----- --· --- -------------- - --.-'·.,_,. ___ I in our o~\'n pcrfdn;: SccOlidly,tH~t we ought to 1keep our !Clues frum the contagion of iinnc in h. • bodic ofthis Church iiJUI! houc Chti!l t!> conie I amongfi therH as aThccfc:; but the god~y mutt .... I others, <:ithcr by giuing conf<:nt vnto them 1 or furcbcnng :1nd allowing ch~m a~y~:=ay therein. Thirdly,chat '.\'C ought to at.>{bm hom the ve– ry occo.fions, and thewcs, :md appearances of ! hi.TJ.=f.s. I finncs: SoP.m! cead1ct~ vs-11 to abft,.in~ fnnn j .rl11i apprar:wcnof eHill' E;ph., .j. Hcc ~vdl not ! l hJlle ftwdry finncS, as lornicatioh, vnclc:m.... •nc£fc,&c. (u much as once named , thereby to ! giuc the lcalt approbativn vnto thetn.\Vc mufl: I chcrcfDr'· lookc on this cxa!llpic, b.y it ro our hearts, and confonncour liucS vpco· it: fo ll1all_ we be good !Cruants ofGod,and hauc the f:1ll1C j commcnd:ltion with thl'fc tC:v·.:: for t~ue rcligir ]on ll:tald:; n.ot in knowlcdgc,bm in ob~<~icnc,c, f and this IS true obedience, tomakccon1cicnce 1of cuery fi1mc in our owne pcrfous; to tukc hc:cdeofthc infeCtion ofCtnnc in others;und to abflainc from the appearance ofcuill. A happy Cburch l11ould "'\'C hauc, t.f thefe things were praCHfed: but this is the f11amcund reproach of our profcilion, that we baucno care oftrue o... .bcdicnce in our (dues and others,whereby we I o,ould glorificGod, and grace our holyReli– gion. • , ' The Church ofRomehence gather, that a man after baptiJinc, may liuc without mort:tl.l Jfinne. For thefc fcwc perfons in this church in I their bJptifi11c, put on Chtill, and after kep~ thcmfclncs from all occatlons of finncs, fo as they had not committed any OlOrtall tlnnc.But their collcCli5 i• vnfofid:Forfirfl, though they ·had to this time abllaincd from all .mort3U finne,yct how can they proouc.tbatthcy finne,d not afterward? Secondly, they arc f:aid 'not to haue defiled their g~rments, no~ for that they .had not commiucd any iinnc,but bcqufe they cnJeauourcd to kccpc themfelue.sfrom th~ ap– pearance ofall finnc;and fo mufi the obc:dicn'.e -which is afcribed to Gods children in fcriptur.c be vndcrflood: namely, of their fi.ncerc p.ur... : pofc and cndcauour to obey, anP fo among vS', thofc: that h:~oc a fctlc:d purpofc :md n:folution to make con(cicncc of cuer}' llnnc, an~ in all rhings to doe tht w:U()fGod,thcy are rcp.utc.d for the keepers ofthe la\v.For God .in his chi!– drcn acccptsthc will forthc dc<dc. And thtJ /hallwalk,swi;hmtinwhite. After thccommcn._ dation oftheft· fe '.\'C, Chrifi addcth apromife of Iiuing with himi!, gloric. Forfo white gar.. ments hauc alwaics becnc \-fed to fig:nifiei&, IJ.<ppi>:ef{e, lifc, an.dglorie, Ecclc(,afl. 9· 8. At 1 a!ltimeslettbygarmentsbewhirt, that is, ulcc I the delight and plcafure in vfing the creatures .of God; So th:lt here thc(c few h:1uc apromifc to be freed frO all wanr, ar.d wlluc \\·ith Chr!H– in aiJ gloric, ioy,::md p1c:l(urc. J ·~-~lis benefit,hath beene in cffcCC further Vr– 'i gca Ill the former Chapter·: ·here onely I will t~ot~ one DotJ:rinc ~ nomcly, 1'har theY v.