generall defection of Ezraes time how powerfully was worthy Ezra himselfe x Ezr. 10. 2. c. exhorted and encouraged by Shecaniah So in the Prophet Malachies time when religion was downe the wind and men y Mal. 3. 14. said it is vaine to serue God it is registred that z Verse 16. then they that feared the Lord spake euery man to his neighbour or spake often one to another as the kings translators render it And what spake they no doubt that which was good to the vse of edifying as many their fellowes did before them saying a Hos 6. 1. come let vs retuâ— to the Lord b Ier. 50. 5. come let ioyne to the Lord and 〈◊〉 c Psal â—22 1 vs goe into the house God And as for this â—â— speech come and let â— goe vp into the house â— the Lord c. the Prophet foreseeing that the Gentiles should receiue the spirit of faith and d 2 Cor. 4. 13 beleeue and therefore speake dâ—â— e Esa 2. 2 3. Mich. 4. 1 2. testifie before that thâ— speech of mutuall exhortâ—on should bee the commoâ— language of all beleeuiâ—â— nations when in the laâ— dayes the mountaine â—â— the Lords house should beâ— exalted aboue the hils anâ— people should flow vnto iâ— And accordingly wee hauâ— it recorded that in the daieâ— of the Gospell not onely the f Mark 5. 20 Demoniacke and g Luk. 2. 17. 8 Shepheards among the Iewes performed this duty to the admiration of their hearers but h Act. 10. 45. 46. Cornelius also with others of the Gentiles to the astonishment of the Iewes that heard them Yea i Ioh. 4. 28. c. the woman of Samaria though she were but a poore Tankard-bearer as it should seeme by her water-pot which for hast shee left behinde her yet she no sooner in her heart receiued the Messias but out of the abundance of her heart her mouth so spake and ministred such grace to those that heard her that she was a blessed instrument to bring many Samaritans to the faith of Christ Hereunto may be added Tryphena Tryphosa and Persis women among the Romans and other women among the Philippians of whom the Apostle giues this commendation that they k Rom. 16. 12. laboured yea much laboured yea and l Phil. â— 3. laboured some of them with himselfe in the Gospell which they could not doe but by priuate exhortation as m Acts 18. 26. Priscilla did seeing by the Apostolicall Canon n 1 Cor. 14. 34 women were silenced from speaking in the Churches And memorable aboue all others is that example of the g Luk 23. 40 41 42 43. theefe vpon the crosse who then at last cast as we say beleeuing did so speake to the rebuking oâ— his fellow theefe and to the iustifying and magnifying of the Lord Iesus that immediately Iesus himselfe p Heb. 12. 2. â— despisâ—ng the shame and all contradiction of sinners did with his q Psal 45. 2. owne lips full of grace as r Psal 24. 8. king of glory crowne him as it were on the crosse and there Å¿ Col. 2. 15. triumphing ouer all Principalities and powers of darkenesse euen in t Luk. â—â— 53 the very houre and power of darkenesse hee proclaimed him an heire of Paradise and promised him seizin and possession thereof together with himselfe that very day as a present reward for the fruit of his lips whereby he had so manifested his faith and honoured his Sauiour So that â—t fareth with euery beleeuer who hath found hiâ— lost soule as with u Luk. 15. 8. c. that woman in the parable who haâ— found her lost peece of siâ—uer who as shee fate noâ— moaping in a corner with fullennesse when shee haâ— lost her piece but vv Verse 8. lighted a candle and swept the house and looked diligently till shee found it so hauing found it she could noâ— sit smiling in her sleeue buâ— x Verse 9. shee called together hâ— friends and neighbours saying reioyce with meâ— for I haue found the peecâ— which I had lost And â— Christ applied that to thâ— y Verse 10. ioy of the Angels ouer onâ— sinner that repenteth so may as truely here apply â—â— to the z Rom. 14. 17. ioy of the holâ— Ghost that accompanietâ— righteousnesse and peace in all vnfained beleeuers And I likewise say vnto you that such ioy there is among beleeuers ouer any one sinner whose repentance may be by their meanes either begun or perfected that a 2 Cor. 4. 13 according as it is written I beleeued and therefore haue I spoken so they beleeuing b Acts 4. 20. cannot but speak for the c Iude ver 3 common saluation of others with themselues And let this suffice for the first generall point Aqu. Mr. Archippus you haue set such a a Iam. 1. 