39z ....__._e Cu AP. 5-4n Expafi tiorr vpes+ the grf Ve R. t, z. we now the fubtfantiall conclufion therein deliucred : It is,that the con,nungof Chrifl is vncertaine,& fudden ;as is the comming ofa,eheefe to his prey. The quality of the (imilitudeis not to bee paired ouer without cur notice; affording vs this obfergation That things finfirll, and valaw/ull,A fordrefemblancestoexpref eholytruth,and to admoxiAof tatty. Betides this inftance, in the Text,thcre are others many in the Word of dod. The imployment ofour gifts to the glory of the bef ower, wee haue pref- sMat.sf. :f. fed by refemblance of the g vftrers surfed sourfes Ws[demsto prouide for enerlaffing Tabernacles, by libera. s Luk.1G. 8, 9. lity to the poore Saints, is taught vs, b by the vniteft po- lice of the deceitfullSteward. 2uFR Doth any aske reafon of the Spirit ofGod ? Anjw. lc fhould fake vs to receiuchis holy inflrueliens and reuelations, withoutaskiug a reafon. lt is his mercy that .heis pleafed to acquaint vs with Gods will whoarc we, that we fhoud prefcribe to him ? or aske-him reafon of his counfells ? yet nothing lets with snodeltic to snake conic/lure., Perhaps he would teach vs, how by worfe things we may works our aduantage in goodnetie. Phy. ficians they fay, can make of deadlieft poyfon, antidotes againf poyfon; of the Vipers venome, the foueraigneft Triade. And there is not the worft man, but may teach vs goodnef1'c;theirvilell prallicemay, after a fort, bee our patterns. There is an oblique kinde of imitation of wicked men permitted toGods children :the rule is this: Change but, the obis&, thou maif4 imitate them in wifdeme, in contention, in wrath, in labour, &e. They are irnifèto doe esrill ; learne thouwifdosue to doe well. They are zealous for fuperflition s it (hall be thy fhame, if thou bee not as zealous for ,Religion. They ftriue for their pleafures,lortheir fin= ;; antic thon with as great eagern cfiò of Gods glory. e S. Is it not ,then a worthy argument for vfurious con- trails; drawne from theparable? Worldlings Locke for their
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