36 cam' Commentary upon the G4e1 Chap.3. they (peak to fuch as lie rotting and ftigking in the graves of their Ephef t t 4 corruptions ) cry alou,{ , e.rraIZe thori that fleepefl, and(land up f KXXTN y. Jr' the dead, that Chrifl maygive thee light. Ecclefia (the Church) is a word inufe among the e4theniaus, and lignifies an Affmbly cfCitizens, called out ofthe multitude (as it were) by name, or in their ranks, by thevoice of the publtkc Crier, to hear fome fpecch or fentenceof the Senate. The Church in like fort is a company called out of the kingdome of Satan, by the voice of Gods Minifters, as it were criers, to hear the daftritae of the Rolloc.iu Job. Gofpel revealed from heaven. There are that obferve, that /ohn Baphft entered upon his calling in theyear ofJubilee, which ufed tobe proclaimedby a Crier with the found of a trumpet, and that . in allufion thereunto, he iscalled, Thevoice ofa crier. Prepareye theWay ofthe Lord.] Suffr the terreurs of the Lord to fcize upon your fouls : take not up bucklers againft the firoaks ofGods Law e bring not your buckets to quench the motions of his Spirit, knockingat your hearts by the hammer of his Word: Make muchof the lea(t beginningsofgrace, even thofe they call repre(ling; lince they, prepare the heart for converfion. Open the cverlafting doors, that the Kingof glory may come in, that Chrift may dwell in your heartsby faith. As Efiher leaned upon her twomaids, when the came before the King : So 'let the foul lean upon attrition of theLaw, and contrition of the Gofpel : fo íhall the King ofglo,y ftretchout the golden Scepter of his grace, and we (hall live, As John Baptift was Chrifts fore-runner into the world : fomull repentance be his fore-runner "into our hearts: for he that repentcth not,the KingdomofGod is far from him :.hc cannot Ice it, for his lulls that hang in his light. iror¡-kioci Makehiepathsflraight, ] Walk exaftly, precifely, accurately,. Fieb 13S. Ira, by line and by rule ; walk as in a frame,, make flraight fteps to ao. Viam aper- your feet, or elfe there is no palling the It rait gate :_ fo (trait, tae, t7 ocuiu that as few canwalk in it, fo none can halt in ir, but mull needs intuenti" con g oe upright. Plain thing s will joyn in everypoint one with a- jpicuam facile. 05,, hi, pother; not fo round and rugged things. In like fort, plain fpirits spasmmutiaa. clofe withGods truths,not thofe that arefwoln,&c.The old heart ni, &c. Biafra. will never hold out the hardfhipofholin:s. Ps Axttot. Verfe 4. rflncf theflints John had hie raiment of C'antelf ,Bradford. Sutable to Iiae (in whole fpirit and power he came) who was tpheC, $ '`S' thus habited. So thofe worthies, of whom the world was not 11:1).11 .3,1: Worthy, wandered about inSheep-akin and Goat-r4o: : but they 'wire
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