··- -------·· ! n>f.z6. 1---- b P(al.uJ. .. c 2.King.13. 'I· 4 Matt.6.:o chat there is no true fcarc of God, but that which is raugh.t by Cods co.mmaundemcms; and the !ikc m::.ybe C1id of all o.thcronr obedi– ence. This rule oucrthrowcth ~ll other rcli ~ions bctides the true rcli<Tion , as of the Iew~:;;, Tut-kes, and Papifis:fo~almoH lll their works arc-ofmem invc:ming, and were ncu~r or(lai– ncd byChrift: fuch are mofi poims in Popcr¥, as (aying of MdfC', going on pilgrimage, ta– iling~, vowing, :.1nci praying to Samcs, &c. 1 Thirdly, whereas bee faith, m; wor't:..Es, mc:~.ning not one. or two , but all his worl;:es ; ..,,·cc lcarnc that true obedJcnce.confiftcth it' doing all the work:s ofChrifi:ForChritt3nd the dcuill wil ncuerparc lb.kes,God muH either hauc all our workcs or non~ : And thereforeDtfuid [3ith,/ft>ailnot 6u confounded, becaufe b I ha"' rejpetfvnto~:/J thy comtnttll'ldemmh. And good king.!ofah is commcnded, For rhttt hee rurnfd to the Lord according to call tht L4we of Mofos. This point mull beele2rned of all , For many think iftheydomany good things with d He.. rod, all is well; and fonhis caufe·many a man abhors couetoufndfe :md pride, and yet is a contemner of the Gofpcl : But true obedience mu!l be in all things; 1 • • • Vnto the ende. Here is the foutih:braunch of true obedience, it h conll:mr. That obedience which Chrill will rew3rd mufi n<>r 'be for 3d3y or 3 yeare: but from time to time ~hrough the whole courfc: ofour life to·the end ofour daies. And thus we mull iudge ofobedience ,not by fame particularad:iohs; but by the whole te– nour of amans life. Put cafe a man bath made confcic:ncc: of all his \\'ayes., thorough the whole e~rfe of his life, 311d yet in fickenc!fe by reafon ofthe extremity rhereofis defiraC!cd and raueth , blafpheming God, ,and fo dyerh; Whatmufiweiudgeofthism3n? Surely "t e. mufi not.cenfurc: him by his behauiour in his ,fiekeneffe, but confider what harh been the r<– nour ofhis life: if that hauc: bee:ne vp·right,then his obedience wos good, and !hall bee rcW3r· ded. I!.Point. The benefits promifed: and they arc two. The firH is J power to rule, verf. 2 7. Andhe fh4/lru!etlmn witba roddeof lYOn .. Ar.d M thevejfels ofa potter ft>al/ th'l bee 6ro~n .- e. uenas I receiuedof my Father. Thef~cond is the rttdt'ning fiarrc,vcr.l8.,"'hcrc note by the way, that_thefc: words, Et1en tU I haue receiuedof niJ Farher, are referred ami£fc in our Englifh tran.. Oatidn,to che giuingofthe morning llar,\\·hcn as they properly belong to the former words in in thisfcnfc.As I haue rccc:iucd power oucr na.. tions of my father, fo will! giue to him that ouercommctft,powcr to rule with the rod ofi.. ron,&c.Now cotnc to the benefits. Fir!l, here isprotniied by Chritl, ApmPerto ruleosur 1uttions: Chrifts power as he is media– tor is very great:a:nd htrc it is fct fi:mhby three 1 arguments, borrowed from the fecond Pfalmc /verfC 8. g. Firft, by the l:~rgndfc of it, it rt:a– l.ch_:0 ·not ta~~~~to all ·-·- ____ .;_ __ , ------.--~-- ·-- . ·····--- I ~f.