cvf nexpojition1lfO---;;--- - - -~--- \ vaf.~ 1, ; ' 11/!!JlS of. God ti':tY be fCJuccd by fal_fc.. t.e.~--1 A -!- ! p--:-1-:-1- - , · -~--- • .. • OHit, IC meJncs '' ltrcby01c fonl:: •t l c:hcrs. To the hrtl fomc anf"·.·cr, that 6od ~- r. d h ' d ·· to .c u·ce t cm, \·.as v; rarP:r.g rhem tQ cc,m 71 .ir I y.·ou!d ham: allmcntobchis-fcmantsJ, and for .fcw~ncation~ar:dto~at~ things J~lCrificcd 10 Jdo/.r. i hisvan dod1 -:tll chi_ngs nc:cdcfuiJ vmo all mc,n, ·j Vo/hcrcby 1r 1s pl:tme?,fl 1 c \\ 35 a f:mourcr ofthe lg,makc them h1s fcru.anrs; rcdccmingthc:;~n,--, 1 fcC.:"tofrhc NicholJic:~ns;whcrcofcmrcatic ,_,, 35 ~ "!lld giuing the.: m(utiicicnt grace hereunto; y~t ma(k in the fuurncenth vcdC. And thus much fo;pc arc not his i.(Ttlants, bccaufc they themfOr the rcproofc: of 1 hc: Church. (clues wii not,~u~ "'"ilfully rcicCthis gracctha~. _ If d f1. 1 is otfcrcd vnc'o them. But this dochit1c is a~ .,,'Y~ .. lli lVI n j gaue IJtr g3ini\ COilll-llOtl r.coion, ond dotil IDUCh dcro- /}'Pace to YetJent her oJher f(;rgatC from the gluric of God: f01; ,hcrcby they [ :1 It . <uakc cuery mo11 "" Etr.pcrour,aud God an vnnicati011, and jhee retJented j dcrling fubieC.t vnm man; {hey make Gods I j gooJ p!cafurc to dcptnd vpon m~ns plcafurc• not. 1and the Jccepting of his grace to depend on Here Chrill: rcprooucd this woman for hrr {•mans ...,,.,JI. Bm God is the fir~ cautc of all B obilinacieand hordndfoofhe:uc, whereby jh~ !. things, he will oncrrulc mans will: and therewent on in finne without repentance. Byfpaa for.c it 1s abfurq to J3y, tOme men arc not Gods tortpmt, we arc to vnderfb.nd,libcnic to Jiuc: fcruams bccaufe ~.hey thcmfclucc will not.The for though byher finnes fhee -dcfer.urd prefent I 1truc_caufc here;of is Gods good plcafurc, de.. death, temporlll ::tnd cternall; yet Godof his ! Cj:ing fomc,an~Q tl}cy_ alone become.his feruants mer~le gaue her libcrtic to liu~, that fhc might i 1 b~C34(C hclmh chofen them, But God pid ne-. repent, . i ucr dlUfc d me.n firfl to gracc,:md then toglo.. . Inhcrcx:unplcwt:. :u-c t:\ught ,,,hat to iudge . 1 Th:v[t. • Ao!l.JHS· · 1ric: and tll~rcf0rc -3S Lu'-.$ filith, a fo ~11) M ofrhat fpaceof time "''hich God giucth vs to ;were,.o1·daine?d to cuerlajling life, 6e!ecued. So liuc in this world: no.mely., thatit is a timeof ·. 1;wc ,may fay: Jo many as arl· elcClcd of God to rcpcnt:u\cc: for before a man be bouu:,and :~.f ... 1·gr:!ce and faluation,they becemc his fcruams. ttr this life, can none repent : but the time \'\"C' 'I' I I I \. I· ,I i ·- ..,T}lc ICcond qtJef.lion. Vv'hcthcr may Gods now Iiuc, or hauc liued,or f11allliue,is the one... i fSt'~"'" be lcduccJ by falfc Prophm? Anfw, ly tin>c ,allotred for repentance. ThiS point ! ~l!f.rc be l'v\'0 tOns off~ru:mtsofG0d:fcruants. ought [c(·ioufly to be eon!idcred of all cfi:ates, ' in appcar<lnce,and (<:plants intrmh.Scru~ms in for ic doth plaindy rebuke the lh3m~fulJ pra... ::appearance., arc fuc.~ :IS omwardly onely cm.. C\ifi of m:my at this day, who lead no.t their ·! brace the o..•.-ord,alld rccc,iu th-.