the E:pij11e of lude. . -~- ~ - · f.;r~ cafe & frccdomc;yca rhcrc is too common ! A rh~ laf't iudgcmen~: bcca~Jfc: ..we 2~c not ~ininc_n I ru. nl'\ing & riding to Witches, Chan~1crs,Cun- ! w1~h fear~ and rcucrCn~c.m 1p_cak111g <l!~o.mcdt- 1 I ning men, and •.vomcn: fQr men watrc not on taung of lt, Paul fpclktng of a 5 tailed•. Jt, the God,nor cxpcd rhc fame hand in hcalin,g then• t~n·ors 1 the L~rd, 2. C~r.5. 1_ 1; and ~~~.s_n~adc which hath finiw:n them. Hce rhat bc!C:CUc.rh hull fo torward Ill all good duttcs, rea tillS bl_~c makcrh nor hall (fairh rhe P.rophct) whkh if it c~nlidcration of the lafi iudgcm~I_H, rriadc hu~1 be rruc then this haHincs robe disburdcncd of cndeauour to kcepc a good conlclcncc before-... chc ha~d of God is a token of difiruO:fUlncffc God and all men: buc men make no confcicnce of God,and vvan~ offaich..Nay,this praCtiCe arofch.eir waics. . . . , oucth not onely vvant ofatrue faith, but a prcE1ghtly, -.vc bckcue I1ot ar1gjlt our owne ~nee ofafalfe and Satanic all faith : for iftbcrc death and rcfurrc&ion in rhc laH day: for tticll. be no faith in the Ch:1rme,it "'·ill not worke~ commonly dcfcrrc their repentance & ;uncnd-;. Thirdly, 'INC bclecuc not the Lord .to be the1 mcnr of ·JifC~till the l:lfl d:1y of rh.cir daie.s, and Lord of bodic and [ou!c, as one hamng fouethen ~hey cnc and c:11l on cbe bco of ehea for.:.. raignc Lord!hip :1nd po"'·cr, to (auc aod derowcs; _v..-hich argu~s acoui~tcrfcit faith_: fo~ if • firoy: for let any ciuill m_an be prdfcd by tempj a man dH~ bdc~uc h1s dcath,tt :o\·o~ld J~me hnn tation vmo finnc, hee will be cafllybrought to B to the daJly :amtndemcnt of h1s hfc. By thefe make no bones of very d:lllgcrous finncs:what notes we may cafilydifcerne this fener finnc of~ orher is the reafon hcrcof,bm that he e!lccnwch vnbclccfe within our felucs. not the Lord to be his Lord?and accounterh of Secondly, when we hauc rhus found oUt this his commandcmcnrsbut as dreamcs, not fcrifinnc, vve mull bewailc ir, and mournc for our ous or giuen in carndl? whereas ifGods Lordvnbe.leefe,as being the mother of al our !inncs1• fhip were rightly acknowledged, finne would confelfc it before God, an_d crauc increafo, of not be fo ripe and rife as it is. -, faith, as the man in the Gofpell, Lord I beiecuc; Fourthly,wc bclccuc not the mcrcie ofGod helpemy vn6eleefe: and with the Di(ciplcs,Lord in the pardon of our finne as we ought: for incrcafo ourfaith, howfoeuer in our peace we thinke our faith Thirdly, we mufi fethcforeourcycs &:at• flrono enough for any incountcr,yet let atempquaint our fclues with the promifes of the par.- tatiog :a!fault vs, then we begin to doubt whcdon of fiunc,and life cuerla!ling by Chrilt:alfo: eher we be the children ofGod or no, and are all other dependant promifes, \>\hereof fame · full of impaticncie. Example hereofw~ haue econccrne ourprofpcrousftJcceffc in our w:aics,· ucn in lo6 himfclfc, who before his triall and Gods proteCtion in ourlabour!'&. callings,o thought himfelfc fat( in his ndl:; but when ·C and others concernc affiiClions,promifit~g bap•. Gods hand was heauicvpon hi!:J1, then he brak 1 pie iffuc &dcliucrancc therefrom 1 with {hength forth in fpcaches full of impatience: as th:at in ten;ptation, to the which all prornifcs nlay.' God was his encmie, & did·write bitter.things be referred;which we mull: alwaic5 haue in our 1 1 :ag:ainll: hjm: -wherein he bcwraicd his wa~1t ~f · cic,rhat our faith may ground it felfe vp6 them:, faith, and his crooked and cankered incrcduh- ·Fourthly, we mull: trucly relic and rcfi our. tic: ·a.nd"thc.famc\-veaknclfc may the dearell & fcJucs in thcfC promifes, fctlc and content our. firongcfl ofGods children one time Qr other h~arts in them: that looke as the earth hangcth! efpie ln themfclues. Without proppc or pillar in the middefl of the · Fifdy,·wc ·know not as we lbould th.e.a·gonie world, OHcly by the word ofCod; fo mufl ofir ~nd pafiion·ofChrift;hc fuffcrcd"rhc fi·rfl'dcath, harts be llaicd in·che lame \vord and promife of and thC. ,paincs of the f<='cond death for-our God·; yea if he Jl10uld fee nothing' bur dffi; 1u:i' !innes, they were the fpcares rha.t pierced his Clion before our Cies>ourfaith muitthtn be ou~ heart : b.ut we C3rrie vp ot.ir he:1ds and)~an take fu.bfiflence: and when om vnbclecfe would vndclight in thc1ri,as though there ~ere.nQ daun-: lo6fen our hold, and make vs giue backe, let ger in thcm:"''hercas the-remembrance ofrhcm our faith in thefc promifcs make refi!lflancc: as lhould make our hcmsto blccdc, and faith in D Dnuid, Ha!. 4'· 5. MJ foule,wby artthoufodifthc heart Chould caufc vs to d1e to finnc;(de!Qg' quieted Within mce? truj}fli/1 in God: rfpccially thofo who Are Chriflsare ducifi(d with him; but fccing we h:1uc promifcs which affure vs in our becau(c.mcn will not depart from their Gnnes, troubles) either oftheir mitigation oi· remo: which arc not killed, but fiuc and arc tHong in uall: after all thefe followeih the fu6ieilion of them,and no m3n faith; what haue I.done? it is fatth, when the heart and life arc conformed eo apia·inc cuidcnce rhat the l1fc of faith iS not to the obedience of all rhe Commandemenrs of be found,io the lh.icsOfmoct men. .. Go.d. And thus we purging our hearts ofvnbeS\xtly; we bclecuc not th:lC JJ\'~ .did rife with lcefC;lhall cfcape ft1ch fearCft~ll iudgemcms, as 1 Chrill, a~d-afcendcd with llim into he-"3uen:bethisfirct example bath put vs in mindc of. • caulc in this om long pcacrc, our thoughts arc fer vpon the world,& we rhind.e e.arthiy things (Hll; whereas if \Ne wcrc·rifen with·Ghrill, wo \\'Ould feel& z/g things ihat bee aboue, Coloif. . v.6.The Angelr alfo 'll1htch 1 {tpt not theirfrfl ejlate , but' left their O'lline habitation, hee' 5111 I / 3 • ~;aucmhly ,we doe not belccue as\ve ought ~-----~---------------------------------------------- _!~~~-~-
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