-------·--·-· \ 3JO ; ' rd 11 Expojition 11pon J 1 --- ~ ~f Chr~H,:l~ldi~bour to:lpproouc our tCJu<:s& A j our conucd:aions vnto Chrifi, rather then to vwf.:. \ --- : j men: fOr let men (ay •.vh:\t they wftl of VS:, itis I : ChriH th;.~t mull lim1." :~nd condcmne:this mode a t.Cot9-M ' a Prmlt'l 1:1y ,fpttj{dmlr tobei:sajr,rdofyQ~O'Y'(!f - j m:ms i·~dgemc.'1t: wh}'fo ?forheethat iudgrrhma 'l i1tbc Lu'~'d. I j. I 1 A.nd ind.rcdc ,'-' ithout Chrifls cormncndati1 1 on the iud;;1uenc of mrnis nothing: for Chri!t t~uy conJc1n!1c vs. whc1, men t~1inke well and ~ !pc<!:kc well (lf vs: therefore he: hit h , W~eba to )'OU whend!me·lfpenk.§ wdl of yor~, Luk.b.l6 v . 1. 'B1e l'Mtchfull, and ~rengthen the tiJing; tbat re- ;n lmaine '· that arc readie to die: I for 1baue notfound tby work! iperjefl b'fore God. I There be two degrees ot hypocrHie: firft, when n-tcn profdlc that which is not in their hcJn ar all. The fccond, when make pwfeffi– on of !llorc then is in their heart. This (econd kind of hypocrit1c ofi bcJllicth the children of Cod ; anJ it is that which Chrifi r~prooueth in this Church o'f Sardis , in ti1c former vcrfe~ Afrcr which rcproofe, here bee proponndcth rcmcdtc to their vice, ~nd a rc.1fon to tr.oouc: I d~cn~ to vfc the i3:nc. The rcm·:dy is in the ~c- ! gtl)nmg of the vcrfc, where arc tvVo du~1cs C prcfcribcd :To be tViltchfutl, and to ffrmg:hm or confirme tbe dect'}~dg~"aces of God m them. For thc:firH,Bu wutchfull: tobc watchfull, hcrcis :1 mofl wonhi·e :md exccllC:nt duric,it is not bo.-. dily, bm fpirituall: and it is 1)rad:iiCd \'\'~en a~ ny ·,11an harh a circ-umfpCCt car.c ~wd diligent hccde in rcfpcCt of thc{lluation of·his foulc. This duriC' of ·watchfulndfc conccrncrh .two 'things; finne, a'nd death. \oV-:ltchfuiudf.c a– l ga.jnfl finne ftands in rwo<iutics-; fir·!t, a mao ,11iiutl daily ,·:in? continually bc~h. i"n~c bi·m. f~lf.e •beforehand ot all linnes 3nd vtccs mro v.·ht.ch he may happily fall:& for the clomg of ·this, he ·inut1 confider in himfclfc two things : his Na– tutc,and his'Calling. Touching hisNature, he :mu{lconfidcr, that in him rnnaincs the fccdc D !!hd root ofal111nnc,:md therefore that hc :may fall into any finne ..,,·h:nfOc.uCr. Againc, a ·man conf1dcring his nawrc,fh:lil find himfrlfcmor.e inclined to fomc Jlnncs, then to orhers;.and l ·thofc he mtdldpccially m:1rkc and obfcruc.Sc– condly,for his calling:a nunmUJl mark the 0ns I thereof; for fincc the fall ofm:m, cucr.y c:tllmg' ·h;nh his cfpcci:lll fi.nncs 1 . whcr('(o ·men that \\'alk therein arc mor~ incidcht. "Ph~ MagN.lrot h:n·hhis fins, rhe MinHlcr his, rhe La\ov~er his, :] rhc: Pi~yflt~:m his,~md the Trades~man hJS.And J touclung thc..f('.,:l m::~n muJl confider vnto what vices and abufcs men arc motl fubicCl, that ·I ' \\"olkt· in that c::tlling ,,·herein he liucrh, and fo may fall imo. Secondly, n.ftl'r this t~rdigbt of finue, he muft watch his hart with all dilig<·ncc, tha~ though it be tempted and affaultcd, yet it be nm taitHed with any one fin ne; as the\\ iE:- 