of the Apostles and Church upon it 4. The mention of the Lords day Apocal. 1. is not so cleare an evidence for the stablishing Sunday for the jewish sabbath as the Epistles to the Angells of the 7 Churches there mentioned conclude that those were the Bishops of those Churches whom our Saviour alloweth by writing unto 5. There cannot be brought any thing concluding for the Lords day out of the New testament so fully as that for subordinat degrees in ecclesiastical hierarchy God hath set som in the church first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly Teachers c. 1 Cor. 12. such as were Timothy and Titus Paul and Barnabas who ordained Presbyters and prescribed rules unto them 6. The setling of the Lords day for Christian assemblies in place of the Jewish sabbath and deductions will hardly be made so conspicuous as the deduction of episcopacy from the Apostles themselves in all eminent churches before the late interruption of our licentious times as it appears in the genuine and undoubted epistles of Ignatius and all antiquity 7. And those that are almost superstitious for the Sabbath acknowledg a kind of episcopacy which they would be content to bear if they might have the managing of it and be obedient to the orders and controul of it St. Peter and St. Paul parallel'd 1. Both called immediately by Christ the one before the other after his ascension 2. Both principall Apostles Peter of the Jewes Paul of the Gentils 3. Both full of humility Peter professeth himselfe to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Pet. 5.1 Paul to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. 1 Cor. 15.9 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Rom. 13. Both earnest for the supream authority of magistrates 5. Neither Peter for the claime of the Pope his pretended successor nor Paul in his large epistle to the Romans so much as give a hint of Papall supremacy 6. Both are sent by and give account to the Church Peter to them of Jerusalem Paul to the Antiochians 7. Both take it well to be reproved Peter reproved by Paul to his face Gal. 2.11 Paul by Peter for his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 3 16 Of Similies Similies are used by all for illustration and though they prove not simply yet they teach more easily then firmer grounds especially those that be fed with Milk rather than stronger Meat Heb. 5.12 13. It was the method of teaching by the best Master Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation and to what are they like They are like unto children sitting in the Market-place and saying We have piped unto you but ye have not danced we have mourned to you and ye have not wept For John came neither eating bread nor drinking wine and ye say He hath a Devill the Son of man is come eating and drinking and ye say Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber a friend of Publicans and sinners but wisdome is justified of all her children Matth. 11. Luk. 7. Are ye not ashamed to be so way-ward and childish as the Town-boyes brawling for trifles or nothing in the Market place that nothing can please you neither Johns strictnesse nor my easie hand but both must be rejected and slandered by you As Balaams cursed intention was turned into a blessing Esau's fury into a friendly meeting with his brother Jacob Sauls warrant to persecute into a grand commission for promoting the Gospell so God may charme the hearts of the Labans of these times Take heed thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad Gen. 31. to be so far from injuring him any way as to give him not so much as an ill word This is the generation of them that seek him even that seek thy face O Jacob Ps 24.6 The man that walkes 1. Not in the counsell of the ungodly will have nothing to do with their plots who take not God with them 2. Stands not in the way of sinners concurring with and justifying their actions 3. Sits not in the seat of the scornefull contemning and jeering at those that take better courses 4. But delights in the Law of the Lord more then in the attaining of polfe and praeferment 5. And in that law is exercised day and night whereas other spend their time in revelling and abhominations Shall be like not a hollow Reed pearing out of the Mire but 1. a Tree spreading abroad his boughs 2. planted by a provident hand that expects good of it 3. not in a barren soyle or rocky mountain exposed to all blustring wind and weather but 4. by the water's side which will minister it gratious moisture that it may not stand for a shew onely or shade but 5. bring forth fruit 6. and that not unnaturally or unseasonably to be blasted but in due season when expected 7. The lease of such a Tree shall not wither with Winter nor be scorched in Summer but shall flourish spreading abroad like a Cedar in Lebanon and bringing forth fruit most in their age FINIS
