Epifdleof Pad to Titer. Lords, that their zcale prouoketh them tomournefor thea6hominat:ons of 5 31 the ref{ 2. As anger purfueth the obie& of it, fo doth zeale hunt our, Ezck.O4 and reforme euill where it hath calling and power, and that molt ear- j nelily : Examples we hare: in Nehemiah who reprooued , (mote, and Nchem.t;.aa. pulled offthe haire from the beards of the Sabbath- breakers. In Phine- as, who being flirted IT extraordinarily, flew Zimri and Cosbi,in their Numb.aj filthy fa6t. In our Sauiour himfelfe, who in great zeale whipped out of 101,,,.,447. the Temple the buyers and fellers, giuing this reason, becaufe the zeale ofhisFathers houle confumed him. And although it properly teedeth Ypon the finne, Reu.z.6. Thouhaef the doftrineofthe?Qcolaitans: Pfal. a 5. I hate the worker of them that fall away : yet it difliketh euen the perlons Co farce as they areagents in finne : for thus farte this grace carriedboth Elie Prophet and the Angel of the Church in both thofe places: Reu. z. z. Thou canft notforbenrethens which are eulll;and Pfal, t 5. In wholeeyes vile perfon is contemned:foSalomon,Pro.a8.4.thofe thatkeep, the lime, fetthemfeluetagainfl the wicked : but yet fo as it carri- eth with it fuch fympathie and compafiion, that it can quickly turne it Idle intoprayers for the offender. The effe&ts of zeale for good , arc, T. It preterueth in the heart a fit- The cffeßa of neffe, and preparednes to euery good worke,required ofeuery beleeuer ,faro about the .$éBeing of 57. Secondly,ic exciteth todiligence and haft in the things we good thios. doe; it abandoneth idleneffe, flothfulucife, and delaies, by which occa- lions ofwell doing are often cut off: the zeale of Dauid made himpre- ixT :),;:`,4,704V;!1. 9 :;ty. {. pare diligently for the Temple: zeale in the Magiltrate caufeth in him :,,a,,;,, diligence throughout his government:zeale in the Minifler naaketh him C'n° "ÇTLti, like Apollos,of whomwe read that beingferuét in fpirit,he taughtdili- saodpop'Ant(: gently the way ofGod: zeale and feruencie in private men caufeth them to (hake offflothfulnes in their duties, and remooueth in all conditions the curie which is denounced againit the man that doh thework of the Lord negligently: molt fitly therefore loth the Apolle combine chofe precepts ,Rom. 1 2. 11.7(ot flothf'u/l to doe fermice, ferment in the (pmt, forming the Lord. Thirdly, zeale caufeth continuance in well doing, which is alto required in euery good action,as well as inprayer: it con- ttom.,1s. tenteth not it felfe with one or two gooda6lions,but is plentifull in the' and bringeth theparty profeffing it to be rich in good workes,and to thine lightfomely therein ; yea it maketh a man hold out , and kecpe a confiant tenorin good courfes,and that as well in aducrfitie as profperi- tie,fo as he is neither choaked by preferments, as very many ; nor dif- cauragedbydiftreffes,asnot a fewe. Fourthly, zeale fctteth Inch an high price vnto the glory of God,andperformance of confcionable du- ties,that it caufeth the party to attempt andgot through, though with LI s ncuer Cxnr.2.14:
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