< ; LA Commentary upon the CVel Chap.?. 'rH your fumes,. as the labourer doch by his trade ; and e[leem it as the means ofan happy life. Ye that, althoughye cannot becharged with any crying ctime, but have Lord Lord in your mouthes, and a thewofholinefic inyour lives, yet regard iniquity in your hearts: and when you (cane nìb{tof all'high-flowers have a leeringeie uponTome beloved finne,as the Eagle hath upon her prey below, Our works when fhe foreth higher. Your very preaching i'n Chrifts Name mull he works ( ifnot for his name )"is, with God a work of iniquity, and ihall cf Gcd, have the wages of f nne, which is d ath, when Chrift comes to Gtd,Éor from judgement,T hen, they that would not obey thofe fweet commands, in God, ac- Repe:,t, for the k iingdome of heaven is at hand,feel¿ ye the Lord cording to while he may befostnd . Believe in th., Lord feftás, and thou(halt Gcd; Elfé are be faved, thou andall ihy boufhald, &c. flail have noother com- b" fh'ning mandment let t them toobey,but this horrible Depart ye : which fins M° Hárr:e imports anutter fepiración from the beatiall v:fron and.fruition as Rauh srejfe, ofGod, and this is the veryhell-of hell, arc. Vetfe 24. Therefore whofoever heareth thefe fayhc s ofmint &c. ] _Here we have the eonclufionof this, if not flrfi,yer,cet- tainly, fuller ofour Saviours Sermons ; for matter norheavenly, and for order more then methodicall. Pvloft men think,if they fit out a Sermon, it is tufficie::t : when the preacher hathonce done they have done to : Away theygo, and (for any praftice) they leave the wordwhere they found it, or depart forrowfull as he in the GcfPel, that Chrir, requireth fuch thinggs as they are'not wil- ling to pet orm. Oar Saviour had four forts of hearers, andbut one good, that brought forth fruit with patience. When St Paul preached at Athens,. forne mocked, others doubted, a few belie- ved, but noChurch was founded there (as at other places ):becau(e Asir, r yo. Chrift crucified was preached ; u:.to the, 7:ews a ïtroabling blick , cor.i.:z, and to thole G,reekt tfo d!?fhnes ;.. whiles the 74-vrr r.,equir d a fignc, : and the..Greeks fought after tkifedome. But what ftith_thePro- pile t ik Behold they have rep5t: d the wordof theLerd, and what wifedome io io them ? He is a wife builder, a wife fervant,awife virgtne,. a'wife merchant, (if our Saviour may be judge) that beareth thefe fay' inss of bis,.,and doll, them.. And behold ( faith Motes) I have taught you flamesand judgements : Keep there- <ur,e.g. kre and.do them ;.tor this is your'wittdome, erc. A good tinder- " + a.v11. ft.onding haveall they that de thereafter. David herebybecame 7"n''``m'f''' wirer then his teachers, ancients, enemies : and Paulcourted it A `tj'r' bis chi¿fpolicy. to keep a good corifciçnce void ofoffence. toward, God:
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