36o ,, · An ExpO}ition vpon·' · - --·---- \ v••; .:-:; i .--.- , no~dcfcribc ,yet wce:1~ay thus :nceiue ofir~ ~ fi~t~~bucl_ab~urto fce?ur mifcric both in finn: ~ ----'-'-' I The rcgcAcrarc man l~tth, IJil.me, but lwo:dd and the pundhmcnt rncrcof. And feeinn it notjln11e: Th_c niu!rall mnn f:~ith~,/ fnne, and 1 Rt:iuc to be touched with it, that we n1 a)~.:ri~ l U:t/lji;me: lt :s my naturt: t<Yfi:,~c-, and my de:. 'Ntth the I ewes,~ YVhat (bal/wcedoaobufoutd? 1 1 Aft.:.;,. hght; and thJs was the {l-ate of -'this Church. for till fuG~ time as this in fame mcafinc bee P.u:lil'hm_c:lt_s cOt~c~rning thctp.a_rt~ ofm~n, wrought in ~s,wc fhali b~-but lukc-warm' prdbt Ctt11er mdcru:s of Ius fout·e,dr of ht·Sbodte: fdfors, haurng a fl1cw o'fgodlinclfe, bur warithc·n:ifcrics ofhis foulc be thcfc.P.irft,tn.rhcvnting the power thereof, 'fh~true fight of our derfianding.ignorancc ofgods'wil.Ahilin fun.:. mifcric is the gift <.nd gr~cc ofGod,but yet we · dry, 111ldncffc,and foolifhnefiC; an11;i'n all men, ' mull vfc all good m.cancs,that we m:~y come to pain and difficul~ic, both to ~car:nc and r~memfee the fame,&: to be touched with it,that fO we her whatfocucr IS good, ·wl11ch.was not m mat1 may hauc_hcarts herby fit to rece1ucthc golj>ell by creation. In the confcicncc alfo., 'bc accuf~- which contains the remedy ofthis ourilJi!Cric, tions,.fCcrct fcares, a~d terroun:;,.ln the will, iS A?dmiforahle, that is, r~orthie toheep,ttied: 1 rcbelhon to Godswill. ]n :~.11 aftcC'bons, perthat IS added, not to fe;; downeanorhcrthina uerfnetTe. All which arc mif:ries ofthe foule. but ro c:xpreffc the gr~atndfe of their mi'fcri~~ . The bodic alfo hoth thdc •llifcrics. I. It is as ifhclhou!d fay, Thy miferie is not f,nall,but (ubJcCl: to ::1H infirmities, fickncffcs, difcafes, & B fo great and fo grieuous, as indccdc thOu an in aches; \vhich arc fo many, ::.s all rhe bookes of that regard tobe pittied of allmen. Phylici3ns nci~h~r do nor can rcco~d the fame. · ~cncc.wc le<1rnc, that wee muft nor dcfpifc Thcvf~. I I. M::~ns bodte IS r.tortall, and fub1eC\: to rem.. parucs m1ferablc by rcafon of their finncs, or I pora!l de:uh; which no m:m can·po.flibly avoid fcornc: and contemn them. But contr'ariwifc laor preuent by all the art and skill in the world,. mcnt and pittic them. \Vhen Dauid fawmen . Punifruncnts ofmans cfl:are,conccrnc either fi11nc,and fo pull hcapcs ofmifericsvpon them, h1s goods, or calling.• In goods there berhcfc b lu~fhedriuersof teares. The Lord makes it a b Pfat.u9• mifcries; wantbfthin'gs nccdfaric: for by rea..! good mans propcrticetomournefor theabhami- 1 1 3~· k fon of fin ne it is ':l punifhment 1 and in it owne n4tionr of the peopl~. leremJc cl for the finnes 1 ~ d1·:r~;~~4· nature a curfe: and all the hurts that come by· ofthe peoplcwifhed hUhcad were fuOofwater, the creatures: for their cnmitie towards man, And iu!l Lor egrieucd IJi& ;·ightco:u henrrfor the' c l.Pcr.:.,. and towJrd one 3nother; as alro their fubieCliabhomi11at1onsofSoa'ome. It was the f:i.l1lt ofche · a. on to vanitie; all thefe be mifcrics a~d r·hc pu.. Corinthians, which Patl/reproucth,rbat when I niflli11Cnts ofm<1ns finnc. In