CaAp.2.S. 401 t.IeS.3.3, R uiu fo to ea- rie our (clues aswe Rainenot our prei ÌTioa, Y Deut.6.6. z c s Cornmentarie vpon the Sauiour alto: fill and fufycr without rebukeor checke the wholeaire to be filledwithhorrible blafphernies, oathes,imprecations,rettilings,and!, whatfoeuer mo(t wretched (peaches gain God, his Chril+,his Saints, and dearef+ feruants.E4hat is this other then a treading vnder foote that blood which f-iouldhaue wafhed vs? 2. other profeffors there be that make lure account of their iafiification,aud faluationbyChrift;and yet look to their fanâificetion which infeparably follows the former as the thadow loth thebody, there the went fheweth that they hauenot that hope they made account of,in that theypurge net themfelues, but as foule as they were,as blacke are they fall: the fpirit path not powred out that cleane water vpon them which hach wafhed them from their filthineffe; but wretched couetoulneffe hangs vponone, enuie andmalice clin- geth to another,filthic (peaches proceed from a third, and the fourth is noehangeling.And clothnot this make the naine of God blafphemed? 3. A third fort there are, who cake thenifclues farre afore either of the former, and perhaps haue forne found grace in their hearts, and yet not watching over thcmfclucs,nor giuing their hearts vnto this do6trine,re- mit of their care anddiligence, and (+and not fo fall but that by force fearefull fall or other,rhey difhonour at once God, his word,themfelues, and their profeflion; whoalthough they can truely fay, my courfe is not that ofthe fwearer,curfer, drunkard, adulterer, nor of Inch as are alto - gether profane, yet be becomming flaui(h to tome one lull , or by fly- ding into force onevuchriftian attion,they more di(honour God, (efpe- cially ifthey be ofmore noce)then forneother menby a thoufand oaths, orperjuries. Queff. But how (hail we fo carry our (clues inour profcffion , as the word ofGod benot cuill fpoken of? Anfiv. Laie vp thefe rules ofdi- re6+ion. r.Get a good and reverent hearc,whichmay thinke and con- ceiue highlyof theword,which offrcth thee , &putreth thee inpoffefli- on of fo great things, and workethout inch things in thee and for thee: For that whichwe loue andadmire , we will be careful} leaf} by ourde- fault it Beareeuill: get knowledge,confciencc,and affec`2ìon to hide it in thy heart ,which ifit magnifie it, JO will thy (peaches and aílions silo. Secondly, neuer pro(effe that inword, thepower of which thou mea- nell ro deny , but gird thy }Dines with the girdle of veritie,for then wilt thou hold out an ornament ofthat thou firil profeffed(l. Difíimulation is fpunne with a fine thread, vpon the }Domeof an hypocritical} heart; but the webof it is like the Gentiewomans cobweb lawne , which is ra- ther for (hew then vfe. Colours cannot continue, nor a grape which anclycatcherhor hangeth on a briar,can growe without vision voto the naturali vine : fowill it bewithmen, whomake (hewof becing gouer- ned
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