----------~--------------------------.'-- -1 1:,/. 9_:_ \ _ _ the~;Cha~.b}t6e, 7<J}'~Je/, ---.~~-"_j '_i4~ __ I i l A•d haft /;sptm; "'ord, a11d h.p not ddizd. A k~•h that 11illin l)im, it i; not Offiimfclfe.Thii. ~ ! my namr. Here he fCttetJ-l do ...,·rie cw9 work_cs, ~Onfutcrh, thc.cft~·nipUs DodriH7 of free\>\ 11! ; 1 '! forrhn1hocli he commf;lcth <histhuri;h; F~rll "'the. Chi,:rc~/)'f_.~_·_)?.'_tlc;.\',hcrC~.~ they 1fach; i their r~mhfulJ keeping or th.c word qf Chr-t(l._ thar a man can ddp,ofc hl!nfd fe ,1) ~orkc Ollt I ! ~c~OndJy. th'e p~ofcffi<>n_ of his '!a_mc i~1 r~: ~is .f~lua~ion, bf:dn_g ont~y hcl~cd by God~. [lin'C of pcrfccutldn. rh IS bchauwur ~~ tlH~ grace. Ltkc vn_ro a hCkc man, \\h<? though he l Ch1irch)mu1l: beapacternc and aloo"king gl.affc_ be w~akc, 1cr b:Cci11g holden.. vp by an~{hcr; l for vs to (q~1are oq~.cont(~r(~tion bj•. Po"r thc~c ~an go'e Of'_himfclfc, A11f. B~'i_Sain~ ~~ul tc:t~ I \\'Ords: ThoUhllflfi.!pt my JFord, and h'fil not de~ t hcth Vs, I h<lt a rnan l;>y nacurc 1s not hcke, <;>r., ,.. ., niedmy ·'J-:ftnf, tho~gh th~ "~ords be; fe.w, theY ~qk~ "'·i'th J1nne; bctt H:nke :~. demiiiif/!ne:.and :~. E}'h.lt. containe much i.n them; (lgnifying, tha:t this' Can noniorc: n'Joou"t hir:lftJ{i: iO the -~' Ork pfhis' Church bath fpeciall ~a.re of kt(;'ping Cods cOnuerlion,thena dead ma'!J'.iillthc: grauc ,ifl thC word in emery Cdtmpaqndcmcnt, bo~~ l~gaiJ; ~;orkb ofhis·rcfurretH6n;But r.hry [ay,Pj t}lis' and cuangclicall. Har.p.ie were o·ur Church if wcmakC~manlike vnto a blockc; AnfNotfo, the (ame might truclyDe faJd ofvs,d1~t \:V.C',had fbr though he canno't turn' hin)fclfe vnto God, care of obc4icncevnto (;od, and Of th._; iruc ..,; yd.hCha'th MS wi'll il.Il"d vnd-erthnding fr~c to profcffioq of his t.l.am.~. l)u'cgcnda'lly w.elfa,il~ D yfe in ciuiH af1d oU'tward at.l:ions :' and bc,fidrs' in praCli(e, though in qutwarc,i profcllio.~l we ~Qcr~j'sap'ollibi"lltic fn his J.lJtur_e to be! c.o.i)Uer; .make fome {hew thereof. Thus much of the ,icd-b)' grace",' which iSnot in a blOcke. prailc ohhisChur<h. Aga\ue, whereas Chri!l f.,iih., I wi1l ina/is. 1J h lJ Jv/OmaLe rliemcoim,an4t~ey/hillco711t. Hereisplainel1 v. 9· e 0 !4, t ' '" ' '\: confuted the' Do't1rine on:d opin.io'•J-Of fomc,: ' themof the Synaf10f1Ue of .Sa· which hohj, That amall becing effectually ea], Jj • qo 1 led;maycomcvmoChrdlorr,OJ:comcarhts than rPhtch eaU themfelues pleafure;when God hath giucb' gr~cc,ma<1in•f ft ' · J b J rccci"uc it, O'r rcfitfc it, ifhc \Nil I'. T-his js.fla~ a.., J el'PeS, an are not, Ut UOC. gainllthistexr,forGodwi//ma~thnicome,and lie. behold I will ma"e them manswillmullbeplyab!eto Cods will indlrs \ " • ' ~ ~ matter. ,.. .: that they Jhail come and Butthey alleadge, Ma'tth•.• ,. ;7. 6IerHfo. I • fm,, Ierufalnn, hrn:p oft would! haue g4tli~7:td worjhtp befOre thy feete, and c thee, 444nhm,(.-c.butrhowwoHidt:jlr.ot• .