23. glasse before vs and b Heb. 12. 1. compassed vs with such a cloude of witnesses that when we behold our faces in the one and cast our eyes to the other wee may c Ier. 3â— 10. strike on our thighes and be ashamed of our backwardnes in a duty so necessary wherein the primitiue beleeuers were so forward I pray therefore proceede and wheâ—â—e and rowze vs throughly dullards and drowzy headed as we are by your forcible reasons Arch. For your better remembrance you shall haue all included in 4. generall motiues concerning 1. God and our Sauiour 2. our neighbours 3. our selues 4. our enemies First therfore you know the d Mat. 2â—â—â—7 â—â— first and great commandement which is e Mare 12â— 30 33. more then all whole burnt offerings sacrifices thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule with all thy minde and with all thy strength And from the f Psal 119. 5 8 20 c. vnfaigned hearty desire and endeauour of keeping this commandement no gospeller can pleade immunity because being freed from the g Rom. 6. 14 10. 4. rigour and h Gaâ—â— 10 13. curse of the Law by the grace that i Ioh 1. 17. came by Iesus Christ we are euen by the bonde of grace so bound to k Ep. 6 〈◊〉 loue the Lord Iesus in sincerity that if l 1 Cor. â—6 2â— any man thus loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha saith S. Paul Signifying heereby that such a man is excluded from grace and therby left to a curse more m Heb. 10. 29 heauy then all the Law could haue imposed on him being n 2. Pet. 2. 9. reserued to the day of iudgment the o Reu. 6. 16. wrath of the lambe heauier then the rocks and mountaynes to be punished euen by the p 2 Tess 1 7 8. Lord Iesus himselfe when he shall be reuealed from heauen with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that
them should answere I neuer baned them with meate nor poysoned them with liquor for they had none at all from mee But all the world knoweth bodies may bee murthered as well by want of meate and drinke that should bee giuen them as by bane or poyson in lieu thereof ministred vnto them And so may soules likewise be d Hos 4. 6. destroyed for lacke of knowledge and c Pro. 5. 23. 10. 21. dye for want of instruction and wisedome wherein f Mat. 12. 30 he that is not with Christ for sauing soules is against him and he that gathereth not scattereth And therefore g 2 Tim. 2. 7. the Lord giue vs vnderstanding in all things whereby wee may h 1 Tim. 3. 9. haue the mysterie of the faith in a pure conscience that so wee may bee i Acts 20. 26 pure from the bloud of all men And thus you haue my second generall motiue Aqu. Brother Aristarchus how truely may wee with the two Disciples say one to another k Luk. 24. 32 did not our hearts burne within vs whiles the Scriptures haue bin thus opened vnto vs The Lord bee mercifull to our former luke-warmenesse and grant that our affections thus now kindled may bee for the time to come l Cant. â— 6 7 like those coales of loue which many waters may neuer quench And to this end we pray you Mr. Archippus to proceede and m 2 Cor. 13. 2. spare not though the word of GOD in your mouth be n Ier. 23. 29. like a fire and your lips as o Ier. 6. 29. bellowes to make the flame vehement that you may not leaue vs as the p Verse the same Founder that melteth in vaine How much better is it seeing the hardest frost must sooner or later haue a thaw that our frozen hard hearts should melt here that we may bee q 1 Cor. 3. 15 saued though so as by fire then to bee r Iob 21. 30 reserued vnto the day of wrath to bee thawed with Å¿ Esa 33. 14. euerlasting burnings hereafter which t Mat. 24 51. is the portion of hypocrites Arch. Blessed bee God that by v Esa 4. 3. the spirit of iudgement and by the spirit of burning doth purge the bloud of Ierusalem and thus vv 1 Pet. 4. 17 begins iudgement at his owne house here that they may not be x 1 Cor. 11. 31. condemned with the world And to your comfort be it spoken this tender y Esa 66. 2. contrite heart of yours thus trembling at the word is a powerfull blessed z Iob 33. 23 27. effect of Gods gratious aspect towards you as a Heb. 12. 23 his first borne that b Esa 4. 3. are written among the liuing in Ierusalem O my brethren how should you c Luk. 10. 20. reioyce in this as our Sauiour saith that your names are written in heauen â— And as I haue spoken these things vnto you that this our d Ioh. 15. 