Perkins - BX9318 P47 1613 v3

; .11.mh.4. ;verf. ~. ~-~ i Su'1nspoli· C~t iu tCIIlp· tmg. L ----------zz:;;iji~~d ibc-Ve~1J/. ----·-. -~~-. -_-,-3§_5_1 -ly-,-T-h-eD-.-,-ui-ll-1i-.,-,- c h1;, t:dl,beare~: atl vnft1ral-~- Pi. 1-~\{.S t}!,(C h.tuc: JcnJed.Second!J;a~! --- bic.: deadly hatred ~g1in!~ God l:imf~if, and, M1 God .:-an widl~m painc or la~our, yea Wl[hvu~! cordino ro his n:uure, as oc::::ahon knlt.'S, r:ee ;t!J :!!can~~ ar !ll'> vny bl'cke eo~ wb:Hfoeun he c:mnotbut ibcw rhc f.n11e. Now in this qur.lli· ,-.·di: :~nd by hi, wo'rd onely make r~o•~cs b{'... · · on he dorh norably b"'\\ ray.his~m~lice & ~i~itc j eom:· b.~ca_d. !'hn·dfJ, tha~ to \·\ o1h· a m~racle againft God; for, whcrca:.tn Lbnfh l?apn!mc o.t hmliellc, 1~ ~ propcruc and prcrngari\IC q~ :;t \ir:le btfore, Cod had proclaim~d lnm tv be . I h1111 alone rh:-.r IS rrue God; as to ltlrnc HoneS: ht:s beloued fonne ;;; whor;;. hee JJ'tU well r;eafed, I ! into bread in thispbc.c. N?w when the Dc~Ji!l Hereby rhc Dccill gocll abour re prooi\Crhc arkno1\~kdgcrh all th~s, a fl)Jil woul0 not ch1nK I cl cane conrrary,3nd (._,as much as in himlictl: , that hc.rciJ~ he ll1ould m~cnd a~y bun to. Chr.ift feckcstomal\c God:~ lycr; V\'hkh, bcc:wf~1r orrohu Church; but m ,very rnuh h1s dnft fiucth his u2wre fo 'r\'cll, he makes choik ot at · I herein 1s, ro ddiroy rhe faith ofChrifhn that this time, 1 '"'ord of hisFather \1\hich ijnkc from hcauen, Thev(e. I. ln thi~ praCtiCe ~f the d.cu~ll ...,·e j & to oue~rhro\v rhc founda.cioti o~ the chi_Hch,~ may learne what to JUdge of iundry talfc tea- , Uy prooi111-:g that Icfus Chnfi the fonnc ot Machers·for as well in the primiriue Church as alric, '"'':lS nor true God. . iO fin~c that ti(:1c,th.cre hauc beene fu1.1dry me~n B 1 H~rc then _obl~ruc 3 tri~~e of the D~uillS · ~~~·~~nl:~~~h of o·reat fame tor vv1fedomc and lcarnmg,as E1 cunmngj\'\'hen he fpt:~ks a truth,he doth lt not t<J .nucr~ hio: Corinthm, Carp!Jcrates, Srmn[Ate11UJ,tmd I to confin.11Cthe f:~mc ::!S louing it, but indeede trr ,..,:a·r~;~ Arrim, who haue all bboured t'euc:rally to his meaning is to oucnhrow the truth thereby: ~~~;~~~ proouc, that Icfus Chrii1 the Son ne of M!!.rie 1 [ whi<~h mu IT admor.1i01 v::;,tba~ when Sacan ll~all l was nor indecde the Sonne ofGod, very God ' ~n~y way a!f.1ulr vs 111 tcmptanon,\\'Cneuer gtuc · but oncly a worthy Prophet. Now ofehem v\'e 1 trt'dit vnto him, no nor then when he fpeaketh • may (afely think vdth the church ofGod in fur I tlr~ truth, bcca~fc therein his purp~fe is to d:- - ntertimes, that they were falfc Prophers, here- ~ c.cwc: vs, and t~ dcftroy the truth : hence lt \ I tikcs, and fedt~cers, yea 1hc p~~fcffccl en<?mics w:t~ ~hat .Cl~riH torbad the ;l yncleane fpiri.ts.r~·. a (.f;d~'do of Chrifi-, gutded by the fpmc of S:1tan, foi' 1 I tdhhcof h1m>th0ugh thf'yacknowledge .htm l··t••S· , herein the'y doe direCtly ·tread in his Llcps. 1 to bu the hofJ one.of Gotl: hence a\[o P:1ul was I I I I. In this his pradi(e we may obfcrue the ' gricued at rhc tdlirnony ofthe foul(l fpiri t rhat malicious an~ com_rad~t~lingCpirit ofSathan a- ! 1 ,,·as in tltc m:Jid.e,though in i't felfc a moll vvor- , gainH God hnnfclf,for here he labours to conthy truth, to .wtt, b that thry were thefe-ruan/J of bKaS". 