heard and without anye iudgement whose generation yet no man may number when he shall be cutt off from the ground of the liuing which punishment shall go vpon him for the transgression of my people his graue shal be giuen with the condemned and his crucifying with the theeues whereas hee did neuer violence nor vnright neither hath there beene anye deceitfulnes in his mouth yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite him with infirmity that when he had made his soule an offering for sinne he might see long lasting seede and my righteous seruant saith the Lord shall with his wisedome iustify and deliuer the multitude for he shall beare away their sinnes therefore will I giue him the multitude for his part and hee shall diuide the strong spoile because he shal giue ouer his soule vnto death and shal be reckoned among the transgressors which neuerthelesse shall take away the sinnes of the multitude and make intercession for the misdoers here it is plaine and manifest to be seene of all Iewes and Gentiles Heathen and Turkes how euidently Christ was prophesied of by Esay that all men may well know that hath desire of eternall life that hee it is in all tokens whom the Iewes haue put to death being the first promised seed to Abraham for the prophet declareth the order of his iudgement the maner of his deth euen to be crucified with theeues in al points as his persecutors and Iewes did handle and intreate him moste barbarously and hardly being an innocent lambe Wherfore touching the contemtuous disdainfull and reprochfull handling of Christ vnto death Of Christes death they came to apprehend him in the garden like furious enimies with clubs and staues they rent and teared his clothes he was tossed among the high priests and scornfull pharasies Math. 26. then hasted away to the iudge there beset with false accusers hudling vp false witnes against him Luk. 23. then posted ouer to king Herod there dispited in most abiect maner of him his soldiours Mark 15. then brought again before Pilate heuily reuiled oppressed with the spite and hatred of the Iewes crying crucefige crucefige then like barbarous tyrants and sauage beasts void of all mercie and humanitie spitted on his face buffeted him with fistes with railing raging mocking and disdaining him with scoffes griping him with bonds scurging him with many stripes crowning him with sharpe thornes Iohn â—9 putting a reed for a scorne in his hand thus compa ssing him about with al reproch then hasting him to his deth making him to beare his crosse nailed his tender flesh wounded pearced him and crucified him betweene two theeues wagging their heads at him in mo st dispiteful maner And thus was the king of glory crucified being obedient to the crosse and huÌ„ble vnto death and pacient to indure the hard speakinges of sinners against him and yet praying to god for them thus was he a pure vndefiled lambe wounded for our offences his precious bloud shed for our sins by which hee tooke away the curse of the law from vs and made vs at an attonement with God and brought redemption to the world Wherfore al ye people of the earth I cal you here to the presence of Christes death to behold what he hath suffered for you vpon his great loue Therefore let your eies gush out with teares and let your harts make inwarde sorrow and lamentation for your sins repenting for his kingdome againe is readie at hand therfore examine thy hart where and what is and ought to bee thy loue again to Christt hat hath thus bought thee with his tender blood and prepared for thee euerlasting life so that looke into thy selfe how faithfull thankfull and louing thou oughtest to be for such his goodnes toward thée for scarse will any dye for a good man but Christ dyed for thée Rom. 5. being both vngodly a sinner and an enimie to purchase to thee euerlasting life O what aboundant loue is this And wilt thou be therefore vnthankfull Then wo be to thee that art more then vnnaturall more then vnkinde and more theÌ„ hard harted Alas where art thou thou froward Iewe that vpon obstinate enuie wilfull blindnes and of an vnmercifull mind diddest dispise the king of glorie And will not you now ye people from age to age take example to beware how you seale your hartes with the hard ware of a Iewes wilfulnes hardnes and blindnes againe Now then that this day you heare his voice the very voice of your good shepheard that gaue his life for his sheepe harden not your harts as your fathers did in the wildernes so could not enter the land of rest and promise no more shal you enter Christes kingdom vnles ye receiue his gospell with true loue and faith toward him Wherefore do not crucifie Christ againe in thy hart by obstinate sinne by wilfull blindnes and carelessenes like