CHAP.I15. LeiComnentarievpon the 84 taught vs how toconceive it: t.Ioh.r.7. 8. The blood of Iefrts Chrifl purgeth from all fine:yerifAny fayhe bath no linne he deceisieth himfelfe. It is indeedeGods grace and tauour to account the beleeuers his doue and vndefiled , and in regardof that perfe& robe of righteoufneffe he couerethikemwithall , to adde that there is no fpot in them : but it is grace in them to acknowledgeand vtterofthemfelues that whichChrif} .ra did ofhis difciples,yeareall cicane, but you had neede haueyour feete Non de Pu tit a wafhed: Peeing that this purging is not wrought all at once in vs, but by terv.nim °da' degrees, and that in this life there remaineth aiwaies fotne impuritie to erfrQione abfoluta,vi lob. be purged. 9 d nppotira & Pro"°o' . ' yfe, z. Let none dare to (coffe at the godly vnder this title or any fe i g } hypocria &do- other which theLord vouchfafeth them: heare f{ thou theLordaccoun- tO' ling his Church as pure the funne, and er ell and vndefiled in their Prat.r, y.. i '. P P f Pfat.;ç.9. way,cailing them his holy eves ,andfaints,and thinkel+ thou this a fufíici- rcoffe 't ent ground to fcoffeat them ? or doefi thou fhewe thy felle one of this Soff not ae , she tides by number,or rather is it not the part of anIfmaeliteand a curled wretch,to which Lord ! fcoffe at the tonnes ofbleflin for the Wettings fake? nay rather, feting honourethhis children. I the Lord thus honoureth his leruants,and teffifiethhis loue inpallingby all their imperfecìions,as though therewere none:let fuch as haue taken occafon to feoffe at Chriflians from that which is their only approbati_ on before God, euen ioyne themfelues to the peopleof God,that as the libertiesof Godspeople inPerfia, made many of their enemies become Ertel. 3.17. Iewes,fo thofe that haue been enemies and ready tooffer them violence, feting the fauour of God towards them, may be mooued to become friendly vnto them. Nonvithaan a. If the deuill doe mite any fcoffing Michol to fcorne our fincericy, ding. thefcof, while we folace our (*clues before the Lord ; and if the tonnes of men puitie ofheart will not ceafe to turne our glory into fhaace : Let not thofe that feare andhfe. God be daunted,uor giue ground much Idle fllebackeforanytearmes ofcontempt; but account this their priuiiedgebefore God a badge of Chrifis profeffion, and their honour before all the world : and thus en- courage chemfelues to firiueon to further puritie both of heart and life. r. Ofheart, becaufe the infide mull ER be made cleane : and z. of life, t.Pee 1.2 t. for when the foule is purified it mull works in the life, in obeying the truth,tbreugh thefpirit.Thus the Chr illian manbeeing like a clearechry- flail glaffe with a light in themidfì , which mull needs appease through euery part ofit,hauing withinhim the light ofgrace,holdech it forthal- though in the midfi ofa frowardand wicked generation. Reafons. The reafons tomooue vs hereunto are fundric. t. In regardofGods account and ellimation offuch as !hall choofe fuch cicanepaths rowalk in,as we haue heard: what neede aman care ifall men condemne him,fo God r
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