----------------------~---- / the ' epijlleofJude. / 51} -- - ··v 4 For there 'ate cer- A tho•ldpreuailo&dcuourcthcpcople :~-God: , - -- 1 • • .~ .. · . So the Lord(ordcrmg chc mal!cc ofSata to tnc taine.men crept"·in »Jhtcb Were good ofthe Church) fulfcrcth fcciuccrs in thc j' •• 1. -~ .- ~: • -··, ) I : ' ·-· :?·.. (. . Church, bmh co·cxcrcde the faah and patiC'nce 0[o!de bejOI'C Ordazne-(l '/0 thtJ of his, as alfo to prcuent greater dangm,whi,h ! · J• . . •# • J ,lh;:..;; d' r 1 •· they 1mght Hl their fccurc conditton f.1J! into, 1 conq,etrznatton\:, "vngo ty. ' men Secondly> hence WC fee that fu(h hypochteNs the11 are which -turneJ.~e_·· O'YtiCC tl.>cfe be, though they be in the Church,yct arc './ . ,usJ,,· , 1.• .-·~ - . rhe}' llOtofa;thcyarcnomembersofth;~rbOdy ol' OUr qoJ,.· :f..·m.o_'_'.Witi1,l,:pf}_n,'_ effe, (as the Romi01 church tcacheth)for they oncly '/ ~ 1 · - ~ :f)~ crupr: into it. and deme 'i'ryarth.eone:b... Lor~ The fccond fault that is hid to their charge an.d-our Lord' lte~'r;;r~~ 'c·_ .. "t;._·,::a. is, that they are intruders, rhrufl:ing themfeluts 'j 1 ,J, ... fl ,.,jJ, into the oAicc ·ofccaclling , not bccing Called Here the Apoitlc pio'cc.ed~tti1 f& Cdnfirmc tl~crcto, but ~"creepe into the calling. VVhcncc ft'cpc,,tltt· hiscxhortation,bya~Cal6n drawYiffSthctlarc B we note, that it is mofl:_ ncce~aric that rho(c_ 1 ~~~fi.t11u_ of the Church in his time, & it is thus briefly \\·ho arc to re:1ch pubhkcly- rn th'c Church; · a!.~",u;,. framed. There be ccrt{littc then whiCh fccrcdy 010uld be fiHl called thereunto.Rcafbns. Fi1 fi, !."ffi• fcck to vndcrmine& o\lirthrow tOe·fairh,thcrbefides the auoiding of this finne of creeping fore You ought the more earncfH)' to coiltCnd into the Church, it is the ordt"r that God bath for it. Aod rhat thdC aduerf:uits 'lbtking a1Ct in the famc;thar het that is to teachfoorJ!d fr'ft mongGchemmighnhcbctter bedcfcried, he ~e,fmt, Rom. IO,l4• And, N o mantak..;rhthU defcdbcththctnby fiuc fcu.erall adiu1iB:s: fir!l, hono11r (that iS la\vfulJy) to himfelfc, e.Hcpt lift by their hypocrillc ,·in cre~ping in. Secondly, h# edited tU A aron WJU. Secondlv;thcMiniflrjrv by tbcirdhte before Cod, they are of olde OY.J i.s ·Gods, and not mans, b-cca1~fc the Mini!lir I dained to thU condemnation. Thirdly, by their fland~th in ·Gods roornc, ·and ~'c<lketh i._n'his religion; vngodlj men they t~rr. Fourthly, by name ; which he canncucr do·c trucly, ¥1~lc:1f€ their doarinc; rhey turne the grace ofortr God God (cndchim, and depute him in his !Mad; into wantonnu. Fifdy ,by their liues; they dmie Thirdly, the Minifier mu(ol rnainraine \th:~~t theUnefJ Lord, For the firf1, srhere are Cettaine which hee teacheth; vnto whi'ch he had qce~ mm crept in]That is, there be men who fecrcdy (:~sin all the pans of his calling} of Gods .fpi'l. haue infinuatcd them(Ciucs into your focietie, Ciall prtirctHon; for the w~-iER he mufi be alprofcfTi ng themfclucs w be tcachcr..s ofthe true C t.Vaies infhnt in pi'\\yl!r <l ,,..,·hic.tvh~"t!an ncai r ·bb faith, bucarc indecdc the dcfiroycr-~ anddi(!urnlfurcd'of\ if h-e-be not perfwadcd <>f the·trlll~ hers of it. In which words two finncs;are Iaide ofhis calling.Fourthly,th¥c.pe6pk'¥can'notlh.