i 1 - --the-Epijl!;if1ude-. -"~- --- ~---- (~~~i -~ / ~r ----/--- 1 I 3 quarrcrof :1 yc<~n: in rdl and idlcnc:s,whcrby A tbc conlcicncc. Th1rdly, ..,.,hdc thry-tc.a'h th~t ' / I ' rhcv become aducrr:\rics of this ground. ; a ll1:1n muft merit his faluation by_Jus "' crkcs 1 f I ,,.cr..und. t i"hc clcucnth ground is; I. Tim. I. rc;.K~~p: ,. they tortur<:tbc confcicncc, :md kauc it ddli.:. 'f.rithAnd good con[CJencc. The meaning. By failh tutc of t~lis ~etbmonic; f?r how cail the conJ(i- I / ''"' :nnft vndcrfb.nd the wholc:fomc doCtrine ; cncc quiet lt fdfc, ... ,hcn a knows net ho" n:a1and religion, dcliucrcd in the w1 itings of thc ny \\'orkcs "'"il fcruc the turnc,no1 "'hen it bath ! Prophets and 1\po!llcs: further, this t~ith mufi ' fufficicntly fati sficd chc iu!licc ofGod?and this 1 nor goc alone, but mufl h:me his companion, 1 is eo be markcd,that the chirfdl ofrh:n reJio i- \vhich is a good cMfl:ie»cc; the propertic of 1 ~ on, ·whar!Ucuer thry hold in their lifC rime:; fe-e which is to cxcu(e and iullific a man in all calwhen they Ita on rhc:tir death~bed,chcy Bie from lings before God and man:nnd it is knov,·nc by J thci.r ownc merits eo the merit ofCbnfi. Notaa nvofold tdlimonie: firfi, ofthe lifC pafi: fc1 blc 1s chat fpccch of Sr~phen Gardincr :lt his condly, ofthe life prefent and to come. The tej death to conuincc ir, who hmling beene a grc:ft :,lnu~~~!~~tr fl:imonie ofthe life pafi is, th.lt a man h:1th re. j pcrfecuror, and 'becing much perplexed Oil his uc:utit'n, pcmed himof all his finncs pafl, and is turned I dea~h-b~d, by africn~ o~ !1is ~ifl.dug.him, was vnco God. The tdhmonic ofthclifcprcfem putJil mmdeof that tufllfiC"auon "'h1ch is by and to come is, firfl, that aman h:ah a purpofc B · the mccre mcrcie of God in Chrlll: to whomc neuea· tO offend God, but cndeauours to rlcafe he anfwercd; you moy tell mc,and'tho[e whC1 him in all things. Sccondly, th3t \\'hen he hath are in my cafe of this doCtrine, but open not flipped and finned againfi God,it ·was not witthis gappc to the people: So as thcy are glad to tingly and willingly, but of humane i!Hlrmity. emertaine our doClrinc for rhe true peace of Thirdly, th:lt a man hath his gcncrall till:imotheir confcience,which in tbeir ownc doCl:rine nic which is required to a good confcicnac. they can neucr fin de. Pfal. t 19.6. l Jl:~a/1 ntJt bee confounded~ lVhm I Thus haue we fhewcd in pan that faith js a baue refp~fl toall thy Commaundementt. Iam... l. moll precious treafure, befct with many eale"- 5·Hee that 6reaktt1J one Commandement, Uguilmics, againtl whom we muflal·waics contend, tie of "U: that is,he that wittingly and willingly which we fhall yet more clcerely fCe in beliolagainfi the knowledge ofhis co!lfcience,breaks ding the vfe ofthis trea(urc,which is tWo-fold: one ofthe Comma.nden1ents of God,wil,ifocfirfi, to reuealc from God vnto man all things cal1on be otfercd,.willingly3nd of kno~;vlcdge ncedc:fiJJl vmo falu:uion ~onccrningdoCl:r.in or brc::ikc them all :·fo Os a good confcicncc mufi m3nners:whcreio it excclleth a) mans learning: tdlifie on a mans fide concerning all finncs aad for firfi, all the.lawcs and learning ofmen re~ 2ll obedience. Exa.:lJplc:o whereof we haue in ueale the Morallhlw only iO.parc,and mingle it He:akj_ab, Efai. 38. 