2.80 The'JYatchmen,&c. --- --------~- ----- SsR.XI. Arguments /hewing the preciou(rzer of t-he foule. Againe, in that God takes fuch care for the foule,it fhewes the wondrous worthof it. Many arguments there be to fhew that the fou]e is a precious thing, it was breathedby God at fi rfi, Chrill: gave his life to redeeme it ; but this is an ·efpeciall onethat God bath ordain~d and ella– biHhed aMinill:ery and Watchmen over it. And as God hath fet fome men Watchmen over others, fo bath he appointed every man tobe a Wat~hman to himfelfe.. He hJth given every m~naCity to watch over,that is, hisowne ell:are and foule~therefore let us not depend altogether on the watching of others.Godhat'hplanted acon1 faience in every ofus, and ufeth as others to our good : fo our ownecare, wifedome, and fore– fight,thefe he elevateth and fanctifieth. The Watcf.Jmen that went a!Jout the City found me) tbey fmote me,tbey wou-ndedme;&c. - Howtbschurch Come wee now to the carriage of thefe wM ~oundj/ .Watchmen, thofe that ihould have been defenby the w4 rc - five prove moll: offenfive. , men. I. 2. They fmote the Church, .and wounded her many wayes (tbough it benot difcovered here in particular) as wi£h their ill and fcandalous life, and fometimes wirh corrupt dotlrine, and otherwhiles withbitter words, and their unjuft c~nfores, as we fee in the .fioryof the Church, efpecially the Romijh church, they have excom– municated Churches and Princes ; but not to fpeake ofrhofe Synagogues of Satan, comewe nearer home,and wemay fee amongfi our feives , fometimes thofe that arc Watchmen,and ihould · be
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