a Iew and Turke despising the humanity of Christ that was so humble by being malicious and vnkind to him that is so good by being cruell and froward to him that is so mercifull by enuying and persecuting him that is a pure innocent when as in mans wisedome it is wickednes to scorne the good cruelty to deale hardly with the simple and innocent foolishnes to iest with holy thinges madnes to hate him that loueth lewdnes to refuse good doctrine and wicked furiousnes to reiect and make light of s aluation therefore awake and beate downe thy churlish hart thy pernicious nature and stiffe conceit and put on louing kindnes and mercy faith and hope and be quick in will and mind to receiue Christ and be constant in retaining him and so let thy loue be sure and stable toward him Reu. 5. for no treasure is of so great certaintie as the perfect and immouable loue of Christ who standeth at the dore of thy hart and knocketh and if thou wilt heare his voice and open thy hart to receiue his wordes he will come in and sup with thee and thou shalt for so entertaining him and his righteous doctrine sup with him at his heauenly table of euerlasting benediction and blessednes Thus perswade thy selfe that no man loueth thee more intirely nor regardeth thy saluation more tenderly then Christ doth and seing we confesse by nature that loue is allured by nothing so much as by loue The loue of Christ passeth all things then O thou earthly man and vnthankfull hart loue Christ againe for thy soules health that so aboundantlye loueth thee So that let neither the pompe of this worlde nor pleasure of fleshly delightes nor kindred nor countries or nations nor profession nor condition of liuing nor causes diminish thy loue from Christ and from thy brother or neighbour for Christes sake Seing there is one father of all whome wee are tauht of Christe to call father dayly which will acknowledge thee to bee his chyld if thou like wise acknowledge all
righteousnes vnto eternall life That all that beleeue in him walking after the spirite and not after the fleshe might be pertakers of his heauenly kingdome and made the sonnes of God For which cause to the better confirmation of our faith and hope of saluation It is requisite to shewe the ordenance and promyse of God from the beginning touching our iustification in his sonne Iesus Christ that thereby wée may be stirred vp by the great goodnes of god for to séeke by Christe Cor. 1.2 the riches of his glorious inheritance vpon the Sainctes Ephe. 11. hée béeing ordained thereto of God before the beginninge of the worlde was made vnto our glory Touching whome in this Booke of mans glorification wée must especially looke vnto Christes two coÌ„mings séeing that hée is the Author and finisher of our redemption and hath adopted vs to be the sonnes of glory by appearing once in the fleshe to put sinne to flight by the offering vp of him self to death whome the Father raysed vp to lyfe and is entred into heauen to appeare now in the sight of God for vs and shall come againe to chaunge our vile bodyes Phil. 3. to be facyoned lyke to his glorious body Wherfore in that wée haue such an high Aduocate in heauen by whome wée haue an incorruptible crowne of blessednes propounded and set before vs Let vs walke woorthy and laudable vnto God according to the grace giuen vs in Iesus Christe that wée may obteine the rewarde thereof And now to consider the purpose of the heauenly Father how hée hath blessed vs in all manner of heauenly thinges by Chris te according as hée hath chosen vs that wée should be Saints through the beloued Iesus It followeth that wée kéepe alwayes a ioyfull remembrance that as the glory of the last house or teastament of God was greater then the first so is it in the manner of the two commings of Christ for first hée came in the humilitie of the fleshe to be to vs a sauing health béeing borne of the Virgin Mary by the woorking of the holy Ghoste very man and mortall and yet the same very GOD and immortall who béeing in the shape of God and equall with God Collos s â— Phil. 2. in whome dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godhead bodyly yet did he neuerthelesse make him self of no reputation takeing vpon him the shape of a seruant and became lyke vnto man and was founde in his apparell as a man humbling him self to all obedience for though hé e were Gods sonne yet learned hée obedyence Heb. 5. by those things which hée suffered and was made perfect Ihon. 1. and the cau se of eternall saluation vnto al that obey him according to Iohn In the beginning was the woord and the woord was with God and the woord was God and this woorde was made fleshe beeing the lyfe and light of men giuing power to all that beléeue in him to be the sonnes of