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Show 4os No CROSS, No CR.OWM Vot, t. t668, 1 Ghojl 1 and is t/Je Lamb of God t/Jat taket/J away tbe ~in of tbe World. ~ bid the Fore-runner of the Coming of God (for Emt!lanllells God With Men) Chap. XX. appear wirhottt the Stare, Grandeur and Luxwy of the World,; ~nd !hall thofe who pretend to Receive the Mdfage, and that for .Gla~-T,dmgt roo, and confefs the Emmanuel, Chrift Jefus, to be tbe ~or~, hve tn the V~nity and Excef:a of the World, and care more for thea Fme Clot~es, DelJcare Difhes, Rich Furniture, Stately Attendance-, an,d Plc:~fant D1verfion, than for the Holy Crofs of C/mjl, and the blcfi'ed !Iarrow Way that leade<h 10 Salvation? He alhamed and Repent 1 §. Ill. Peter, .llndrcw, Philip, and the. rei\ of the Holy Apofi!Ci, were by Calling as well as DoUrine, nor a ~mmnous Peo.ple ; for they .wer~ ~ade up of poor Fifhermen and Mech.m1cks: Fo.r ~hnft called hot h1s ;D1fctples out of higher Rahks of Men, nor had they Abtltty! any more th~n '";til, to ufe the Exciffes herein reproved. You may conce1ve wha11 thetr Ltves were, by what their Mafter.r's Dodrine was; for they w~rc the true Schol~rs. of his , Heavenly Difcipline. Peter t~us fpeaks, and exhorterh. the Chn~~lns of l Pet. 3• 3•4• his Time, Let nor your Jl.Jgrnmg he that 01_1/tvard Jldormng of Pla111ng_the Hair, and the Wearing of Gold, and of pu.rrz~g on of il.ppa~el; but let II hi rbe Hidden Man of the Het~rt, in /~tit tebt_cb zs 'f!DI Ccrr'f'przble, even the Ornament of a Meek and Quiet Spint, wb1cb ism the S1ghr of God uf great Price; for after this Manner in the old Time, ~be Holy Wom~n, who a!fot~kfl· Cb. t. 11, 14 ed in God, .AtforneJ rbemfe!vu. Wberefo~e g1rd '!P the Lotnr of y~u~ llftndt, '1· be Sober, and hope to the End, tU ohe41tnt OH!tlreR, not Ffljhronmg }'Q·'" ftlves auordiJtg Jo yoNr former Lujls, m yo11r l1,noranfe, but at h:, ubub barb coOed you i1 holy, _fo be yoM lfoly In all .manner Of GonverfattM, and living aU Diligence, adding ttl your Faith, Virtue ; to Vfrtue, Knowledge.; $Pet.'· ~-J2 and ro Knowledge, Temperanct.l and to Temperan_ce •. Pattence; and to Partence, God!inefr; and to Godlme{~, Brotb~rly Kmdnefr' and to Brother!) . KinJ.neJr, Charity; for if tbeje 1bmgr he ~n )'OU and abound, they malo:e )'Oil that yo~ttjhafJ be neaber Barren 'tor Unfruujul: For Joan Entrance jbdb he mini/Ired unto you abundantly, into the Ef!erlafli11g. Ki11gdom_ ~~our Lo~d. and t Pet. 3•9• Saviour Jefm Cbrifl: 'Nor rendring Evil far Ev1l, or Rat!mg for Rmlmt; but crmtrarywife, Blejfing; knowi11g, that ye are thereunto called, tb~t ye fhould Inherit a 8/ej)ing.· For even bere11ntO were )'C ct~lledJ beca~tfe Chrijl aiCh. 2. 21,22, fo_{ujfe~ed for_ 111, leaving _115 ~n Ex~mp!e, that we jhou!djoll~w hU Steps,~lw 23.. did no Sm, ne1tber was Guile found m bu Mouth; tobo, wben he wa~ Rtvt~J, be Reviled not again;· wbetr befuffer'd, be Tbreatned not, but commuredbu•~ Jet{ to him tba_tjudgctb ritbteoMjly. §. IV. PAUL, who was alfo an Apo!lle, thou~h, as he faith, born DUt of due Time: A Man of great Knowledge and Learning, bnt I collnt it, fairh Phn. 1. 