Hcb.a. ThechiifeftoftenthoMjand .. medy ro difch;trge his fin in lefus Chrift : lf he will marry him and take him; but when Chrill' is offered,and we will have none ofhim, we finne : .againfi the Gofpell,and rhenther.e is no rem.edy, I there is nothing bot AntSthtttJa and MHtSfJ4tha; I therefore themoft dilllgtrtiiHfomes of 411, 11re thofl \ Agnft theJ;g!Jt ~1 the Gojje!l:whenyet wecbofe ralher to live: as we lift, then to jo,yn.eour [elves to·Chr-i~. To.this purpof'e.. Hei1."2. Saint. PAul mak-es·an·ufct ofthe fidf Chapter, wherein he fefiS out·rneexeellencyof Chriflwhom the An., gcls--:~-dore;hcis (o bea.ut-ifutf)ifo lovely,thatGod rh~ ~th~r is in lovewith him, and pronounc.eth 1 thu is my Beloved.fonnt: In the.beginningofth~ ' fecond Chapter, Wherifue(faith he)~ow }NzUwt eftape if we negleCI fo greAt {AlvAtiqn i for, if they, 1 tft'Aped'wgttlit~tdejjifetil,l'ofls L.sw,&c. 'How {ball we eft~pe if wenegf~a· (o greAt folvAtion? be fayei not,if we,oppoft Chrijl' ; but i'f ·we neglect him> · i:fwe doe not love fo gFeac falvation,as 2 The[.r. , 8. it is faid, clmftwi/1 tollleill flaming fire llt4lt ' vtngtA,&~oft~Rl tho:fo thAt Jot n4t k!Jilrw God, 4»tl shey nottht Gofpel~ 1[Chrift~though they do llot perfecuteit. · Therefore this reproves an civiii moraJI per– fonsthatthinkethey have ricbesenough,not on- · ly debauched perfons, but fdfe-fufficient per- · fons, that thinke they have a6y Rigfueoufndfe of rheirowne, let them know; thAt chnfl fliiJII tome in jfAmi'llgpr.'tto tAkeveng,ungeif'ft«b, This : is the tcope of the fecond Pfalm!!, which ye . know fcts our theexcellency of Chrift, I ht~vt , . fit
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