Eptitleof.S. PaledtoTitus. CHAP.207. árine,andholy life. If youconfult with aPapift ,he will decyphcr you one of his Preifîs,by his mitre,crofyer flaffeïcopes,and other garments; by his oyntings, fhanings, &c. which indéede are markes of the beats: 4! but not a wordof life & doc1ráne,whence we know them to be thecues not entring in bathe doore,but by the window, torobbe and fteale. x. Reídeneeons This requireth the pretence and refidence of the minifier with his flock; chargr,necefra for if bee be ordinarily abfent , how can hebe an example vnto them? uc. Thirdly , it proclaimethwoe vpon them , who by contrarie praelife to their preaching,giuc occafion of (fumbling ro the people, as Ekes forts did: better it were that Inchneuer had beene borne , then fo to lircng- then thehands of (inners, bclìdes that by his owne mouth he mall bee iudged. Fourthly, it flirrethvp the men ofGod to care of their liues:to which we in this calling might be mooned by fundrie other thong rea- Reafineto Rir fons.a. We Rand before God,and thereforewe ntufi put off our fhooes, walls and cleanfe our feints. Ier.r 5.59. ff thou turne, thoufhalt 'holdbe- Y.ih` a nre,f. ucr their tiues. fore mee. 2. We (hall be better enabled to our duties, both becaufe I God teachethhifecretsto his feruantsthe Prophets; as alto the do6lrine 2 (hall be more acceptable,and leffeexcepted aÿainll. Herodheard lohn, becaufe he was agood man. 3. We elfe pull the finnes of many vpon vs, and harden a numbefin the fame (miles: the wicked Iewes could al- Amos a.-, 3 !cadge thePrieils examplesfor their Iolatrie; Ier.44. r 7. and Ioh.7.48. Doe any of the Rulers and t harifies 6eleeue in him ? 4. He that díuorcerh 4 godly life from pure do6lrine,fhall be the leaf', that is, haue no place in Atstths.19. the k{ngdome ofhearten. Fifthly , it teacheth all hearers to take benefite Hearer, m,ia by the example of their teachers , who labour faithfully in the Gospel among them : for mußwe Rudy to (hew our felues examples in vaine? akogoodcx. P' Philip. 3. t 7. Brethren, be followers of me : and 4. g. The things which yee bane heard andfeene in me , thofe thing doe. Heb. t 3. 7. Remember them thathaue the ouerftght ofyou , whole faith follow, cenfderiag what bath beene theendeof theirconuerfation. The examples of the godly are called a cloudofwitmcfes, to put vs in mind,, that as the Ifraelites were mooned as the cloud tnooued, fo ( hould it be with vs:caR our eies vpon the cloudofthe faithfull paffors,efpecially tofollow:bens fofar as theyfol- lowChrift, which who fo refufe to doe,theyhaue three fearefull witnef es again(( them, the wordofGod, their owne confciences , the Miniflers liues.And here we mull he put in mind togo one flepbeyond ordinar:e: Hab,ta.t l.Cor.IL,. for many call their eyes vpon the examplesof their Mir:idlers , to fpie if intéi'rMing s they can obtaine tome liberty to the fie(h, through their frailcie : but if they cannot, the moil thinke it fcfficient that they can commend them for good men,and gonofurther: whereas they ought tobe transformed into the pattern,-not only of our doélrine,but even of our lines fo far as icrscuan , we
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