··------- ! t·nf 4· _ __.!..,. ___ .An Expofztion vpon 334 --- r I Secondly, in this coherence Chrifi intima– -~Cth vnto vs :.1 diHinCHon. bctwccnc man ;uid I t1ll:l in this Church, for all that were in this ·Church,·.v~rc mcn_c::tllcd;profcfiing Chrifl and ! ·J:;is Gofpd :·n.nd:>yet'Of them ,.fomc were dead 'A I of Sordic, .had fo farre made ccnfcicoc<' of' fin ne , that they would not medc\le with , vcric QC(afions and appearanceS of cum,. 1 Hereby wee fee , 'that the fcruailts of: 1 1ridl£.-tLfinncsj aoJ-othcrs were :.1liuc in Chrift. 1 .T€lti.:bin;:! thi.s!J:iftintlion of·tl1C.H; wc.·c;muH ! '.fe:ah.Q the ..::~ufc:.lhcrcof. :It mu1ltror:hce akri– lb:db:b, ::my~p.O·wcr or \\'ill in·man, but to· the l-gooJ pleafurC'of.Ao.~, a~Jhc~ $.cripturc teach· j ,<eh;for when the bi>die.ofrhe Jfraditcs·had gi~ a Rom,u-<1• j u~'nttbemfdues r'c;d·dol3trie,thcr.e.were yet 3 fo1Ut'71Jtbot~flmd chbt,wmcr bowed- tiJek,.nerToilaai. \Nhat was thi:tc~u](: why they .did not liue likC t-<:> the orhcl' Jfr.a.clitcs? Surely-- n-othing in the ..V'illrof man(though the Idolarri~:ofthc other, waS tO'bc afcribc-d to thcmfdues):hut rhc text B is-clc~re, it w~s the good plcaJur~ ofGod,v,·ho h-aQ prcfcrucd and kept them. l .. ' • · 'J1,evfo. Bv this we fc<.Jho.w,e,.,oneou>:ond fal(c the diuit;itic o£ fo.ulc.Jlrotdlants i.s,}fhich afcribc the puleofthis diHmClion bc.c.wccnc ma11 and i"Q~Ji, lri'~hc~·ibCtl:i~_of mit1s \'·iUb~itlg rencw– ed.bj'_gtdce, faying, That God *wes to eueri·c tJ~ ).fltiinggrahib§ v~rYue \'\'hereof, hcc may r;.p.et t+;md.J~clCfUC if he \~ili. :, but ·~et bccauiC th~Jwill of man. doth !Hll retil~a-lhc finncfulr, ~\C\Jfc it Commrtth $ tb;n ~-cc ha~l,lil>f'rt.i~t9 o~ btv, or not to o'bc)'. And therefore the caufc why fame t'ncn 1ic1l~:W..hli1nn"is;bcc(lu(e they fctthcir"\'ill to_rcfilfcthc gr:ceofqod; :an9 " the c::tufc why fome men hue in ChrHt is, be;. C caufe they incline their ...,·ill to embrace the gra~~ of God: But this doctrine <loth greatly diminiih the grace. of Goq, hr.<rbat~it- maketh the ac.ccocptance..tp.er&of ~0 lie and depend on thepkafure :md wil ofmao:"whcq.as-.the pow– erofa\mighty Go~ toyncd.withhis will, is the uue-~;:.aufo thereof, le:ming fome to thcmfclucs, who, doe fall, and enabling oth'<rs ro. fh"d by his grace, · . Now follow thew.ords oftbi•~ounncndOtion..,J)Torwirhf/~t'fll•g thP~<.haf/.<~if(w< namu J<' ;ns~tj;:: that is;~ifh~r't be yet io this Church a few pcrfons kno\.v:IY: to·mc by;th.ci..r names:(for ·byNames, w.c r.wft~nfltrfiandpcs::fOJlS.JI:lllltd, whjc,h}4ue:nctdefi(e/l,theirg;trm<N!J, Here( to D: omi~:tll,;tny expofitions) is aQJallufion to the Ccrcmoniallla.wa~ \-\'hcr~in Go~d fct downc a ' dJfihtCHon bci~ccn.~ .thjugs dcaHe and vn– cl~ans-,, 11ot iQ tbcmfelues ,.but Py his appoint· 1he;lt;: and among thc-.Icwcs,if any man had but touched anvnclcane thiJ1g.»'ith his band, q ,w\.tl) his g~ttn<;!]t,tll~rcby he was defiled, & his g>rm<nt defil<\I;iega\ly; and fo hee Ot hi> garment :w~re r~pp~~d ·vnclcane : ,_\·hereupon thcy.had 3 fpecialJ~~arc not t9 touch the things tha~wtrp jlefilecj.;no not wilh their gam1cms. NO:w this fignificd ~n other thing vmo them, namely; Th:tt they