Cru+p.2.14. ACo memtarie vpon the SZa ' effeEtuall tovs,becaufe we fee thepower of the deulil, and finne deRroi- s ed in vs. S. AU legal( purifications are refolued intonothing but euan- gelicall fan&imonie,whichmay nor be negleóted vnles we wil comebe- hind thofe who were direéted by shadows & types;wheras we haue the 6 truth and lubRance. 6. Without puritieof heart and life no man(hallfee God. ttcb.ua4. i Blefí'ed and holy are they that haue part in the fir( refurrebtion, the fe- cond death (hall not hurt fuck: for onely thofe that are haineby the firR death,are hurt by the fecond; and the fecond refurreEtion onlyprofiteth thofe that haue part in the firU : Withoutfhallbe dogges, and whatfoeuer is filthy and vncleane: and knowe we not,that the vnrighteorufhallnot in- herit thekingdonee ofGod? 1.Cor.6.9. What meanemen then to feare leaf' they (hould be too pure, and too holy ? and to reproach others as being fo? What a (careful! delufion is it for men to flatter themfelues as moR doe, that there neede no fuch Rri&nes or precifenes, but to come to Church, and receive Sacraments according to law,and doe as ocher men doe; and fometimes as their leafure fullers to reade and pray alone, and heare aSermon extraordinarie. But alas , what will it profit a man tobe a fundaies Saint,and a work-dalesDeuill? Or what great good can good moods do? are we not exhorted to the following ofbolines , to cleanfe our (clues from all filrhineffe of foule andbodie, toanheauenly conuerfa- tion, rohaue nofello whip, nor touch any vncleane thing? On the other fide, are we not vrged to continualprayer; in all things to be thanitefull ; to me- ditate day and night in the lawof the Lord ;tomake the word our mark to aime at; and in all things with full purpofe ofheart to cleaue faR vnto the Lord? And now dare any flefh except and fay, but ifI fhall do thus it is more then need, and I fhould become too precife and too pure, and fo arc they that doe fo? we ferue a God ofpure eics,chatwillnor be thus dallied withal(. Tobe apeculiarpeoplevnto himfelfe,7 In theft words is fet down one end whyChrift vnderwent fuch paints nor only to iuRifie,but alfo to fanEtifie his Church:namely,thac it might .become impropriatevaco himfelfe,and applyed vnto his owneheftpur- pofes. For as vncleane veffels can neuer be vied vnto anygood purpofe vntili they be wafhed and fweetned; no more can finnefull men euer be- comeveffels of honour, referued vnto theLordsowne vfe , before they be wafhedby theblood ofChrií, and thofepure waters ofthe fpirit be- fore mentioned. The word n'seI oror,properlyfignifiethfomething, on which a.man for force excellencic it it, fetteth his affedtion more then other, and therefore layeth it vp, and referueth for force fpeciall vfe and purpofe, and will not at any handpart withit; as if aman fhould lay vp force bright and beautiful! pelees of gold, which he will not fuller to fee
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