.-----·---- f / the Epi)lle of fude. ------------~------------~ A ' vices vnto v:hich chcfc men werc:ldJi:~cd:fidl tbey d~(;/ctbefl~Jb: fcco!Jdfy,thq dcfPtj!,gct:cn:~ mmt. Secondly, rhe foumauJC nf dH:fC ~nd O– ther their finncs in this ""ord dre..rm~r.f.l Third,. lv, the manner of their finm·s, in th~fc t'.\'0 ,.~·ords; Lik!wife m;twithjfandin~'!,; n::unely in I ttNO things: fitil,:t'i SodCm'!c <Wd Gomoa:;h 1 finned , fo finned thcfe Hke""ilc, tl'o ·oihc'rwife then they. Secondly, chcy chd ·nor onclJlihnc as rhrv of Sodome did: bur notwi:h!tu1d1ng th<'y knew what had bcfbllcn SOdvrn;~,nd Gomorrah, th1.·y not bceing afraid of choft– iudgcmcnts l'U0l into thefc flnncs: '3nd ~~err~ by they :1rc conuinced ro be dreame-rs: ft'cing : :135 , ____ "<'!. j fo n1uch more terrible is this cormem: whkh cl(cwhcre is c:tllcd byorhcr n::tmcs,~s rhc won'? chat ncucr dicrh,&c. 'iNhere in rhc fcardi.J!ndlc of rhc pundl1menr m-;.rkc the gricuoufneffc of rh1s fill ne: it were therefore to be wiJl1cd chat \\'horcdomc might be punifhcd with death. The thccfc doth not more, if fo mUch harmc aga.ii1ft famil ies ·and Cbmmon~wcalths, as I finncrs ofthiskinde lnd qualiric'. The fccond thing is tfg tin:: of their puni!hmcm, namely ·when they gauc rhcmfclucs ,...holly to forni1 cation, and were come to rhc height in rhtir linncs. \.Vhere note. that though"the Vord be very flow to \.\·rath, yet he rccompcnfcth rhat r;;oo:~.it flo\o\'lldfc v'>'ith the hcauinetfc of it when hec ~;~1~i~ 1commeth; fecing he commcth not rill he mnfl: wr.1th. nee~es, :md that is not rill finnc be at tlfe height, and mull of nece!Titic be taken downc: Gcn.rs.t&. as appearerh in rhofe fourc hundred yeares aJ.. lottcd for rhe filling vp ofthe Amorites fin tics. Let vs then beware of abnt\t1g Gods patience, byadding to our finn·es; forthcn he is adding vnto, and heaping his iudgcmCnts, and \\'C Jhallfindcthat thol•gh hcc come £1ow.ly, yet hec will ilrikc furcly, if we gim~ not fuch a firokc to our finncs by repentance, as.in due rim~ his iudgemcnts mi~hr b~ preuCiltcd. Th~ third thing noted here is the vfe of his punHli.~ ment; namely, herein they were made an cxTaauoide Gods firokc fhikcdownc thi"ecwne finnci. b.mple to the whole world. Which tcachcth vs ~::tssi~~c· thac Gods iudgcmcnts arc fo many reall fc~.his rull fer· monS' againCl the finnes ofthe fonncs of men: fot God teachcth not anly vocally l>y his word inthcn,inifieric of it, but re3.\ly alfo by·his w6rkcs in the: c:<ccuiion ofhis iu4gc!llcnts.lob faith that God ,fpc:aketh to 111c:n once or twzcc, therein teaching tbat'corrcltions·arc the fpee– chcs of God in mens cares; fo aS tlo perfon or pcoplt can gocl cere away with chat plea, rhaf. they_:.v~ntc:d all meanes of infiruCt:ioh, (eci~g tho wholo emh is filled with the iudgmems cif God. .·v~ 8. Lif<!wife .notwith-r /landing ehe(e dreameu a!fi?. defile the jle/h ~ and .d~!jifl go"erne.ment ~ and JPe~{e e._ uil/ ofthem that are in autho".. ritie. B ; they flcepc fccurc!y in the n.idfl of fu'h:iudgc:. mcnts. 