mans calling there the inccfluous man had finned that grieuous is.mifcrie: for therein man ~s fubic&ro rroublc, finne, f thC) were not humbled, !Jut puffed with f 1 .cor.J; to loffes, and forro"''; which come-as a~punifl1conumpt aJainft the partie. And it is aJ~ult in. ment of mans firfl: finne, And all rhefe b~e the C fundric men at this day, that they arcnor l.uminifc::rics of min in this-life. . :c. bled in themfclucs when they fee Qthcr men At the ende of this life, comcs6odi!J death, finne. We mull not doe fo,but ilH~,\: the grace thc-fepaution of foulc & body afundcr; \\•hich we hauc aboue others, in beeing grieucd for i" it fdfc is:l tnofl: fc·arcfuJI curfe,for fo,it is the the mifcrics which men without grac.c by-t,h.cir , vcrie gate.of hcl. . finncspnll da~!y vpon them,Thus much oftheir But ai'tcrtl\is life, is the accomplifhment of mifcricin gener:.lll. · ,u mi(erics, a.nd that is ~tenut!l deftrullion and The parrs of their mifcrie arc three, which eondem11ation mhe/i.ftre, v.:hich to be rhe end Of Chrift notcth particularly, that if it were poffiallmifcries, appeare!> by this, hec:mfcit is :t feble,he might caufe eh is Church to by afide this paration of mans·pcrfon from the.focicdc and damnable pride; for thefc il_l all men arC mainc prclencc of God ·~ ,and an enduring of Gods mifcries. The firfl: is poucnic: Andpoore: that w.rath in the ...d10lcperfon, cucn in the place h propetly one that Hach not a rag to his back, ofth.c dcuill and damnable tOules ,and that not nor bread to his mouth_, vnleffc hee b~ggt the for a time, hllt foreucr 3nd euer etcr.nally.And fame ofothers.But here it is taken foi: one that thUs we fee what punHhment is, and anfwcnt- .D is fpiritually poorc: which pouertic \".!CC lhalt bly w1u.t miferie is, whereby ·we.may.fee what I better ~~ncci~c, ifwe doc.vndcrlhnd what be it is to bewretched, namcly,m a. word to !Jefi1b- : true fpmtu~l r1chc.s.True nches beGods ~race ~£!to 4 /lmiforieJ, whether we confider them in the and fauour ul'Chnll : l~ the pardon of.hnr.e, roote rher~uf, origiita_lljimte; orvndcr_theforme of and life euerlalling. The poore man thercfo.re p1111i(hment:, inthi:s life, in the wholept7fon, andin is he, that wan.teth Gods f~uour forthe r~mJf- }oiJ.fe &, had 1 ej"tmitAilj,ingoods an~.calling, at the . finn ofhis finncs,and tl~c g1ft o~ _eternalll1fc:& tnd~ofthis lift, and'in theworld eo com~. hath in him.no good thml? that IS ~cc.eptable to The proper ende th3t mooucs Chrill ro fay God , but 111 regard ;:>f lus foulc, 1~ as filly and to this.Church, {he ~ewwotthatfhe,n'IUwretch• poorc,as :my bcgg~r lll regard ~fh1~ body. ed: is this; to teach this Church,andin them vs, The end whyChrtll calleth this church poor, and all Church<'s to Jcarne to know their owne is to beat downc the proud conceit ofher own mifc.r~es,to f~lc the fame, and to be rouche'd in"· good ellatc,.and to caufe her to fee~~ I~ er ~~ir.iconfcrcnce fOr th~m. We- therefore mull learn ruall paucrttc, and fo bccomcpoo.e 111 tpmt. n.otrto fl~ter our[clues with hope of our good 1 And wee in them archkewifc taught 1 to Iabou_: to
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