EpifPleofS. PaaltoTillie. CHAP. 3.5s greife we fee that as vniufilythey haue (laundered andbelied thofe holy 401 fathers ofour doetrine,andunder God the reflorers ofour religion,L - Hoc temper o. ther, Bezel, Buser, &c. fo too itialy may they take exceptions a- gaint ptuqsueifl c Doniafcbioenli, - theliues offome oftheir fchollers,who yetaremaintainers ofthe clarcufctluce ie. fame doarine ; fome beeing noted with couetoufnes , fome withriot, nis rumoribus Tome with gaming,others with idlcnelfe, drunkennes, vncleannes.Wic- f °rdidenrur. ked Saul is among the Prophets, who can facrifice to the true God , but Cypr' yet pra&ife fuch things as are odiouseuen to common men, fuch things as whereinhis owne feruants are afhamed to ioyne with him,vnlesfome monfl.rous Doeg who is fold ouer toplay the fycophant. But woe be to tsam aa.,s. Iudas, whobeeing a difciple , deliuerethhis,Lord into the hands ofthe wicked to be fcorned,buffeted,and crucified againe, it had beene good for that man,he hadneuerbeen borne. Thirdly, let privatemen fhewe forth the vernies ofChrifl ; fo manyas profeffe him,lec them expreffe his graces, his humilitie,meekenes,loue, Toprivatemen patience, obedience, let it bevutohimmeare anddrinke to heare and doe the will ofGod. Let his attire,-words, and a6ìions be Inch as when report is madeof them, men may fay, finely this man is a Chriflianas he í profeffeth,as kingAhaziah readily gueffed by theProphets attire that it i was Elias. Thenameof Chrill without theproperties of Chriflianicie, z.King l.s. is a fruitleffe thing ; to ralke of Chrill is not to line in Chrill. Every Chrillianmutt be not only the brother 4ndfilter ofChrift but after a fort Luk.t.tt. his mother,both in conceivinghim in the wombe ofhis faith , asalto by aiie`ti ` bearing him daily into the world by a fpirituall and holy life. But how rh. Aneels tvnrds.arft many that profeffe Chrill, and fay they expeEl faluation by and in this thou malt bear name onely,yet can hlafpheme him , rent him in their pailìon into (mail 1 a °" > ?^a then call h es name peeces,they (parenot his body, his hcart,his blood,his wounds,his life, tcLs. that lhouldbut a Ieweheare them, they would more crie out againfl them then againfi their owne rulers that put him rodeath. But this was euer the lot of the fonne of God, tobe (mitten and woundad in the houseof his friends. 2>fe. z. This dotarine reprehendeth fundrie forts of men. As, i. fuchas can willingly or without forrow of heart fee and heare indigni- tiesagainfi Chrill, againfl his profeffion , and profcnors.of his Golpel, and doe not refcue thehonour due vnto them, in their feucrall places:. and may it not (cerne wonderful! inour eyes and Bares, that the verge. Turkes who account of Chrifi but as a great Prophet, andpowerfull in word and deed,fhould make it fuch a capital tranfgrel lon,foas they in- Rio death vpon that man that fpeaketh blafphetnie againfi lefus aria: and yet we that are Chrillianswhoprofeffe Chrill not a great Prophet, but the Lordof the holy Prophets., the Sauiour of the world, and our - -- Saui- Turkes put thole to death tbat blafp:;c..ac. Chris,
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