God for it pleased the father to send his sonne in the sinfull fleshe béeing without sinne and by sinne dampned sinne in the flesh and loused the woorkes of the deuill Rom. â— Whome he maketh heire of all things béeing the brightnes of him self bearing vp all thinges with the woord of his power for so it was the will of the Father that in him should all fulnes dwell Heb. 1. and that in him all thinges should haue their béeing that hée might be all in all Thus the Almighty Creator hath performed his blessed promyse Collossians â— when hée sayde that the séede of the Woman shall breake the Serpents head and when long after he sayd vnto Abraham vnto thy séede will I giue this land Gen. 3. for one that come out of thine owne body shall be thyne heire and thy seede shall bee as the starres in number And Abraham beléeued the Lord and it was imputed to him for righteousnes Gen. 15. And also the Lord sayde againe to Abraham when he was 89 yeare olde I will make my couenant betwéen mée thée and will multiply thé e excéedingly for behold my testameÌ„t is with thée that thou shalt be a father of many nations my bond betwéen mée thée thy séed after thée shal be an euerlasting testament Gen. 17. I wil be good to theÌ„ giue theÌ„ the land wherin thou art a stranger euen all the lande of Canaan for an euerlasting possession and wil be their God for Saâ—a shall beare a sonne and thou shalt call his Name Isac and she bare Abraham a sonne euen the same season which the Lord had appointed Thus it pleased the Almightie God to choose vs and not we him shewing foorth hereby the abundancie of his loue and mercie in that he hath mercie vpon theÌ„ which are not yet in the worlde and in that he declareth his great goodnes in multiplying his louing kindnesse towarde those that are present and to them that are past and to them that are to come for after that Adam thorough sinne brought in the corruption of nature that the euill seede of wickednesse was sowen in all mens hearts whereby death raigned by meanes of sinne then this darnell and cockle of vice and iniquitie did grow ripe in the first generations of Adam that they walked after their owne stubborne and fleshly will neglecting Gods goodnes That the Lord was thereby prouoked to bring his water floud vpon the world and destroy all mankind except Noye and his houshold And then after that the ofspring of Noye was againe multiplied to a great people by processe of time they waxed also vngodly and wicked but the Lord had giuen his raine bowe for a couenant that he would neuer destroy the world with watermore And then the most highest did choose him a man from among them whose name was Abraham whom he loued and to him onely God shewed his wil and made an euerlasting couenant with him promising him as is aforesaid that he will neuer forsake his seede and so in his old age gaue him Isaac the first testimonie of Gods promise and couenant begun so faithfully performed in Christ Iesus to the ioy and comfort of man in that we see euidently that God is righteous and true and hath giuen vs an assured hope of our election that by that onely seede of Abraham we shal enioy the euerlasting possession of that new blessed land of Canaan the first lande of promise Therefore this record we must beare in our selues that God is true and that what hee do or say can no man change what he promiseth he can not but perfourme And nowe the more to confirme this ioye faith hope which Abraham our first father of beliefe had to God in respect of the birth of Isac and prosperitie of his seede The Lorde to our example tryed whether righteous Abraham would beare an immutable minde towardes his God to loue him aboue all the dearest thinges which he
droue off from day to day till the floud came vnawares vpon them and ouer whelmed gulled into their throts Gen. 7. and how lamentable the Sodomites were that abode in sinne and wallowed in the lustes of the flesh and pleasure of the world and in the lusts of eating and drinking and vicious life euen till the fire and brimstone came downe from heauen and consumed and burnt them vp mo st â—ufully and heauily but now behold Gen. 19. there is comming a thousand fold more of fire and brimstone of flames of wee of flouds of sorrow and burning plagues of paine at this daye when all the frame of this world shall flye on a fire and the Lord shall say depart ye cursed into euerlasting woe the before turne vnto me saith the Lord and I will turne vnto you and hast to come away yee people from slumbring in sinne Zach. 1. and tarry no longer in your carnall lustes and worldly desires walking with old Adam in filthy and vaine conuersation but awake and rise vp to Christ in holines of life knowing that you are redeemed with his precious bloud as