arijibahenemies wherebe ruleth. 287 ama.11 .....0.On not inunity,asfchifmatikes; fome not in fincerity,as hy- pocrites; fome not fo much as inexternall conformity,as evill worke° s : Theheretike corrupteth Chrill,the Ichif- matike dividethhim, the hypocrite mocketh him, the prophane perfondi lhonoreth him, and all denyhim. Let usthen learne to look untoour hearts, for we may c flatter Chrifl,whenwedoe not love him; we d may in- quire and fakeearly after him, and yet have no defire to finde him; wee may come unto his fchoole as unto. ward children, not for love ofhis Dootrine, but for feare ofhis rod ; we maycall himhusband, and yet bee wed- ded toour ovine lufs; we may be baptized in his name, fo was e SimonMagus; we may preach him, fo did the f fa*brethren ; we may flocke after him, fo g did the multitude who followed him not for hiswords or mi- racles,but for the loaves; we maybow untohim,hfo did his crucifiers ; wee may call upon his name, t fo did the hypocrites that Paid, Lord, Lord, and yet did not enter into the kingdome ofheaven; we may confeffe and be- leevehim, k fodoe the verydive's in hell; we maygive him our lips, our eyes, our tongues, our knees, our hands, and yet fill our kingdome, our throne,our hearts may bee Satans. And all this is to make him but a mock-king as the Jewes did, when indeed we crucifie him. Note thirdly, Chrifs Word and Spirit are flronger than all adverfe oppofition, This is his Glory that his kingdome commeth inunto him 6y way ofConed1, as Canaan unto Ifrael. Therefore at the very firfr erciaing ofhis kingdome, when, in all prefumption,it might moil eafilyhave beenecrufhcd,he fuffeedhis enemies to vent their utmofi malice , and to glut themfclyes with the bloud of his people that fo it might appeare, that though theydid fight agaira him, they I could not pre.. vaileagainf him, but that his counfell (bould fill Hand and flourifh,and lbould confume, and breake in pieces VERSE 2. cPfa.78. 36,37. d Nibil laborant nifi non inveni- requa Toriit. AugaleGen.con. afavieb.1.z.c.z. e Aa.8.13. fMat.7.2.7. Phila.' 6. c Ioh.6.:6. h Mat.s7z9. Mar..7. ar. k Luk.8.18,. latn.a.19. Efai.R.7-1o. Dan,144. Dan,7.21,z6. Zech is.3,4. ifa;.3z.8.
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