Cunr33 LAI Cowmentarie upon the boo they not Chriflians that thus bleffe themfelues in their iniquitie ? for how bath the Lord both denounced and executed his iudgements, and made them as cleare as the light, and yet euery man crieth peace to his foule. Wee feeme in denouncing them from the Lord , as Lot to his formes in lawe, euen as if we mocked ; and therefore theLord taketh our part, and executeth as fall on the other hand, and yet noman react') 'crams. the iudgement vnto his heart; a fearefull forerunner of the whole lands defolarion, if timely repentance preuent it not. They be Chriflians al- l() at leafs in name, that account the gladde tydings of their deliuerance by Chriff, as the Ifraelites reputed their railing and returne out ofBaby_ Pral.u6.r, lon, banaradreame: for whore hearts leape within themat the ioyfull meffage of the pardon, of their fume? who }cane vnto the promifes, walking worthyof them for their life? very fewe affent Irmo the truth we reach;ir hardly finketh with men that God fhould becomeman,that by the deathof one, life fhouldbe procured to fo many : that the way to As,t442. hoauen fhould lie by hell, that by afili&ions tbeyflould beepolled toglo- ry ; thefe things be riddles to many profeffed Chriflians. So when wee Icr,616. call people,as God did his, towalke in the oldew,', that they mny find ref} to their routes they anfwervs With them, wee will not wake in that way: thefoundof the thing, ifnot of the voice fpeaketh : for wee call men from fwearing, lying , couetoufneffe which ie idolatrie, from Sal) bath -breaking, intemperance,drinkings, and vncleanneffe; but mens hearts fpeake by their lines; we will fweare,weewill driuke to drunken. neffe, we will by gaming or idleneffebreake the Sabbath; the wayes of God are too f}raite and vnequall,.a man had as good be in prifon, as in 3 thefe bonds. Lafily, whereas by the knowledge and comfort of the Scriptures, we fhould come to haue hope, which whofoeuer bath , het s,Ioh.l3 purgeth himfelfe: bow doe mofi profeffed Chriflians peruett the Scrip- tures to their owne deflru&ion ; Godis mercifstll,and therefore I may doe what I 1 if} :..Át what time foeuer afsnner rcpenteth, God willblot our alt hie fnnes, and therefore I will notrepent yet. The whole Lowe re comprehen.. ded to thefe two, Thou(halt lour the Lordthy God with allthyheart , or above ad, andtliyneighbour as thyfelfe : and therefore I knowe as much as any Preacher can tell me, what neede all theft fermons ? The Sabbathwaó madeforman, andnotmanfor theSabbath, and therefore what need men be fo flraite laced andprecife in the duties of it. Hee that prossideth not forhis wife and children, u-werfe then au infidel: therefore I mutt and will diligently recite the world,,and fet my heart upon couetoufneffr. Byall which infìances, wemay fee our kilnsas in a glafíe, tainted with this fearefull finn ofrilingvpk and reafoningagainfl that light which fhineth out in the word. Z,1 fe.
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