CHAr.5. Epifiletothe7heffaldsrians. Ven. z6. 507 euen the leaft tefiimonies of Gods fauour, occafions to thee of reioycing. x Hce fhall newer bee railer over witch, x Maters, z ;; that is not faithful! in his little. Neuer let him looke for perfthion, that rightly prizeth not the beginnings of Graeein his heart. But much more damnable is that difcontentrnent at fundry prime bleaings, tending to life and gcdiineffc, to be feene in our multitude, It was in Fan's efleeme a chiefe Ble(ling granted vnto Iewes, that to r them were coin- slon.,3. a. mitt ed the Oracles of God. A fpeciall fauour God promi- feth it to his Church; To zgiue them Pafters after his own z heart, to feed them with knowledge and vnderfÈanding.SaiLh the Euangclifi of it vouchfafed to Z a s v L o rr and Na P H T H A L I ; It is a as light to them that haue lone fit- S Mat.4,1 6. ten in darkeneffe, and in the /hadow ofdrath: O wretched Mifcreants they, that cry out vpon this bleffing and fa uour of God ; as of fome great vengeance ; and as Gada rens, preferre their fwinifh affetlions, and brutish plea - fures, before the facred Word of God, that ( hould bee to vs, as to I ERE M I E, b The very for and reioycing of our bier. hearts ! Wonderful! is Gods patience in mens prouoca- tion; I (hould elfe wonder, that hee had not long (rote Pent vpon vs c that famine in the Prophet ; not of bread, ° Amos 3, i r. and water, but ofhearing the Word of God. Lafily, would any know how he may prouide to haue weft. this holy Ioy alwaies conucrfant with him ? Three Graces of God there are efpecially auaileable 4nJ this way: Firth, Faith. Secondly, Hope. Thirdly, Con - fiant Obedience. Faith giues vs title to the promifcs : to Chrifk his Merits, RighteoufnefTre, Kingdome. if that faile vs in the exercife, yet hope fufiatnes the Soule;while it beholds the hidings in the promife certaine, though not yet exhibited. Obedience, confiant and vninterrupted, qualifies vs after. a fort, to receiue the Promifes ; atad as an euidtnce furthers vs in the expetation ofthe Bleflìngs. Neither Faith . ü'' e e
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