#r.fw. I, /h 11 1;, h 1 h 1 d Chrill there fp<aketh not flf 'he will 6f his au '\[}OfPC t {lt 4UC 10Ue good plca(u•e-,forthat<annotbercGitod, but l t hee ' ofhis fignified will i)l the minilteri< ofhis l'£o., i • phcrs, and himfelfe as he was aProphet, imd 1 Here.followcs the £econd part .ofthis Epi... the Minifl:er ofcircumcifionvnto the Jcw.es;for r 1 _ fUc; nam~ly,thc pr.omifcs ofChrifi,which arc .fo he might will .their CE:mucrfion,.3ndyet t.hey two. Firft, concerning the conuerfion of ccrwill it not, ObieCt. z. ACl. 7·5 r. Teeftijfe..:~c,. taine lcwcs, verf.6. Secondly, concerning the k!d /rwu, yuhA11ealwaio te[>/frdtbe·hoi}.Ghojf. deliuerance ofthcfc Philadelphiam in the time A>~f. That mull b,<vnderltood .oft he Minifie. of t<tnpt3tion, verf. to. For the firlt of thcfc J:ieof the l?roph<ts-and Apolllos;;l•ho fpake l:!y t promifes :· In all likelihood, there was in this --~~Jc,"e·fi.pirit of.G~d., and _not af_~'~,·~irit_hi•m.. _ , 1 1 Citic of Philadelphia, a Synagogue of the " I<:wes;whiph bare an.ounvard lhewe,thatthev ~I. Point. TPepartics conuened, name.lf) 1 ,. were the erne wodlupp.ers ofGo.d:.•lbcit they Themof tbe S;nagogue ofSaNm! 811ch a& called_ denyed the name of Chrilt, and perfecured rhemfoluu theo.IJ irue wor["ippbt:of13oa, ail:d his Church.¥et Chri-fi herepromifcth, that he D y~t j11defde and in tr_Hth, wereno6ctterJtbenrh&' : # l,i< 1 :will tJonneFt them,and make thC'tn member.sof jlafleJ of Sath~t,n,. · .' t-.U ~· ~ ~· :- his Church, and coufe them to worfhip him in This istphe obferued : for •hereby we ma)'( the congregation before this Chur€hofPhi/a. fee, that not onely finntrs "hieh commitfma!l, 1_, dtlphia. . £nncs,are c.onuened vntoGod: bt~t cucngrio-. f . inrthis promife,notr.thr.eepoints tquchin.g -uou·sand.auncierit .finncrs: fuch as hauc loDg. 1 the conuerlion of thefc lcwC"s. The Author continued t•hc{lauesof Satah.-:COrifi died n0t 1 1 1 thereof: Theplrticconuer.c:cd; and the fruit of forpainced linnets, but f~r grieuous finQets:}& their ~onuerfion. Eor the firll, ( foith uhri!\) therefore Pau/d1argeth 'TimoJbre ·and t)ie- ,Mr.' , Behold, Iwil/mak.;them. The \Vords.arcvery niflers wi.rh hiril,'b To waiteforrhecomurji()JJI: ~6.l,7im:~. J -fignificant: becing doubled; and they ma·ke and upevlttnce.cf,them that m~re-JtZk.§n iJI rh-e.! i Chrilt the wholeand foie author of <heir <on• rnare .~ rbe Deui/1, ••~ that according to th,:l " ucrflon. 1 DerJil!; on·nc rri!l. Rom. J. 2:8. 2Paul fpeqkct'h 11 :{ Hen.cc·wee learn_c, that in the conucrhon of fomc .G entiles that were P;iienVp toarepro;. ] 1' ofafinncr,God bath the whole and fole .wor-k' b.rtfonfe: whicn wos afoarel~ll cafe, and yet 'i it true it is, that a man willeth his conucdlon I no doubt,many of them were afrer turndi to 1 ~~ i~th,e act thereof, bu.t ·yet it is God th:u "''orhclecuc t~e Gofpdl: for fuch ate tht'y tl1:lt arc 1\ \, ·-- - ...:...__ ' Hid,~ u~m____ __
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