htOlall ncue~be put out, but fl1al fpring out \\'orltiiy pcrfons :md earthly minded, fnch as f. ofthc darkencllc, and his darkendfe flul be as I fpcnd both wit and (hength to get wealth;like IAm.I.:7, the noone d:ty. This is pmc rr.ligiol1 & vndefivnto the mole, 'Nho i:i alv\'aifs in the can h. I lc~l bcforc.God} ~o vifit t~le fathcrlcfl~, and the Thcfc alfo arcvnfaithfull vnroGod, in regard 1 wtddowc 111 thctr a·ducrtnie. Remember this ofthcir vowc iH baptifmc. For <ts they account t ------~----~--------~------~----------------~--~----~~gaincj_ ___ ~. l·
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