12. Saurours ioy might remaine in you and that your ioy may be full so whatsoever I shall adde is intended as e 2 Cor. 1. 24. a furtherance of this your ioy though by the way any thing should f 2 Cor. 9. 8. make you sorry for a season And so I proceede My third generall motiue deriued from the consideration of our selues is this that wee all professors being here in the militant Church g Can. 6. 10. terrible as an army with banners and hauing our h 2 Cor. 10. 3 life for a warfare and the i 1 Tim. 6 12 good fight of faith for our combat as euer wee looke to k Eph. 6. 13 stand in the euill day so must wee put on the whole armour of God especially the l 1 Thes 5. 9 brest-plate of faith and loue and the hope of saluation for an helmet And passing here by loue as already dispatched I say Faith is compared to a brest-plate because as this is the safeguard of the heart wherein the naturall life consisteth so Faith is the safeguard of m Rom. 2. 29 1 Pet. 3. 4. the hid man of the heart wherein spirituall life consisteth And therefore as wee are said to n Gal. 2. 20. liue by faith of the Sonne of God so Faith is said to be o 1 Ioh. 5. 4. the victory that ouercommeth the world and we know the teâ—or of the Gospell is plaine and peremptory p Mar. 16. 16 hee that beleeueth shall bee saued but he that beleeueth not shall bee damned Vpon this ground I inferre that I must either make good proofe of my faith or quit clayme to the sauing-state of grace Now wee know what euidence S. Iames cals for q Iam 2. 17. 18. c. shew me thy faith by thy workes Aske yee what workes Search the Scriptures and among all outward ordinary works they produce that in the prime place as the prime-rose and fairest euidence of Faith which is in least esteeme with worldlings I meane the fruit of our lips whereby we blesse God and edifie our neighbours r â— Cor. 4. 13 Wee hauing the same spirit oâ— Faith saith S. Paul according as it is written I beleeued and therefore haue I spoken we also beleeue and therfore speake Agâ—ine Å¿ Rom. 10. 9 if thou confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus and beleeue in thy heart c. thou shalt bee saued Anâ— this he doubleth again witâ— a reason annexed saying t Verse 10. For with the heart maâ— beleeueth vnto righteousnesse and with the moutâ— confession is made vntâ— saluation Thou wilt saâ— then that the fruit of thâ— lips being as I auouch the prime-rose of outward workes belike the Apostle teacheth men to bee saued according to their workes In no wise but this I say that the confession of the mouth being the chiefe euidence of true Faith in the heart whereby wee are iustified as by Gods priuy seale in the reuelation of Gods righteous iudgement wee shall bee admitted by confession as by Gods broad-seale to passe from iustification to saluation And search the Scriptures and you shall finde that both before and in the time of the Law as well as in the dayes of the Gospell the fruit of the lips is not onely culled out as the choise but made as the epitome of all outward works being alleadged in stead of all the rest and produced as Gods broad-seale to distinguish v Gen. 4. 26. 6 â— the Sonnes of God from the Sonnes of men w Ier. 10. 25 Psal 14. 4. the beleeeuers from Infidels and x Ioel 2. 32. Act. 2. 17. 21. Rom. 10. 13 the saued from the damned And for this cause the Scriptures attribute to the tongue aboue all other members of the body the title y Psal 5â— 7. 108. 1. of our glory because though it bee for matter a small member yet in vertue and power
it ouerswayeth all the rest z Iam. 3. 3. 4 as a Bit in the horses mouth or a Helme in a Ship a Verse 2. and if any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man and able to bridle the whole body and yet this is not all but chiefly because there is no member like it b Psal 108. 1 3 57. 7 8 9 to glorifie God when it is set on worke by the feruent spirit of Faith as there is none so bad if c Iam. 3. 6. it be set on fire of hell Looke we to it therefore for d Pro. 28. 21 death and life are in the power of the tongue as the wise man speaketh And howsoeuer the wisedome of worldlings e Rom. 8. 7. being enmity against God doth thwart sleight this and iudge of speaking as of f 1 Cor. 2. 18 21 Preaching esteeming it as light as foolishnesse to be put in the ballance with workes high in their esteeme yet a g Mat. 12. 42 wiser then Salomon euen the h Acts 17. 