of a lambe vndefiled and without spot that you may be found vnto laud honour and glorie at the appearing of Iesus Christ Pet. 1.1 when ye shal giue accoumptes to him who shall come with all power Pet. 1.4 to iudge the aâ—icke and dead for which cause ye ought to awake out of sinne and sit downe vpon the lap of repentance there making you readie dayly and hourely with the garments of righteousnes the breast plate of faith and loue and putting on the golden helmet of hope the precious badge of your saluation thereby making your calling and election sure that when his glorie appeareth you may be merry and glad and not ashamed Wherfore consider this dreadfull day in which behold how wofull how trembling and fearefull it shall be to see all the borders of the heauens and earth in a raging blaâ—â—ng and consuming fire that wee shall crye vnto the hilles and rockes to fall on vs and how pitifull shall this day be in which all the kindreds of the earth shall mourn with greeuous lamentings and weepings therefore let this consideration enter into the eares of thy heart as the sounde of a terrible trumpet â—â—uddering and shaking thy fleshly man with the remembrance of the groning cryes of the wâ—es in hell and aâ—â—mating thy inward man with the ioyfull voices of blessednes in heauen considering that such is the glorie that the gospell propound of the one side and such is the dreadfull damnation which it threateneth of the other siâ—e as that the one is an eternall kingdome of glorie prepared for the good and godly people the ioy whereof surpasseth the other is a place of horror and a furnace of vnquencheable paines ordained for the wicked into the which they shall be damned and cast from the face of their Gâ—â—â— there remaining swallowed vp into the dreadfull and arke gulphes of hell for euer and euer and there shall continue tormented with fire and brimstone for euer where euerie place and corner is filled with curses and woes and with most heauy lamentations and bewaylinges where alas the heapes of woes the stormes of punishments the raging of spirites the horror of Sathan and the crying of soules may pearce your hartes with the woundes of sorrow to think of the griefes that shal be accompanied with the lameÌ„table damnation of departing from god from his kingdom of heauen whereby it shall make that day of sentence and iudgement of death giueÌ„ by Christ to be most trembling dreadfull and fearefull Notwithstanding there is no cause why any man shuld feare himselfe so that he perseuere in the christian faith good life as a sure refuge and anker He that beleeueth neede not feare although great shal be the feare of the dreadfull day of dome when Christ shall shew himselfe sodenly vnlooked for from an high after the maner of a flash of lightening dreadful to the wicked who shall be cast into euerlasting fire uost amiable louely to the godly persons which shal be called to the feloship of the heauenly kingdome for the Lord will let none of his chosen be away but be shrowded vnder the protection of his Angels for it is written Psal 34. the angel of the Lord tarrieth about them that feare him deliuereth them yea hee will comfort them euen when that sodaine and sore perplexity of mind and earnest des peration shall go as a quauie and wind ouer all nations that the people of the earth shall consume and pine away as peple of an other world for feare of beholding the terrible stroke of God the powers of heuen to moue contrarie to their creation the earth shake and reele the sea boyle and swel with most dreadful roring noise to the dismaing of al mens hartes to behold the whole vniuersall world and al the nature of things ready to be shaken in sunder like an earthen pot when the bright shining s un being the fountaine of the light of the earth heauens shal with sodain darknes couer his face imbraiding the vngodly with their blindnes because they would not see follow imbrace the euerlasting s on lanterne of the world Iesus Christ the moone shal giue no light and the stars fall which hath bene so many hundred yeares fastened to the firmament Then the glorie of the Lord shal come his face burne that no man can abide it Esay 3. and shall set vp the power of his voyce an angrie countenaunce with a consuming fire then the kinges shall vani sh as the scums of the water and shall say to the mountaines couer vs Ose 9. and to the hilles fal on vs fearing the fire of Gods indignation now kindled ouer the whole world doubting to be girded in the flame thereof whereat all the nations of the world shal strike their breastes beholding the signe of the sonne of man which being sâ—ne a vniuersall trepidation shall come vnto all mens hartes when the Iewes shall see whom they haue offended and the