eAnexpojition "ppon I vcr[., 9. ; t:?Jine godlinclfejo_gvld is their God,at~d they : A perfwafion our of Gods word, th:ltrhc things --- 1 lay to the ~,·edge ot gold'· Thou ~~r n1y confi- 1 ~c doe arc approoued of God; for wh:1.t[oe 1 '/er 1 dcnce.Sccmg then ail thci: be vnf:llthfull_vmo , u not offaith, i 5 jinnc, Secondly,loue isncccfGod, "'\mull be :i_~l.nlomO,ed lO _remember I faric in cucry good workc we go~ about, For "'~l:lt we .1auc pronntcd 111 our bapt_di_:nc: And_ faith.":orlzyrh hy "me. Gal. 5 .6. Hence the .ApoWHh:!.lll!3uc carc_to pc_rfonnc the -!=m\_t :~s we Hie hah. 1. Cor. 1 ~· 3.Ifa man/hou!dgiue /;i 1 tcnd_cr rnc: f;:zlu:mon of_our foules. For 1fV\'C _be /Jodie to hcelmrr.ed, •tnd 6eftorve all hU.~oocls iN vnf:mhfull, as _Pa:~/ fa1d of the younger w1d.. a!mcs vpon thepoore: Jet if hu did 1101 rheft in dowcs,;km:nauon bcl_?ngs ~nto v~. . loue J it would nor pleafo Ged. Thin1ly, fcruicc Th~ tour_th.vertue tor :.vJl"·~ thts Ch~rch IS toman is required in our goor! ·workcS, This CO!~lmcndciJ, tsptlli~m:e. Q, dus l home fpoken mu~be carefully marked: for the end of mans , l>c.t~>rc vcrf.2.Hcrc. oncly ~~~te,tlpt it is ioyn.cd life i~~n his c:1lhng to fcruc man. and by rhat to l ""''ltl~ forte tomm,wtthfid~!Jt~e t:~ God, ~nd wtth fcn~e ·GQd. Col. 3• 24. Seruams mull. obey fomtce hat.h to ~od ~wa men m.. ~he drtlte of loueo thc:tr maA:crs, .and in their pcrfOns doe feruicc Wllereb~ Chufl:: would fignllie that no good vnto Chrift• .And that which is rherc fpokcn thing can he done by o.ny !llan, without patioffcruams mufi be referred to the works of c- ~nce:Loue i~ ~lo lo.uc wirhou.r paticncc:neithct· ueryman in hi~ calling:theynmfi be don for the ts fatth any ia1th \\'Jthout patience: for \'\'hen a 1 B good ofnJcn,fo as God may be fcrucd in thc:m. man loueth another,fur his l6uc he fhall feme... Th:s ouc:rrhrows the foolifh co11ccir ofthc Pa.. time rcceiuc h'ltrcd. Now vnldfc he haucpati... pifis,which think that themoft c:xcclenrworks encc to bearc that h:urcd,his louc \~·il furccafc. of all are falling, pilgrimagc:,wc:~ring ofrough And ~o 1f a m:lnhaue care to be f:mhfull vmo attire, and whipping ofthctr bodies:Fo.r good God,111 the world h~ !hal be furc to hatle much workcs mufl be done in faith and loue, to becontempt: fo that vnldfe he hauepatic11cc to nefit men, either in foulc or bodic:: hut thc:fc bearc the ilme,his faithfUlncs ~,·il faile:Patimce v·:orkcs of theirs are not done in faith,ndther bringeth fortJJ e.\·pcrience, a11d o:perience hofe, doe: they profit the doocrs nor any orhc:rs: FaRam. 5·4· and 15o4o No contfort.ofthe Scnp... fling hath it place, yet it is no good workc:,bu~ ::urcs,nor hope \Nithom patiencc:oAnd thcrfore a thmg i~1iffercm in it fclfColaHly) patience is in the par:1ble ofthe fowcr, The goodground .1 necdfaric in euc:ry good wot"ke,d1at mC'n faint hriugcthforth frHit ·with patieifce: though a man not in doing th:u which is good: for they that hauc nc:ucr fo good gifts, yet without patience doe any good thing,fuall be furc ofmany crofhc cannot put them in praCHfc. This t.hcreforc fcs, partly from men, and partly fromS:uhan, we mull: ioynewith all the 'good graces wee as alfo byGodsprouidcncc. No~when thefc hauc: as Peter counfclleth vs·, 2. Pet. I. 6. befall a man in \oYe}.doing, without patience \1\o"hcn am::m is in temptation, and apprchen... C th<'ywill lhyhisprocc:cdir.g:Atld thcrfore it is deth the wcath of God, which is the ford! truely faid; That rhrgood grosmdhringnhforth thing rhat can he, without patiencehe will defmitwirbparimce. . fpairc: Without patience a man \\·ill be wc:uy Thcfe bccing rhc venues that make a worke Thtvfo. of wel~doing, but in duties to God and man, ncceptableto God: we mufi labour in cucry a- ~nd to his O\\ ne foulc.Hence the ApcHlc fahh, Clion of our lawfull calling whatfocuc.r it be:, y~e bttHt nc(d6 nf paticnct, Hcb,10.39• to praEtife the famr in faith, loue, f~ruice, and .Andt!J]workfso HcreChriil repcacc:th his pa.tie.JJ.ce. Weemufinot tie gooJ workcs togencrall conuncnd:lt.ion ofthis Church, ._.,·hich church matter~oncly,as hearing the word,and we muftnotthinkc to be done in vainc, but giuin.g almes; but thepraChfc ofany worke of hereby he would let vs fcc,how cxc.ceding.wcl a m<1nslawfull caJling, be it ncucr fo bafe,with he flid approoue oftheir works.The C'lufe w~y thefc venues is a good workc, ~nd :~;pprooued hcc liked them fo -wcll, \Vas chcir,cncrcafe in of God in it kin<l, as well as rbe befl worke wel-doing: whereof we lhall intrc:at afterrhat is: not forrhc workc it fclfc, but bec3ufc I ward. therein doth appcare faith, Jouc, feruice, and Chrifi rcpeateth his approb4tion of their D paticncc:aod bec~ufc this church fo pcrfo.rmcd ·works after fome worthy venues, to Jl1ew \'11their works, thcttorc cloth Goddoublch1s apto vs what things are required in the Going of probation. ~my ~·orkc that lhall be accept:lble to God; Thelallvertuefor which this church is cornNamely, thcfc tOurct~iugs,faitl~,loue,f~ruic.e, mended,is incrcafe in gedlines,in thefe words and p:nicncc:. F:1ith IS neccffane, bccaufe tn And tbftt thtJ nre mo~ 111 rhe !aft then llt the wcl~doi1 1g a manmu!ltcfiific his fidclirie to .firjloThechurchofEphefiJswasbcforcrrproo... God which he J11all befi doe, if firfi he !came ucd for decay and lolfe of the graces of God: out ~fthc vwrd whether God haue commaubut this church did growcand increafcin graded that worke'to be donc.or not, that fo hec ces, :md therefore arc her works more 3pproo.. may be fure to doe or not to doe t)lat.which ued, rhen rhc work_esofany other Church. 0 God willhauehim: for it is not f6ffictent to It were tobcwJ{hcd,tbatourcongregau- Tluvfo. j' haue a good intcm in the doi~gofourworke!i, ons might beco~mende~ for their increafe in as is commonly thoughr,though flHly; but our godlincffe, in fa~th,obedt:ncc,and other good workcs muH be done in faith th3t is in afurc works· but rhat cannot 111fi!Y- be done, for ---- ' ' , tile Tlwvfe.
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