488 y Numb.r;y.to. VCrC.f;. Aft,t;.B, A Cotiamentarie upon the I ny ofthefe are hindered, when the {late of therniniflerieand :Mufflers R dellitute and diflreffed; when the light and life ofprofeffors is obfcured and darkened, when errorsare broached, maintained,and receiued : for there are things comming betwcene them and their hopes , and the iufl caufes ofheauines and griefe. re.r.Now this triall will difcouer tomany men their eflates,who lay hold on the doarineofgracetofaluation,bur not toinflrn6lion. Some beleeuenot,nor hope for any filch e(latehereafter, as the faithful/ arc in Chrifi partakers of; but for all our preaching ofthe fatnes of that land, deale as the Ifraelires did with Caleb and lo/brea concerning the promifèd land,whowhen they told the people,that it was a good and a fat land, & that if the Lord loued themhe would glue it them, and feate them in it, they rebellioufly bad (lone them with flores, but prefcntly the fentence pa(fed upon them from themouth of the Lord, that theyfhonldneuer fee that land. Which were iv not the conceit of men, it could nor be that they could hue fo like the Sadduces, who fay there is no refurretlion, nor angel!, norfpirit : Such as was that Cardinali of Burbon , who profeifed, that he would not gluehis part in Paris,for his part in Paradifc:of whofc mind Tome who perhaps will cric out on itim arc, while they were well appaid if there were nootherheauen,nor no ch;augingoftheirePate:and were that Pope aline sgainc,ir is to be feared he !Mouldnot want Prote_ (!ants taking part of his herctîe , who all his life time could not be per - fwaded,whether therewas an heaven or bell, and therefore at his death blafphemoufly vttered thefe words, 'ken,fbal7l know tibetl'cr there bee a God, an hell, orar.J smmortalitieof thefotae, and (hardyafter knew it tohis cofl.Others are fallen aifeep with the cull feruanr, while their mailer ma- keth flay of hiscombing, and in one deadfleepeoffirneor other ,(out ofwhich they will not be wakened)aii our their dales, as though their foules (hould for euer fleepe after death, fuch fl:epers are ill watchmen. Others call on the Lord Iefus to come,buc neuer till they be call on their death bed,their hearts nor mouthes neuer harbour fuch requefls in their. life time,and therefore in all likelihood they arevnfound. Andmany o- thers there are , who nouri(h s falle hope, or rather a fanfy in headof hope: for it is like thePopifhperfwalon whereof we fpake, vnfound in thegroesnd,they haue nothing to (hew for the euidence of their faith : as all() in thequsieties; for it mull be fedde by things they can fee; it ruu(l hauegood hold and pawnes ofGod, and then it can trufl him: it is moll impatient in any ofGods delayes : it wifheth notbut feareth rather this comming of Chri(l,and (o cannot reioyce in the certentic that hee will come to their full redemption: it is vnfound alto in thee/Teas, it purgeth not the heart, many naflie corners lie there vnfwept andvntrimd vp : it fra.
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