· fc~Ics ofGods C lifea~ :1 tim_eof rcpcntancr,but fpend it.wholly ) couen:mt :. an~ the grcatcH pal·t of plrticular in another courfc: fome. in fo1lowing thtir i t ,c!n.n:.chc!:i arc (l,lch feruants.Now thefc: may fall vaine plcafi.1rcs, :~:s cardiug,dici1~g, &.c.tOme in ~way, :md that wh~lly: andhcnccjt cornmcth he:tpi~g vp riches,feckingnothingbut tempo... I~~?t whole particular Churches may fall away, rail profits:others in good fcllo"!ltip, (as they j b§:fll~·.rhc Chur~h of Gahaia,and many other: cal it)that is, in company keeping, :n carirg & . il!>~,\1\<;fc arc calls;_<]. fcruams, bequ(c we muft drinking. God in iu!licc might hbue cut olf j ?tj c~pritie judge, ~l~?t all which ma"c profcffi.... thefc tnt'11 fo foone as they were borne,and y~t i bn of true~. rdigio,n in Gods Church, are the in rncrcie he ("tiues them time to,rcpcnt,to fome I 1 fcruants of God. But the rr~c fcruants o(God, tWenty ,to~nhers thirtic, fortie, or fifty Y,ear~cs: 1 tho1 gh th~y m~y.be fcducc~l in par~, and for :J but they abufc this mcrcielofGod,~nd ia fiecd I tij1~~; yet they .can n~.ither "''holly 1,nor finally , of repenting imploy thcmfclucs m fitch w.orks fal,l J.,w:~y: for the~ promifc of (hrifl is to the . as arc contrary thereunto ... Their cnfc:: is,mofl b Mauh.I6. comrary , b 'Thou art Percr.andvpon_tht~. rock;,_ fearcfulJ, they ncafurevp to thcrnfCJues v.·::nrh J8, that i~_, the faith ,.,·hieh thou profcfldt, will/. againfl thed:tyofwr:nh,and declaration ofthe : huild,.,my ChurciJ .- and rhe.{atc: of /,!1 Jha/1 not . iu!t iudgcmcnt of God: Jikc vmo a man that i 'P«If~jf;;againft it. WIJi~h 13(! word ( prmaifc) D oucryday forfomc ccminctimc,carrieth.a fag, I I d~lfi~~c,th, t~:}t tl;re dcuill ~ulJ ~cw~ great J got for his pwneburning in t~~end. ~ . . :maliCe and flrcngth tovanqm01•thcu fanh, but Secondly, from this end of hfc, alJ th:Jt hau~ t t IYFJrfu:Jll ncuer wh,P,"llyoucrcomc it. And ~at. not repented, mufi lcarnc not ro deferrctheir I : . 1 ' IQ. 1 ;Q-J ~ye,arc. t:lu~l~t. to pr:~y~ L_Md~; notmto repentance, but now bcgfnne while it is called . tCj?fp"t..z.,~io;o.. To lead Into rcmptattot~, IS v.:l~olly to d3y, and in the cxercife thereof f})end the I ! t~.J~e; ouct~c_omc in tempt~tion,whi<;h beem~~a whole time of their life, The ende of all our , 1 Iaw{l11 pctltton,rtmH needs hauc Godspronute endcuours while \Vr.e liue, lhould be this, to l ! to oraunr the fame belonging vnto it. And get a roorne in the kingdome of God, which j thc~cf(;rc though Satltan may :Jffay to oucrwec:lnneuerhau~without repent:.\Oce. . ; L"0~11c the child ofGod, yer hce {hall neuer get Next confider,who it is that giues this time , I fin~ Ivid:oric oucr him: for trU\ taith puri~eth of rcpcnt<~:nce:neith<:r'man nor Angel ha~h ~his j' the he,:".rt , and c:mnor Hand with a purpolc to d:ne in his hands, but the power ofappomung ! cotninucinanyonc finne: thcfe two banifl1 itbelongsvmoChnil:~lone. ; j each ochn, finne brings 1 h~ (hi id ofGod vpon Herchy then ai perfons whatfocuerarctobe . l l~~!~c~;but rruc f2ith doth r:"tifc him ''Pagah1 admonifhed, without delay to repent. The ---~· young I------'- ---------- -------~----------------!...:..:..-'-"--
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