them that love you what thanks have ye for sinners also love those that love them And if ye do good to them which do good to you what thanks have ye for sinners also do even the same And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive what thanks have ye for sinners also lend to sinners and to receive as much again Luk. 6. So Luk. 17.34 Two the one shall be taken and the other left thrice repeated * Resumptio quando primis respondent ultima Quintilian Author ad Heren vocat Conduplicationem cùm ratione amplificationis aut commiserationis cjusdem unius aut plurium verborum fit iteratio Epanalepsis Epanalepsis ends with the same word it begins For we are saved by hope but hope that is seen is not hope Rom. 8.24 Rejoyce in the Lord and again I say Rejoyce Phil. 4.4 So Psalm the 8th beginneth with O Lord our governour how excellent is thy name in all the world and ends with the same words Likewise Psal 103. hath this beginning Praise the Lord all my soul and endeth in the same words termed The Orators round As we said before so say I now again If any man preach any other gospell unto you then ye have received let him be accursed Inferred upon the saying before Though we or an Angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than ye have received let him be accursed Gal. 1.8 9. * Regressio sen Reditio in viam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plutarch Quando duas res nomina proponens aliquis sensu nondum finito redit ad utrumque nominum ut compleat sententiae defectum ut Divellimur inde Iphitus Pelias mecum quorum Iphitus aevo Jam gravior Epanados Epanados resumes that which was spoken and dismisseth it with an explication ringing as it were the same Bells in changes The ungodly have drawn out the sword and bent the bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as be of a right conversation Their sword shall God throw through their own heart and their bowe shall be broken Psal 37.14 15. Woe unto thee that spoilest and wast not spoyled and dealest treacherously and they dealt not treacherously with thee When thou shalt cease to spoil thou shalt be spoiled and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously they shall deal treacherously with thee Esay 33.1 When the holy Ghost commeth he shall reprove the world of sin of righteousnesse and of judgment Of sin because they believe not on me of righteousnesse because I go to the Father and ye see me no more of judgment because the prince of this world is judged John 16.8 9 10 11. The Jewes require a signe and the Greeks seek after wisdom but we preach Christ crucified to the Jewes a stumbling-block and unto the Greeks foolishnesse but unto them which are called both Jewes and Greeks Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God Because the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men and the weaknesse of God is stronger then men 1 Cor. 1. * Agnominatio allusio Vocis ad vocem quae fit per literae adjectionâ—m detractiunem trâ—â—spositionem vel immutationemnt Amantes sunt amentes Raras das mihi literas charas tamen Paronomasia Paronomasia seasonably used delights the hearers helps the memory and shewes in propinquity of words the difference of things Behold I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but apher and epher dust and ashes Gen. 18.27 As for the gods of the heathens they be but idols their Elohim are elilim Psal 96.5 Diis noddys their idols addle idle in English expression In the mountain of the Church the Lord of hostes shall make unto all people mishteh shemanim a feast of fat things mishteh shemarim feasts of wine in the lees Esa 25.6 wherein shall be the complement of marrow-dishes and brisk pure wine which shall satisfie the utmost spiritual appetite So 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 envy and murder 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fornication and wickednesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without understanding covenant-breakers Rom. 1.29.31 have a colour of Paronomasia which will savour of pedantism to be too often used In the eighth of Amos vers 1 2. Kaits ushereth in Keets plenty destruction * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 multum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 caâ—o quasi dicas Casuum carietatem cùm ejusdem nominis casus sapiùs commuâ—antur Cicer. ad Brut. Variatur haec casihus generibus iâ—â—… under 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 noâ—… Quint lib. 9. Conâ—… 〈◊〉 variorum casuum â—â—…dem fâ—nte deductorum ut Oâ—â—d Metamorph. lib. 5. Heu quantum scelus est in viscere viscera condi Congestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus Alteriusque animantem animantis vivere lethol Called by the Author ad Heren Traductio by others Me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Polyptoton Polyptoton inculcates vehemently in divers cases and expressions what we would have notice to be taken especially of Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked Thou art waxen fat thou art thick thou art covered with fatnesse Then he forsook God which made him and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation Deut. 32.15 Hath he smitten him as he smote those that smote him or is he flain according to the slaughter of them which are slain by him Esa 27.7 No in measure God will deal more favourably with his then his enemies When it shouteth forth he will debate with it and stay his rough wind in the day of his east wind 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Matth. 