3'· .Mcmembcr, Lor.d, how I C , with fuperfiitions,:~nd Ct"renlonic~.;but they re~ haue wa!k§d before the< with a perfdl: heart, uealc no part ofthe Gofpel;oncly this dochine And in Paul, t. Cor. 4·4· I k._nownorhing by my offaith rcucaleth in the full p.erf<Clion both·thc felfe.•ITile weight of the groundapppc3rcth in Law and Gofpcl.Seeondly, the Laws and !ear. the words foJlo.,.\•ing, where the Apofile faith, ning ofmen know nothing(much ldfercuc._lc) that while fome put 4~'~1 good CoJtfciencc, the; ofmans miferie,neilherthe caufc nor the reme~ hasse made jhipwr4ck! coi'Jcernit!g the faith : die thereof; but this doCtrine off.,ith kr:owcth where he comparcth our confcicnce to a fhip, and reuealeth both: namely, the firH (alife to our rctigion and faith to ourcrcafurcs laid i11 it. be the finne of our firfol parents. :md the proper Now as ahole in the f11ippc loofcth the tre:tand perfeCt remedie tG be the death of dlfin. furcs by Gnking the f11ippe: fo craekc rhc conThirdly, mcnslawcs and learning fpeake at fcknce,and the trcafures ofreligion [utfcr fl)iplarge of temporall bappineffe; bm know no.. ! wracke: whence ic is that Timothie is \1\'i\led to thing of eternal\; but this doC1rinc not onely kJepe the m]fterie offaith i1t pure confcic»et, 1. lmo\.Ycth the true happindTe ofmcn,but'tcach- i Tim. i·9· ethand defcribeth the readic way thereunto. I Adt~crf;~.ri~s. ThC Aduetfarie ?fthis ground is the Romif11 D The fccond vfe of this doC:hine of faith is, thac Religion,who ouenhroweth true tcflimony of it is a moO perfeel' infirument ofthe holy glioll 1 confcicncc, which is cuer ioyned with truehu~ forthe working of all graces in the hearts of 1 miliation, and rcpcnt:mec tOr finne.s pall; in men; I mcane not the letters and fy.llabl<!s, t tcaching,that many ftnncs arc in themfclucs \'C· but the doCtrine of the Prophets and ApoOies j niallJor no finncs, as thofc lu(h agamll rhe lafr uught,and bclccued. Pn1tl calleth it the po1vcY' , Commandemcnt, which killed Pau/himfelfc: of God to fa!uarion: and Chrifl him(elfe faith , 1 and in extenuating mans corruption,and extol:. that his word i.J iftirit andlife, that is,thc inflnl· ! ling nature;,..\'hcrby(they fayJa man may work mcnt ofthcfpirir, '-"'·hereby lifeetcrnall is pro... his f~luation,beeing holpen byrhe·holy GhoH: cured: for which two notable vfcs it is a moll whereas indccdc no true pelcc of confcience is prttious treafurc. \Vhence "\'C lcarne, firfl to be to be tOund ti\1 n:l;:ure be wholly debafcd, and fiPijt to hca,-e this doel'rinc, taught in the pul>... grace rake the whole place. Secondly, they like Min.ill:ry, __as lamcJ counf~lleth,chap.l.l9. , teach th<>t a man onnN be ccrten of his fa!u:thec:tufe 111 1t God opened) Ius trc:lfilrc to dition in this: life, but m:ty conicClure and hope fpcnce the fan1c vnto Vs. Secondly,it bceing 3 well; which is the n:ry r:tckc and torment of precious ncafure, we mull hide the f:unc in the \ coff£rs I ,. .,
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