CHAP. 3.3. 6o6 Iam.z.zeì Tit.z.r4. v!Cenmentarie upon the eftablilhed, and they loue it becaufe it is crowned , &bringeth in abun- dance of profperity with it ; they hate Popery alfo , becaufe the !awes hate it ; but neuer knew, nor care to know what the power and life of godlinelfe euer meant : to whom the Lord may fay as to them, Say not the Temple, theTemple,truft not in lying words: we haue theWord,Sa- eraments,Praier,Peace,&c.but get the power of godlines,ifyouwould not beguileyour owne foules: Amendyour waiesand works,execnreiudg- ment, oppreffe not theflranger,fatherleffe, andwidawe, follownotafter other Gods. 3. Sort are a tableofidle Proteftants, whole carnali hearts turne the grace ofGod intowantonnes. Charge his confcience with his finites, firike himdowne for bis vnlawfull courfes,or neglebt ofgood duties;he canfane his headwith the doétrine of free iuflification without works, or tel you that the belt man finneth feauen times a day,or that we areall concluded vnder finne,that God mighthaue mercy on all,or that where finne aboundeth, graceaboundeth much more, and that weare not fa- ued by cheworkes ofthe law : but Ovaine man , faith lames, doll thou imagine a facing faithwithout repentance,andworks ofpiety and lout? dolt thou profeffe an holyreligion, and by the loofenes ofthy life, ma- keft that holy way of Godcull! fpoken of? did not the latter end of the former Chapter teach vs,that Chrift died not only to let vs free from the curie offinne, but from the courfes of iniquity, that we fhould be- come zealous ofgoodworkes ? Chrift faueth noother,and therefore deceiue not thy felfe. The fourth fort may well carrie the title of crafrieChriflians, as allo offree-will Proteflants, who for the prefent walke in a fecure path , and will not yet be acquainted with repentance for their finne: they thinke it fit to beknowne and praétifed,and fo they meanehereafter,but in the meane time becaufe their finne is not vnpardonable, andGod calleth at allhoutes,and they may as well afterward repenting find forgiueneffe: therefore are they deafe againf+ all our do6trine of repentance : all the meaues we vfe auaile not for their good, but by Gods iufl iudgement to their hardning, blinding, and further damnation: and this is as feare- full as flie, and as generall a deceit as any of the former. What meane thofe many exhortations , Seeke the Lordwhile bee may beefound , and to day ifyeewill 'warehis voice harden not your hearts; and this is the ac- ceptable time :thewhich gracious invitations while men haue put off; how bath the feeerityofthe almighty cut them off fuddenly by Orange deaths? and this moll deferuedly, in that they had fo long abufed the time.of his patience. Reu. 3. at.The Lord gaue Iezabel a time to re- pent,but (he repented not : and what was the iffue of it ? Behold I will calf
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