220 VERSE Z. 4 4' g -a Tlul Cit.tgf 71°11 vPTC0f P14121CIWC54iTteejt- du- r1v) x'aetapCser. eras, cic ciEiecy t* efts. Greg. Ka,K, Orat. 4o. deBaptifino. Rom.a.23,z4. x Per.a.x 5,x6. Theglorie of thegalliell. unnatural' defires onely the Gofpell, being fpirixually apprehended, hath creaturesenough for the facile to reit in, and to fecke no farther, And therefore fallingaway from the truth,power, or puritie oftheGofpell is laid to expofe Chriti to fhame, and to crucifie him againe. For as in d Baptif(ne vvhen wee renounce finne, and betake our felves to Chriti, we doe as it were, expofe finne un- to publike infamie, andnaile it on the Croffe ofChrift : So whenwe revolt fromChrift unto finne againe, and in our hearts turne backe unto Egypt, and thrufi him icons us, we doe thenput him to fhameagaine, as if hee were either in his powerdeficient, or unfaithful' in thole pro.. miles which before we pretended to relic upon. It Ifrael, as they confulted, fhould likewife aaually have rebel- ledagainit Mofes, and returned in body as well as in heart unto Egypt againe, what a fcorne would it have wrought in that proud nation, that their vaffals fhould voluntarily refume their thraldome, afterfo manyboats and appearancesofdeliverance ? If a man fhould relin- quifh the fervice offome noble perfon, and apply him- felfe unto come cardid matter for lubfiftence, would not the mouths of men be quicklyopen,or their mindesjea- lous to fulpe6 that however fuch a man carry an high name, and there bee great expectations fromattending onhim,yet in truth he is but adry rnatter,whom hisown fervants abc,f0 publikely chfhonour ? So when any men turne Apoftates from the powerand Profeffion of the GofpellofChrifi, prefently wicked men areapt toblaf- pheme, and toconceive detperate prejudices againft (Air high and holycalling. If any man make a boatt ofthe Law,andyet breake it, heedahonoreth God the more for (faith the Apotile) The name of God ar btafphemed among the Gentiles through you, AS st is written, fo then confiancie in Chrifis fervice giveth him theglory of an honourable matter, and his Lawofa royall law, put tab tofitence theignorance f thojefoolifhmen, who lie in twaie
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