·hich ! hue w the ;.tor!d ;mong r.he v, i'ckcd, & do llot ; com;:l~micarc w.ith their (inncs, fhall not par– I ~~:~ith rhc:m m their ~J.ni(hmcnrs; fOr the .~valke ,vith ChriH in ..... hiccJin glotic• . ~~t ":'''J? ~ Ocn~l?; freed from the dcHn:tCt:iort ot theSo·do!·nitcs 1 I ~ b('GHrf(; hec p~ur.ckcd not. v:hh them in their l linncs: and among the' Jfrachtt's-, b ThGfo tbat ' b ~~c>iif.t: mot!rr.edfor tiJt jifmu of 1he pe-Ople, r.r~ r.:ar~4,;d I M the Jo~·e.:hc.td; tbnt f<•lie..n b:d .. ~:puuJ f,:;.??ri vpo~11h~ wJc~ed~Jh~ 'might lu[pnrt!. .. 1 1 This point muH be remcmb: cd;for by te:l(oll of lvng pe:1ce and pra(pcritic: lt}J011g V:?, m2ny ! finncs aboupd 1 as Ig1Jorancc, AchcJii11e; l.'on.: I t~tnpt Qf Religion, and propkming 6f 1bC 1 1 J.ords·Sabbath;with .innum::-r.~b!c tinnt·s b~·tl.lt' ,~ I . fecond Table. All which c:all for ludg.('men~s from hc3.~JCI1, and no doubt they \\'ill be puni.: !hcd,plrdy in this litC, o:nd pard)' in th,~ HtC ta B 1 come,. vnldfe our pe0plc dot· l!'fH'nt, TbofC thcr~forc that \t\'Ould not p:~nakc of the c.om.= mon luQgcme-ms that are to come, mull now bcw:~.re that they communic:JtC not with the' common'finncs th::a doe abound, :md !Cc that they kecpe faith oJod agoo<l ,:onfdencC,h:u\ing– the:ir righ[cous and zr. alo'Us hearts gri'eued; \ for the abho{l)inn.JJons amo1~g· whi(h they u~ . Aftcrthc ~romifc, is adioyncd rh·c r<>.fon j thereof, For they tzre"orth}. Hence the church ofRonlc doth c6cludc;thac 2 manby his '\\'Ot'kS' may mer~t~eaucn., becau!C they be \'\'onhic of reward. :A.mofi b!:~fphcmoys .conclufion,a.nd a manife{\ abu\c of <he word of God. Gods children indc-ede arewonhi~ oflife :>~'la fling;·, f'h·oi(i~(H• ... hut not by the merit o( their WOJ'kC's, lOr then Q!wo::.hl~ C they fhould,be done ac_cording to the ti,gour of udfc. the Law•: bJ.It for the wcnhineffe ofrhcif per.. fon;. \-\'hen as they fiand righteous before God: in Chri-fl; fot when God wjiJ fauc any .m:in,l~t giues Chrifl vmo that 1:nan trucly ~nd rcaHy;fo· as he may fay, Chrillis t)linc. And w.ith Qni.fl God giuCshis fj>iritwhi,h workcth in his .hcar.c uue fauing faith, wh-ereby hce doth recC'iut' Chrill:al\d fo Chrifland his rightcou!ndfc:bc. iongs vmo that rn:m rcally>and. by vertuc th~r• of he is \\'orthyof life C'UCrlafling; and.d1is-is the wonhlnr1fe. ,_,-hid1 COrill rncaner,h in thiS place, and not any wo.nhindfe oflheir works:· fo thanhis clolh hdpc them nothing' at all,:md D yet it isrhc mollprobal>l2 place of Scripture, to p_rooue' and iufiific the Dgelrine o(_JAallS 1' mer~. .·· . • :"v.f. He iha! ouercoimneth \jhall beclotHed inwhitearray, l and I wiOno! put out hu n.~me out of' the 'Boo{e of lr(e : bttt j I 'Will confrfje hi& uam.e before 1 I \m.J Father) and hifot e hi& An- \ tgeir. i ----·---·-~---:!· ~L~.~-~-_!
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