EpiflleofS. Pad to Titree. Canr.2.1 3 -framerhnot to the obedience of Gods word andwill : it Jitteth not of 489 the foule from the ;world to heaueuly mindedneffe and conuerfation : it vfeth no meaues ofconfcience toha(fen this comming ofChriff ;it reioy- cefh nor where they are,it forroweth nor where theyare not; let the (fate of the Church fluke or fwimme , fo they enjoy their ovine: but let no man that would notbe confounded, leane vpon fuchan cxpeEiation , in which there is nothing but deceit. fè. 2. Seeing it is 9 propertieof theGofpel tolilt vp the heart to waite for Chrifiscomming, let Co many as profcffe to give entertaine- ment to theGofpel, provoke thtmfelues vnto this expectation ; which beeing a dune o neccffarie, and of fo fruitful! vfe through all the Chri- than hfe; and yet fo generally neglected amongfl men, becaule natu- rally mess hearts aredrawne dowue veto theprofits and pleafures here R "oriueeeethe below: therefore are the Scriptures plentiful here and elfwhere in mof} expcaation of vehement and forcibleperfwafionstovrgevshereunto :Eor Lin the teat chlitt euery word isamoriue vote) it:as a. in that it is called ableledlope, the = perlon that hopeth is a bleffed man , and the endof this expectation is bleffedneffe : Blefed to her that watcherh and keepcth hat garments. And, Reu.tórs. BleffedThal the feruant bee whome the--L71'fafler frndeth fo doing. 2. the atactis4.4s. appearing is called aglorioutappedring, of a msg'tie God, the MR judge of all theworld : and 3. that bewho (hail appeare the iudge,is the fame who is our Sariaur: in all which regards it is thepart of all fuch as would I attaine ble{fednes, participateof hisglorie,aiedbelayed by him,to wake for his comming. I 1. Elfe where in the Scripture, r. we haue thecorn- 2 mandement of God , Luk. r a. 36. Beelee Irks veto men that matte for t their U fafier, when be will returne from the wedding , that when bee cent- :, meth and knocketh, they may immediately open unto hon. 2. Herrin is put 2 a diffetence betweene the godly and the wicked : it was euer a marke of goodmen toWaite for Chrifisappearance,theauncient helccuers of the old Teffament,for his firfi comming in the flefh in humilitie: fo Simeon, lofephof Arimathea, Anna, were defcribed by this, that they waited for Luks.aste. the confolation of Ifraell: andhowmuch more should we for this glori- oils appearance,which bringeth not graceonly withi,,but fulnes of glo- sie? On the contrarie, thevngodly perfon it defcribed to be fuck a one, whole Mallet commethinanhonre bee loekethnot ,andinaday bee thenketh Lur.ii 5. not : fo the fooli(h virgins had prepared nothing. z. The daunger 3 of thole whom this day fhalioppreffe nawares; Inch a feruant faith that text; {hall be cut in two,and haue hisportion with vubjleeuers:Iu h footifhvirgins (hall haue the gate of the marriage chamber fhuit again( them: and as theApofile,Heb. 9. 28. Chrifi appearcth not the fccond 'time to the faluationof any, but of fuch ar waite for bins. 4. From the n, - ---- ---- H h 4 Lima
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