i-}3~_ 1- _ --=- _fn Expbjit~'on'vp()n:': . _____ _ l ' ·; V; 6. Let,him that bath·i:m 'A1 Gud 11•ould blurlu; mmIts.,, of the Bud~e of -·- ... t -'" •• . • tfi{e(mcllll!~g i'}Jdeu pnncJnailvJhisn.canin()1~: i ·~ ·1 ~.~re' heare TPhat' Ihejpiritfoilh . ·tlm it might be mad': m~nif~!\,his '"';,/~,."; : .! I t~ J l -r'A . f. . 1 ncucr V. rm_en.thcrClll, fhlS then IS !he mcanmg l ;I , vn~o. t~e l-"'u'c'a. ,,. of.thispromife : that thcywho doeauordthc i ~,::.:;!:: ) \-.·. · ·, . : '* ~ .:! .. - .. ; 10cc::tfionsof(lrinc.)andhauct'lrctokecpcf~ith l 1 \ Here is the con~lt,·ftdp ofthis EpHtlb: and it and goo&Cbnll:icnccvmo dYe cnde, bauc th<.:ir t containcthn\•o p::tn~:x pr0n1ifc Ml'd>a·Comman- 'n::tmcs wri'tteu~in tile boOke of life, and tht·y j dr:mcm. T!:c pro_mi~e iiJ_the ~fth"V\:-r-1-e; a~ld__thc fhallncucr•bc 1llorrcd onr... ·! f01fll11~p'clen~cnc.J.n the ~:xt. 1.1~ tlH?_P'r.o~l)~ le nore : Hence_~ gother tv\:o thil~ gs. F~.rll:; that the 'i t\\'o dliJ:}.gsihdLthcpartJcS to .., hom lt'JS 1,1adc number of·thc eleCt, m rclpcCt of God is ccr- ' To bmz th.u !JII~rcommJtb, '"'hereof 1,\·c hau\:- tainc : tOr the names of thole wluch arc to be: c Chap,l.7· fi)okcn c bcfore.Scco,1dly ,the' thing ~t01'nife'd": .f.1ued; be as- it were written in a bookc,and beto wit,_gloric and eternal\ happineHC, ;,.,·hieh is ing once written in, they remaine there fore- , .c;<prdlc~ thrt·~ VI.' ayes;. Hr it t.bus:, Het fhallhe_c ; ·uer. S?mt·doc te.ac.h, that a!I may be [aucd,_if I cloarhedm :vha~adt~-f . 1 chat ls,he:fhalttialiC c- · .they vvlll: but thJS tS amccrcf.mcic·ofm:m, for ucrb.fl~:rg life .and happincs,fo much is fig.nificd .B , .wh::tt 01ould dtcrc ncedcany booke of life, if by whtrc·raymcm.,as ..,.c httuc·:ilready fhewed . ·that were fo?Secondly,hcnce 1gathcr,tha.t rhis The1.1Je. Hc!lcc t-he Church of Rmnc condtldc, that 'number can neither incrcafc,nor bediminil11cd a matfmay doe g_ood wor~c.s re.fpttli'ng_a .r~- 'let men doe what they can: If tbe; badheme of ward. Anfi'l". In lomc fort 1t IS tnH;; fot lo lt!S v.s,thrywoiJ/dh~tuecontinuedwithvs, 1. Ioh. z. rccord.ed of MtJfos,_Heb. rr, 2 6•.·1/e'e hadre... 'r9. Allth4t thouhajfgimnmee hane I k.§pt, and fpeD:toJh-erecompt:ncc of'i"ewm·d, Bm.yec the ' -noneofthemisloft,Ioh,I7,IZ. · rccompcncc of reward; muH not be.th.e princi- '.· Whereas a man maybe written in the book 7hcvfe. £aU cl!idc...of..:)9r good.v-.•otkcs·: for fhkfdyv ..·C -of li{C"; to wit, in the iudgcment of men 1 and muGrhcrby inrcnd to teHifit our f.1ith)and our yet be blotted out: hereby we arc tobe admoo?~dicnc'c vmo.God ,.~•a.nd "'·'ith ·rh:ie?-·Cma,Y . nifhcd, to'l'ooke vmo our fducS, ~tid to make hJucrclj)'cCl toeucr}!!Oinglifc! · ·~:-"' :~ .~::; 'co11fcicncc ofcuery flnnc, and to auoid and · Th-c·fCc~nd thing promifc:d ; ·An'd Fw.s!ln'ot :1 lhtinnc the very occafions rhereof. For fo long pur out hh·n.rme-out oftlu ·!look,: of /if~. For,[.he ' :as·"\'Cprofdfethc Go(pcl, and obey the f:tmr, / vnderltandingof \his : t\~'o qucfi::rotts .muH bt : ·our natncs be in the bookc oflife:but \\hen we Ifc:anO<"d: Firlt; '-that rhjs;bookcbfrJife is: Se- ~ : ·c;;oinmit any finne,wc do a<, much as in vs licth, ". condly, ·whether a n\an m"J.;t bd.bl~ued .uut Of C l m~kc a penne, and reach it vp to hcaucn to blot <~ this·Booke. Forrhc fi.rtl ;.thistbQ'okeiof life1is f ; :our names om of that bo.ok-e: and they that nodUt;g clfc,:but Gods prcdcfiindtiiOn.of'ctei.. 1 lkcepc a courfe in finning, doe plaincly fue~,o~e Jl'lli decree ofElcClio11, "'""hcrcb}'l.hchath chO.. 1 ahat they wcrc·ncucr truely v:;·rincn therein. ...: fen fomC men vnr.e Jalua·tio,n vpom his·goo.d : ·~ ·Secondly, confidcring that the number .of ptea(ure. A.mlrhis ·isCaHctla Bookg, Q&cnUfe .it l 'fl-1<: eleCt is ccrrainc, itmu{lbc :1mmiue to is like vnto a Bookc. Fo.ra·s thc..G'Ci)ei.all .in .~ ; caufe vs to labour for fon1c affurancc of deB:i- :Campe, l13rh the names·of:i!Lhisf-nfl::l\ours\tbat -on, that we inay trucly f.'ly, we hauc opr names -~ght.t,!rider·him, in aBook~;a~1d aScthet-'l:t.gi~ :written in Gods booke.But here fon;c b:-td per.:. 1 {l;~tc.:of'a Town~houh tfle qamc o~ cueryfree ~ .fon will fay, fee in~ t1.1e numb.cr ~f t~1c Elect is 1 · .ll'j@ll 3Ud dcntz.on tnrolkcl .;fo Goc'.lll~h<:boolt · .vnchangeable,I m!! iLuc as l IL!Hor 1fmyname I : .o(his,EleCHon,hat.h the names ofaU·that;{hal! be in thebookc of God, it fr. all ncuer be blot- :bc f.'lucd. .· ,.. .: :1: 1. 'J I),, • : ·h~ ~' .tcd out; and ifit be not in, it can neuer be 3d- ~ ·Fotthc fec.ond. Q[dlioh. A m3ti.tUl:l'Y be dcd. Anfw. Thcfe men dccciue their o'~'ne w.titten.in the bookc of life two. ~~ai!'s:: ('ith'er foulcs:for thC!y that hauc their namcswi"iucn in sruelyQr.for.c God,Or in thciudgeme.nt .ofme-n . th: booke oflife, ~nll.liuc as t.~1cfc fev.• did-in I onely. Thofe ""·hofr names•:tre·trutL}" b..eforc D thJs Church ofSardts, In true fa11h and bolr o– ~oc.i \VJil;.ren i.n tl33.SJbooltc, cann.ot be blownl , -hedicncc. F,or he that is ordained for glorificaout: For Gods coun(ell touching the etcrn~ll 1 .t~o,~J, is ord~i~1e.d to iurlificatiot: and (anCtifica- ,!· (late of cucry man, isvnch:mgcable, This the ,u6n : and lt JS unp?ffible for hnn that. lhall b~ 1 goldc:;q· C~:~in~ of:Cnd~~lc,crec, .dcln;pl3inely f~ucd,to lit!C ~I way in linne, and rhcrfore thefc j • Ro1J!.8.3"'· fl 1 ewe: a For{~hom .. ?!\ ht1:/t f~i.,d(jtJ~ar~q, tl¥m nlcn mufi rather labour ro rc~cnt an? bclceue, j ~e~ hath c4llcd, andwJJom hBernNed;fflcmtd{o.bc and to gee Corn~ /ignes o.f the If elcCho~, th~t iu/l.ifie.t{, 41 tdl"PhomjJe !Jt/l,ifi.c4,:. th;w h.ea<[!g{othey may kno~v that thcu names :t.rc wrmen m \I rifled. Others thctl be tha't hauelt~cir names the book~ ofhfe. . . . . '"'rittcn in tl~is BookC ,o\1cly iQ rl\c i.udgctnC'tlt The third bcl)efit IS thts: I ltJtl! c~nft'..ffe hu Of l!lC!); and tht!S arc~ ;;\ll ritcn ,\,.rittcn in tlie njlm~ 6tfore mr Farhtr, and /Jcfore hu Angells. ~ooke o.flifc ,th:t.t profCJfe the Gofp~i qfCJwifi .That is,in the (lay o~iudg<"men~ I v\'il acknow- ~ in his Church:for fO clrlritie"binds vs to iudge .ledgeand profdfe hlll.l to be nunc; one o.f my oftll'cr{liAnd thcfc may.hauc t-hcir. n~mcs blot~ eleCt, that k,ecpet~1 faah ~~:d good confc1c1KC I ! red out. In this (cn(c doth rhc Scripture C?frr_n vnto the cnoc.T wJll take "'111 from the compo- l .I {brf.t!.69.1s. fpc.:1ke: aswhrntheProphctwifhcrh,b·That 'n)'ofrhe w1cked world, andfct hun onmr l· , I -- • right 1 -------·· ··--.....-------~~----. ·---~----- · ':F.f6.
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