CHAP.t v1Comme?ttarie Vona the i 33 b Church of Pergamus, he (hall beate the name andword of God , cuen xctt.2.15. therewhere Satan loath his throne: 84 then,when Antilia: thatfaithful[witnes %'au?laine. 3.The Lord for this end permittethmany geuerall defeElions 3 and corruptions:not to this purpofe,that the godly fhould {hrinke, but to trio them,whether if they fee thcmfelues alone withElias, and euen their lines fought alfo,they will fland in their vprightncs:whcther when Iofh.24.15. i all Ifrael goe after the gods oftheir fathers,they and their houfes with lo. foal, willferue theLord: and whether chofe that protege the Lord , will walkeby rule or by example. There muffbe i !'fe,t. Let none that profeffeth Chrili,takeoffence at the differences diff:rcnces of itngcmcura. -! oftudgement or pra&ifee. atnongll men in the vvorld,whether in the Mi- motiga men, nitlers,or other meanie truth was neuerbut oue,although there was e- uer difference in the preaching of it. Some Prophets were fmooth and Tweet congued:fome Apotlles fu llyling thëfelues,were much in fpeech, but not fo much in power:fome Miniflersmull haue their portions here, ,.Cor. 7. mull haue pompe, eafe,wealth and applaufc; and this makes them mer- rawnr00r770 z-í04.5r. 1 chants ofthe word, and fpeake to their ovine endes and drifts. Others there are whofe portion the Lord is , unto whom they would approoue their hearts, and therefore in fincerity , andas of God in the ,light of god they will fpeake. The former may be many , and mightily backed with the graceof great ones,and perhapsbut oneTitus towithfland them al: yet if there be but one Micah, oneTitus,hemull hold him to whoifome do&rine, toGods truth agaìnfl 40o. yea, 4000. ofthem. There is alto as great difference in their 'fufferings: the fortner,if they fhouldworthi- ly fufferaseuill doers, they enall not want mediators ,and moderators: the latter, in fuffering for well doing , are in their iufl defence like Paul, 2.Timt.1t. who in his aufwering had noman to aj fhim,bue allfcrfooke him.Here now is a triall,which will caufe 7o.difciples to fall off fromChrifl at one clap; nay which may occafion themoouing ofChrifls queflionto the twelue; toh6.t7.5, to chafe who are found Chriflians but fhaking,willyee alfagoaway ? But we mull be wife of heart, to enquire where the wholefome word is , and whether elfefbonldwegoe ? In tt:.re di;te. a. In the differences of mens courfes we muff looke direaly to the rcr;ce: -irisfafc word which though it efcribe Arai ht via es toheauen and thofe t id du beatenwith the feete but ofa few, and thofe fewe by the moll accoun- ted f,ngular andvnwife, yet is it good tomar-he what Godfpeaketh : what TCa.8.8. ifwebe as figues andwonders, yea asgiwisog fockesto men? what if the wicked wonder,and fpeakeeuill ofvs, becaufewe renne not to the ex- e Pcr.;. ' cefleofriot with them ? yet mutt webeware that we be not plucked away with the errer of the wic& ed, and fallfromour ownefeadfaf4neffe,Excellent is that exhortation, Ifai. 8. r 2. Say not aconfederacie toall themte whome
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