Chap.26. according to St M A T T H E VV. off end ? come not ye to Gilgal, neither goe ye up to Bethaven, nor (wear The Lord liveth. David (ware once filch an oath,. and it was enoughof that once, i Sam.25.22. But Peter (wears and forfwears again and again, and that after warning: as Aaron went down and did that in the valley, which heheard forbidden in themount,and then excufeth it by his fearof thepeo- ple. That cowardlypailion is the mother of many finnes, of ly- ingefpecially, Zeph.3.13. and (wearing too, to fave the life. But better dye then lye; and better bear then fwear. We maynot break the hedgeofany commandment to avoid any peeve of foul way, but go in a right line to God. gas non oportet mortes praeligere, quodnon fttpplicium ponies firre, im'o ingatampro- fundam infirni abyfilm non intrare, quam contraconfcien *tarn atteftari, faith holy Zuinglitos inhis third epiftle ? What fhould not a man fuffer rather then finne? e4nd immediately the cock, Gallitiniatm complevit Chrifti varicinium. The cockproved a preacher to Peter. Def. pile not theMinifter though never fomean it is the fooliJhne fe ofpreaching that mutt bring men to heaven. Cocks call men out of their beds,and therehence have their name in the Greek tongue. A ui , ,d They conflantly keep the law of crowing at fet times that nature nor Exciter e. hath enjoyned them : they cry loud and chickagáinft a ftorui. So lec'Yh dofaithfull Minifters, when gotten upon their battlements : they clap their own fides firft, and then .conttantly call up others. They cry aloud, and (pare not, but lift up their voice like a trum- pet, to tell yudahoftheir finnes, &c. The roaring lion of hell trembleth at their note : and the worlds Sybarites cannot bear their difturbances, and therefore wax them banifhed. But wifedome is juftified of her children, and ( though fierce be- fore and untameable,) yet now a little childe Jhail lead. them, Ipi. 11.6. Verle 75. And Peterremembredthe \bords of7efus ] Herebe- gan his repentance. If we remember not what is preached unto us, all's loft, faith the Apoitle, a.Cor 15 ,z. It we leak and let flip, faith another, how full we etcape? I9.2.1 ,3. The Spirit M3'troty. uc.; (hall be the Saints remernbrancer : and as the tea cafts upher Qpuu cu,v. dead fo fiaall thatcome {eatonably to mìnde, that was long be- fore delivered, when Gods good. time is come to workupon the dead heart. God will be found.of his that Peck him not.. Surely mercy and truth Gall follow them all the daies of their lives, as . the; 111111111111W
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