Cf ap,,s, tCommentarie vpun the goo be dninke, ouergrowne with couetoufneffe,riot,be loofe and filthie in fpeach,impure or vncleane inaetion,it is their guife,it were no d ifcredit to theGolpel in comparifon,for they are (rangers & llraglers from the Church : but for aprofeffor to be couetous , wrangling , fitting with drunkards, &c. oh this is a Rainingof their whole houfe. And therefore wemay with Dauid wifh,thac either there wereno fuch fouies , or that they might liue and dieoblcurely, that their waies may neuer be decía. t.Sama.ao. red at Gath,nor theircounts publifhed in Askelon, that novncircutn- cit'edmight reioyce at their falls, nor any PapiR finde fuch aduantagea- gaina our doctrine of fret iultification by faith alone in any profef or, who inpra6tife will be prophane as Efau was. A great argument it is to keep many wretches from hainous attempts,leafl they thine their blood and blemilh the houfe of their fathers; how much more thould euery Chrifian riling out of the moff honourable blood that euer the fun law, beware ofaccounting this bloodprofane? Thirdly, if thou cafteR downe chine eyes lower,whac can Satan him- In refpcQ or Idle domore then lay Rumbling blockes to withdrawemen fromGod? Satan, or wherein can a manmore referable the denil! then in (hewing himfelfe as an Angel of light,f}anding among the formes ofGod,when as indeed he remaineth a foule fpirit ofdarknes ? Application. his worthy doetrinemay not be paffed without particular applica- Lion to the feuerall etates and degrees of men. And tierefir( the Magi- ToMagittrat.cs arate ifhe profeffe the Gofpel, mat beware leaf} by his courte the Go- fpel heare ill; by besing as flacke in propoundingandprofecuting good thingsand caules for God againA finne, as thofe who Heuer made any profeffion.lfthe Lord thal enquireof the Magifrate,what good conili- Ethnicus quo. tution for the Church,for the Corporation wait thou a meanes to make m°a°'t't`t in thy yeare?or what wicked cutiome or ra&tife didft thoubreakecffin reíponLitièe 5 Y Y . P thy gouernment?and anfwer according to truthbe made, furely none, . what leffecould a contemner ofthe Gofpel hauedone? 2 Secondly, Miniiters in 1peciall fort mutt be carefull that the.Gofpell r° afintit.rs. which in words they magnifie,be notblacked and biafphemed through their lewdeand vngodlypra6tifes: a.Cor.6.3. wegiuenooccarronofof- fence in any thing , that oar minifieriefottldnot be reprehended . Big in ail thingswe approoue ourfillies as the C/3'linifiers of Clod. Well may we wifh- wehadnoneintheMinilerielikeOphniandPhineas ,whowhen they thould allure Gods family to refort toGods houfc,makehis feruice and facrifice to flinke euen, among the profane; much more thould wee be then able to toppe the mouches of Papits and Popich minded per, fons,who are fo reales in blacking the liueslof Proteflant Miniters;that thereby they might difgraceourdoArineand holyprofelliion :but to'our greife
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