.-J- · ---·-·-· \__!____ --~ the Epiflle of lude._ . __ 1 I I God, and cuc:l~e good "'orh.c. So wotnen arc IA I manw,fl comcaf'rc:mer lerl:nm aemc lmnfotfc,a1Jd f:l!d tb bee {dutd tbrossgblu.i.YJn" of cbdd"en, I. I I l•tk.1 vp hu C'toffi, ttnd fol/bwc, mcc. ln \"':IHc.h. 1 1 m z. r5. nJmcly, :~sa \\ay lo\llc.rcH1 they prJ· I ground""<: willr,onildcr tlu cc th.~JS5 : fi1 {t, the 1 C:Hfc choir faith and obcdlCJlCC. Thus A6rAIMms ! mc:t_nl~lg,tcc:ndJy the moment, tu1:·d1y rhe :!d'- faith and ""orkcs went together, Iam.1.11. ' [ ucrto.nt·s <lg:anll.,."bolll ""en.lUfl contend. For Secondly: Tbc Aducrl3.ries of this ground, the meaning; if tmymtm wUifoliou'c mre~ that_Is; arc profdfors of Religion, wbo comem them- \-\'ill be my Di(ciplc, (for Difdplcs ,_.fed to foli I fclucs with a fo.im:J rcpc~mmce; fol' moll men Jov.·c their MaHers ~nd tc:~chcts)hc mul1lcarne J being p:ickc:d and (l11ng 1 Nith the fenlc.of their three dmirs:fidl,L~t h~m dt:»ichim.fc!f~;:Ccond.o / finne:: for a while will hold do\\'Jle ~hc1r hcnds ly; tP.k£ vp Ins crojfe;T\mdlytfo/lcv;cm~: To the! 1 like abulrufh, brcake off their companie,.comc dcniall ofnur lc:lucs tbrre things :!1:c rcqnit"cd : i 1 eo Church, pray, hcar.c the 1,.\'0rd,~nd performe . Fidl,wc mull for the nngllifyingofthe grace of! other duties:but when the remoriC is once pa!t, ! God, ab:~. le our (clues euen to nothing. An ex::: they rc:turnc eo their former courlc of liccmi- :~mple vvhcrcofwc haue in Paul, 1. Cor.;. 7.1 oufncffe, and this is thought a fufficicnt repcnha:uplm1ud, Apollo h.-ahwarcr~d: but nefthli-.u u"cc: whereas it is bUt ceremoniilll; and :1 figh~ that plo~.nt~thrtn)' thiHg,nfitht:r he rb~tt.wateYeth,• !cafe whereby men fceke to coucr them. 6m Godthatgi:whincrcPjc.· lftb-e plamer bee fclues:for true repenrancc ~hangeth the mindc, B : nothing, much le!fe the planted, \1Vc arc not wi!l,.affeelions, conl..:icncc , yea all the aCtions 1• I ableas o~our (clues to d1inkc ~good thought: of life. . I And ::tgatne,A//ourft~Jficieucie.r-o cfGcd.Sec'?n~~- Secondly. rhc Romif/J Clmtch, ,.,·htd.l for maly, we mutl renounce ono owne reafon & wtl/ ny hundred ycarcs h':ah oucrtmncd this doand bring them vnder fubicCl:ion ro the ~"'ill of Chine:as fir A: in general abouc thefc 5oo.yc:us, God, wee muH no~ ftriue.to h:JUe ,~~,,ills of our: penance and publike ..:onfCilion of pcrfons exowne, bur let Chrifis will bee fuflicient for vs, comtnnnicatcd,hath bin by rhcm t:.lkcn & dcchis wifcdomc muf1 be our reafon. Thirdly. "''C mcd to bee repentance it fclfe:: any other bath 1 mu!l eftcemc all things ·as for ChriH, and prcbccnc fcarfc taught Ol' knov\'llC in thcfc parts of fcruc within vs a rc:1dinc!fe to Jeauc and forf.1kc the world. Stcondly, repentance is by them fri.ends, riches, honours, yea our.Iibertie 1 :n:d Ap2mrne turned into a ludiciall proceeding and fentCcc life ir fclfc (ifneed be) for hisfake and a good ;~i~r1i1~~. of the court, wherein the M1niHer mull bee confciencc. Iudge, che finner mufl come vndcr confcffion: The (econd dude is, To ralzyvp otJt.croj{cday..t the Minillcr mull paffe (emence, and the other I;.