111311 counfcllcah, b ./(etp~ thyheart wnh alidibProu.'t:., lfgcnce, that: JO the tOuntaine of all thy <l.dions may be kept holy and pure, The fccond p?.rt of this watchft!J:fei!C refp~Cleth death, or the fc– cond commi_np of.ChriH. In thii two r_hings mull be praCbkd: fir!l, a t!llll mufl: cuene ~ay bethmkc himfdfc: ofhis cn4c:, and of the com– ming of Chrifi: .either in geucrall to all 1hc world, or particularly vnto himby death: :md in this contid:ration he mufi eficern:md iudgc of eucne day as of the day ofhis death , or the day of iudgemcnt. Secondly, hcc mufl prepare himlelfc againfl death, and again(\ the day of iudgmenf', c:ucry day, eucn this prefcm day, as though !,e ibould now die, or meetr: Chrifi in iudgc:mcm; and the next day doe the like, and fo goc on continually to the day of his death, And for our furtherance in this ChriGbn "''atch, v. cc mu(\: be mindefull of temperance &: fobrictic,that w.c keep mediocritic in the vfe of lhe creatures of God, and of thC' things of thishfc. For when men plunge thcm(clues, eirht:r in thecares ofthis world, or in eanhlydclight~, they quite fi>rgct both finne and death, anrl the day ofiudgmc::nt;:md thus we fee: what Chnll meancth by watehfulndfe. 'As Chrifl prcf<ribcth thi• duric vnto this· 'Jh•vf<. Church: fo :art wee in the name of Chriil to be: tnioyncd the Came Chrifiian \\:atchfulndfe , both again'll finne and death, and the day of iudgcmcnt. A~1d to moouc vs hereto confider -rhdC reafons. Firfl, wee arc watchfull for the p·rcfcru'ltion of rhe things of this-life: as if. a to~·nc: bee in danger of facking or burning,. thnc is watch and V.•'olrd ke.pt.condnu:llly: and ifa mans houfe be in danger ofrobbing,he will lit vp night-and d-ay to faue his goods: yea euc~ ry man isvery pail~ full and w:uchful.l rri hcapc vp to himfclfc, the things ofJhis world: Now, what a·fll:tme is it, that.tncn fru:mld hecw:uch– full fn teillf)orall things, and yet haue no care of their foulc c~a.t muH Hue for cuer? Again", w:alit of watchfulnclfc: is the fol'crunncr of death, •nd eternall dcflruC\ion. I. The if. 5· >· whm mrnfar pMce andfofnic,thmfoallcome t'p– onthrmfHddmd~ftrssOion, VVhen the rich man had enbrged his barnsvpon Lhc increafe ofhis fubfltmce, he protvifed to himfelfe cafe and fccuri'tie: flytng, l Soule,{oulr, tak! thJ rcft 1 &c. a Luk.JM9, bur it was faid vmo him, Ohfoole, this night]h41 thj{oH!, bet•kf,from thn. Andrh, b old world k.._ 11 ewenot hif~~, tilltbejloo~came & dijlroyed them b:M.tnh.'+· 1!/i. Now, if rhe Want of warchfulneffc bee the H· forerunnerof dcfiruC\:i~n, ho\v great .a caufc haue wee to watch. The: fccond dutie inioyncd, is to confirme rhe graces ofGod dccaicd in them. Strengthen the thin[!, I which rcm~tir.c that arr rcadic to'die: ::ts if hoe 01ould fay , Sundrie boc the graces \o\'?ich 1 hauc ~~o.::._:_d~n_yo~_:-· ~~~any .i 1 1 ~~~~_::. forci!ghtofrhc fin~1cs thathce ' ~f --1.._._} ______ ·--·---~------------------------a::r.:.c'-., _
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