3 14 Chrifispeoplea fillingpeople. z Tiai.4,g. Sam.zlo. Ezek.x8.25: a c ecc.4.4. F.rai.8.18. Lech.3.8. b Hot4.4. s ler.z.z7. Hof 5.5,6, 2, Xing, x'. 24,26. i Risi gebennes maid., nonpa- ean. metait,fed ardere,i!le anti peccare metuit, qui peccatumip. fun,flea geben- nos edit. /Pig. epi.144. In ibra intns volimiate peccat, gni non vol(intate,fidti- more nonpeccat, Idemcon. 2.Epi. relag.li.i.cap 9. & dib.s. cap. 9. Non (cutjerarn & timeo c odi, itaetimstiatrem vereor quem a- tom&amaele. .41exliretti.li.s. guage of carnall men : xWhat ems the Almighty doe for fay the wicked in /obi Y It t irr vain tofeare God, whatprofit have we thatwe have kept his ordinaiseei,thl Ifwe mutt take our confcience along in all the bufineffes ofour life, therewill be noliving in the world ; notwith- flanding x the Lord faith,that his wordsdoegoodto thole that wake uprightly, that godlineffe hath theProinifes evenofthis life ; that God will honour thole that honor him. Thirdly, as unequal, anduniv.ifon,gble wles,as a aftrange,a mad, and a fool& ftriAndre, rather the me- teor ofa fpcculativebraine, than a thing of any reallex- iftence, rather voting than veritu, a with or figment, than a folid truth. And from fuch prejudices as there mengrow to wrefilewith the Spirit of Chria, to with- {land his motions, to quench his fuggeflions, and todif- pute againft him. b This people are as they that prive with theprief fuch a bitter and unreconcileable enmity there isbetween the two feeds. Secondly, we may obferve, that riot vvithilanding this naturall averfeneffe, yet many by the Power of the Word arc wrought violently and comp/tardy to tender ionic fervkes to Chrifi, by the fpirit ofbondage,by the feare of wrath, by the evidencesof the curie due to finne,andbythe wakefulneffeof the confciencc. cThey have turned their Backe unto me,and not their gcefaith the Lord ; that notes the difpofitionof their will. But in the tsmeof their trouble, they willfay,orfrife and (a 114 ,that notes their cornpulforieand unnatural) devotion. They Oa&goewith theirflockes and their heard: that is, with theirpretended facrifices, and externall ceremonies. to leeke the Lord ; but theyfhagnot findehim ; bee bath witbdrawne himplre. As when the Lord lent Lions among)) the Samaritanes then they fent to enquireafter the manner ofhis worthap, fearing him, but yet till fer- ving their owneGods. But this compulfory obedience loth not proceed from dafeari flume but a feare of hell.,
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