UMW EpíflleofS. PaultoTitis. fovifib}y calling our minifaers,as ifhe should fit on our heads with fiery tongues. Thefe I would with , t. to looke well to their ownecallings, for Pure he that is pragmaticall inother mens callings , is carelefle and negligent in his owne; and let chemfeluesweigh the matter and giue fentence, whether tocontemne andnegleét fo great faluation, will Rand ad cotrigrndí with an effeéluall calling voto the grace ofGod. a. To enquire not fo fu,m.Aag[t. much whether our callings, as whether ourdoétrine be as good as Pe- confcfrib.ta ters or Pauls. 3. To obferue the worke and fruite of our Minillerie, in regeneratingmany thoufands , and begetting them to heauenly life and conuerfation :whereas falle teachers and falle doéirine regenerate none. DvUr. a. An excellent meanes to prouoke men vnto the dutiesof Chritlianitie, is the confideration ofChrifls comming veto iudgement. For foremight haue asked the Apoille,but how (hall webe able to goe through the duties you haue defcribed, and hold out againfi the mani- fold difcouragements which in the entertainment of this doóirine we are lure tomeete wichall ? the anfwer is ; wayting for the appearance of themightie God our Samiour. Forfirft it is a notable meanes to let and enter men into this course ofgodlineffe : and this is cleare in the Scrip- tures, where we may obferue the fpirit ofGodvfing this confideration, as a fpeciall rnociueboth todraw wren out ofcheir finnes, together with the loue ofchis world; asallo to plant in them the feare and reuereoce ofthe Lord : all which muff be done, before nren can come to breath in the common aire of Chrillians. For the &II, how Both the Scrip- ture reuoke theyoung man from his vnbridled vanity , & fromwalking in the fight of his owne eyes, and tuft ofhis owneheart , but by the re- membrance that for all this bee muff come to iudgement. This was the . Ecctetr-ts argument vied by Peter to the people of lerufalern who flocked to fee the lame man, who laie at the bewtifull gate of the Templehealed, A- mend your limes, and turne, thatyourfnner may be put away when the time of refrefhing /hall come from the pretence of the Lord, and her 'hall fend A413r3ao. Iefur Chrift. By the tame argument would the ApofilePaul haue wonne the Athenians from their idolatries,Aòt.17. 30. Barnow he would basicall men to repent , becaufe he path appointeda day , in which he will fudge the world: and haue reclaimed vnhappie Felix from his wicked and volup- tuous life when he made him tremble in hearing the iudgement to come. moo,. a. To the forfaking ofthe world in the profits and piealures ofit , how effe&uall this perCwafion -is, the Apofile in his owneexample declareth, Philip.3.7. who accountedall aduantages loffe,yea dung toatraine the refurreétion ofthe dead: while his minde was vpon the refurreétion and Chritis appearing, hewas mortified vnto the world,and theworld voto him. CaAP.2.13. 491 Cutioti ad cog nofcendam tamalienam, defidiofi Cunt The expeû,ri. onof Chriff is s notable met ns to provoke men coChrifti- anduties. 1. To attempt them.
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