o1,1ght to abfi~ine, not oncJy f~om,~l;l<;out~'$1-rd finnes·.ofthe'moralllawc, but cueiJ from-all qccafioos, intcn_tions,fhcws, and ..a.ppG;aranccs of cuiii,!' _And in thisplace, this is mc<Jnt hereby: that fome in this Chur<h l __l__ ~ God :1re but fewc in number: for the bo- ! die of thii people were dead in !inn~, -and ! a fcwe one!y 111 this grc<Jt place Jiued in l Chrill; (o Chnfl faith lo his Difdpi<_s;Th, ,· 1 fotk! to rr:hom the. Fa~her- b willgilfc't-ht-kjng- b I.uk.o.p. ~ tlomt of hu1!e11 ' u lmt a. litJ/e Jkck.!. The I ' Prophet Ifiuah is fcnt, il"To h11rden the lua,·tJ 1 a Ua.6 9 , 1 of the -hodie of the peopl~ fo'Y' their init:p!1tiu: ! andb th~ tenth part·ont!J muft be8foued:"':and . b verC13. in the Gofpcl it is laid, c: The way tohdtis broad, ; 1 c: ~tmh.7. and many there buthat wlllke therein:· 6Ht the ! 1 3•1 4• WaJto_heauenUfo·llighr, andfervc therchuthas .l enter mto.Jt~ · · · I Hereby then 'i"cc aretaught notto.fol1owe· 1.Tiu':.'fe. the cxat1lplc of the multitude, but-oLthe few- ·j er :md better fan. It is a f'o~1lc ftnnc that J.:ecpcs ma11y from religion, and brin'gs!them I ·to dcfir~~ion, 'Nhtn they will liue .:ali:et-th~ manner qf the world., ~nd as their forefathers h'ue done.This is afalfe rule, andadangerous courfe.···t ,:• .. . ; , ', Thou haft "fewe napsei. That is;;.Jl'et.fons whofe names 1know,3ndh:aue recorQCd.11hcy arc callcd·n:ames, bccaufe Chrilt obferuts and knowcs them· by their n;nuC~, Where note, that tho(c th:at arc the true·1eruams of God arc particillarly knowne vmo ChriJl. d 'Th; d Luk,u. 7 • hmmofJ.ourh<ad4r<ntimhred(f•irh Chrifl to his Difciples) much more v-:crc thCir 111ames knowne-. _Againe·; hce biddeth them, reio;c6 tha_t th,;r i11ime.r F 1Ptr~ .writtt11 in. ·h~auen. And Chrifl tbc good.·5h..pheard.k,pown.hw jherpt, · (l~d .ca/U. t-hmi 'hJ their n11mis; I oh, JO• .1• ~:. ,:'_)', t I • Thisi'i3rn.aucr ofendddfc c-omfort~Ynto ! the people of God, for "~hat Can caufe a rriafl: l more to r'cioy.cc, then toknowc that his- nar,,c particularly is knowne tothc..Kingof Kin,gs,& rhar~ccordingly he ~ath fpccia11;regard vnto him? When..the Lord ·w.ould comfort Mofu and put coiir3g.e into hitn in doing the duties of his caJiing-; hcc tcll(th .him , That hce WIU izy~wnevntohimbyfname. Yc:l, this isthe faun_... ~ f h od H· dation of mans faluationJ: s The Lordk!m"Peth , :;·'J•I-t·"-art who 4rehiJ.~ · .... ") g·;,Tim.::.19' whic~haut n.ot drfi!ed their .J'.armcntt: Here they :ne commcndcd for vprigbtn_effc a~1d fin– ccritic oftif.e·and conucrfation, ih that they lt,ept thcn,fdues from the very JlJcwesond •p– pcaranccofc.uil;wh'cn as the rdl: ofthis church w.as rleathn:Ji.OM. : :... . Jn rheir-<x~1nple Chrill prcfcribeth vnto vs a partcrnoofnuepicty,how we ouglu toc2rry I our fclues i11 theChurch ofGod on c:anh :·wee mull not content our fclucs\\•ith abare profef .... fton of Religion, an<l kccpe our [clues fi·om groffe finnes Qncly; but Jbflai11c from the veric ! fhcwes ofcui'll. Ycan1orc particul:~rly,hereare ! three things tau.ghrvs, touching fin. Firfi,that l we ought. to makt confcicnce of cucrl_finne \ in I • 11 ,(
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