~~- 584 . !!An Expofition vpon _ )-= ~ to ground this fpccial l hope vpon: for \\'C can iA . re:tcl vs, n.amely, that the Saint~~fGod auHifi- 1 I ncucr ccncnly waitc tOr that, whereof we arc \ ·ed, fant'bficd, :md fo continuing ,(for tofi.:ch I I . 1 Vncertainc \\·hether it belong vmo vs or no:he : lHde...wrote as ycrfc 1.) mufl wait fort he mctcy ; ! that hath rccciucd the cJrncfl, may certainly 1 of God_vnto life etcrnall. Yet kt amankeepc', I wait forth<: \>vholc fummc: but it it is faith that all Gods Connnaundcmcm~ he {hall merit no- ;\ rccciucth .chc ~~rncH ofthe fphic.from wh~ncc thing, hecdoth but his {iutie. ln the fecond 1 our hope IS r:uk d, Hcb.r 1.1. Nowfaithu rhe Comm:mJcmcntthc Lord faith hcjlmPeJmer- . grormd ofrbir:gs hopedJ'q-t: for vdHch caufe it is 'cie on 1 thoufan'd.r: but\' ho arc they? eH m to them I that h9.pc :Mo harh his full aiTurance afcribcd that lo11t muand k.,;ept my Co11:mn~tnd(meJits': Jf 1 vtlto it aswell ~s f::~ilh. AnG hence we may fur- ·.Adnmhad ·Ctood in innoccncic, hcC'could not the(- take knowlcdg of an other ofthcir errors, hane merited any better cO~te then heewas in; whcrtas they teach that hope indeed is ioyncd how much ld'fecan we fincc rhc fall?nay Chrill: ·I with a ccn;~imic, but they diflinguilh of ccr- :ts he wasman alone, could not merit, nor did ·talntie, which is (they fay) either ofrhe .will or nor, but in regard ofpcrlOnJll vnion. But the \ vnder{b.nding: hope they grannt hath the ccrPapifl \\ 1 il here fay,t·hat life1 ctcrnal is promifed 1 taimic of\' ill,but not ofiudgemcm & vndcrvpon condition, and if wC can kccpe the CornI fiiding~butthis is falfc, fcing the Apol11c Heb. B 1 maundcmems \o\'ee m~ymeritt. I an(wer,lfwe I 12 , cummttundrth to r(iQjCC in J1opc; which no keep the condition of our [clues wee m:1y meman can doe, vnldfc the iudgement be certain ' r-it indeed; but this is impofliblc, foreucn our and fetletl; hcc thntis not ccna\neof mcrcic-, l<cetting ofthe ccndition were of mercie; and can neuer hope certaincly for mcrcic. Thirdly. mcrcic and merit willneuer n'leet and fi:.md towe lcarnc hence to \vaiteby our hope in ChriH ·gcthcr.SccOdly,ifwe wait for mcrcic in Chrilt for life cucrhliting eucn to the death, thatrimfl: then we mull altogether defp'airc in regard of be the white which n)ufl eucr be in our eye, at our (clues for euer attaining life cuerlaAing,for which we muA: conrjnllnlly direCt our aime.\.Vc hope fcndcth a man out ofhimfclfe,and caufcth haue many dxamplcs of holy men who haue him wholy to relic himlelfevp6 Chrill;Thirdgone before vs in this•dmic;/acob when he '!A· as JyJ ifwe nmH waite for the accornplifhment of makirlg his w'il,infetteth and as it were imcrlamercie, which tendcth to life cucrlafli11g, tlicn ~ ceth.tbis fpeach; 0 Dord, I h.mt'waitedfor thy much rnorc mull we inour dangers·or uoiibl~s 1 fa!uarton, Gen. 45. 18. MoflJ had hi& qe eucr \ \131[ for Gods mcrcie in our dcliuerance.Ifw'e ! vpon ·the recompmrt·cf rtwnrd, Heb. It. z6. mu{t wait for thegreater, we may forth<:_Jcffe, lobWill-trufi in the Lord,yea airhough hejhoutd Hab•• z.;. At !aft rhevifon/hall f}eakf, andnot kjltl,im, lob q.