1 ln.h:1.ndling the \\'o_rds \\'t' \·\ill firWfpcaK 4fi the foumainc, bccau!c it is fir Ain ll:lttJrc;·-::nd I then fCCondly,ofthcir fins Ao\\'ing from iliCcc', Tbc original! of thefc finncs is rhar ·thc.y :1rC t.~o:rtt«~Q. dreamers; which word le~deth vs to a dolt01c pn:t,. c:lUfe ofthdn; fidl thaithey 're flupcrs-madc I hc;"tuie with flccpc: and fccondly, in thi.sfl~cpc of theirs they arcdeluded w·ith drcamcs,·' VVce ;2rc then to vndcdhnd-firH .,,.. hat d\iS'llcCj:rc i~-': -alld in thC ·next phcc \\~hat be the dre:imcS which iri thcldlccpc dclude.thc!)l, T<liiS'tlccpc ·is not rhat t1aturall £leepc\\•hich oP-PrHfech the b~dic; but a fpiritua1Hlccpe, like"'•1lto that itl C diuers thing~ going oUC1· th'e.foulc, bifH~h~gvp, the faeultics-offhc famc,·:md bringing~ li"ea-ui-..: ) ~es <;>r d,cadndfe rarhcrimu·all 'rifle po,vc~:. .S: of tnan; fo t~_rre forth' ns ·t~e}' olJS:ht· ~a-1nbduin~ in fpirituall at:lions ;ud affhiies. It C1uf¥th Hir mindc neucr- to thitiktfc!ioutl)' ·o'f:GOd ..,Or :i mans o....,nc Hlatc: tl1C b:mf~cnCc ~e'ue'r ~·tCl:. dome to :kCu(e fqr fihrt6:1;ominitted 1 : thE '\vi]l ncuer or fcldomc ,l0·~1 il~ih3t·y~lii'(htjsjHu;lf ,., t " • .,. ,y good ;·tile ·~ifcC\ia~is""ne&r cir•('cl~UJc' 01'6 .~ be mdf<'!uC~ ~t GbdS\,·o?dJOr'-\\·OrJ...:CS~ ·;~pnfs it goct"h ouct· rh'c whof-e'folilo.; ·:i,f~"§ifl~th it in a dead fleepe ;..f01tsr.;:ct iS ~_arr~cJWC{'Vn'fif to ·goeaboji~the ac1h3Rs'!of'an Re':t\,'C11ly:1lft'. J:xamplc 1 IH!Ji'cof wC'1fl~'C'Jii1 rh"c OPd't~>OttHt 1hcy atC !Ui~~Ornl11<e;~~C. a~_1d-::knC\\; n·~·hHi'n'~! D till the fio6'd c:ntf(:l ~-d'fc·:lntcd·Y&!fin\bl~ Jy ~f n~1y O?l\c'r'th1hRs·;.• our-~rcu'er"':b'f..iji'ei1 ovJ.nc d<Ar06Hoi1!· D-iit~J~:t.ffo was df-oil-fucR ~ A~opo'J' h<~[Arr~'/;{icio!fit.ilfb/itJ.~ 'fc ii';< !:er· t~foY,t.ht"-of 11-e:!U~ti ~: for h~ wasJn:CUeT"}td c6me-tlr<rc;110t'of!:c! lire ii!Fhc fclt:tHc)U'm~ 1!hl5 fpir-iru~!Hle'epc_ is rhr<e-!'ol<I; fjrJl-,'the'lti~ rur•ll fk<pe -oFif~ai£'by ''-'f,i·,h '"''"'yt~lic'X Ottcnakin ;-:f&:tS by n'bYu-rC: n.,y tn:\0. cah f'dfniiffi Now the Apollle commeth to the proofe as .nob•\~ r,in\18fe to~hl:'·lfi>!'Fgood:• ttl\'Go<f of the fccond part of the former reafon' : ~V.:3k~hinr;·~tfd Fii'y'i:Ofrifi,;-·".Awn'<j~tkdi.Nthaf" pamcly, rlw thefo fedt<cm are they which jleepcjl (YI>idj/Afui'.Vpfrom1bfdc:rJ. Tlrt'Jho'nd' ,,h.,.,.,. talzy libertieto finne: and therefore they 01all 1 fl'ccpc i:Hifi(uilDU,<oh~hn~lcC.dc·tHc r~iJk.mtltr~ be dc,{hoycd. This is prooued in this, :10-a ofthisri~lurrllP~I!-epJ:tfl'"'i:bc childr·c~·oFGd<l~' fame vcrfcs following, by a particnlar rebccing:-a+Hllfcncd\ Out t;.ftlflcif iiHiJ: •fl'Cepe-\1 I hcarfaU of ccrt<iinc finncs appnrant in the'fc £01: ct~Cti Hicy!a'~c.rdu·dfdl.;<'Jl1bttCh \)JimJ~·lrri~ OJcn. t'tlall fiuflibdr •; 'by' rdfon Of'r'cmaif)dc'fSl of In this vcrfc thr~c things are offered to be finne itl rhEn1/ So thC''fp$?.Tfe·-acl?11o'-'{:rc-O:·:~Hh _conGdcrcd ofvs:fir!l,the fcaing downeoftwo Cont. 5.:_ '~! Jhepe, bid :>f!f' 1ic:ir't·'w~J;st7J,"'Th~ --------------------~1? ~ ~d L ~ --~ _-.~·~,i~c\ ·.·
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