Epif1leofs. Paultoristre. CHAP. 2.I2. to carie withhim, that fohe might haue thebenefit ofthe garden when 477 he is a great way from it.They can further atcaine to manygood things, as todelight in good mens fellowlhip , fo did Iudas in Chrils commu- nion, gather from them many common graces ofvnderlanding,fpeach, abilitie to pray,teach,comforr, exhort, but all to their owne hurt ; for either they hide theft talents innapkins,not vfing them at all,or invfing themwithout humilitie,abufe them; yea not feldommaking them bol. der tooffendGod , andmore careles of dutiesvnto men, by meanes of fuchgifts, then if they had them not : but here is yet no teaching of grace,andbetter had it bin Eachhad neuer known theway ofcruth,then thus todepart from the way ofrighteoufneffe. A third fort thereare, whomany ofthem I doubt not are theLords, 3 and haue a delire in truth, and for the mol part to walke beforehim as befeemeth them; and yet whole hues arenot foacquainted with fucha courfe of Chrilianitie, but that oftentimes by corruptions not well watched againfì , they breakeout to fcandalls and reproaches of the Gofpeli, and in thefe force of them lie longer; as when profefhors can line inordinately , not attending vpon their lawfull calling, but let themfelues loofe where God bath ryed them, becomming ei- ther bufie bodies, or companions, or perhaps worfe ; which falls may for a time befal thofe which are theLords:but yet grace bath not taught them fomuch as they makeaccount of, and timewill trie whether any thing at all in truth or no. And other Chrillians who in their veorfhippe ofGod,are often coldand deadhearted;and in their dealingscan be in- feriour to fo.me chill men:cannourifhcontentions and heart ()tunings, mifdeemeand mifreport others,now& then idle in their talke,or worfe, vnprofitable in their liues;canboiler vp their friends,children,and fer- uants in things worthiepunifhment,asEli did: are not fo frequent in watching the wayesofGodwith hirn,nor the wayesof his ovvneheart; fuch I fay may be Ichollers in this fchoole,and Chrilians,but they haue forgotten their rules, and had acede halen their repentance: that grace may not order a great part only,but theirwhole hues to a godly conuer- ration. Let all ofvs therefore learne that precept, a.Tim.4.y.toexerciftour Reafonsto fehtestogodlinefe. Reafons.i. Godlineffe bath the promifeof this life, eráfeodha and that to come : agodly manbath title to all good bleffsngs which godtine& heauen and earth can affoard. a.Godlines is the greacel gaine,the bell gaine,whofoeuer would gainemore then ordinarie men,let him become z godly r many men areerajfed and mifcarrie in their outward elate,be taufe they are vngodly perfons, without the promife and theWelling. 3. Seeing all thefe thingsfhallbeedifolued ,what mannerOf men ought wire 3 to
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