Eprßk ofS. ParrltaTitrrr. (itJñP.a.Ii. Pfc. a. Ifthis be a doétrinebringing faluation, then mull we em- br443 the r brace it as we would faluatiô it felfe:chere is no man butwould lay hold E Emmaeet on faluation,yet noman almoll clafpech holdon the Gofpel tomake it grace AS thius hisportionunany a one canmake it his talke,and his precence,but fcarfe cco4;rrafe. any maketh it his porció,by ycelding himfelfe tobe cafi into themould of it. Now for theaightentertaining of it, two things arc required. xows t.Toacknòwledge that this word of faluation, is by God fens untovs Aciur wleda as the fpeciall token of his loue. This Paul vrgethon the Iewes his hea- rers,Att, r 3. t6.men and bratbren---toyon is the word offaluetion fine: this the levesknewe well enough, but Paul would haue them acknowledge the benefit, which a very fewe at this day doe. z. To be chankefull for fach amercy, not onely byaccounting their feetebeautilull,that are the ß.cbaakefull bringers of loch tidings, but byboldingforth theword offalnatien, as we are commanded, Phil. 2.16. And this is done , r. bybeiceuing it in the heart to iuthfication. z. by profeffing it with the mouth to faluation. 3.by teaching and propagating it to others by holy fpeachand examplet_ and thus onely it becomes voto vs as it is in it felfe,a fwect fauour oflife veto life. And this duty is rather to be thought vpon , becaufe this do- &rine although it be in it owne nature a word bringing faluation , yet may it byaccident through our default become (though not a caufe) an occafionofdeElruétion, and a fauour of death voto death ; andwhat a wofull thingwere it foto {inne again theGofpeli,as it fhouid'become (working according to the nature of thefubieét)a killing letter vnto vs? how fearefull a fin were it to turne this grace into wantonnes,or to neg- lea and yet much more defpife fo great faluation? teeing this is to finneagainfi the neere(# and immediate word offaluation : and ifchafe efcapednot vengeance who defpifed the word fpokenbyangels; much trite than filch asdefpife the word vttered by the Sonne hmleife. Many. men when they teethe lawe broken , efpectally thofe precepts wherein a0oipe as humane fociecy is more ditlurbcd,as by theft, murther, adultery, periu- more reareruU rie,&c.oh.tlaefe floors cannor'be brooked for the foulencffe anddetefla- iatlahiave. blencffe ofchcoì: but yet the fame Olenhoc in a greater fitine then anyof all thefe,and fee it nor; nameiy,the negleft or contempt offaluation of- fered in theGofpel; which is more difhonourable vnto God , and much more preiudicall to his owne foule.. Let the levees be our glaffe herein in whom the Lord fuffered inany concempcs of hislawe, and yet neuer vtterly tali them off :but no fooner almost had they refufed this corner flone,but he fèattered them into ail windes,and would haue no more to doe with them unto this day. Let other famous Churches of Corinth, Ephefus, Galacia,Coloffüs,Theffalonies, thefeauen ilourifhingChur- ches.in lelfcr Afia,cowhom Iohn.wric his EpiR#es in the reuelació,teach vs,
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