7"7 71,. u-t" C H A P.2. Epiftleto the7heffalonians. V Is R.tI, 167 foule, which are the moll dreadful! : thus number them. t de//ierate horror. 2 Hardneffe of heart. 3 Blixdneffe of minde. 4 Ob.flinacie in errour, in euill. At thefe trem- ble : they are in their height, plagues peculiar to repro - bates , the vefels of wrath prepared to deflrutlivn. Its fearefull when God permits a man to errour, damnable in the merit : much more to be trembled at, when he inter - dudes all po{lìbilitie, or hope for returne out of errour. Amongfl other caufes thats a principali, reieeting loue of Truth. 3 The ifTues of the Iudgement. t Beliefe of lies. 2 And which followes it, eternal/ damnation. De primo. To belieue a lye : where are two things. a Their At',beleeuing. 2 The matter or obiec¡t, a lye: whereof firfl, It prefents to vs in fhorteft compendium de- fcription of Antichriflian faith, and Religion ; reduced to a word ; its in plaine Englifh, a lye. Take it as Neoren fpeciei A Religiega, a doErine compac` led of leafing. They fpe4e 6lyes in hypocrifie: particularize where they difhent from vs. Its a lye that God loues to be fuited vnto by Saints and Angels mediatours : his charge is; I Call on me; his en- couragment, togoe m boldly to Throne of grace; to draw n neare with a true heart in fall affurance of faith; nor hath he ordained vs any other mediatour of ° Intercefon, but thefame that is of Redemption, euen the man Chrifi Iefus ; the high `PriefIP fenfible of our infirmities; companionate far aboue the meafure of men and Angels. A lie, that our workes are meritorious being done in Grace. The / laines of our righteoufne fe, are no lef e then 4 menfiruous : by the Prophets confeflion ; and he fpeakes, faith Bernard, non minus vere Islam humiliter. A lye too palpable,that man may fupererogate,exceede what in duetie he owes vnto God. When r all in our power is commanded; and in Being what is commanded we doer but duetie : nay,when in t many things we finne all; in our bell performances , are defeaiue in the degree and meafure of doing. M 4 A k I T1nt.4.z. Pfal.ço.is, ° Hcb.4.16. & IO.zz. ® I Ioho z.r,z. t Tim.z.g,6, P Heb.z.17,i8. &4.It. qlfai64.5. r Mar.! 1.3o. 2u[ca7. i o. Iac, 9.s.
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