~!oh...;..:;. b Rom.1.9. w~muncr,. dcmnc our owncfinncs, ~ ~~~d~:c l vs for them. -------~------------· - -- An Expojition -ppon by~carning to ackl10\"'icdgc Gods prouidcnce, prdCnce,mcFcic,:·md iufhcc in euery ching.Gal 4· 8. Y.lhcn thcGalachi:~.ns kztewnot God, they wor.fhipped rh~m which by nacure were no gods:no godlincs can ib.nd '-\id1 the ignorance of God, neither can lt be e:o:crcifcJ in p~Hticuw lar atl:ions, vnkffc '-.\"C behold him thus in the particulars. Secondly, to thiscxcrcifc of god– Hnerfe v\·e muil firH lllWardly worfl1ip Cod in our fpirir>, fou\cs, hc:ucs and affeCtions, not in lip~ oncly, fpccchcs, and out\'-"Ord aCtions: Fvr tiJC a ·ng!u wor"(btppers, wv;jhip him in Jfririt ar.d trutb: Paul t> forucd God i;t bis Jfririt.Qf!._ejl.How {hall aman doe this ? An[. True inward wor– il1ip Handcth in two tbings:firH in faich,fecond ly, in the aCtions offaith. Ftritb ischat whereby a man generally bclccuerh the ''hole word of God, containing the Lawe and the Gorpc11 ,to be the unth ofGod it felfc;& p::micuhuly con– cemit~g hn11fclfc tl;rce tl1ings:firfl,Gods mercy in the forgiuing ofhisown 11nncs.Sccondly,his prcfence in all his aCYtbns. Thirdly, h1s proui– dencc: oucr :1ll cuems good pr bad that befall him. The aC1tons oftaith·are cwo;firfl,j'ubiefli– on of the heartvnto God, in three rcfpeCts: firfl, ·to Gods iudgemcnt',that fecing he paffeth fen– tencc again!l our tinnes,we alfo l110llld call our fclu~s to 3CCount .fOr them,confdfc them, con– dcmnc: our felues for,thcm,3nd imreate for mer cic. Secondly, to his word and Jawcsofboth Tables, byhcarcic and confcionabkol?cdicncc willingly takingvp h.!.s yoke, and ~1tfcring our felues to be direCted by,all his l~wes.,Thirdly, to the good plc,firrc of God knowne by the c– uc:nt, whether fickndfc.. or hcalt.\1 , want or a– Pp,,up.dancc, in dep<uting from qur ownewills, 0\D.d patientlyyea tbankcfi1Jiy fi.Jbmitting them vnro his blc!fed will.The fccundad:on offairh is, the elcuation or lifting vp the hcJrt vmo Ood.inccitancly, both in fuing for his grace andaide it1 tl-le feafonable fuppl!e of our neccl– ficies; as alfo in blctTinghim for blcffings t·ceci.. ucd. In thefc fiand the praC1ife ofthc: true '"'or. fhip of God in the fpirit, , ...·hich is true godli– ncffc: vmo \l(•hieh we may be incited by thofe rcafo\" : firll, becaufe this godline!fc hath the promifc of this life and the life to come, t .Tim. 4-, that is, the godly man hath •r:j~lc to all bJer)ings of all kindes, Secondly, Godlinc!fe is great gainc, I .Tim.6.Euery man ;~tfetlcth gain, but ifany man \oVould an_ainc it,lct him be god';" Iy. Men arc ortcn croflcd in the world, and things fuccecdc not with them, they doe not ptofpcr in their C<tHings and duties of it, a11d (cc:,i.ng no rcafon of ic,maruell why they fuould notthriue as well as others; ..,·hereas indcedc bceing vngodly m~n they want that which fl1ould bring in their gain.Thirdly,kt the con– fidcration of .the la(l iudgement ioyned with the difTolution of heauen and earth mooue vs hereunto: T. Pet. ~ . I J . Seeing all thefe tiJin.._'!./ jhall bee diffo!ttcd, what manner of perfonJ ought n:ec to.be in holy com~er.faion andgodlincjfe?