EpaflkofS. PailloTina. CRAP.s. S. offuck menwho comenettskin ',and in whomhe loo fth tohe fanthfeds 399 that although he forgiue their finne wherein they difhonour his name; Lease.,+, yet for the maintenanceofhis glory , he will v ifit it in the eyes of men, with the rods ofinen;whereof we have a pregnant exampleeuen inDa- uid himfelfe,2Sam.i 2.4. And whofoeuer they be who belonging to God,hath iufily giuen aduantage to the aduerfary , it will fit neerehim, andgnawe his heart euenwhen the finne is forgiuen,yea troubleand af- flieZ his foule more then all the affliôtions which can befides be laidvp- on him.This was it whichmade Dauid powrcout his very heart, when the enemy taunted and faid,where to now thy God? The reafons to mooue vs to bewareof Raining our holy profeffron Reafons to with vnholy pra fifes, arc round about vs. Firfi, if we looke vp vino `n°one °urcate of notIlainine God,how careful! ishe that his name benot difhonoured,no not among our profefí on. his enemies,and howmuch more indignelyand unkindly would he take In I rcfpeßof it ofhis friends ? Ifa.S2. 5. he couldnot endure his enemies the Egypti- Cod. ans,but would bring his people fromamong them,becaufe in their tri- umph ouer them, theyblafphemed his name. a. Ifwe looke vnto man, 2 whether others,or our felues. t.Forothers,they arc either godly or wic- In refpeet of ked. Of the godly, force are called,and others vnconuerted as yet. The b1an' former we arebound to confirme and flrengthcn: the latter we may not othocat. calf back,but preuoke,and call on to the liking of our profeffron: fo the ApofilePeter wifheth the Iewes,to haue their connerfation honejlarnong r.Pct.a.a. the Gentiles,that they might glorafe God in the day of their viftation. And here the women profeffrng religion,are enioyned all theft former duties to their husbands, although vnconuerted , that they might winne them, cap "3r at leaf+ that the gofpel fhould not be reieeted as a teacher of difcord, or as looting them fromany duty.As for the wicked enemies, whether Pa- piRs,Atheifis,or prophaneperlons , all of them watch for tome colour thorough thy fides to reproach thetruth;bur by thy watch oiler thy life, though thou doll not reclaime themwho are incurable , yet ¡halt thou, i. conuince them in their praelifes, a. dampeand (hut their mouthes, 3. euen in their confciences get reuerence to thine own per ion: and thus by lining without rebuke,fhine out,ycaand rebuke a naeigbtyanderooked Phiiiwo.+s. generation. Againe, if thou confideref thy feile, a. as a proleffor, then art thou let vpon a fcaffold, many eyes ate vpon thee , and after a more publike our.felues, manner thou fiandef or faileli vow many others, and not to thy Idle a- lone. a.As a childof the Church,inwhich refpesrt for theebafely to de- .meane thy felfe, were not a difgrace to thy Idle alone , but as Salomon f:peakethofalewde child, thou difloonotorell the whole honfe. If .Atheifs,, profane wretches,orPopiflaperfons fhoulddefpife therninifiey, fweare, be
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