Gentiles s hal see the maiestie of the crosse which they laughed to scorne for they shall see the sonne of man whom they dispised comming on high in the cloudes of the ayre with a great armie of Aungels Esay 26. who commeth out of his place to visite the wickednes of them that dwell vpon the earth and who shall abide it for then shall the axe be put to the roote of the trees so that euery tree that hath not brought foorth good fruit shall be hewen downe and cast into the fire when fire and brimstone storme tempest shall be their portion to drinke which obstinate sinners haue heaped to them selues despising the goodnes patience and long suffering of God which meanes he vsed in their life time to call them continually to repentance but then shall
and washe you cleane and cleanse your corrupted harts by washing away your euill thoughtes wicked lusts and sinfull déedes in the blood of Christe by true repentance and newnes of lyfe least you be cast hedlong from the inheritance of heauinly pleasure into the filthie lake of perpetuall sorrowe and miserie and all yée Inhabiters of the earth striue against sinne and cast from you the fellowship of Ipocrisie enuy pryde couetousnes with all other sinnes and cut of from your hartes the cloisters of euill thoughtes and the braunches of wicked imaginations that you may bee found woorthie at the great day of the LORD to bee translated into the kingdome of glorie Wherefore consider the terrour of the day of iudgment and beholde how all kyndreds dooth stand shaking and be wailing before the highe Iudge that it may inforce vs to teares for to thinke on that daye when shall bee séene that moste great lamentable and euerlasting seperation departing of the elect from the dampned and this departing shall be such as that the one parte shall be cast into hel Mark 9. into the fire that neuer shal be quenched out of which no wéeping teares can restore vs where sayth Mark that the worme dyeth not and the fire neuer goeth out when shall be fulfilled that heauie voice Wo be to you that are riche Luke 6. for you haue therein your consolation woe bee to you that are full for you shall hunger woe bee to you that now laugthe Math. 11. for yee shall waile and weepe and theÌ„ shall bee heard that voyce of terrour and wretchednesse saying Woe bee vnto thee Châ—rasin Woe bee to thee Bethsaida whiche so little regarded and estéemed the Myracles and the Doctryne doone in thee which if they had bene done in Tyre and Sydon they would haue repented in sackcloth and ashes Therefore I say to thee it shall be easier for Tyre and Sydon at the day of iudgement then for you And wo be to thee Capernaum which art lift vp euen to heauen being so proud thou shalt be brought downe into hell for if the miracles and doctrine done in thee had bene done in Zodome they had remained vndestroyed till this day therefore it shall be easier for the land of Zodome in the day of iudgement then for thee wherefore beware ye carelesse people howe you refuse the doctrine of Christ least you heape to your selues an hard iudgement at the day of the Lord make ye readie that you may go vp to the house of the Lord Esay 2. and to the house of the God of Iacob and walke in his pathes for Christ hath told signes wonders and tokens of his comming And he hath sent you many a Ionas to recall you to repentance and to teach you his doctrine of saluation therefore turne to God least that Nyniuie rise in iudgement against you and the woe of Bethsaida ouertake you for as it happened in the time of Noye so shall the comming of the sonne of man be they eate they drank they married wiues and were married Luk. 17. euen vnto the same day that the floud came and destroyed them all like wise also as it chanced in the daies of Lot they eate they dranke they bought they sold they planted they bilt and euen the same day that Lot went out of Zodome it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen and destroyed them all And after these examples shall it be in the day when the sonne of man eppeareth and then two shall be in bed the one receiued the other forsaken two grinding at the mill the one receiued the other forsaken Therefore harken O earth and ye indwellers of the earth to this terrible day of the Lord yea cast off your mantle of securitie and slacknes and open your blunt hartes and dull eares giuing a carefull eare to the sentence which the Apostles doe giue Matth. 19. Matth. 25. that shall sit with Christ in iudgement saying take cast the vnprofitable seruant into vtter darknesse And Iohn Paul saith That all vncleane persons that worke abominations Reuel 21. 