~{tr~ to their chargc;fi.rfi,that they cunni:~g~y.ioined with cbmferr.and profit, ifth.~}'·bc"riot perf"""·(! thcrnfclucs vmo the Church,pretending themOcd thatGod 'hath called· tHe teacher ro ·in'L fcluesto be thcfcru; ms of Chrift, and of the lhuchhcn1•·Ro m:to. 14. H•w'cait' rhiJ hmt~, 'Church, ann yet \'"I'Crc encn~ies [0 Porh. Hcfe &c. This truth cxtcndcthlit. R+fc :?.lfo to a.ir~ol marke the fubtilty of S:ttan, \\'ho caufcth prothcr offices as well Ciuill as' EcctdiatHcal~;;· an phanc men to ioync thcmfclucs tO the fociictics Which arc to I?b. "~·~lded anti CXUHtcd by;rfie-1\ of theSaints, that by rhi~mc:mes ~ingling his !a·N~ully cal!ed~!%to t.hc famC.Ali'~trihcC:,t\\t'b I infirumcnts With the members of the Church, 1:1'1to <my officc.rn Church d.t Cemtnoil'-Y.~~li't~ he may by degrees corrupt the faith, and ouerby: mdJlcy; faudur<.of men~ e'r-'.1any vnJa'Vfff1U thl'O\Vthe Church. 'T he Parable', M::mh. I 3· meancs~ IS,lntru,llof! ;, and fuch a~c not caUcO{)f fhcvveth, that whcrefc:icucr the good hUSbandGod, Lut arc·to l.k ranged~ among rhefefe<il!· m:lll fowcth his good fce,d , this malitious,man ~ 1 ccf.s,who n e~priht0"j:>}3ces,~n~ C'OiiiC not i'n .. b't, ~ •'' fcattercth his tcarcs. In Abrahams·houfc'ihall G6ds 'call or approbanon~ ': /)IH)' o!,a , be an ![mad; in lfock.f, an Ejim; in the Arke_, D ' The ftcond- adiunet whheby the fcducers • ~ acurfed Cham;in Chnfls family, a /yd.u. Jn the arc d~fcnbcd, is there dlate•before God;btfng / ... ~ Primitiue Church the tlcuil r::tifed Vp ofal lortS min of o!de_""•if?ilrtmed to -thil'-· condemnatton'-j 0 ''' ''/4/A' of Hcrctikes great numbers. In Our owne that is, they\ \'d-e before :tl1 times, lockcd,-cnf<itu. Church theDemll HirrCth vp dailr -troopcs of rolled, or btHcd vnto condenin3.tion, cucn ~s Athcifis and Pa~i!ls, to the eorruptingaild dethough thci! Oame~ had btci1e-fet dovmc in-'3. r rauing oftrne faith ami Religion. • bookc. By cq'!rlemnation is meant tudgemenr, ~S Vfo. FirH, we mufi not rake offcn'cc when \VC · the par'ticlcThis,doth plainly fhew:which m:1,; fee vngOdly men in the Church,much lcOC cm kcth this the p!aine meaning:They "~Nere ofom· our fclucs from it by fepar:uion:but r:uher conordained to this iudgmcnt inlhis !ifc, to tric;ro~ 1 cciue ofthe policicof S:.mw, who for the hinexcrcirc,3nd !nOlcft the Church ofGod, anO·fO ! dr:mcc of the faith thrufleth them in,When the c~nfcqucncly· to"p'rocurc vmci~ tbcmfducs ~t' • Hf:tclitcs cmred imo the land of Canaan, they lcn'gth their o\\'11 iufi conden)nation. · .-•.) j nmHnot dwell alone, but be mingled "''ith the In ,.,,hieh w?fds "''cc are taught: firH, Fh~~ 1 C:manitcs theenemies ofthe Church, 1c:~!l the God kccpcth h1sbookcs of Rcgifhic and ~(o: . ..J land bccingtoo much difpcop!ed, w.ildc bearts cords, in which all things drc f~t down~, "i!!,e'1 ; f, -------------------=-----------'---prrfq,Os, 1 f
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