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A10391	The description of fleshly lusts. Or a profitable and fruitfull sermon vpon the first Epistle of Saint Peter, Chap. 2. vers. 11. 12. Preached and penned by that famous, learned, iudicious, orthodoxall, holy, wise, and skilfull preacher and servant of God, now deceased, and with his God triumphing in Heaven, Iohn Randall, Batchelour of Divinitie, pastour of St. Andrewes Hubbart in little East cheape London, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Coledge in Oxford. And now published, to the glory of God, the edification of his church, and the honourable memoriall of the author, by William Holbrooke, preacher of the word of God in the church aforesaid	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1622 (1622)	STC 20669; ESTC S102397	17,941	33

successe that God gaue thereunto was I say soone after supplied and her breaches repaired and filled vp againe by the conversion and calling of the Gentiles And because the Gentiles should not fall away as the Iewes had done before for it is the Apostles reason Rom. 11.21 If God spared not the naturall branches much lesse will he spare the wilde therefore the Apostles vsed all diligence to confirme them in that faith which they had subscribed vnto For so it behooved the Lords husbandmen not onely to plant and so giue over but also to water that which they had planted not onely to sow the seede of the Word in the hearts of men and so leaue off but also to carry a watchfull eye over it still cherishing it vp and preserving it from being over-runne with weedes or pestered with other annoyances Hence it was that Paul having taken paines in preaching to many particular Churches did not so leaue them but in a godly iealousie over them writes Epistle after Epistle sometimes to the Romanes sometimes to the Corinthians sometimes to the Thessalonians c. earnestly solliciting them to stand fast in that faith which they had received Hence it was that Iames having instructed the remnant of the twelue Tribes in the faith of Christ did not so leaue them but seconds his preaching with an Epistle written to them for their confirmation in the faith And hence it was that our Apostle Peter being the minister of the Circumcision as we reade Galathians 2.7 having preached Christ to those Gentiles that first had beene converted to the profession of the Iewes and afterward from the Iewes profession to the faith of Christ did not so leaue them but writes this and his other Epistle generall to them all as they were dispersed in divers places of the world exhorting them hereby to walke worthy of that vocation and holy profession which they had taken vpon them and having first shewed Chapter 1 verse 2. the great mercy of God towards them in electing them to salvation through Iesus Christ hee doth thence inforce an exhortation verse 13.14.15 of that Chapter that they must be holy because God who is their father and hath chosen them is holy And having shewed them secondty their Redemption verse 18.19 that it was not made with gold nor silver but with the pretious blood of that immaculate Lambe Christ Iesus hee doth thence inferre another exhortation in the beginning of this 2. chap. that seeing they are so pretiously bought therefore they must lay aside all maliciousnes and dissimulation and envie and evill speaking and as new borne babes c. And thirdly having amplified the great bountifulnes of God towards them partly by comparing them with others ver 7.8.9 that whereas Christ was made to others a stone to stumble at and a rocke of offence yet vnto these he was an elect and pretious stone whereby they were knit together in the Lords building and partly by comparing their present estate of grace with their former estate of nature verse 9.10 that whereas before they had lien in darkenesse now they were called to a marvellous light whereas in times past they were no people now they are the people of God in times past they were not vnder mercy but now they haue obtained mercy hee doth thence inferre as it were by force of consequence this third exhortation which I haue now read vnto you The Summe whereof is briefly this to perswade those Christians to holinesse of life and as holinesse of life hath two partes so this exhortation consists of two branches answerable thereunto The first part of an holy life is The Mortifying and subduing of the lusts of the flesh and to this hee exhorts vs in the first branch of this Scripture verse 11. I beseech you Brethren abstaine from c. The second part of an holy life is the honest conversation and carriage of our selues in the world and to this hee exhorts vs in the second branch of of this Scripture verse 12. Having your conversation honest c. In the first branch that is verse 11. wee may obserue first the matter it selfe Abstinence from fleshly lusts and secondly the Apostles enforcing of this matter vpon them vsing two motiues or inducements to perswade them to it The first motiue is drawne à conditione fidelium from the estate and condition of Gods Children in this life they are Strangers and Pilgrimes the second motiue is drawne à naturâ concupiscentiae from the nature of these lustes they fight against the Soule But yet to fasten the whole body of this exhortation vpon them the rather hee vseth here two covert Insinuations first hee closes with them by a terme of loue and kindnes hee cals them his dearely beloved secondly that he may the better prevayle with them hee deales by humble entreatie hee beseeches them Dearely beloved I beseech you But before I come to handle either the partes or the Insinuations I must obserue out of the coherence or agreement of this with that which went before one profitable note for our Instruction Seeing the Apostle doth here inferre this exhortation vpon the rehearsall of Gods blessings bestowed vpon his people as if because God had so loved them therfore they were bound to performe this dutie towards him hence I note vnto you that every blessing and mercy that God vouchsafeth vnto vs doth effectually call vpon vs to liue in the feare and obedience of God For as Isaac dealt with his Sonne Iacob Gen. 28.1 hee blessed him and he charged him sayth the Text hee bestowed a blessing vpon him and withall he charged him to performe a duty even so doth the Lord with his Children hee giues them blessings hee bestowes mercies vpon them but so that every blessing and favour which the Lord bestowes vpon them doth exact and call for a duty that they must performe towards him In the 5. chap. of Esay verse 1.2 the Lord had done much for his Vineyard it was planted on a very fruitfull hill hee hedged it hee gathered out the stones of it hee planted it with the best plants hee built a Towre in the midst of it and made a winepresse therein and what then did he all this for nothing No the Text sayth Then hee looked that it should bring forth grapes as if the Prophet should say because the Lord had done so much for his Vineyard therefore hee expected and great cause there was that it should bring foorth good store of good grapes And this the Lord himselfe would teach vs by the words of his owne mouth For in Exod. 20.2 The Lord being to deliver his Law to his people telles them first that he is the Lord their God which brought them out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of bondage vsing the rehearsall of his goodnesse towards them as a most effectuall bond and perswasion to tye them to the obedience of his Law For thus it was even from the first blessing