I f verf ?·_ a 1.Tirn.1. •• beaten do;~ne,they will n~uen~:,~l~;:~d~~·~ 1:.~:~::~·in highplace,~s M . • g;e,;,.,I J± 7~' fpirir and truth. Wou:d \o\'C there-fore kno ..•.·e MancrsJ&c.wantdue rcucrenC>C,isfOr that.t!RJ l why the moftp:trt "''orll11pG od formally?furec:lrc noc for Ehc fauour of G 0d, the ground ly it is becautC rhcy hauc noc bcenc humble'~ thereof.. - J : ·:~ witha fcarc of Gods maiefiic , and a ccrrour ot m · .·• h h. /J hcii:Neithcr can it be hoped,tlm wdhall cucr V. 10. ' .Dfcau[e I ()U · tl(~ worlhipGod flnccrely, till ourhcottsbcthus /,, h J d j' · · ' broken within Vi, and 1\'C touched with afe>re ,!\.eft t C· 'Rior 0; m;• patzenc~, of Gods iudgcments. The want hereof lS the ' there~re ''iPiU >/. delitur thie caufe,why men and women contentthcm(clus · .. J \1 J ~ · . with 1 bare mumbling oucr ofthe \vordsoftbc YOm the houre if tempt a/IOn1 £qrdspra;er,chcCru~, and te»ne.~ommand~- ~ h' · . . - _ /1 • "'"'"' ncuer feekinli m the iincerme of thcrt n tch 'Rit/1 come vpon a .the heort cheerefully, and willingly; both With /~ · h h tf: t. /1 foulcandbodic,todocwotlhipvntoGod. n' '1110rtu, to lrte t em I lit tP~ ·. The (~cond fiuic ofcru_e conueriion_concer- ''VhOn the earth.' ... , neth man, and that ts) A reHerence of t-he true I , ''"'rp,;ppers ofGod, noted in thefe .words, BeThe(e word! <ont:Unc the<(ecdndpromill: o( ffJre tll) fate.Thc(c !ewes \\'hen theywere con.. ChriH "mo thisChutch, conterniilg their pl·cuerted, did not thinkethcmfelucs ~'Vorthic to fcruatfon in time_of mofi bloo·die perfccuti0n1 be members of this congregation, but fubmitforth is EpilHe·Vnto·this Church; as alfo rhi9 r:ed thcmfducs to be footc~ftooles vnto them. bookc,was wriuen by /ohn,afi~rthe afccmi9n This reuercnce fhewcs it fclfc in this ~ne thing of Chrifl in the dayes of Dom_rtlan rhc E~lf:c~ which is the ground thereof; namely,a bafc O• rot.Jr of Rome; after whom fud'ccdcd T~.timhU pinion w.hich euerytrue conucrtedperfonhat.h who ""hen he,.,·as feared in llfs E~11plre;taifcd of himfelfe, by reafon of his owne vnWorthtvp grieuous perfecution •gait\lt Gods Church ndfc:This was in Pau/,cauling him to call himin all placeS of his Dominion, whtrcm he put (<ife the • chtefe of AU.fi.nm. And the fame to death innumerable thoufands ofChri/\ian~ oughc to be in cucry one ofvs ; tOr this is true for the fpace of tOurctecnc yeares. Ofthis per~ grace and a note of trllc repentance, when 3 C fccutio': our. Sau~our Chr1fi fore-tells thf5' man or woman can trucly abafe thcmfclucs beChurch, callmg tt, The h6ure of temptation", neath all Gods prople; -fo as if tlie quellion &: wichall he promifcth to prderue this church were who is the vilcfi per(on in the Church? in the time ofchis bloodiepc!rfctutio~l: adding the conlciencc of euer.y man lhould anfwer, I a reafon thereof; Bec••forhejhadconft•<nffJ.an71 mJ fo!fe. The proud ahd Pharifaic·all heart, is JincmlJ profeffidhu Gojpet. ' · farre from true conuerlion; but the humble In this prornifc ofprefcruadon, llote luni1rf. he•rc is pleaiins to God. points; I. Th~ occaiion thereot, The l:,upih1? Andfballk_nowerhat I haue louedthee: Thefe thtword of bupatienct.ll.Thcthingprott>i!_(d, words containc a reafot~ ofthe former fubmtflc de!iuerance vnder Traiansu. I I 1. ApredictiOn behauiour of the Icwcs, for it mi'ght be ask~d, 9f this pcrfc:cution, That iz flliJO nmevnto thf why JhaJl thefc !ewes come to ioyne them- -world,for thU~de, to tric thcnt ·' ; (clueswith Gods people, and be content to '.' I. Point. The word of Ch•if/t patience fo~e . make chemfclues fodt•lloolcs vmo them? The expound to be, Chrills commandement ofpa• anfwc~-fs, bccaufc Chr'ift will mak$ them k..,noW 1 ticnce. butthat expofidon is too !hair; h1~h: it that h<ebath loued hu Church. fignifietl\ the whole Doctrine of ialoacionlly Here marke and fee the ground ofall cruc Chrill; which iscalled the word of patiehc~l reucrcnce, Gods loue'!ndfafiOIIr. Sundric per- D firfl,bccaufc it tcacheth patiencc:Secondly,be... fons both in Church and Common wealth, caufcitisthcinflrumentofpaticncc; forwhen hauc reuercnCc due vnto rhcm,as Maflet·s from a manknows faluation by Chrift, and' ~l(o be... their (eruants; parentS from thci'r children; }CCUCS the fame tO belong tO him, that Will and all iitpcriours from their inferiours. Now' make him patient in all the mifciies of ch.is Ufe. if thefe men would attaine to true rcuerenec Thirdly, ~ccaufe it ear.oc be profeffed and !lot. indec:de, firfi, they mull fccke to be in the' den vmo death without pariencc, but as it is loue and fauour of (/'od, and of his children; faid of the good ground,lt bringerhforti1JYf'ite and fo they fhall- procure: vnro thelllfelucs wirhpatima, fo muft euery one doe that pro4 true: rcuercncc ; for when men fee their hearrs feffeth this Gofpd. to fcareGod,then wil! God turhcche heam of In this occaiion of Go<ls ptomi(e obferue, men to rcucrcnce them. This ought to be that Gods grace well vfcd, is re-warded with thought vpon of thofe that be great in birth inereafe. Thofe which haue rcceiued but final and wealth; They mull not fiand on thefc rncafure of grace at the.firlt, by bccomming things, but lookc to the foundation ofu.ue refaithfull therein, hauerccciuc·d incrcafc: whi'ch rhey mufi fcckc for:and getting that,God will thofe talent9, wbi,h we haue recdoed: For get them rcucrencc,eucn of wicked me-n. The hci'cby wc !hall rccciae incrcafc,.w·hcn~s t~ofc ucrencc; namely, the fauour of God, which fcrues romooue Yf to be fah_hfuU in the vfcofl. ---------------------------------------------------------------- whi._<_b________•
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