`ZCor.7.s. f CAi.r.I b. B HcLI2.14 I Ioh.3 3. Apoc.zl.z. ZJfe. k Iac.I.z7. 'Jude ver.23. m Ephecq.;. Mst.Y, Ig. C H A P.a. fln E.xpagtion vponthe ftcond V n x.zo. Among{} our people, ignorant of Scripture Phrafe,none may fa be e(leemed, but thole iufi men, rxho/e fpirits are naw madeperfeci in heauen. In the flyle ofrhe holy Ghofl, All Gods people, but profefling fanitity, arc fo named : though more flri&ly, fuch as by Gods Spirit are c purged, though but inchoately, from allllthines of flefh and Spirit; and are growin(z towards full holinef e in the feare of God. The tlyle is fornetimes with an i sx) giuen to men eximiaus in Saniitie : yet generally belongs to all Gods Children. That to them one y belong the Glory- that (hall be reuea- led, Scripture Teilimonies are plentiful) : hence its called the f inheritance of Saints. Wherefore alto the g unholy and profane are excluded. Reafons of con - gruence yee may obferue reading the Scriptures quoted. If any meafure ofprofanenes might breed wonder in thefe latI times, I fhould maruell to fee Chriflians by pro - feffion, men hoping for heauen, and fitting their face that way, fo generally auerfe from Sanaitie : fo fcoffing our of countenance the fludie and endeauour of it. Saith Peter confidering the terrour of the tall day; 11 What manner men ought we to be in holy conuerfations ? No, meafure fhould fuffiice.S.Zohn weighing the purity of the Iudge, and the condition of feeing him with comfort ; whofoeuer bath this hope,purgeth h:mfelfe as Cod is pure. S.Iames exp reffing imperar Acts offincere Religion, thus points to vs our meafure offandlitie : to k¿,eepe our felues kvnfjiotted of the world. S. Jude commands to hate the' garmentfpotted of the fiefh.S.Paulallowes not rn naming of any vncleannes with - out;deteflarion.Nïce fcrupuloufnes about Cereinonies,and filch like trifles, what wife man either loathes not,or piti- eth ? And yet cries woe to all that violate,n minimaman datorum; approuing euen precifenes in moralities,fo it be guided by prudence. As to Saints,fo to belieuer;is thù glorie appropried; pla- ceiere,p`entifull, fee thefe pregnant, Mar., t 6. t6. Zehn 3. t s, t 6,t 7, t 8. whither Inhdelitie b,e of more Negation, fuch as in Pagans,to whom the name of lefus bath not bin heard s I
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