'C, ,,a, 4, L4Commentate vponthe 31 eecxaM t,hiiip,,,,', &om.y.;. Sandra forts o} menb,w,ay the want of 'wale. y Matth46.i;. ä neuer Comuch difftcultic, whatfoeuer he feeth himfelfe bound vnto ; it hardeneth the face like braffe againf dangers, and loffes;rhe loffeofthe world in his iudgement gaine,ycaall things are Joffeand dung,fo as hew may Winne Chrift; this aloneyeeldeth ioy in the fpoylingofgoods ; by this can a man hate fatherand mother,in comparifonofhis obedience,& becontented to be hated of ail men for weldoing,inwhich cafe the Joffe offriends isbut light. This zeale for God maketh a mans libertie fmall inhis eie;nay in Handing out in a good caufe,his life wil not be fo deare unto hins,as the fiínfhing ofhiscourfe with ioy:yeabe can reioyce to be offered vpvpon the facrifice and feruiceof the Churches faith, as Paul. And which is yet much more , the zeale ofGods glorie will fo burne in the heart, as it can Carrie a man fo farre beyond himlelfe,as that he fhall negleE1 his owne faluation, and wish to be accurfed, yea and blotted out of thebook of life,ifGod may be more honoured by the one then bythe other. What be the things then which zeale will not forgoe for Gods honour,&mans taluation;whenas thingsmolt precious are parted with, yea and talc away in comparison asvile? will it fticke to be at a little la- bour,or charge for the faluation ofinen,when it willingly wil part with poffettions,friends,prefertnents,fauour,libertie, and life, yeabodie and foule for God and his Churches caufes ? Byall that bath bin laid may becbcluded how aptly the (pint ofGod requireth zeale to good works, whichnot onely (as wehaue (eene) hateth, watcheth againfl, purfueth, and reformerh cuill : but prepared), inciteth, co;rtìnueth in good, and will not be druenfron, it by any meanes. V e.By this do nine many may feeand challenge thcinfet tc3 ofwant ofzeale in religion,yeaofreligion it Idle. For t . a number there arc, who thinks it well and enough to glue a countenance or force (lime to- rchgion;and fometimes they car. (peak to a good caofe,but fo coldly,& fo warily, as if they would not heare that voiceof thedamofell,which would as much terrific them , as once it did Peter, Surely thouart ore of them: which imputation they would takeas hainon{iy, as the 'ewes did the [peach ofthe blind man:wil yeallo behis difciples ?here may he wif- domeof the flefh, but little zeale or fcruencie of the fpirit: here is poll.. cis, but pietie fcarce euer a whit. a. Others walke fo indifferently be- tweene the Ptoteftants and Papists, that a man cannot tell what tomake of them, other thenfuchasneither worfhipGod nor Baal; they can well away with either religion, but care greatly for neither. 3. And a third fort goe foMR betweene a ciuill and religious life;that euen while they profeffereligion, it is veriehard to fay, whether nature orreligion giueth the Broke to their a&rons,but zeale to the truth haue they none: veto which lukewarme Laodiceans beeing neither bote nor cold, that coup.
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