15.14 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies and God of all comfort who comforteth us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 2 Cor. 1.4 The sabbath was made for man not man for the sabbath therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath Mar. 2.27 28. For he hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him 2 Cor. 5.21 The combining of these Figures together with the former Tropes carry with them a delightfull and winning grace especially in 1 petitions 2 complaints 3 quick reproofs or encitements So 1 that of the Apostle O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God I how unsearchable are his judgments and his waies past finding out For who hath known the minde of the Lord or who hath been his counsellor or who hath first given to him and it shall be recompenced to him again For in him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Rom. 11. My God my God look upon me Why hast thou forsaken me and art so far from my health and from the word of my complaint
of the divers dispositions of the auditors of vvhich Some have eares to heare some none 2. In that of the prodigall Son returning to his forsaken Father Luk. 15. the cheerfull entertainment of a sinner that unfeignedly repenteth 3. In that of the freed debter by God Matth. 18.20 so tyrannically imprisoning his brother and the heavy doome that befell him upon it the necessity that vve should forgive if vve look to be forgiven 4. In that of the labourers in the vineyard and vvages pay'd them that God endureth not Idlers and rewards not as men exspect but of pleasure yet still beyond exspectation 5. The case of him that vvas for building of Barnes instead of thankfullnesse to God that gave corne to fill them Luke 12.16 and of Dives and Lazarus Luk. 16. for vvordlings not to surfeit so here that they suffer for it hereafter and for the pious poor left here to the dogs to finde favour vvith the Angels 6. In the passages parabolically set forth between the Priest the Levite Luk. 10.30 the pittifull Samaritan and the wounded Traveller apparantly may be observed that those vvho are most obliged commonly most neglect their duty and help often commeth from vvhom and vvhen it might be least exspected 7. Our Saviour spake this parable unto certaine vvhich trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others Luke 18.9 10. Tvvo men vvent up into the Temple to pray the one a Pharisee the other a Publican their prayers and postures vve have but the event shevvs not the vaunting gifted man that pressed so high vvith his perfections but the poor penitent that stood a far off not daring to lift up his eyes to Heaven that smote his breast crying GOD be mercifull to me a sinner came last but sped best * Sententia brevis acuta quae multa paucis comprehendit Apothegms Apothegms are speeches of pregnant instruction smart reproof or profound consequence expressed in compendious proposals resolvs or replyes As when Benbadad sends to Ahab The Gods do so unto me and more also if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfulls for all the people that follow me The King of Israel inferred and said Tell him Let not him that girdeth-on his harnesse boast himselfe as he that putteth it off 1 King 20.10 11. for things may fall out unexpectedly and events crosse hopes and presumptions So of the wise Woman of Abel's proposall to Joab that furiously stormed the Citty before any Summons given they plainly spake in the beginning it was noysed first amongst us of the Town when we first admitted Sheba and heard of thy pursuit Surely they will aske of Abell and so make an end they will not strike before they speak or batter or throw down the walls before they understand whether we are Royalists or Rebels that will justifie Sheba's action I am one of those that am peaceable and faithfull in Israel thou seekest to destroy a City and a mother in Israel why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord a discreet and quiet conference would take up the matter This put Joab upon a sight of his over-sight and an Epizeuxical acknowledgement Far be it far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy 2 Sam. 20.18 19 20. So our Saviours answer to the combined Pharisees and Herodians concerning tribute due to Caesar left them all to marvel but not a word to reply Matth. 22.22 To Amaziahs message a kind of challenge Come and let us look one another in the face Jehoash's answer was pricking and pertinent The Sonne of The thistle was no fit match for the Cedar's daughter 2 Kings 14.18 Our Saviour's Replies are here more then apothegmaticall 1. To that of his mother Son why hast thou dealt with us thus Luk. 21.49 Wist ye not that I must be about my Fathers businesse 2. To her motion They have no Wine Joh. 2.3 4. Woman what have I to doe with thee mine hour is not yet come 3. To them that told him that his Mother and his Brethren waited for him whom by Nature he was bound to respect he stretched forth his hands towards his Disciples Matth. 