--------...------~ - - ------ ---- -- S34 An Expo{ttion 'lJpon third nc~pc is the: incr~afo of that llaturall fl(ep( A take them vnawarcs. lafHy, it is a common '\]('Amen 1 and dc:adncffe ofhcarc by the cullomc of tinne, drcamc :~mongfl ,mcn, tbat thepromifc:ofeter- ~:~7~;~~; : when as the heart is m;dc pafi fccling,andaltonail life is bm a drc:m1c, and fo many nu kc but of the v..... gc:thcr lcnfcleffc through cominu:mcc in finne, :J drc:unc ofthe whole word of God, and ail fpd i}bu~J I Ephci.4. 19. This lal1 k1ndc is that v ..7hich is atreligion : that lookc as Sarahdid not 10much i drumc. tributc:dhcrc to rhcfc dccc:iuc:rs,for fa the word regard the promifc.as.fl.1c oughno hauc done, 1 I [Jtotwitbfla_nding ] importcth: for although they bccaufc O~c: cookc 1t f-or adrcamc, and made a kncwe the iudgcmcnts of God "~gainH fin~ll', matter or Jaughrcr of ir, Gen. I8. I 2. and as . yet they arc fcn!cldfe and carclctlc in the nudthofcwho "~Ncrc reduced from the captiuitie of j deft of them. Babylon, entertained rbc pr?mi!C of thci~ re- j j Now in the next place let vs fee \Nh:Jt thcfc turnc but as adrcamc, by chc1r ownc confdli1dr:amr arc here fpokcn of, and they be nothing on, P131.t 26. andPerer whcn'he \o\'as ddiucrcd I eltC, but v·Hckcd, carnall, and vainc imaginatiby the Angcll out of prifon, could not be .. ons arifing from an impure hearc, & conceiucd pcrf~.o\•aded that it was fo,bL:t that hcc had feene in acorrupted mind, which in the end decciuc, a vilion, or dreamed :1 drcan:e, Ad. 12. 9· Euen and delude men no othtr 1 Nife then a dreame, fo, men hold thedoctrine ofthe Gofpell but as , which while a man flccpcth fccmcth w hauc B adrcamc, fccing they can hold.it in opinion, J (ome truth in it, but as foone as one awakcch, but ncucr cndcaucur to reforme their liucs · it vanit11cch away, and indccdc h:uh in it noby it: but fuch dreames difappoinc men com- ! thing lc!fc. An c1;ample whereofwchauc itl the manlyof faluation; which while men bring ~o rich man,Luk.1 z.19. who inhis fulndfc & inthe: hearingof the word, it is nomnuailf if we create ofriches, dreamedof an happincffe 3nd haue fuch iull caufc of complaint for want of comirm::mcc in it many ycares,-..\'hen th3t night profiting vndcr it, as appearcth cuery where at his (oolc was taken away, The Angcll of rh< this day, -:fhc mo!t powerfull Minil1cry !hall ChurchofLaodicca dreamed that hewas rich, lir~lc prenailc, fo long as men come with their cncrclfcd with wealth , ::and Hood in nccde of hearts full fraught with their j:."arn:~ll imaginatinothing i whereas hce k.new not that he was ons, and with fitch hcauincffc offpirit. Secondblinde~ poorc, mifcrablc, and naked, Rcucl.3. ly, in that thefc drcamcs arc made the caufcs of 17. So the Ph:u ific drc:~P'cd that he \Vas ano... all finnes, -we a,re taught to ]earne the letfonof I rhcr manncr ofmanrhcn thcpooreGnfitliPubtb< Apollle, Ephef. 5• 14. Aw•kJ thoJJ that lkanc; but it was 3 meere drcame, for the other fleepeft, and fland vp from the de~td, And, J. departed away iu!tified. C The!f. 5· 6. Letvsnotjl"pe.u others d"' which Dotf. Hence we-may note the C:lufc \o\'hy fo that we may doe, confider firfi, the reafons, few <nteminc rhe dochinc of the Gofpdl, fo and meancs which may bc,d!i:Cluall to awaken fewc forf~kc their finncs and turnc vmo God, vs; and fccondly, the notes to know \\hc.n we and chat i~ bccaufc men arc dreamers, bcdng arc wakened. For the former; confider fitfl the cafr and lulled a llccpe in their finnC3, and infinite iu!tice and wrath of God againit the Dru_"" <>I I therein d. eluded with many falfc imaginations lcafl finne, which m2dc the Apofile fay, It is 4 . Utt, 1 •• 13 , i.l~~.')"" which drawe-thcm from God, As fir!t, fomc fear.fullthing ro fall into the hands of God. Seplead that they wcr.c neucr book~ Jcarocd, they condly, the grcntilctfc of our f] m)cs, and the couldp eucr write norrcad.,thcrcforc theymull nfiber which is like the fandvpon the fQa·f'hore. be: CKQJfcd in their 1 ignorance, as not becing Thirdly, the vnccrtaimic of the day and houre Iqo.unq to know rh< word of God; they need ofour death, which nsir lcauerlns.fo ll1all rhe I not frequent fo many fcr01ons, or if they doe, lafl iudgcmcm fjnd vs. Fourthly, our vQwe in they:ue not greatly to care- to carric them a.. B:1ptifmc; wherein \'VC promifc eo forf:1.ke the. I way,,~·~.eondly,orhersdreame thatbccaufc they Dcuill, an4 all our owne lu!t•. Fifrlyf"•Ghritls ha,u~ liupd,rhus long,and yet had ncucr any fuch paJlion and hisloloody fwduc, nor for his own croft' e.,_as they fee befall others, therefore they but our finncs, which tn3dc him crie, My ({od, ! arc,mo\t happie men, and God loucth them; D my God, wh1 haft thou forfai:§n mee? Sixtly/hat Ithey fin.dc rhe bldfing ofGod vpon them in o- 1 the night is paft, and it is noweday, the funne is ! uc:ry thing,and therefore they fcrue God well vp,cucn the fon ofRightcoufncffe is rifcn vpon I c~ough ,. <1r (o much as reructh their turnc. Vs; and therefore we arc to be raifcd OUt ofo1Jr Thirdly,orhers haue l~arnmg and knowledge, I llccp,andwalk} .uch,/dren oftheligbt, Rom.13. and be(Tin to drc-ame thin therefore they want 1 2. r 3. nothjng, thcv blelfc tbcmfclucs in their n2kcd Secondly, ifa man would knowwhether he knowledge,& neuer hauc,carc in their beans to begin to be awakncd, let himobfcrue whether tccciue Chrill:.Fourthly,othcr~ arc prophanc & hisheart ho1Ue brgun ro mooue in fpiritualaClidrca:m rhat the Maller wilnot comyct;god wil ons or no. For th~t body is \<\'ak('ncd om of not yet e:tl them,they (hal hauc; time enough to bodily flccpc,which can mooue it fclfc in bodi. repem in;for they qaue but one hoUl'c on their lyaCtions. Qf!_rjl. \rVhcn dotluhe. heart begin dc:::Jth-bcds, and that they lhall b:J.uc; in the thus to moouc it fclfc,and how fhall I know it? mcane tin'te they giuc thtmfclues oucr to riot A11[w. When thou bcginncfi to turnc thy eyes and excdfe, ncucr-reg:ncling thotJgh 311 the inwardly into Lhy felfc, and canil findc, and elworld cry rname vpon thcrn,:vmil their M::aflcr ff>ic the priuic corruptions ·which lurkc wit~in ! · thee. ~---------------------------~-- I ! L ·
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