· 15. Dauid was much ·and C !it:thoughitrtm"ie,waite. Andifai28, J6,He ofterlin this c~pe€htion Of the Lords m~rcy, 'hat beltelltthmerl(sthnothafi.This meeteth with · Pfalm. 1 40. :r. lnwaitmg I htts~ waittd Dn. the mans corruption, who inprcfenttroubleWill . k d ~ Lord;that iS I ~~tle inll3ntly "''ayted; & "'.1"t haue prefcmhdpe, or elfc lYe will ferch it frorit i':~~tfcntmc eyes haHefai/edmte wfJiltff I harsc _waitedfor my heU i.t (clfe;from Satan and'Sorccrers: but fuch I troftblcs Gcd ~'Pf3lm.6j.;. an~ ·Pfahn,x6-.9. MJft4h nCuer loan1ed to waitc on Gods 11.1ercyf6r mr~fc~1:uc . fh;~ltrtftinh6pe: his hope was that his flefh fbal faluation • for then could they waite !his ldp,thot~gh rife ·againevmo hfc-eucrlailing. qhicfl. 13ut leifure in 'lcffer matters for health, and cafe, ~:fe~~~han hoW can W C nourifi1 d~iS hope CY.··Hl fame men a.nd Wit-h rftote comfort '·make farre lCtfc fay) fwng wee are f<> toffed and perplexed halt. • ' with fo manym1fefics·&gneuanccs !11 this life? - Sccon~ly~ ~rom the fecon1 ctfcel or frekof .An f. Patt/mectcth wtth tllls ol:i!cClion, Rom. 1 hope, ·nanlcl}', 'that;dCceiuc-th not, nor-difapJ. 1• !}Vet rtto;•ce'-m trtlmlatJon, Q!!._tl1. How pomteth hunihat hopeth\ note firtl ad1ffet€ce can we doe fo? !Anfl When wee (ubtcCt eur l betw~cnehutmme or C3rllnll, and relig1ous or (clues vnto God m oifechons, brefb cddeth A~ Chrilhan hope. The fornie! 'often dccl!1Ueth bread hi.J lout motiY'hearu,and this ~rcedethpa.. men, adeaft '1.!\ hcn death1 €ommeth all fuch timce J which bringeth fonh cxterience, and D j hopes perilb: but the fecond_neuerdeceiue~h a cxpcnencchope,whlch maketh not alhamed; manmtimCof ncedc no norm death Itftlfc-. becing the helmet oftaluatiOn,and our anchor Secondly, hence a m;n may and mull belee'ue ,which {laieth ourfhip in thetroublefOmc fea of _his ownc perfcuerancc in grace, for where this , ~his Iifc.Founhly,irwe mull byour hope waite hope is, fuch a man cannot faH whol!y from 1 onChritl:then in all onrrcquefts aOd petitions Chri!l, for thC hishope lhould difappointhim; vntoGod we mnfhbide the Lonfs leifure,o9t neither from his ownef3lu.ation, bedufe this -limitinghim,~or ptcfcribing thC::t-i1i1CVmohim -hope laics1hold on the mercieofGod•vnto eofhcaring:for herein o'ut hope mufi·excrcifc it rcrn.all life: and herein can neucr fru{hate his we muft ..felfeo expeCtation, or make him afhamed. Thirdly,if ;~;~~~~:n,t . Fu.rrhcr, from 'rhc <?bicCt of this waiting, our hope bring vs to the fnlneffc ofhappinctfe, notforiu~ which is the mcrcic ofGod. \o\ 1 C may lcarnr diand to the accomplifhmcnt ofmercy hereafter, llice,1sthc ucrfcpoints: fidl rhat thcrC is no [uch mcr'it of that it bringcth vs to rhc beginning of this I ~(;';1~hr workc as the P:~pifls drc:Hnc of, for then might h:~ppincs euen in thislife: for the beginning of th-eir do· ~ewaitc for iufHc.:e ~ :ind ofdue' Jay clairne to life eteruall is in this life, & flandctb in the c6-- ~rinc ofmelife eternal!. But here we haue another leffon uerfion of finnersvnro God, and in amcndmCt lrm, Gf_
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