12.48 and said Behold my Mother and my Brethren for whosoever shall doe the will of my Father which is in Heaven the same is my Sister and Brother and Mother in my esteem My Mother and my Brethren are those that hear the Word of God Luk. 8.20 and do it 4. To that of the Pharisee why do thy Disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders Mar. 7.15 in not washing their hands before meat His satisfaction was Not external ingredients but internal defile a man 5. To that Why eateth you Master with publicans and sinners Matth. 9.11 Those that be whole need not the physition but those that are sick Go and learn what that meaneth I will have Mercy and not Sacrifice Mar. 2.18 6. To that why his Disciples fasted not as well as those of John and of the Pharisees It was not seasonable while the bridegroom was with them and no more advantagious then to put a new patch upon an old garment and new Wine into old vessels which will marre all rather then make good Things must be so ordered that they may doe good and Disciples instructed that they may be edified 7. To that Mat. 2.27 28. Why do thy Disciples pluck the eares of Corne upon the Sabbath day which is unlawfull They may do it in case of necessity as David are the shew-bread when he was hungry And the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath Therefore the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath Likewise him that intruded to be his follower he discharged with Luk. 9.58 Foxes have holes and the birds of the ayre have nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head Thou wilt misse of thy ayme if thou think to make a vvorldly fortune by follovving me Him that put off his call Let me first go and bury my Father he lessoneth Let the dead bury the dead but go thou and preach the Kingdome of God So him that vvould complement vvith his friends before he vvould serve his Master he teacheth better manners No man having put his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the Kingdome of God Reproofs Complaints and Execrations mixed or severed As in a building there must be a sure foundation strong vvalls and a good roof othervvise it vvill soon totter according to that of our Saviour Matth. 7.27 So in spiritual building Scripture must be the ground-vvork Liturgy the vvalls and Discipline the roofe othervvise it vvill never hold out against vvind and stormes But Pharach's dream is verified in us The lean kine so devour the fat that they leave no bones behind them Gen. 41. And the famine of Samaria encreaseth upon us vvhere an asses head is prized at eighty pieces of
your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid if ye loved me ye would rejoyce ib. 27 28. A glimpe onely and tast of this joy put Peter beside himselfe Master it is good for us to be here let us here pitch tabernacles and not downe to the world againe Motives to Fear Fear is the betraying of those succours which reason offereth Wisd 17 12. arising from dangers which reason telleth us we are unable to withstand These dangers may affright us 1. in our temporall estate 2. in our spirituall 3. in our eternall being hereafter For temporall afrightments what thunders are so terrible startling as those against 1. Pharoah and Egypt for his perfidious and treacherous dealing with Gods people Ezech. 29. 2. against Tyrus and their King for their pride and luxury 3. against Babylon Isa 13. and 14. for their captivating and insulting upon Gods people 2. For his temporal estate Cain complained not Gen. 4.14 but the feare of a guilty conscience was a Fury that ever haunted him My punishment is greater then I can bear Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth and from thy face shall I be hid and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond and it shall come to passe that every one that findeth me shall slay me A scantling of the third It is a fearfull thing to fall into the hands of the living God Heb. 10.31 This fcarfulnesse in proposing the law was so terrible that the people could not endure that which was commanded and if so much as a beast touch the mountain it shall be stoned and thrust through with a dart and so terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly feare and quake Heb. 12.20 21. What horrour will then be can any heart imagine when the sun shall become as black as sack-cloth of hair and the moone and the stars of heaven fall unto the earth even as the fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind when the heavens shall depart as a scroul rolled together and every mountaine and iland shall be removed out of their places when the Kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free-man shall hide themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountaines and shall say unto the rocks and mountaines Fall on us and to the hills Cover us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand Rev. 6. When the dismall doome is once pronounced Go ye cursed of my father into everlasting fire prepared for the devill and his angells Matth. 