CHAP.2.I 3. t._/1 Commetatarie vpon the 492 ¡him. 3.For the wotkingof aweand reuerence ofGod in the heart,Eccl. 12.13.Feare Godardkeep his commandement r,for Godwill bring emeryworF,,e veto indçement. And when the Angel would provoke the inhabitants of ßeo.r4.7 the earth to feateand reuerencebefore God,anditandin awe ofhirer,hevfah no other at gumer,t then that the hotere ofhis iudgement is come.And furely werewenot harder ofheart then the ar.uill,it could not be but the cou- fiderationof this.iudgement,lhould hammer and worke v. to the under- taking ofa godly and Chrifaau-cobtfe. Secondly, as this confederation may be oftfyicacie to beset vs vnto God, fo is it a moll notable ourleofall good duties, and a fwecte pro. uocation to cheerefulnes anddiligence in the duties ofpiety,righteouf. ceffe, and fobrietie. TheApolile Paul himfelfe was herebyvnderprop- ped, inkeeping good confciencebefore God and all men , becaufe he Afs9 5,6 :looked for the refurreltion oftheiuff andvniuß: andhence did the Apo - files fpurreand provoke themfeluesand others to the diligent praótife of theduties.of their callings,.bothgenerali and particular , r.Corinth. confidering the terroirs of the Lord, we perfwade men. Thus Paul chargethTimothie not only to keep chofe his commandements without r.Tim.e rq. fpot,vnt :Uthe appearingofthe Lord Iefuu Chrig; but alto ashee would answer at the appe,srrng of Chrífi to preach infiantly , in feafon and met of t.Ptt.? feafon: andPeter warneth theEiders to feede the flocke, and be enfam- pies vnto them., that when the cheife fheepeheard ]hall appeare, they might receive an incorruptible crowne. By which motiucs they much more prouokcd thensfelues to their owne fpeciall duties,as appeareth,c.Thef. 2.19. And for the generall duties of Chrifiianitie, curry Chriflian is by this reafon (purred forward [hereunto : 2.Pet.3. r r. confidering thole things Ihall be diffolucd,what mannerofmen ought we tobe in all god- lyconuerfationl And that this expe6tationofChrifl is anotable prefer. uatiue ofal Chrifiian vertues,who can deny that readeth thofc manifold Reu.rótr. pl aces, where watchingandeepig thegarments ,wacching and fabric- 1.eor.s6.13. tie,befo6erandwAtch, watchingandfleadfrfineffe in thefaith , are coupled together fo infeparably,as that they Rand and fall together ? who feeth rnot hence ,how thisonegrace fettedi vs forward in the wholepra&ife ofgodlineffe ? r. Tohold out Thirdly,this waiting is a notablemeans ofholding owt andconfiant in than with gerCcuuaneR .p in all il weldoing .e vnto thende: without whichhow often fhouldwe be difcouraged,and toowilling to looke backe? how could w, fuffcr withChnfi,vnleirewe hadhope to raignewith him ? Chrif4ia- nity is a warfare,wherein it is nomatter ofeafe to hold ourground , and our crowne,that none take it from vs : Now the fpeciall meanes to hold Lodesa, vs on in the contending for the faith, is towait.for the comming of Iefiee Chro: s.Tohold o n in themwith chcarcfnlncs,
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