TheChurcheJ .~.t1arriage. that wee may pu t you out of all doubt. . j Firft, he bath made a very cleare dedaratton 1 ofblsgoodwill: he faith , Wnofoever wi/1come,JhaU heJaved,he fu all be taken in, whofoever wd1 come. This is not all, .. bu_rbe,goes furt.her th_cn that , he j bath not oneJy 1ec.upfucha .P<.f! tcunque vult, but / he fends home to us., bee calls and invite us, goc, l e1!J and invite them to the marrit~ge. This is no t all, but he goes yet fu ther, he bcfeec~ei n us, he~ l becomes a downed~ht fui tor, 2 Cor~ 5. 'Wee are·ll Am6aj!arl~•rJ in Ch! i'ffs jlead , to hefeech 'you to be ' reconciled. Nay beloved, more then this, bee is not a cold' but ap importunate earneil: fuitor. GO't, ctJmpe/lthemtocomein, faith be·, .that is, wi th the ftrongeft argumentsyoucan ufe :he cloth not reft-here, here is as much as beecan doe by fa ire meanes. Butth~n .he tryes theother, to fee what . he can doeby foule meanes, thenhe· Jaye~ acorn- ·· mano upon ll'l;en ,' 1 lohle I. 3. Thit i! the CommAn- - dtmtnf, thAt flit /Je/eeve inh~Stmne: beecommands all men living to .come in, and t~~e C hrifi:, and receive the par~oo. ·And it is noJ: a bare com– mand·, ~~t. he~adds.a tbrratning; lfthey will not take' him ~ -diey Thall be dahmed: which is the grratdh~reat'ning that ·can be. · Confider,wilt tbou refute nqw,? twill f~y but this inaword, if .thou wiltrorall 'ihi~ , it i'hall be thegreate ~ mat– t~r ~~a.i nflJb~e at th t; day ·o f J udg~nt :takeall fj o,nes>! he ~~olfei1: Idolatry, and adultery, and wh~tf?t~~! .~J fe : t~ey Ch~l~ not be fo much ]aid ! ;t~ ~_hy,~hir~. ~Pf~.• thou· cofl t;ne~,~ to lye on thy , d~tb-beJas t~ls ;\tnat Chnft was preached,rha t i •• )IJ !" I D.J h ~ 2 t ere' ,
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