EpiltofS. Pattlto Tittu. CHAR2.7. i perfon,as SaulDauids,faying, Thom art more innocent thenÏ. Thus while . 417 innocencie it (elfe pleadeth in their thoughts , their confcience is (fric- tsan.nq.rS. ken with (haine, and feare putteth them toGlence : fharne of that they bane faifely furtnifed and fpoken , and feare to proceed further in fuch falfeaccufation. Whence we maynote three points. Firff,that no Mini net bee neuer fo iu$,andfaithfull in hisMiniffery,of nouer fuch fanóii- tie andbolines of 1;fe,but he 1hall meete with oppofrtes and withflan- dcrs, 2,1 hat their qualitic is to feeke nothing then how woo be,fn their mouths again[[ them.3.That euery godly mans p much the snore carefully CO Phut their mouthes. Dsftr, t. For the firti : It is the lot of faithfull Miniflers (ashere Faithfutt Mini. of Titus) to haue oppofites, and adtieriaries : yea loch as are ion con- !Inns tt ,tt not wantwuóRan. trarie, anddirely oppofite t for fo the word is vfed, Mark.t 5.39.The seta. cafe isclearer then needeth proofe. How the Prophets were enterrai- 4iy,o7tec. red, our Sauiour fbeweth by that fpcach to the Iewes, Which of the Pro-1 phetr baste notyonr F. theirperfecuted, and,Elaine ? Mofes was often refl. lied by all the people, and before he (hall goo fcor.free, his owne bro-' ther and filer (hall with(land him ; and as he was ref:ffed--by fanner and !ambrer, fo in all ages to the endemen of corrupt minder, fnaI! (fart vp to refilé the truth. That the Difciples and Apoflles notwithflanding their Apo(iolicall rod and power were relined, appeareth by eAlexan- ï 2:rim4.1r. der the copperfmith ,who remapre envmieto Pant,- preaching: and ElimasArsta whowas full offubtiltie topervert the truth , and (lrongly with/food the Apotles. Howwas Chrifì himfelfe thecheifeDolor withllood by the Scribes ,Pharihes,Sadduces,Rolers, andpeople, that he had neuer come into the world , if he hadnot made hisreckoning to give his backe to the finiters,hischeekes to the nippers,his face to (haine and fpitting,yea himfelfe to the fhatnefull, and accurfed death of the croffe. If it was thus to the greene tree,we (hall need leek no further what was done to thedrie,but rather to enquire into the reafon hereof,and that is this ; So ttcaron. longas there is a Deutl, darkoes,atad death in mens foules ,fo long will there be refinance v,,^,to God, his light, and life, in whonafoeuer it is :the Deuil! not onlyfttggelliug, -hut working effebtualiy in the hearts of re- probates, and riaturalfmen,tawithlatid Godaworkc, as Sanballat and Tobiah vfed all ricanes tohinder the building of Icrufalem : and fo doe his inflruments,rhe fpirits of'D coulis, gar boøt the world ro prouoke men votowarteagainfl Chrifl, and his little flocke.Thole Ipiritsof Deuills Ran.t5.r4 are graceleffe andwicked men,cortiedby deuillifh motion andviolence againfì;Cht4-and his kingdo te: and the battaile betweene Michael andhis Angells, andthe Deuil and;hisangels, [hall not ceafe till time be Renal. no more.
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