CHAP.I.I 6. vir Commentarievpon the 326 Rotn.T4.4. lam4.1x. Matth,u.so, 4 +,King.xo, Looke Weil that thy felfe be none. iudge theperfonofanother mowferuant, who ffandeth or failed) to his owne Lord: which is fo farrc from carping at , or mifconflruing things well done in appearance, as that he maketh the beft, and giuethmoa fa- uourable coaliru&ion ofthings and aEtions,which are in appearance e- uill; as well knowing that the fearching ofthe heart belongeth to the maker ofit :and that no man can knowwithwhat intention vpon what groundsor caufes this or that is donby anorher.Andmuch leffe yet Both that fpirit ofChrift,whichvfeth not to quenchfmoaking4axe,but cherifh- eth euen good fhewes, as in the youngman, difcourage better procée- dings,by deeming chafe who exercifethemfeluesmoa diligently in the courfes prefcribed by theword, the moaworthy to be abhorred ofGod andman. And yet where can a man goe,but he (hall meete with the fpi- rit that beareth rule in the word, which conceiueth not , fpeaketh not fo bitterly againft whooremongers, theeues, drunkards, &c. as againff ma- ny foundhearted profeflors of Chrift, and of his truth ? thus with the wicked lewes, preferringBarrabaebeforeChrift himfelfe. Oh that men knew what theydid, and thenwould they not thus cruèifie the Lord of glorie in his feruants, whowill fearefullyreuenge fuch indignitie done againu them. When DauidPent his feruants toHamm, to vifit him, and heeuill entreated them,vfing them as fpies, and not as vifitors Pent from . a friend,howhotly dothDauid profecute the reuenge of their wrongs ? he defiroyed feuenhundred charers, and flew forty thoufand horfemen betide the foote, infomuch as he forced other Kings tomake peace with him : how much more will the Lord, more powerful!, more tender ouer his feruants, reuengetheir abufe, both in a better feruice employed, and in higher degreedtigraced ? 2. Let euery one lay there notes to his owne heart, and efpecially be- warethat his workes glue not the lie tohis words and protèflion : for which purpofe let curryof vs be careful! to approoue our finceritie ro God, our profeffion tomen, and both of them toour (clues by yoking anfwerable praéltfe to out profeffion; not difioyning the things which the Lord would haue coupled, nor admitting difcòrd,and iarre in things whereof the one fhould beas the true expofitionof the other. Let vs then looke a little nearer thematter, and fee by the cleare fun(hine ofthe word, whether they be hypocrits , whoare only fo reputed;or whether our (clues haue not the beames whichwere worth the carting out : and not to range into all particulars, let euery man fearch his owne heart in this onepoint, whether while'?heprofeffeth toknowe God, he denie him not in hie worker. Tohelpe vs forward in this trials , wet. muff conceiue that improperly the Scripture applyeth this name, not r : euch as by in- firmitie flip into it : for the beff a&ions of the belt finehí ofit (as Mr. Bradford
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