25.41 Motives to Joy Joy the ayme of all our desires must be raysed especially on the serious consideration 1. of joy in the holy Ghost 2. comfort in a good conscience 3. a chearfull and thankfull use of temporall blesings These depend one on the other Temporals delight not if conscience be not satisfied conscience receives not content but from assurances from the holy Spirit that all is well Amongst the fruits of the spirit this joy is served in with love which quickneth all the rest The fruit of the Spirit is lov joy peace long-suffering gentlenes goodnes faith meeknes temperance against such there is no law Galat. 5.22 23. Upon this is grounded that holy frolick if the word profane not of the Apostle to the Philippians Rejoyce in the Lord alwaies and again I say rejoyce Let your moderation be knowen unto all men the Lord is neer at hand Phil. 4.4 5. Upon which grounds we have the excitation of the church O come let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoyce in the strength of our salvation Psalm 95. O be joyfull in the Lord all ye lands Psal 100. O sing unto the Lord a new song Psal 98. And divers other Psalms set to the same key of joy This was the rejoycing of the blessed-Virgin My spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour Luk 1.47 That which our Saviour exhorteth his disciples unto In this rejoyce not that the spirits are subject to you but rather rejoyce that your names are written in heaven 2. Luk. 10.20 All the dayes of the afflicted are evill but he that is of a merry heart upon a good conscience hath a continuall feast Prov. 15.15 This merry heart maketh a cheareful countenance but by the sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken Ib. For our rejoycing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world 2 Cor. 1.12 Thus the Apostles when they were beaten and threatned after their imprisonment by the high priests command departed from the presence of the Council rejoycing that they were accounted worthy to suffer for his name Act. 5.41 It was St. Paul's excercise to have a conscience voyd of offence towards God and towards men Act. 24.16 And the Hebrews tooke joyfully the spoyling of their goods knowing in themselves that they had in heaven a better and an enduring substance Heb. 10.34 3. Joy and thankfullnesse for temporall blessings are not onely approved but enjoyned Thou shalt rejoyce before the Lord in acknowledgment of temporal blessings Deut. 12.12.18 At the presenting of the first fruits and tithes after a set paryer it is added Thou shalt rejoyce in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee and unto thine house thou and the Levite and the stranger that is among you Deut 26.11 When God crowneth the yeer with goodnesse and the clouds drop fatness upon the dwellings of the wildernesse the little hills are brought in to rejoyce on every side when the folds shall be full with sheep the vallies also shall stand so thick with corne that they shall laugh and sing Psal 65.12 Whereupon the Kingly prophet sets forth a proclamation O prayse the Lord for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God yea a joyfull and pleasant thing it is to be thankefull Psal 147. Motives to Sorrow A sorrowfull spirit is a sacrifice to God despise not O Lord humble and contrite hearts Psal 51.9 Sorrow ariseth commonly from any thing that crosseth our desires and therefore may be either 1. godly or 2. worldy Concerning both which we have that of the Apostle Though I made you sorry with a letter I do not repent though I did repent for I perceive that the same Epistle hath made you sorry though it be but for a season Now I rejoyce not that ye were made sorry but that ye sorrowed to repentance for ye were made sorry after a godly manner that ye might receive dammage by us in nothing for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of but the sorrow
is more for destruction then honest propagation 5. The Dragon watcheth the Matron to devour her off-spring but mounts the Whore upon a beast which hath seven Heads and ten Horns the most terrible and majesticall in all his hellish mewes 6. The Dragon with his Angells enter the lists in the Whore's quarrell but Michael and his adherents undertake for the Matron to the Dragon 's shamefull routing 7. The Matron is furnished with Eagle's wings to be nourished and preserved in the wildernesse but the whore is deserted and hated by her Partizans who shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire Rev. 17.36 CHAP. VIII Of Parables and Similitudes I Have spoken by the Prophets and I have multiplyed visions and used similitudes by the hand of the prophets Hos 12.10 A Parallel betwixt Christ and Melchizedeâ—k 1. both had like Ordination 2. by oath not by descent 3. without praedecessors or sucessors father mother beginning or end of life 4. greater than Abraham by reason of receiving tithes from him and Levi in his loins 5. King of righteousnesse and peace 6. blessing as the greater but not receiving from him 7. both offering for others not for their own sins as Christ the antitype did once for all Heb. 7. Between a minister Matth. 