$ ,-\1 , ; u!1trlcs, ~nd ro ~U meJ·l; in aii~·-;;! ---– / condly, by the Sot:craig;;tic ofi'~; Oi\ri!h pow~ : , e-r is ab!C)lure in ru]ing :wd cut"i-r.uling: ·And ~- 1 tbi:; his Souer:~isnric ~..onfiftcth i;-; ~wo thih{;si 1 Fillt; in n11klng !awes vmo the contCicncrs t.•f . I nH·n.; JO;:) 1f they bcC not kept , ~e nl'lYiufily ( i.ondc:mnc them: and in ouerrl!llng the wi'll$ of ' all n.cn, conforming them to liio wii'll,wili rhcri I I mll rhey: w!:ich is fignif.ed, by rhis, ll:efh.>i/ r 1 . I rrlft then;witha rudofyrm1:Sccond!y,•ln·rh~L ifc I h:tth this abfo!utc po.,,·cr in ~•im{dfc to fa(IC & . ·. , to dcihoy, and thcrc~ore i:; f.: id t? t~~~~ J T~;: 12Rci.•. t~- ! I /;;Jet ofHear<enandHdl. WhJCh IS!tgmfi<ilu~ 1 I J the next words, AndaSJhe't:ij]asofapo!ter{b.t/1 I they be 6rbl:§n, Thirdly, by the foum3ine of it, ! C.hriil recciucth this power frbin his tath_erJo- I B , deed " Chrifi is God he iscquall with hiS Fi-/ rher, and h•rh this power ofhimfclfc:Bor as he J is mediator, his power iS giucn hi'in. of his Fa- J ther, Mmh.z8.1 8, · 1 1 For tl~e.·~cttcr vndcdhndi"ng ?f rhiSplaac i two qudhons mufi be h:mdled:f1rfi,hov.; farrc tOonh doth Chritl giue this his power Vllto· men? .AnfiJJ, Chrifls Soucraignc and gcncratl power oucr the whole world js not indeed gi- \ liC'n to any cr~aturc, nly it is incommunicanle; \ I 2nd cannot be conuc:ycd from the pcdon ofa– ny crt'aturc ma~or A~gel: this' tru.th we 1'11uH_ hold of all Chnfis offices, theJ 31< only in rht perfon of ChriJl, and cannot paifc from him to any·orhcr. l I. 0!_ejl. How then dorh Chriff fay truely ;that he will giue him rhat,obcrcomC mcth power oucr nations. An.[1JJ, Not thm his Soucraignpower is aCtually .giucn tO the· ere~.. turc;but bccaufe the crcatutc bcejng in Chri!li harh the truitc and benefit of this power in his 1 faluati6. An.d this power i-s in them two w:1iesr I Firll,hcreby Chrifi makes 31! his feruanrs(bce– ing his members) partakers of his glo_tic it( hcauen, whereas the whole \'\'orld befidcs iS· I cond~mncd iu hell;and therefore wee are faid- , tDb~braiftJ vp tDgt>ther,andmotdr ID Jit togrtht>r in \ & Eph:a.~· the hemtrnfJplacet in Ch>-;ji le[ m • .And againe, he faith, ?:he c St-tinu.fot-tl!irulge rhr 'R'or!d, not _in c ,.Co:. .f.:t. giuing femence vpon thcm; but as \-Vitncffcsand approoucrs of Chri!l his f<ntence: For the elect ili3! firfi recciue the !cnrcnce ofabfo· lution,an_d then being taken vp into the clouds 0 111311 fit with Chtifi,and there approoue of the iufi condemnationof alf the wicked. Second– ly,, by this power hccnab!crh thofo·rharbe his, , in their owne perfon to oucrcomeall the ene– mies oftheir falu:ni6.l1is meaning then'is tfds, as if bee had faid, Howfoeuer my Soueraigne power oucr all crc~tUtt'S in my fclfe, C3.imot be dcriued to any other; y«byvcrrueof this my' power , I will exalt them that o~r~ome, to pamke of my glorie:>nd will giue them pow– rr in thcmfdurs o_uer their finnes, oucr death, hell, rhewot!d,and zllthe enemies ofrhcir f3l• uation·. Here then beholdVnto what exceeding dig- l, rtfti e ruery nue fc:rtlam of God is adnanc-cd ! not in h1mfelfc,but fn·Chrifl:"Heh:uh role: oue·; f !1a:tioM' [ ·'-------_: ___·------ -· -\
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