Eurnin:~.tion ofourfclues before we docfcruicc ti)God. f:I.Sam.s. .,. !!An Expojition o[Chri'ils 6. 1 3. Gb~eyour m!mhers M weapom of righte– oufoef{e vato God, M the; that an: alirte from dudwork,s.J: Ram. 12.I. I befeechJoU {rterhren, bJthemerciesof God,rb;~t yos:.giuevp )'OUr bodie.r a liumg facrijice, holy, ar.d accepta6fe vnto Gad: this we ought to doe in token ofthike– fulo.dl'c for Gods cndidfc mercies :and rh is ""c then doc;Piril,\vhC we acknO\\'lcdgc our fdues 110!: to be our O\-Vne, but Gods in Chri!l: Se– condly, when we confccrateand dedicate our felucs to the lcruicc ofGod,that both in heart A mojl farthing. and life we may fl1cw our [clues th~nkcfull for our crcarion,prcfcruarion, & Redemption ef– pecia!ly.But Jamcncablc is the cafe with men in this bchalfc : in Head of giu in g thcmfelucs to B God, men bequeath thcmfclues to the deuill, :111d become his {\aucs and vaffalls: they make their hearts his dwelling place, by malicious, wicked, and luHfull thoughts; they confccratc Our Sauiour tliH gocth on with his former Rule: ofconcord 01nrl Reconciliation. No\\' be– eau re the meaning ofthe words arc comrouer– f.1l!, it fhallnot be amiffc fomcwhrtt todifcuffc the diuc:rs cxpofitions that arc made hereof. The P.apills f.1y, that by Adt:erforir is meant God, comm:mding men in his law; and bywaJ, is meant the fJl3LT of titne in this life: by IP.dgc, they vnder!bnd Cl11:ifl:: bySeriran;,Gods An– scls: bypnflm, hell: and beeaufe in hell there be many places, therefore here by prifon, thty Vndedland purg:uorie: and by the 1'/tc'/moft farthing, veniall finnes: as if this were the mea– ning, ,Agree with God whiles thou art in this life bctwecne this and the day of Iudg~mcnt, JcaH thou come before Chrifi, and he pufc his Angels to caH thee into ·Purgatoric, and there thou rernainc till thou hauc fatisfied fOr thy lcaH veniall finncs. Jhis cxpo!ition they fiand vpon'thc more, becauiC hereupon tlicy would build their doChille of Purgatoric. the faculties of their foulcs, with all the pans of theit bodies vnto him in the praC"tife offin: this ought n·ot t0 bc,feing Chrifl: gaue himfelfe for vs, let vs giuc our fclues wholly vnto him. And there rememhrcft; that is, doeA: call to minde, that thy brorherhathoughtagainjlthu, &c. By this ChriH tcacheth vs, that 1 Nhcnfocuer we come to doe any [entice vnto God, we onoht ~d~ofall to enter into our owne hearts, and there to fcarch and tric our ownc cibte, in refpctl: of offences giucn to God or man, whereof 'Ne haue not repented, that fo before But this cannot be the true meaning of this place., for the rcafons following: Firfr, thefc words depend vpon the former, and arc a con– tinuance ofthe rule ofRcconciltadon between man and man, and not bctwecnc Cod and man. Secondly, their expofition oucrthrow– cth the meditation and fatisfaCHon of Chrifl: for man to God: forif (as they fay) man may we come to Cods folemne worfhip,we may be reconciled both to Gpd, :md to our brethren. C The -..vant of this, bring many a curfe vpon mens foules, cuen in the meanes wherein they thinkc to recciuc Gods blefiing: and therefore & mufl fatisfic for his veniall finnes;cucn to the vttcrmoH, then Chrifi did not make ~crfca fatisfaCl:ion for man ~o God: for if he di~·hy lhould man f.1tisfie for himfdfe? Thirdly, by this cxpo!itton they confound the Aduerfaric and the Iudgc (for the Father & the Sonneare one) which in the Text are made diucrfc and diflinCt. Fourthly, they make a Redemption– and deliucric tfom hell, from which indceilc there is no redemption. And lafHy, in making a parable ofthis place, they fet their purga.toric on a fandie foundation: for from the words of a parable can no found collection be made, but oncly from the maitlc fcope thereof. we muilloo'ke ~o the pratl:ifc ofthis dune,that we doe it ij'le~dily and ti·om our hearts. This we had ntcde to lookc vmv in rcfpeCl: ofGod, whom vvc daily offend: for ifhc hauc ought a– gainlt vs, and yet we Hand out againfi him by impenitcncie, 'Nho can faue vs from his ...vrath? Let vs thinkc on Elics fpccch, g IfonemanJinne againft an other, the lttdgcjha/1ittdge it.- bnt if~ manjinneag"inft the Lord, who will plcade for him. v. :z._s. ~1gree with thine rv1duerfarie quickJJ , whiles thou art in the way with him, leaft thine aduerfarie deliuer thee to the Judge, and the fudge deliuer thee to the Seriant, and thou be cafl into prifon. 1.6. Vere(y,Jjay vnto thee, thou /halt not come out thence, ~illthou haft paied the vtter.. Others there be, that vndcrfiand thefc two verfes of the partie offended, for (fayrhey) D ChrHt hath fl1ewed before the dmyofthe party offending, tofoeks re•onciliation: now therefore he laieth downe the dutic of the partic offCded and wronged,n'amcly,that when the panic of– fending comes vnro him and defires reconcili– adon,hc mufi agree & be reconciled with him quickly. Thfs expofition, howfOcucr it is plau– fiblc and fit in rcafon, yet it c:tnr.ot well fiand with the ~~ords ofthe Text, \\hich threaten to the panic that ~grcesnot with his aducrf3ric bctimcs, fD/Jecan·iedheforc the htdge, tu:d cafl intoprifim, rhc1·e to lietill hf har1epaiedthe vtter– moft fa,.thing: but there is no rcafon why the party offended lhould thus be call into pri~ fon, and therefore it cannot be vnderfioo4 of him. ' Thirdly, others expound thrfc \.\'ords,to be Mt:i!h.s. V~ Thcconf~t. --~----------------------------------------------------------~ap~---,
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