---------=th=~~~- '~-~~·;,if_:_~~-e~ __ ev__ gl_. ______ ~-1 out ofheaucn, this. .muCl: bea motiucco induce· cuery one of vs, rorfcpcnt ofall:oudintTCS, to. bewaile the fame ,.ali~ to pr:1y eo.n1dHy for the p.,Jon ofthem in the dc3th ofChr.iJ\;and con' tinually to l::tbour to turne VntO Got! from all finne , becaufe if wccd-iue·but in onc.finne, it ·will be :1 mightic b:~.rr~ fuffi.cient to exclude vs the kingdome of.hcai1en fltcr:naHy. ·Thirdly, , feeiog Chrifl keepcsrthcktycs ofheauen; hcre..4 by.we·aarc taugltt to comevnto Chrill, and to feeke' by him to emcr into the! kingdome of heauen, For Chrifl: .by his de3th. hath ope• ncd. hcaucn: aschce faid vmo· N athnnieland Phi!ltrJ ~ f7'rrily, Verily, ! fay vnto you; hrYeafter p;A/1 f>( /tc h'w le• open . .- meaning 'by the min1fieric of the· G ofpd : :md feci rig it is o– pen :r "wee tllUil fl:_riuc to enter .into it , as the men -it:fldhn B~tptijls Jtime did , Manh. 1 I.I :z.. This wca do~ by ' cnde!uouri11g. to. become good mcn1bers ofGods Church ot~e·>r,th: for that.is'th"e doore anrl:fuburbs of the kingdom A fummarily prdpOundecl: I k_mme th] worf?.!J .'I which hath bcenc c~pounded, :md the cndc 1 thereof, ..,,·ith the vies inthe form~r Epifi!c~. , Then he <1ddc.rh the reaCon of his conlmend:J.:. tion, wherein arc two things to bee obfcnled .. , I. The flgne of Chrifis apptob:mon, in ' hcfe– \\'Otds : IhaueJCt before the<anopendgf!!'e. I I. Their conucrfarion, or tht! works which Chrift approoucd in thowords fol!oV..·ing , ThoH iiaff afittleftrengthr; ~ndhaft !~pt m7 W(lrd , nnd haft" ttot denied m-; neme.' Borb thdC: may bee vnder– llood ,_ cithcr·o_f the Angcl~or ~-1inillcr of this Church, or of the whole Church •lf0 , I .akc it to bee meam·of both. Bce!ng ipokcn of rhc Minillc'r-of•this Church rhewords bearc this of heaucn, which c:uerlc: one mtJfl enter into that would come to h"i:auen it felfe; eul!n as' a man thott would goe into an houfe fnu£l n!!edes come to the: deore. Now, in the Church there is the true door< whkh is Cbrifi himfelfc, and the key thereof which\s his word, and the mi• nilleric of the word , which doth lockc and vnlocke the fame. ·'~·fl·· What iball wee doe . fenfc ; BeholdI hmteJ"tt /Jtfurethee tm open doore; :B r&c. that is., b.chold and confider, I baue vou– chfafcd vmo thte opportunitie and Jibcnie td preach the Gofpcl, and thereby to conuert men vnto me. So much s .Pardmcancth by the do~reofvtterance, I. Cor. 16.9. Forthonh.aftll littlej/rength,andhajlk}pt 11'}' word, andhaft"" dmiedm;name,. Th3t is though thou be indu" ed but with fmall meafure of g ifrs pertai• ning to thy calling , yet t.bou hafi maimai... ned my Go~pcll , and halt not denied my name. . .l to become truemem~ersof-the.€hurch? An[. ·Wee mull: doe tw<:tthings ;~ Firfi, humble our fclues for all our linnes., praying vmo God for · C the pardon of them, and beleeuing the fame thor_ough Chrifu Stk ondly, endeauour and purpofe·by Gods gr>& t"uery day: td-leaue the fame finnes. This<loin'g:, we ar.e-~t the: doore of heauen, and if,·wee would haae our.foulcs cntCr into hcaucnwh~n wedie., this weemufl doc·while we liut· . ...But if \\•ee Coter not into the doore of gra«, by the key·of!mowledge Thcfc wordshccing thus d pounded, doe ;:affoardV~ thefe infiruCHons.Firfi,from the fign of his approbation , we learue: that it is agr~at prh1iledge for .a MiniHer to haue libcrdc •H> preach th.;·Cofpel , and thereby to convert men vnto Chl'Hl:~:- fomuch the word of aucn ... tion 6eholdimponeth, which m•y alfo furth<I appeare by this;..·l:hat the rrioftfamous and 'NOr– thy Prophets·Qf<Sod , were rnot alwaics vo·u·– chfafed this fauour, as lf'!'f and E<.echid, wllb .wee~ fen:r fometime tohardeh.bj hepeople.,Ai1P, Chnll hunfelfcomplaincth ofthe want ofrhis priuiledge, iaying, ' I ha~~eJPentmJJfrength in vainr, and in regard ofdiis priuiledge, the Mi– nifler~ ofthe Gofpd arc called d$autaurs, And by rcafon ofthis Jiberric, they h•ue title to the j>r~tl.1ifc·o[~iniJ:g asftarra ingtorir,Dan. 1 t .3. Th1s therefore 1s an vnfpeakeable merde, and in the minifrcric of the word while:\-vcc liue, we~ iball neuer come to the g•tc 'Of glory after death. ' '"'' I .-, ' y. 8. · 1kM~.e thfri{Qrkfs: !Jehold, lh4ue Jet before theean ·' " . ,., D ';open doore, ·· and no m~tn can Jhutte it, for.~ thou hdjla little prength , tiffr! hafl .k7pt my word, and /Jafl not·denyed mJ . ;." name.. fo ought to be efieemed·ofall Minillerswhich h•ndhe fame vouchf•fcd'l'nto rhc, rhey ought h1ghlyro magmlie the name o( God for it,~nd to.value it more worth thena! eauhly bleflinos Whatf6cucr. 0 ) . Second!y,f,oln the works l'i!hich Chrithp– prooucrh in the Angel of this Church we nia}t obferue, rhac~lniflcrs endued with final mea. fure ofgifts may be •blc , to.doc great .fetuico ,vnto God in hls.Ghurch, thiStbing isplainoin the Minifler of this Church·: and might alfo . .bee ibcwed.by· manifoldc examples of fuch Ih this verfc, and fo forward to the twelfth ,men in all :~ges : but to come ,to our times. Jo is contained the matter of this Epiflle, ·which ,the daycs "oLO!:!_cene Marie when Religion rnay.bc reduced to three heads: a Praife aPro... was in banifhin&, this our famous Schoole of mifc, and a Comril"ande11lent. ·The P;aiiC in the Prophets, had many learned men in it; this eight vcrfc. Thepromifc in the ninth and yet not one of them flood out for the defen(.:e tcmh. The Commandcmcm in the eleucmh. ofthe Gofpeii: ~hen as a poore fecular Prie!t F_o_r_rh_e_li_n_ll-'''-t'-h_e ,_p'-ra.::i".:. e::o:_f.::t!.:: ' i_s _::C::.:h:::u:::rc~h:_l~ ·s~fi~r~ll:_' !._:_n~o~t~three miles off, who was fl rre.bfhi'nd them Hhh 3 in c If.t 49 4~ d Ob.tcf.tr. 1,Timo1•16o CJ.mbri"dt;e.
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