31 man ordained to iudge the whole world and therfore must needes i Gen. 18. 25 iudge anâ— doe right auoucheth thâ— same saying k Mat. 12. 42 by thy worâ— thou shalt be iustified anâ— by thy words thou shalt bâ— condemned What theâ— though thy feete be swift â— l Eccl. 5. 1. goe to the house of God and m Esa 1. 12. treade his courts thy head bowed downe n Esa 58. 5. like â— bulrush or as o Ier. 9. 1. a fountainâ— of water to p Heb. 12. 17 seeke the bleâ—sing with teares thine q Psal 119. 37. eyes turned away from bâ— holding vanity thine earâ— shut from r Psal 15. 3. taking vp a reproach against thy neighbour Å¿ Eph. 4. 2â— thy hands stronâ— to labour and so stretcheâ— out to the needy that thâ— shouldest t 2 Cor. 13 â— bestow all thâ— goods to feede the poorâ— yea and giue thy body to be burned yet with out the right vse of the tongue thou art nothing For if thou refrainest not thy tongue from v Mat. 12. 36. idle words and vv Eph. 4. 29 corrupt communication if thou x Pro. 15. 14 feedest thy owne mouth with foolishnesse in stead of feeding others with thy lips if thou y Ier. 9. 3. bend thy tongue like thy bow for lyes but art not valiant for the truth vpon earth to z Esa 59. 4. call for iustice and pleade for truth if finally a Mat. 12. 35 out of the good treasure of the heart thy tongue bring not forth good thinge that may bee b Eph. 4. 29. good to the vse of edifying thou c Iam. 1. 26. deceiuest thy owne heart in seeming religious and failest in one maine proofe of thy faith which d Iam. 2. 20. one lacking will proue thee no better then a transgressor in alâ— the rest And e Mal. 1. 14. cursed beâ— the deceiuer faith the Lord that hath in his flocâ— a male and voweth and sacrificeth vnto the Lord a corrupt thing The f Hos 14. 2. calueâ— of thy lips not rendred to God proue all the rest but lame sacrifices and thy glory thy tongue I meane the most glorious instrument of Faith wherewith thou shouldest g Iam. 3. 9. blesse God and h Iam. 5. 20. saue thy neighbours soule is i Pro. 3. 27. with-holden from them to whom it is due c what faith or righteousnesse can then be in thee And that herein thou maiest no longer be faithlesse but beleeuing reach thy hand I pray thee to the Scriptures alleadged and search with the k Acts 17. 11 noble Beâ—reans whether these things bee so namely that the m Pro. 10. 21 lips of the righteous feed many but fooles dye for want of wisedome so that no lip-feeder no righteous man And againe n Pro. 28. 4. they that forsake the law praise the wicked but such as keep the law in faith and a good conscience hee meaneth contend with them that is as others praise them with o Psal 12. 2. flattering lips To these p Psal 141. 5 smite them with â—eproofes and so fight or contend with them in batâ—aile as the q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prou. 28. 4 Hebrew word â—ignifieth and as the kings â—ranslators r Deut. 2. 9. 24. else-where render the same Whence we conclude as before no â—ip-feeder no righteous man so here no lip-smâ—ter no beleeuer Wherforâ— Å¿ Pro. 9. 12. if thou be wise be wise â—â—thine owne soule to make sure the euidence of thâ— faith which is thy bresâ— plate Then as t 2 Tim. 2. 3. good souldiers of Iesus Christ ye wiâ—â— u Eph. 6. 17. take the sword of the spirit which is the word oâ— God and therewith teacâ— your tongues to vv 1 Tim 6. fighâ— the good fight of saith noâ— onely x Eph. 6. 12. against flesh and bloud but also against the Principalities and power of darkenesse according to the y Deut. 29. 12. couenant and oaâ— of the Lord your GOD whereinto yee entred by Baptisme And as thus fighting yee z 1 Ioh. 5. 4. haue the victory that ouer commeth the world euen your faith and â—hereby a Heb. 4. 3. enter into rest eâ—en b Mat. 11. 29 rest to your soules which is a heauen vpon â—arth before many of your â—rethren like as the c Iosh 1. 1 5 sonnes of Reuben and Gad had â—heir rest and possession beâ—ore their brethren so yee may not sit still here as â—â— Moses told them and d Num. 3â— â— â—our brethren goe to warre without your assistance â—ut yee must passe armed â—efore your brethren as e Iosh 1. 14. Ioshuah charged the Rouâ—enites and fight for them with the sword of Christs mouth till the Lord haue giuen them rest with you And concerning hope â—t is compared to a helmet because as it secureth the head wherein the braine is seated whence the animall spirits proceede that stiâ— vp the sences and moâ—â— the sinewes of the body so hope is the preseruatiâ—â— of all those spirituall motions whereby the spirit stirreth and groweth in grace Therefore it is called a f 1 Pet. 1. 