H P.S. Epiffle to the ?heploniaus. V E x.7,8. which is the ground of the Metaphor. Truth is,God " in n ROM. Z.rs. Natnre bath imprinted Come principles ofcommon hone- fly, to reflrainc the headflrong inclination of corrupt na- ture wit() euill:rill they be vtterly extinE},fome remtnents there are,as of con fcience, fo of modefly, in doing cuill. The more defperate is the fate of our times and people; ere. I and no doubt thofe modefl mifcreants amongtl Gentiles ! 1 (hall rife in iidgyment,snd condemne this fhameletfe ge- neration of enormious(iinners among]]; Chri(lians, that 0 declare theirifnner as Sodom And hide them not;blufh not o Ifa7.31, to doe deeds ofdarkneffe in the light of the Swine. Saith the Lord of Ifrael, when he would expretle a hopekLTe e- flate ofthat people,Were they P albewted when they cerrtit- a ter,g,rz, ted abomination ?They were not a¡ñamed, neither could they bøc ay Jhamc:thcr fore they fhall fall amongth 'that fall in the time of their vi. ration,T hink it fpoken of chefe times. The third duty fbllowes; Arming our (clues, as for a Conflié-t. QfSpirituall Warfare] meane not to treat at large; whofo would fee the condition of it, -hath at hand the learned Labours of expert Capcaines in the Lords M.DoWnharn, Hoafl. The parts ache Armour here commended to vs, are Faith, Hopv,and Lone,the three Theological] vertues, fetout by refemblaerte;Faith and Loue,in the limilitude of a B ref(- plate.; Hope, of ara Helmet. The vnfolding of the Metaphor is thus : As Souldiers are wont efpecially to fence their Brefl for the Hearts fake, the feat oflife; & the Head,the fountaine and orginall of the fenfes, as vp- on whofc fafctie depends the fafetieofthe whole Bodily principally :fo our care fhould be, againa the euill day to arme our felues with graces belt fcruing to fafegard the foule;amonga which,eminent are Faith, Hope, & Loue. Touching thern,two things Thal be handled:frr1,theirna- turc briefly,fecondly,their vie in the fpirituall combar. For Faith,thus in grof aconceiue the nature of ir; It is i an afhent to the-truth of theWord -of God, for the Truths fake of hint thatfpake, and infpired ir. Some principali D d 2 refpct
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