1. Cor. 6. and lyes the fearefull vnbeleeuing murtherers whoremongers sorcerers Idolaters couetous drunkardes extortioners theeues weakelens cursed speakers enuious persons continuing to death without repentance from the bottome of the heart shal haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death for as the trée falleth so doeth it lie whereupon beware ye wicked worldlings sinners the delay and hold off froÌ„ time to time driue off froÌ„ true repentance amendment of life least your sinnes lie heauie vpon you and your heart grow hard in these sinnes can not repeÌ„t and so heape to your selues the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeaÌ„ce according to the prophesie of Enoch Saint Iude. saying behold the Lord shall come with thousands of saints to giue iudgement against all meÌ„ to rebuke all that are vngodly among them of all their vngodly deedes which they haue committed of all the cruell speakings which vngodly sinners haue spoken against him TheÌ„ shal the Lord cry with a loud voice Reuel 14. like a lion that roareth vnto his angels to thrust in the sharpe sicle and gather the clusters of the earth and to cut downe the grapes of the earth the wicked and sinfull people and cast theÌ„ into the great winefat of his wrath and the winefat is troden wtout the citie of new IerusaleÌ„ yea it is trodeÌ„ in the place of extreme darknes in the hideous dungen of hel in al horror of bloody sorrowes for the reward of sinne is death and hell where it stincke with brimstone that cannot be abodden where behold with piteous eyes how the soules of the dampned bewayle in woe where all mirth and ioye are turned to woes where all songes and musicke are wooes where feasting and banketting be woes where daunsing and loue toyes be wooes playes and pastimes be woes and where golde and siluer and all gay things of this worlde are chaunged into wretchednesse and woes And of all other this is the most dreadfull woe Eâ—trenseâ—â—â— which is the depriuation of hope from comming out of those wooes And thus the miserable dampned soules are euermore tormented with fire and brimstone and the smoke of their tormentes ascendeth vp for euer and euer And neuer haue rest day and night and they crye piteously to the Lorde and hee heareth not and though they neuer cease from teares yet the Lorde regardeth them not And then they knowe when it is too late that all worldly thinges are vanities and miseries and they woulde repent and it helpeth not and thus they weepe and wayls in dolourouse tormentes and gnawe their tongues in most rigorous paine And so in great burning they drink of the cup of Gods intollerable wrath and heauie displeasure and indignation and they still burne and neuer are burned they seeke death and death
shall say Come ye blessed of my Father inherite the kingdome prepared for you from the beginning of the worlde But vnto the vngodly he shall say Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the Diuell and his Angels And nowe seeing it is so betweene the righteous and the vngodly it behooueth euery man to set his affection vpon righteousnesse and so seeke the Lorde in the singlenesse of heart knowing that he is full gratious and mercifull to all that put their trust in him but to the wicked he is a consuming fire and therefore prease forwarde with all diligence to get vp to the golden stayres of victorie that you may receiue at the appearing of Christ the ende of your faith euen the saluation of your soules and so be translated into Christes kingdome of glorie where you shall dwell accompanied with the blessed Saintes in all heauenly ioyes euerlastingly Moreouer this godly virgin called the light of the Gospell pronounced the sweete sentence of Christ Matth. 11. s aying Come vnto me all yee that are laden and I will refresh you for if you desire to be Christes sheepe Iohn 10. you will heare my voyce And therefore all ye Incommers into this worlde both litle laddes and prettie virgines Come hither and I will shewe you two great houses and buildinges of much admiration which you must knowe because they that walk in the narrow way which leadeth to euerlasting life or that go the brode way vnto distructioÌ„ do walk by one of these houses Math. 7 betwéen which there is great discord contrarietie and disagréement that no man can liue in this worlde but that he is in continuall battel by reason of these two hous es which were neuer fréendes since the beginning And beholde do you not sée vpon the right hand a goodly hil very plesant and beautifull to looke vppon that is mount Sion Esay â— a most faire place and the ioy of the whole earth where GOD is well knowen in her Pallaces and honoured in her Temples as a sure refuge therfore come one and walke about Sion and goe round about her and tell the Towers therof Psalme 48. mark wel her bulwarkes and consider the riches and treasures with in her for