i _--5~2_4-:--------f!ll.-:-n-E_x_p-oJi-ttt-.on-'Vp_o_n ______.____ I in that ddTru~Hon of bodie and JOule: followcs A gainfi a particular commandcment: ye :.'I MofeJ ofvnbclccfc, let fuch pcrfons as (when iudgc- 1 himfelfe could not flay rhcm: but that bro!l~bt mcnts arc vpon them[clues, wiucs or children) 1 on their ncckcs amore fpccdic dcH:ruC1ion , ... as I nmnc to VVirchcs, :md \•Vizzards for cafe, . 1 <!ppcarcrhinthccndcofthe ch:1prcr. VVhcncc !~~a~:~f~~;. ~ as though the~ wc_rc bewitched, and make that j note the Viickcd nature of the dc.ccitfull heart ~~!~~~;i,'ii rhc_ground of rhc1r h:mncs, be cnformc~l that ofman, which in di!lrc!Te,whcn Gods hand is ! tha.t affiiCt~J1 1 thctr O\.Vtlc \"-'tctchcd hcarcs kmc bcw1rchcd !hcrchcd out againH: it, can f:une a fallC rcpcnthcm. 1them; \.\•hi..:h bccing full of vnbelcc!C , bring tancc and counterfeit humHiation: whirh eau- ! ; plagues of all kinds, notonc-ly vpon their bofcth many aman 11l Jlckcneffe to vo"'c amcnddic:s,bm their fouls alfo .Art thou lhangcly difmcnt of Jifc, 1fcuerGod ra!IC hun agame; ancl l eafed? the \\'ia·h ~hnc h;1th brought it vp6 thee yet ;1s foon 2s rht: iCourg~1s oue1p2ficd, he foris thine own \Nicked hcarr,which knowcrh not gcneth the hand ofGod, \us O\\llevov\cs and I 1 to relic it fclfe ou Gods promifes and protcCtipro1mfes,and falleth backe utto the fame b::~dde on. Fifdy, were dH·y dd!roicd bcc:1ufe ofrhcir courfes aga1n: wh1~.:h confidcratJon may moouc vnbclcd(:? IN not Vi iudgc ofour finncs by the vs to watch ouer our hearts, and fufpeC[ them I crooked rule of our O'-Yilc reafon, bur by the of tl11s deceit , whereby they can frame & fainc l law ofGod; we e~n iudgc murder, thefr, and B a fal(e repentance, when mdeedc there IS no- 1 a1lultcric, grc:u)1nnc:s·,but wee ncucr cfpic the I I thmg leffc then foundncffe m Jt, . mother fin ne ofall, v.·hich is our infidclitic, the The fifth~ointin thisiudgcmcnt is the gemainc fin ne of the fidl table, and the nurccri~: nerall vfc of 1t; namely, that wee fhould frame of other finnes; \·VC ncuer bewailc it, wee acour fclues to repentance for this particular fin count lightlyof it, :md therefore the Lord eaof vnbeleefc, vpon which wee behold fi1ch a keth the reucnbe of'~ his !inne into his OWilC fearcfull deflruCtion in Gods ownc people, To h:l!lds, and puni!beth it v.·ith deflrudionboth the praCHiC and performance ofvrhkh we mull offoulc and bodie; fo odious it is in hi.J eyes, doe foure things: firfl, lay afidc the common and ought therefore to be as hainous in ours :J!- perl:v\·afion ofthe fitlndfe ofpcrfcClion of our fo. faith; "''C muHcome to the difcerni ng of this The fourth thing in theexample is the manfinne in our felues, v>hich is the fitH !lep to rcner ofthe (pccch, which at the firH t'ccmcth to penc of it, :md the rather becaufc it is our mobe general!, as though all they had bin ddlroyther finne. Now becaufc this tinne is fo inward ed which bclccucd not; "'·herra!i indeedc it is and fccrer, and fo hardly to bee difcemed, fOr fpeciall, for all that bclceucd not were not de... C our hclpe herein fomc dircC1ions may be giucn firoyed, fccing that all vndcr twemic yearcs for the efpiall of it in fame fignes and fruites werce!cmptedandfaucdJNumb.l4·I9. who thereof; which eucry man may finde in himwere r.efcrued that God might fiill h:mc his: fclfe ldfe or more. For firft, we bdccue not as Church among them, and that there might bee we ought the particular prefence of God in all. of thema people left to poffellC the good bnd, places and times towards vs: fOr wee are afl1aaccording to the promiJC: where note tltat tO med to doe and fpeake many things in the prcbe truewhich Hahacuclf_afcribeth to God,that fence of men, which in the prefcncc of God in his iufticc In rememhreth mercir.: by which (mC not being by)we n•akc no bones of,either mercie the younger fore arc here fp::red;\\'hich to fpcakc or doe; fo as mans prcfencc kecpcth warrantcth vs topray in common iudgcmenrs, vs in fomc awe,which gods prcfcncc canot do. that the Lord powrc not out his whole wrath Scc6dly, we bclccue not the particularprovpon vs; neither in ourtempc:uions Vtteriyforuidence of god, watching ouervs; but either fake vs, and giuc vs ouer to S2tans malice"., feenot regard it ar all, or not as we ought; which ing he bath manitCtlcd fuch goodncs towards 3ppearcth by thcfe three things:firfi,ifwe haue his Church, that in iudgmcms he harh rcmemhealth, wealth,frcinds, fauour and meancs, we bred his mcrcic. But here it may be asked,how D are "''ell conrcmed,·we can thinkc our fduesvethis can !land with cquitle,that eucn thefe men ) riewell, and can relic our fclues on God;.but if fhould bee deltroycd, for ir fecmcth that they God t:lke thcfc away;oh then we arc troubled, t·epcmcd of this finnc? Numb.tof.40.yea they much difquicted and difcomcntcd: the reafon confeOCd it, and mourned fOr it, and offered to whereof is, bccaufc the heart is not fctled in paffc into Canaan, yea :and v.rerc vcric readie to the pcrfwafiO o~~ods fpecial prouidCce: which haflcn.inro the land ? Anfw. They repented inifir h::me apledge ofGod, can trufl him:other.. decdc, but fa.incd!y, it was farrc ~·om tn:~ and wife not at all: bm as the Vfurcr nufl:eth not fin cere repentance and forrowe; tor cucn Ill the the manbut his pawn:fo men relying thCfdues vcric {~unc place it appearcth that they difobcyon the pledges, truit nci[her God himfclfc,nor cd god;for 'Nhcn he had paffcd femcnce againH for himfclfc. Secondly, in any diflrcffc Jet our their finnc, commaunding that they {hould refriend promife vs hclpc, we are well cheered: turnc into the wildcrndlC of Arabia, vcrC 25. but let God in his word promifc fopply of all and there abide fortic yearcs,anrl die thcrc;they good,and cafe in our troubles~ we reape little would not fubmir themfclues ro that fentence, or no comfort from thence: t~is is a~.:Inifcfi I but in all hall they would goe forward to Cafruite of inbrt'd vnhcleefc. Tlmdly, tn ficken~, !ccording to the promifc:;llthough andfe or an~gcmcut, any rnean_:~~fC'_d for Hab.~$. -------·-------------· Vnhdufe ~ vnm~sked ill mlnypm.i– wl.ars,
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