5.15 and a candle Men light not a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light to all that are in the house 1. A candle lightens not it selfe but must be lightned of and from another so a Minister must have his calling and gifts from God's illumination How shall he preach except he be sent 2. Rom. 10.15 A candle is not lighted to be hid under a bushel neither a Minister ordained to behave himselfe as a dumb Dog sleeping through idlenesse never satisfied through covetousnesse and drowning himselfe and others in all kind of surquedry 3. Isa 56 10. A candle must be set on a candlestick for its more commodious giving light So must the Minister reside in some designed Cure wherein he may do most good he must not bischop it in another mans dicecesse 1 Pet. 4.15 nor boast without his measure in other mens lines 4. 2 Cor. 10.15 A candle giveth light to all indifferently that are in the house So a Minister should apply himselfe to all within his compasse making himselfe all things to all men that by all means he may save some 1 Cor. 9.22 6. A candle sometimes wanteth snuffers so may a Minister correptions But it should be with snuffers of Gold belonging to the Sanctuary and by such as know and have right to use them not by polluted fingers or other meanes which may rather extinguish then make them burn the brighter 7. A candle inverted is extinguished by his owne nutriment and so a Minister who turning that light downeward which should turne upward most commonly is fryed to destruction in his owne fatnesse The course of mans life resembleth an expedition at sea wherein 1. our nativity is the shore we lanch from 2. the church the bottom wherein we are carried 3. the world the sea 4. Christ the pilot 5. the Scripture the compasse 6. the gifts of the holy ghost the prosperous gales we saile by 7. Sinus Abrahae the haven of happinesse we are bound for Then are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them to the haven where they would be Psal 107. 30. God's people as lively stones are built up a spirituall house an holy priesthood to offer up spirituall sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2.5 A good man in divers respects resembleth a stone 1. A stone is to be hammered fit for the place before it be laid in building So a faithfull man by education and suffering is fashioned to the calling wherein he is to be imployed 2. A stone is measured before it be laid in its place So the faithfull should be placed according to their abilities 3. a stone must be hard to endure wind and weather beside casuall assaults the like opposition must be expected of those that live godly 4. a stone in a lower range beareth his superiour covers his inferiour and justles not with his fellowes set beside the like respect should be had amongst good men to superiours to peers and inferiors 5. a stone butting out must be beaten back to range with his fellowes and so must too forward exorbitants which ambitiously perk before their brethren 6. a mouldered stone must be plucked out to have a sounder set in his place so in defect of a treacherous Judas a Matthias is justly chosen 7. stones that are not well cemented continue not a building so without the cement of charity christianity shattereth which is built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Jesus Christ himselfe being the chiefe corner-stone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord In whom yee also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit Eph. 2.20 I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my fathers were Psal 39.12 1 A pilgrim professeth himself to be so by carriage and habite so should a christian 2. he passeth-by obvious sights as not belonging unto him this becometh a mortified christian 3. He builds not in every Inne he lodgeth in so ought a christian 4. He burdens not himselfe with unnecessary carriage such would be combersome to a christian 5. He shrinks not at impediments dangers which crosse him but constantly struggles through them much more should a christian 6. He maketh the best of the entertainment he meets with any where not calling fire from heaven upon inhospitable Samaritans Luk. 9.54 this sorts with the calme spirit of a Christian 7. He allwayes hath a desire to his true home this should be the ayme and comfort of a christian For while we are in the body we are absent from the Lord for we walk by faith and not by sight and therefore should be confident and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord 2 Cor. 5.6 1. For the Lords day there is ground in nature Some time is to be set apart for the publick worship of God observed in all religions And the same ground there is for Episcopacy that some persons should be set a part and praeferred before others to performe and oversee the performance of that sacred worship 2. A patterne for that was among the Jewes one day designed in seven The like was also for church-goverment by chiefe Priests Priests and Levites to which are answerable our Bishops Priests and Deacons under the gospell The most that is said for appointing the Lords-day for publick worship is the intimation not praecept of our Saviour but practice of the Apostles and so much we have and more in the differencing of the xij Apostles lxx disciples and the observation