· vnto V\' hieh cwo rhin~s arc required: firll,c.::: mull make fatisf;~:Clion accordingly;.which is an uery member of the Church rnufi make rc<::kor high ahufc ofthis dothinc. Thirdly, they hold ning of,and looke for daily croifes,priuarc 2nd· the works of Contrition, Confeffion, and Sa- C particu~:lr in his calling and in his profcflion. tisfaC\:ion, to merit, yea and to confcrrc pardon Secondly, when the Croffe commcth it mufi lre. offirme,;~:nd (o abolifh the merit and fatisfaC~itaken vp chcerefully,and born ·with rcioycino,. on of ChrHl. Secondly, the worid h:nh beene M3tth. )• I 1. Reioycealfdbeglad, namely, ett~if: by that church deceucd in diuers parti~ulars c6l"Pbe;-t men rmile andpcrfocutc}'ott: Rom.r.3.Ju;· ccrning this doCltine; as namely, firft it harh llified perfons arc able to rcio;ce in trihulatior..r.~ been taught that repentance for the original of a.ccording to the cxhortn.don, lam. r. 2. Com 1 t" it, is panly from narurc, partly from grac~; itano:ceeding ioJ. An cxompk: of the Saints,- panly from God, pmly from oarfclucs: whoch Heb. I o, 34· whofuffiredwitb i")' the f}oyli•goj is a falfc foundation) ioyning light with darkc. theitgood.r. neffe, it becing wholly from grace.·. Secondly, Tht chi;d dude of.l Dilcip~e is:afi:cr the two rcmorfc of confcicnce (whi<::h the vcric dcuills former rofo/lowe Chrift. For ·when Chrifi f<Jith, may haue) is made a part of repentance; Stml Ai1dfollowc mt:,.. iris as thouoh hec had faid: 1 himfclfe, nay l;uias want~d not this contrition, goe before bearing my croffg, let my Difciplcs which is no grace; hut a prcp:nation vnto it. fOllow me llcp by !kp in bearjng of this croffc~ Thirdly, they tn:lke .A~trictdar Confejfion, wher- D Th1s conraiunh.in it the mainc duties ofChri. by euery man is bound to confdiC all and eucry flian religion; to the performing of \~·hi rh one ofhis finns, with their circumfianccs in the two thmgs arc to be dbne: firfl, we mufl beare Prcifi:s e:~rc, fo ncccffarie vmo repentance, as • the cro!fe in obcdience,as Chrill did,who rnoft" without which he cannot hauc p:udon; which "''illingly ahafed him!CifC to the death, cuen the is a very gibbet to the confciCce. Fourthly ,they death ofthe croffe~ in obedience ro hts Fathers turne their Canonical! (JtisfaClion into fatisfawill. ~·Bnt wherein llood rhi? obedience Clion of Gods iulticc for fin ne, wherein blafof Chrifl? .At!{. In the pradifi: of three fpeci.:II phemouOy they ouenhrmv the moll pcrfeCl fa~ venae$: firft, M~~lz!ne.ffo, hcc opened not his tisfr.Cl:ion ofthe Son of God. V\1earc therefore mouth, he rcuiled nor beeing rcuiled,reucnged to.pratfe G~d, ·who hath tak~n from our neckes not ,.du:n he miSht. Secondly, Pattt:nce, )Jcc th1s yoke ot the Rom:.1ne church,wl11ch neither grndgeJ not to luffer thofc bitter 'torments for we nor our Father's \\'Crc sblc to bearc. his very enemies. Third1.y, Loac, he prayed for T he (c~<?nd grolmd ofpraCtife is concerning rhofc thac peirced him, and fl1eddc hi~hc:~rt $a; , --I i ! the exerc!le of rcpemi!nce, Luk. 9· -:3. IL12.__~od: i11 o.~l which it is our part to imira:c him. -·-··----- B b b b r Sccmi~)c: '·..:.... ___.
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