3. liuely hope because iâ— quickeneth men as thâ— g Acts 26. 7. twelue tribes instantly to serue God And so necessary a thing is hope to the sauing-state of grace that 〈◊〉 were better for our bodieâ— to bee headlesse then ouâ— hearts to be hopelesse Foâ— h Rom. 8. 24 we are saued by hope anâ— i Eph. 2. 12. without hope withouâ— God in the world Now k Heb. 11. 1. faith being the ground oâ— l Rom. 10. 17 thingâ— hoped for and faitâ— comming by the word oâ— God heard where we haue no word of promise to beâ—eue there I can haue no â—â—pe to waite for What â—â—erefore
10. 5 cast downe with the word of reproofe some are hardened in their sinnes as rockes or adamants they must be v Hos 6. 5. hewed or vv Ier. 23. 29 broken with rebuke some sinne as children for want of knowledge their emptinesse must be supplied by x Eph. 6. 1. information of doctrine some are out of square by vnrulinesse no y 2 Cor. 13. 2. 10. 10. weight of admonition must bee spared to bring them within compasse some fall too short by negligence by z Heb 6 11 12. prouocation must they bee drawne forward and some are sunk downe by feeblenesse of minde and they are to bee raised vp with z 1 Thes 5. 15. comfort And thus in this large and generall sence doe I now presse this duty of exhortation Arist Blessed bee God for such a a Luk. 11. 52 key of knowledge whereby he thus b Acts 16. 14 openeth our hearts as welâ— as the Scriptures wee now waiâ—e for the explanation of the other word mutuall Arch. The Greek a Heb. 3 1◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 word in Heb. 3. which is translated one an other signifieth properly your selues as the translators in an b Iude verse 20. other place render it Yet here as c Col. 3. 16. else-where well doe they expresse the meaning of the spirit by these words one an other because in the same d Heb. 10. 24 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Epistle the spirit so explaineth himselfe saying let vs consider one an other to prouoke vnto loue and good workes and so more plainely in an 1 Thes 5. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Beza singuli singulos other place saying exhort your selues and edifie one another where the spirit who f 1 Tim. 4. 1. speaketh expresly being the best interpreter doth interpret the word your selues by the words one an other as the word exhort by the word edifie And this is that which I meane by mutuall exhortation viz. that euery one of vs must exhort each other that as wee are g 1 Cor. 12. 27. the body of Christ and memoers in particular so h Verse 25. the members should haue the same care one of another the i Verse 21. head being not able to say to the feete I haue no neede of you And vpon this very ground the spirit saith exâ—ort your selues when â—ee meaneth euery one each other not onely because beleeuers may not be hypocrites to wâ—om he sâ—ith k Rom. 2. 21 thou that teachest another teachest thou not thy selfe but chiefly because being l 1 Cor. 12. 13. all one body as m Eph. 5. 31. man and wife are one flesh hee that teacheth another teacheth himselfe euen as n Verse 28. hee that loueth his wife loueth himselfe Aqu. Blessed bee God o 1 Sam. 25. 32. who hath sent you this day to meete vs with such a p 1. Cor. 12. 4 10. gift of interpretation proceede now I pray to shew vs the necessity of this duty Arch. To prooue that none can be or abide in the state of sauing grace but they who endeuour the performance of this duty I will chiefly insist in that of Heb. 3. where the Apostle saith q Heb. 3. 12 13 Take heede brethren least there be in any of you an euill hart of vnbeleife in departing from the liuing of God but exhort one another dayly while it is called to day least any of you be hardned through the deceiptfulnes of sinne Heere we see that if they who r Heb. 3. 1. are partakers of the heauenly calling whereby they Å¿ Heb. 6. 4. 5 were once enlightned haue tasted of the heauenly gift and were made partakers of the holy Ghost and haue tasted the good word of God and the powers of the world to come if they I say take not heede and exhort each other sin with its t Iac. 1. 14. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 baites Satans v 2 Cor. 11. 3 subtilty may through vv 1 Ioh. 2. 