there hath God chosen an heritage for vs euen the woorship of Iacob The HABITATION of Iacobs house of Righteousnes and frutes of the Spirit containing the narrow way to saluation CHRIST is the Dore. Light of the Gospel Treuth Veritie Grace Peace Loue. Ioy. True professi Knowledge godly desire spiritual thrist good will godly sorrow Repentance Diligence comfort consolation satisfactiâ—n Godlynes Goodnes holynes Righteousnes Vertue Temperance Faithfulnes Humblenes Meeknes Gentlenes good woorkes kyndnes Constancie Perseuerance feruent loue liuely hope Pacience Perfectnes instant praers long suffering forbearing forgiuing blessing charitie mercie Thankfullnes Graciousnes Tendernes Purenes good thought rendriÌ„g good ferill verteous mind Faith Victorie Q. All those that are borne into the world that wil purchase heauen must enter into Iacobs house and walke according to those vertues and frutes of the Spirit which that house conteines euermore resisting and fighting against the house of Esau which is an aduersary and leadeth to distruction whose great and huge house standeth on the contrary hill vppon mount Seir Gen. 36. and hath many wyde gates and open windowes to go in at and is full of vnrighteousnes sinne and wickednes that hée that walketh in this house and is a fréend héerto is an enemy to God and goeth the way to perdition Abdy 1. Esaus house the frutes of the flesh and olde ADAM The brode way Flesh World Deuil Sin wickednes Lust worldly loue Vanities mischeif malice il-thought il-deeds adulterie fornication hatred variance disobedience ambiâ—ion arrogancie sloth flatterie Ipocrisie Idolatrie Ielosie wrath sorcerie witch-craft murther theft disceit treason strife vsury couetousnes extortion vnpurenes drunkennes fleshlines vncleannes Idlenes wantonnes frowardnes vnkindnes sturdines feircenes cruelnes rashnes slacknes heresies erors sects sedition filthie talke brawlings rebukes grudgings mockings iestings floutings peruerse proude high-minded vnnaturall concupisence vnbeleef vnconstant ignorance vngodlines backbiting blaspheming swearing bosting vncharitable impenitent obstinate il-mindes inuentions frutes of darknes And now whosoeuer walketh in Esaus house according to his frutes is in the broade way to distruction So that hée which walketh according to Iacobs house is spiritually minded which is life and peace Rom. 8 and hée that followeth the frutes of Esau is fleshly mynded and that is death Therfore if you will liue with Christe crucifie the woorkes of Esau by wrestling against fleshe and blood worldly vanities and spirituall wickednes that you may ouercome the world and inioy the crowne of victory Then after that the light of the Gospell had thus shewed the difference betwéen the righteous and vngodly and had declared the waies of Iacob and the wayes of Esau and what is the end of him that soweth spiritually and of him that soweth fleshly then did that pure Virgin Constancie and perseuerance to the end say that the bare knowledge héereof was not sufficient but that it was required at all mens hands to holde fast the treuth and not be remooved away from the Gospell Ieames â— and s o to be doers and not only hearers wheruppon shée pronounced a swéet exhortation to all people that desire to come to the supper of the blessed Lamb. saying O yee humble Sheepe of god follow your Leader goe on with your guyde beholde it is your LORD and Sauiour Christ who is the sweet Sauiour of lyfe vnto lyfe the Author and finisher of your saluatioÌ„ be willing to follow him and walke in his pathes and you shall finde all the grices steppes and staires wherby to clime vp to vs in heauenly Ierusalem Therfore stretch and prease forward to obteine the mark appointed the rewarde of the high calling of god in Christe which to obteine you must striue to ouercome in this worlde many great battels wilde beastes strange locustes which will come vpon you but faint not for beholde he sitteth in heauen holdeth the garlands of glorie in his hand to deck you with the Diadems of glorificatioÌ„ if you stand stedfast for that cause abyde all sorrowes and persecutions with boldenes of faith and immoueable patience sé eing it prepare such an excéeding and eternall weighte of glorie for you But what O yée men you séeme to be perfect in the profession of the Gospell Cor. 1.10 then beware you that séme to stand that you fall not for beholde the great day of tribulation is yonder comming what are you now affraid does t thou shrink doest thou goe backward from the profession of the pure Gospell of Christe feare not saith Christe him that killeth the body but feare him that destroyeth soule and body into hell fire yea holde fast sayeth hée the patience of my name Math. 10. and thou shalt haue a crowne