1 j. 1 t elude that Chrifl: was not the foane of G"d;r C the mnjf ~igb God, whir:h fhrw~dinto mm the WA)' I nocwichllanding God bimfelfe had aliccle.OP- , of falun<ton, . fore auouchcd that he was. And this is hfs col'l· Further, in comparing' our Euangelifl: Mat-' tinued pra8:ifc vnro thisday;for where God in thcwe.·with S. Luke, there may fcemt fomc his Church pronounceth grace, mercic ai."UlL 1 differcricc herweenc themjn propoonJ ing this Joue, there on the conrrary \\'ill the deoill protempradon,for in A.f11.tthr:w the \•.rords arc thus, nounce a curfe, hatrcd'2.nd damnation.Againc, commaun4et'hefeftones,&c. And in cLuk; rhus, cfuk..f-l· where.God dcnounceth his curfc 8dudgment, co.mmaund'thU ftone. But they arc rcconcilCd there will the deuill feck to pcr(wadc a ,·on,eit thus: M cttrh'tw. fets do,,·ne t.his tempradon as of grace and fauour. Jfa. man be che child of the Deuill- firlt. propounded ic: and $. L11~ God , and hauc recei~1ed the feale of grace for fhewes ho-..,· tHe Deuill vrged it:fOr firfi the de.. l)i'S:affurance thereof; the Deuili !WiiU [cckc to uill comes toChr.iH ::md bids fiim, ifhce be·the! weakc;n this·aifuranc.c, and pcrfwadchim ifhe fonne ofGod,command ~I the Hones which ht can that he .is. the c;hi!P ofwrath . •Aild ifa man l.faw round about him to.be made bread, .this be void of grace, arrd (o indeed the. child ofthe · S. Matthew fats downe :·OT ifthat fecmed.roo' D<;utlk, cth~n will Sachan fuggefl ini:o liisheart D much, comn·mnd one fidneto be made bru3 prefumpwous thoi1ghrs, and make him thinke i .1 and it ~ould fufficc;and th.i5·S.LHkf n .. oteth~ I h~iH~c,child ofGoJl; fn \hac oueiy viay, bee I :Ihe'Ofe. By•rhiscomparing of the £uange• fucwcs,bimfclfe cobtrarie to God. r: li-fis W C may obferuc; that .;_,hen the DcuiHiath . Y:er.marke rhe. dC'(t.Jilswords a.litrl.c,funher; . 1 1 £'!.nee begun to tempt a: man.h.ewillnotcJ.lftly l If thou bee the fo••< •f God, corimuond ,thcfo i lcaue off, bm will fee an edge vpon ic, a,nd;enfloneJ, &c. that IS, doe: but fay the. ,W.ord, and ., force and vrgc it bj all the meancs he can, that bid rhcfc ftones to become brcad;and it"' il be if it be tJofliblc hc.may preuailc.\>Vhich fhonld done. And here in the very propo.w1ding of' I rc:ach vs on d1c other lido 7\to bc-mofi cameft thi~ :emptation \\:c m<~y ob(crue the decpc and rcfoitl.tO·in rc:fiHing Sin:ms temptatiorlsi he pohClc of Saran; tor 10 thefe few ~,,•ords ( tbe will t3kt fm:~ll aduanrag.c before he kauc; we ·:, bener to effeCt his purpoi"c)hec touchcth three therefore mufl not dgilt~ plau, nor yetld one· GEph.+:imofi true and.notablc poims in Diuinitic:Fi1ft, ! iot vmo him: cRefzft tht Dmillandluewillfli~. <: I,am 4•7 ... : that hcc thar ts the Sonnc of God by nnurc,is This mutt euery member of the Church doe: alfo cnte ~nd very God: for bere he afcribcch i the mini!lcr by found and chrough-•pplyJOg of v~no the ion o~godthc trne prerogatiuc ofgod I euery pan ofGods ~rmh to the hcarr,whcrcby . lumfc)fe; a pomt wherein the Pharifies \\·ith- ! iunay be ill'mcd ~gamll the cncrniq and the ! Hood_?_~r ~auiour Chrifl, and "''hieh many he- l people by f3ithfull embracing and obeying of I _ Mmm4 ~

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