16. the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and pride of life deceiue any of them were he in shew as holy and righteous as indeed x 1 Tim 2. 13 14. the Woman was that was deceiued in Paradise Secondly as sinne may deceiue them so the custome of sin may harden them by y Zeph. 1. 12 setling them on their â—ees as by continuance the z Iob. 38. 30 face of the deepe is frozen and then their consciences though wounded may haue no more feeling of sinne as it is the a 1 Cor. 15 56. sting of death then wounds that are b 1 Tim. 4. 2 Esa â—4 4. seared with an hot iron Their neck is an iron sinew and their brow brasse in which case they can now neither * Ier. 6. 15. blush nor * Ier. 2. 19. feare Thirdly an hardned heart may transport them to an euill heart as bad almost as c Mat. 13. 19 the euill one the diuell d Luk. 8. 12. himselfe when men e Eph. 4. 19. being past feeling may giue themselues ouer to worke all vncleannes with greedines f Iob. 15. 16 drinking iniquity like water and making no more conscience of any sinnes be they neuer so grosse Be it g Hos 4. 4. swearing lying stealing whoring killing yea or h Psal 14. 4. eating vp Gods people as bread they are all now i Pro. 4. 17. as meate anâ— drinke to them yea aâ— k Iob. 20. 12 13. sweete morsels which they are loath to depart withall nay their l Pro. 4. 16. sleepe departs from them vnleâ— they cause some to fall witâ— them Fourthly when men aâ— come to this pitch of aâ— euill heart then whiles they are m Esa 4 18. drawing iniquity with cordes of vanity and sinne as with a cart-rope the diuell drawes and holds them to an heart oâ— vnbeleife wherby they are n Rom. 1. 28. giuen vp to such a reprobate minde that they are now as o Tâ—t 1. 16. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 contumacious or refractary as before they were abhominable euen such a p Mat. 17. 17 faithlesse and peruerse generation that no means fayre or foule neither q Prâ— 29. 9. raging nor laughing as Salomon saith nor r Mat. â—1 17 piping nor mourning as Christ speaketh can worke vpon them to Å¿ 2 Cor. 5. 11 perswade them Yea though a t Mat. 13. 52. Scribe instructed vnto the Kingdome of heauen should bring out of his treasure things new and old as our Sauiour speaketh euen all that v Heb. 12 18 c. mount Sinai or vv Veâ—s 22. c. mount Sion may afforde all the precious promises of the one and all the tremblable curses of the other yet all would be to them but as x Ier. 5. winde and no better in their esteeme theâ— y Act 17.
neede of the phâ—sitian but they that are sick I came not to call the righteous that is h Luk. 16. 15 thoâ—â— that iustifiâ— themselues before men but sinners to repentance that is such as i Mat. 11. 28 labour and are heauy laden with the k Psal 38. 4. burden of their sinnes The l Gal. 3. 24 Law therefore must be the Schoole-master to bring men to Christ from mount Sinai they must come to mount Sion from m Heb. 12. 21 feare and quaking to n Vers 24. that speaketh better things then that of Abel and neuer any receaued the spirit of adoption to cry Abba Father but they first â— receaued the spirit of bondage o Rom. â— 1â— to feare For vnlesse men come to Christ with aâ—hes and mourning and the spirit of heauinesse how â—â—all he p Esa 61. 3. giue them beauty for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heauinesse Arist This is that which is euery where spoken against as the q Act. 28. 22 doctrine of the Apostles was and say men this is to begin at the wrong end For say they you must first begin with faire and soft words to winne the loue of men or else you will neuer doe other good then stirre the world about your eares and make variance and combustion as some crackt-brained preachers doe where â—re they come And in common discretion say tâ—ey how should men expect the quiet fruite of righteousnesse from others if they gash and cut them to the heart with such terrors and sharpe rebukes Arch. First I answeare this sounds as if some young conceited scholler not knowing what belongs to husbandry should tell a ploughman whom he seeth breaking vp his fallow grounds and ploughing and grubbing vp his thistles and thornes alas â—â—r what meane you can â—ou looke your ground â—hould euer yeelde you good crop if you vse it â—us hardly Or like as if â—ome Shepeards swaine beâ—olding a wise builder pulâ—ing down ruinous towers and digging vp and casting out the rubbish that he may lay a sure foundation should blame him for making such heapes ruines where in his conceipt there needed not but a few plaâ—tering or dawbing reparaâ—ons And when we heare the Lord r Iere. 1. 