' I --t/;Bpijlle offude. _ 1 1 _!U--- ~ I ---~311 of Chrifl, 2. Per z. r. Th~y dcui~ rhe Lord A ( h:tuing redeemed them) hcC wculd fauCllfi C. · 1 I tbae bought zlum, In the words then conhdcr their hCans to obedience. The mc1 it of hi~ re~ two rhings: firll, the finnc here condemned, dcmption is ...vclccmc ro them, but tbry v.ili namely, ro d~nic Ie[HJ Chriff_. Secondly, a denone of the dficacic of it, which l~nCtdicth faiptiOp of Chrifl. For the hrH, To dlinte le(m and rcncwcd1 the inner man, fubdunh ti.nnc; Chrifl 1 is. to renounce and forfakc Chrifl.,and fu and quickneth the Hfc ofGod in tlicm.Sccondmuch as in a man licth to make his dcat h voidc ly, in regard of his Lordfl1ip 1 by denying him 1 and ofilonc effeCt No\oV bcc:::ure· this dc.niall obedience, which as toaLnrd i!i due: vmobim: prcfuppofcth :t redemption (as Peter mcn:ioA R~dumer th(j 'v\'ould haue h1!11, biJt hot a ncth) rhe1 .denie the Lord that bott.~ht- rh f'!'l-; Lord; fo cuery OJ:lll would hauc ponion in this 'qudHon is ro be cleared, how t-lio(c men Chrifis rcdcmptiO,but their lu!ls mnft be their ~k~~~~;:~,lg Clnifi- Ilfu~, but hardly a Lord. being reprobats, can be.fat<.l to be rc:clt:Cmcd by Lords,and they feruanrs to finnC' :md Satan;but Chrift?A ;1{.VVc muH no.:·thinke that they V\' ere thcfc be thofe emmin that rvi/lr-ot thatlkejl/okld Luk. J$?·!/O in God'i decree cucr redeemed,for thChad they ratgneomr them, n•IJo fhail 6e 6rougiJr andjl11in~ beetle faucd: (bee-doing wharfoma h~e willcth, before him. Our part then is (if oun \VC 'A oultJ Pfal. t) S-·3·) but it is t? be meant_in rcg:ud of finde comfort in Chrifi)to make him our Lord: thcm!Clucs and other men : for both !n their his counfdl is, that rhofe rhac·are bden Ihould ownc conceit and judgement they vvcrc redec- B come vmo him for cafe;· but the next words me.d, 3S o~fo in the iudgcmcnr of orhers, who are, r~k! myyolzyvpon thee: and if Jl 1CWM!d h 11 ue. arc:·to beled by the rule of charitie in palling him oP.r mfiiflc4tion, let him become alfo our ~~:mh,u. 2i their iud!;cmcm vpon mCl), ~nd to account of flm£lifi'cation. thC as redeemed, lchuing.all Cccrc;: iudgcments to God. Secondly, th< defi;riptionof Chrift, by three thing-s: fidl,that he is~ R11lcr,yeaan one– lyrt~/cr,aLoJ·dandrHler ot(ewall things in ge– ncrall,in hcaven,carth,., and hell: and nlorc fpc– ciallyaLordoucr h•is elect oncly:and in that he is [aid to be anoncly I"Hk~·,· ir mull not be meant as excluding the Fathcranrl,holy Gbolt, but all falfcgods,and falfe Chri/t; asloh, rj.j.thc Ft~thtr U ct~ll~d the owlj God, for all outward:~ClionSoftheTrirtide3re common toal theper– fons.Seconoly,that heIs aGodc] which is anota bleplace againft at Arriatls toprooue the God– head of Gllrift. Thirdly, he< is faid to be our v. 5·fwilltherefore putj'Oft in remembrance, for M much M yeee once {new thu, how tbat the Lord after hee had de-. _/iuered the people out of'Ec gypt, deflrfYed them afterward which beleeued noe. Lord.- 0Mrs in two rcfpech cfpecially; firlt, of The ApoA!c hauingpropounc\cdhis princithc free donation ofhis fathcr,whogaue to him pall exhort:ltion to contenO and fight for the apeople to be Lord and KingoucrJ::>cforc aJJ faith, v. ~. with the rcafo\1 t,hercof, v·4· ;doth worlds. Sccondly,in regard ofhis worke ofrehere bcglll to anf\"''Cr a fecret obirCtion whi-ch dcmption which he 'wrought for them, vvho might be m:1dc againfl that rcafon, rhus: ThCfe were of the Father giuen vnto him. feduccrs profdfe Chri!l ,and loo·ke for f:lluation Out of that which bath becne here faid, " C by hin1, what danger the!i ·C;m -redound if we may nore thc!C twc.> points: firll, ho~;v thcfc Ccfhould ioyn~ our fclues vn{o them? This obie. duccrs dcnie Chrifl; namely, not openlyand Clion is :mfwtred from tl~is fifth verfe vnrOthe plait1cly, for then the Church 010uld hauc efpitwentieth; in all which vcrfc-s he dif}llltcth ~·t cd them; neither in word nor fpecch, for in large that there is grcac d~n-:-ger herein, fccing word ~hey profeffcd him: but in their dccdcs their enclc fl1all be ddlruCtion, the fim1me of denied him, liuingafter their lufls, and encou- D v.hich difputarion is <·omalncd in this reafon: raging ot~crs in the fame courfc, Titus 1.16. .Ait fl.~ch ptr{om M giu~ th.cmfo!ua lt/Jcrtic to And this finne is rcuiued and rcnc-v,·ed in this finnc, fl.·tdt hcdeflro;ed; Btst theft ftd!!ccrs giHc our age, wherein too many outwardly ~10d in thcmftlucslibertie tuJim:e; 11nd rherl'fore f/Htlf be word pro"fc{fc Chrifl, come to the \tVord and dcflrOJed. The former p:::rt ·of v.•hich reafon is Sacr3mcnts; but couertly and in their decdcs contained in the 5, 6, 7· vcrfcs·; and rhe latter deniehim, whofe liucs are very full of .Epicufrom the 8. vnto the 20. The former _propofitirifme, and eanhline!fe,andmouthe filled with on is not pl:lindy fer downc in fo lll:lny words blafphemies :\nd reproaches againfl~trucobcdibur the proofc of it oncly byan induaion an cl ence, which of them is coumed too m«chnicccnumcradon of all examples of fi.nners, v-;hich neffc, awd prccifcncjfe. Thcfc arc the Difciplcs of hauc beene ddhoyed; & they be three in nillnt"hc olde Hcr~tiqucs, whom ( 1Nithout tC'f)enher: firll oft he lfrlleliteJ,in the 5. vcrfe:fccoi1Cltance) the like fCa.refull iudgcments awaitc, ly, ofthe Angels in the 6. vcrfc; thirdly, of Sowhich befell them. Seco11dly. \'I.'C may obferiJe dome and Gomorreh, in the 7-vcrfc. in what regards they denic Chril1; narnel_y,firfl: In this 5. ver. arc two things tohe conlldein regard of his Godhead, by withft~ndlng red; firO the Preface, in t4cfc \'l.'ords: Im//tbcrt_h_c_n_,c_a~n_cs_o_f_,_h,_t..._p_o_,._ ·cc...r..:o.:.f_C.:.:.I..:.".:.: ifi'-''-'-'·..:h.:.cr:.:e.:.bLy...:......:.J.f_'"_'_,P_rtt_Jo!!...!_~_rcmcmbrar.a, [u1· tU nmcb 44 _____________________.;C:._:c_c .. .:.e_,:!..-._ _ __ l~' -·- '--
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