CHAP. t.t2. C/!Commentarie vpon the :40 ;neuer heard ofChrifl,uay,nor had thelawwritten:whata number ofe- The Loiehath uidences (betidesall the light ofnature, and 'wipes from the heathen) wincirca of huh he againli thoufands, that profefie tefii Chrifi, & yet are inferiour s'nnl'ypoc^- tomany of the heathens themfelues. For, r.what a lure fentence of ticall and pro - faucprofcttots damnationdochmay Minitlerof the Gofpel, pronounce againa the ofCln difobcdienr, whohaving not Satans but Gods Prophets , and the lave T written, and theGofpel added thereunto , and thedaily minillerie , and yet many wit not vouchfafe to heare the call ofChrifi,tohis fupper,and many that hearehim tonne another way?Now ifchofe were iufllydam- nedwhobeleeued not men, cueseomming from the dead : how (ball they efcapevenge&ce who will not beleeue Mofes,cheProphers,Cbrifl s himfelfe, andhis Apoilles dailypreached in the minillerie. 2. We haue rhedaily beholding of Gods great workes in the world, and in the Church, which are documentsof the admirable power, and wifedome ofGod:the daily fruition ofhis vndeferued mercies ,the teflimoniesof hisbountieand goodneffe, and thinke they to efcape the isedgement of Roman} God, that defpife the riches of his bounrifrolneffe, andpatience, and longfist fering , not knowing that thebountifulnes of God (houìd lead them to repentance ?isnot this toheape coaks on their owne heads, which will burn to the Inatomeofhell ? yea and to treafure vp wrath againa the day ofwrath? voto which we may adde theworkes of his iutiice , di[ burdening his lull difpleafure againa thevnrighteoufnes ofmen; reuea- led both in the Scriptures, and inother hiflories, yea and daily running into the ties offuch,as prouoke their diligence to obferue the fame. 3.' 3 Wehaste the light ofbleffedexáple,bothofthe Propiets,Apo;'r1es, Pa- 1 triarkes,and aboue all,ofthe blefied Sonneof Ged,and other holy fir- uantsof God in the Scripture :and in our owne age many left Lots, who will be as acloudof witneffes to condemn our wayes, and workes of darkenefre.For thus the Lordprouideth himfelfeofwimcffes,euen in all ages and peoples,cmong themfelues. Some Chritllians he will haue di- fperfed among theperfecutors,fome.Saints in Nerocs houle, forcePro- Witnefre that te(lanti among thePapills :for in the datkefl ages,euen in their Abbyes, word-de booke i Catalrgus and Fryerics,he p er , g railed v alwaies force one or oth from age e,to ce , e to a et fiimnvericatfc. ' witneffe againll them that their error and wickednefe fhould not haue that fccuritie onboth fides which it defirech. Ì 4. We haue evengraccleffemen taxing our wickednelfe as here the Grecians had,chat as Corazin bySodome,and the Iewesby the nations; fo Chrifliansby Turkes,andProtellants in many things fhouldbe con- demned by the Papitls themfelues : the former beeing fo fupertlitioutly reuerent at the name andmentionofGod; theother fo painful' and in- 5 dutirious as Baalspreifls lancing themfelues for their idolatries. S.The Lord
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