-As thoug~ had faidc,_!ecing nothing clfc !hall A !land vs in ficad but godlincfiC, ho\v arC' we to frame our fclucs to the prJCl:irc ofit. Founhlv, the appc:lring of grace tcachcth vs to dcnic ;ll · vngodlindfc,and to hue godlily m this prdCm world, Tit.l. J z.Ifthis be the end of the Go– fpells 0\ppcaring, and \-VC bauc bccnc th~y to whom it hath appearedw~th peace and pro!pc– ridc abouc fony ycarcs,how can v~c be but vn– cxcufablc and fpeechdc.!fe before God, if we rcmainc vntaught in this dmy,and cominuc Hil ! jn tbc \·.=ai,cs ot vngodlindf,:. 'I The fourth adiunCl whereby the fedue<" , :uc dcfcribcd 1 is thezrdoClrine, in thcfc v-v:ords; ~The._r turne tlu grace of God into wnntonneJJC. In which confider two points; fir!l the' finne B or vice here.condcmn,cd. Scconcily, the amie I or comrade yertuc commanded. Befo~CV.•c can knowc the former,we.mullfcarch OUt ~h,c mc3- ~· ning ofthe words,Andndl by [gra~e J is r,neam the dothinc oftheGolpcl,callcd jn the former I verfe by the name offaith; fo it is called,Tit.:. I I, The grace of God harh. appeared, reaching VJ, &c. bccaufc it tcachcth vs thatremiffion of finnes, and life cucrlalli!lgare obtain~d2~fly/ by thc.mcqc grace of God in Chrifl. .By_wan-, tonneffe J is properly vnd~rflood that . finne whereby men addiC\ themfelues wholly r.o, 'in– tempcrancic:, incontinencie , and vn1.aw·full plcafi.nes; but here it mu(i .be taken genl!rally for a lir<nrious prop,hanc kinde of liuing~d libcrrie of !inning. Turn1] that is, they·difplacc the grace of God, applying ~t frQm a rjgficto a C wrongende, and that not onely in praC\ife of life, but in propounding of dotlrin.c ten~ing th<reunro.As though he had more plainely faid that whereas the doChine.of grace in _tli~.Cofpell, teacheth men free iullifieation by taith io Chrill withoutthcworkes ofthe Lawe~ thcfe men pcrucrt this gratious doClrinC, and tCach. t~at therefore men max liuc as they Iifi,-~iia fo themfC!ues doe alfo; P¥ which fame_(lnnc fu_ch feduccrs arc clfewher~ ~lot~d in the ~~cript.Ur<:". Rom.;. 8. Some gatheredfromPau{J,~~~!1n: the f;~rne Jibcnic, fayiqg~.rrh; do~we.pot ~hen.t-:: 11illthargoodm4J come pf it ? And 2, Pet,2,.19·· fomc fi1ch arc meJnioned,who beguiled diucrs with \>\'antonndfc through the: lulls of the flcfh, promijing vnto .them !ibertie. Eccle(tafiiD c;~ll.hifioricsmention m;my fuch who fprung I vp after the Apofllcs daics; as theLi6ertine.;,Si– mon Magm, and his difciplcs, who taugh that men might 12wfully comrnit fornication. So al... {o the difcipl.cs of Bafilidu, Eunomim, and,the Gnflftick!, Hc:rctiques who taught that men might liuc: as they lift, fe~ing now fuch libc:ny was procurc..d rhcn1,bc:ing freed from being v~dcr the ]a'"' any JoOger : which finnc: died not with .thofC curiCd hcretikcs, but the Deuil bath in rhc:fe Jaft d:i.ycs rcujucd it, cfpccially,in foure forts of men : firfl, the.Libertines ofthis :tgc: ; who hold with the former, that bccin·g vndcr grace we arc free fi·01u the obedience qf the Law. Scconply,thc Anabapti!ls, wh_o vpon the confideration ofabundant grace&: peace in .!he "'"" - new
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