10. setting the Prophet to roote out and to pull downe to destroy and throw downe and then to build and plant and when accordingly the Prophet chargeth the men of Iudah and Ierusalem to Å¿ Iere 4. 3. breake vp their fallow ground and not to sow among thornes who is so simple but he that will not learne that may not heereby be instructed how to begin spirituall husbandry and building This is not therefore to begin at the wrong end for thus began God himselfe with Adam and Eue after their transgression by t Gen. 3. 7 8 c. shame and feare and iudging them to lay a ground in their hearts for the Lord Iesus the corner stone that so they might be fitted to receaue the promise of the blessed seede And as all the Prophets held the same course so Iohn Baptist greater then all the Prophets began his u â—uk 3. 3. preaching with the baptisme of repentance for the â—emission of sinnes and â— so did the Lord Iesus vv Mat. 4. 17 himselfe and x Luk. 24. 47 directed also his Apostles to the same course which not 〈◊〉 they obserued in y Heb. 6. â—â— Act. 20. 21. laying the foundation first of repentance from dead workes and then of faith towards God but all that in the primitiue times preached with Apostolicall approbation as S. Paul z 1 Cor. 14. â—4 26 witnesseth so conuinced and iudged all vnbeleeuers that they fell downe on their faces worshipping God and reporting that God was in them of a truth Secondly concerning the combustion and variance that accompanieth the a Zac. 7. 5. ministery of the spirit and the b 1 Thes 1. 5. 6. Gospel where euer it comes not in word onely but in power and in the holy Ghost which is a c Esa 4. 4. spirit of iudgement and of burning let me intreate men to stay themselues and seriously to consider of what spirit such men are who now dare to cast that as a reproach against Preachers wherein our Sauiour gloried professing that he d Mat. 10. 34 came not to send peace on earth but e Luk. 12. 49 fire sword and for which hee so highly magnified the Preaching of Iohn Baptist saying f Mat. 11. 12 From the dayes of Iohn Baptist vntill now the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence and the violent take it by force What will â—â—ey indite afresh the Lord 〈…〉 us as the chiefe Priests 〈…〉 d who when they had â—othing else to say layed it â—eauily to his charge sayâ—â—g g Luk. 23. 5. Hee stirreth vp the people teaching throughout all Iury c Or shall â—ae spirit of Festus or any wiâ—e temporizer stand vp againe against those fiery-tongued men that h 1 Pet. 1. 12. Preaâ—hed the Gospell with the â—oly Ghost sent downe â—rom heauen and iudge â—hem to bee i Acts 26. 24. madde with â—uch learning or at least as â— men besides themselues k 2 Cor. 5. 13 because l Verse 11. knowing the terâ—or of God they so powerâ—â—lly perswaded men that â—â—ey turned many from iâ—â—ls and turned out diuels and ouerthrew idolatrous and diuellish crafts and gaines whereby they m Act. 16. 19 c 19. 24. c. exceedingly troubled as some cryed out their city and n Acts 17. 6. turned the world vpside downe as others said Or must wee now at last cast yeelâ— vp that chosen vessell S. Paul to be a o Acts 24. 3. pestilent fellow and a mouer of sedition through the world as hee was accused because he was p 2 Tim. 3. 11 persecuted at Antioch and Lystra pelted and q Acts 14. 19 driuen away with stones from Iconium r Acts 16. 22 c. openly whipt and stockt in Philippi Å¿ Act. 17. 5. 6 forced to hide his head at Thessalonica and his ministery generally opposed and blasphemed with t Acts 18. 6. â— insurrections v Acts 19. 28 20. 1 vproares w Acts 21. 30. 34 tumults and x Acts 22. 22 23. out-cryes following him and â— bands y Act. 20. 22. 〈◊〉 afflictions in euery ci 〈…〉 abiding him I confesse that the wiseâ—â—me from aboue is peaceâ—ie as pure and neither â—eacher nor Professor â—ay either carry in his own â—eart or kindle among oâ—â—ers any z Iam. â— 14. c. bitter enuying and strife which is earthly sensuall and diuellish the â— seruants of God must not â— 2 Tim. 2. 24. 〈◊〉 striue but rather as blesâ—ed peace-makers they must raw water out of the wels â—â—saluation to quench all 〈◊〉 fiery passions that are 〈…〉 on fire of â—ell But the