8, he; all Lojs for tbe Excelle•cy of tbc Knowledge of Cbrijl Jefus my Lord, for w1)()m I havefuffered the Loft of all ThJtl{r, and do count the, but Dll~l} that I may win Cbrifl. Brethren, be foUo«err of me, and mark them f!)hub walkfo, tU ye bave 111 [or an Example : For m<1ny fJ.Ja/k, of whom I pave toll )Oil often; and now ullyou, even Weeping, that they ore the Enemu of the Croj$ D/ Chrifl, whofe End U Deftru{lion' for their Gcd is their Bell], tkey gla'rJ in their Shame, and tbeymind earthly Thi11gr. For 011r Co~tvcr{dllon is in Heaven; from whence we lock alfo f or our Savio~~r, tbe Lord Jefm 1 Tim.2. (j, Clrrifl. ln like ftlrmncr alfo, I will that TVomen Adorn Jbemfclver itt 11JOdejl .AIJf?ttrtl, witb Shamrfacednej$ and Sobriety, not witb broidei'ed Hair, or Go!ti, or Pear!t, or coj/ly llrray; but with good Workr, u buofhtth Women prtr [effing Godlinefr. Be Follower.r of God, tU d~ar Cbiidrr1r, and UJalk in Love, atCbrijl alfo hath loved m: BNt Fctrniatidn, and aU. Uttt!ennnefs, ~nd CoveroJJfnefi, let it not be once named amongft yo11, 111 bteOJ!letb Sait!/s ,; neither Eiltbinifs, norloolijh Talking, nor Jefting; tdJicb are not convemenr; b11t rather giving o Tba,kr: For tbis ye know, tbnt no Wbortlt/OI!gcr, Vnc~eatt Perfon, nor Cover om Man, wbo is an ldolflter, htitb an Inheritance in r!Je Krng~ dom of Cbnfl. and of God. See then that you Walk CircllmfpeO!y, not 4' Foolr, .but as Wile, redeeming the Time, becttufe the Dayr are Evil, Wherej fort be)<"~' T.fitwije, /rut Underjl1111dint w/m t/lc Will of tb< Lord n; '}r VoL. i. M C. R 0 S s; No C R 0 W N. 4¢9 be no( Dnm,l toitb Win~, wbtrein K Ex~efs ; b11t be jiBed with 'tbe Splr!i 1668 ' jpeakmg. to your feives m Hymnr and Sptntu(lf Songr, Smgi11g, an/J maldnj ~~ }t1e/oJy JR your lieartr to the Lord. Re;oyce m the Lord alwayr· ttnJ. lfay Cb xx.J again, . Rcjoyce. Let your Mode.ration be hnown to all Men, jor ~he Lord H 3p. at Hanrl. Be carc[Hl for notbrng, for we broughtnothifll into thiS WorM and it is certain we can c:ury nothing out: And, having Food and Raimen/r let ur be therewi(h cont~nt l for. Godlinifr r~ith Conrcr.rmenr i1 great Gain; But. thty tht~t wtl! be Rub, /allyuo Tem_ftallon,, nnd a Snare, and into man-y1 foo!ijh and burt{lll Lujl~, WhiCh dtoroh .Men '': Perd~tion ana DejlrufJJOiz ; for the Love of Money IS the Root of all Evil, whtrb whiij/fome coveted· af~er, they ~ave erred from the Fairh, and pierced themfelv~ through""' wtth m~ny Sorrows; bltlt~ou, 0 Jlf~n of God, flee tbife Thingr, aitdfoUow after Rrgl~reoufne.fs, Godlmefs, Fmtb, Love, Patience, Meeknifr. Fi1,bt the t,ooiiF1gbt of Paith, and Jay hold on Eternal Life, whereunto tbotrart al-fo calld, and bajl profoJJed n good· ProfeJ!ion before many TVitnejJes. ] give' thee charge m t!u Stgbt of God, who quuknetb all Tbi'!ts and before Chrijll Jrftli~ wbrJ before Pon.tius Pilate withe.ffed a good Conjeffion, that thou keep t1Jts Commandmen_r Without fpot, unrebu!ceakle, u_nril the .t1.ppearing of our Lord .Jifm. CIJtifl. Cbarf,e .them that. are_Rlch uJ this World, tbtlf they bY not H1gh-mrnded, nor truft 1n un'certJin Rtchcs, bur in tbe Living God wbo givGt.h m ri•hly aU. Thing~ to. c(1joy, ~h~t t~eydo Good, that rhq he Ri~b iii' $!JOd Works, ready to Diflnh'!u, f!.'t~h't to Co,nmunicate, laying up in jlorel .. Jr-r tbemfe!ver. a. f,~od Foun~fltton a gam}! the T!me to c~me, that t~ey may fnyt bol~ o~ Eternal Life. 0 _Timor~Y, keep that w7J~Cb ·u ·eommltihl"to rbyTrujf, ?. 1/'Votdm,p profodt and vam Bablrngs, and OppojittOns of Science, [aljly.fo call· • 1 ed, whJCh fame pro/effing, h•ve erred cOJrcerning the Faith. Gtac~11e wi'tb' ·~~ee, Am<n. This ''"·' t~e blefl'ed DoElrine thcfe Mefi'engers of Eternal I:.1fc declared, and whtch IS more, tbty lh.IJ m they _ffiake. You find an Ac~ 1 C.?Un~ of th~ir Reception ~n t~e World, and the Way of rheit Living, in• . hts Ftrft Epiftl~ to the Cormrb1a'!r; For I think, faith he, that God barb fer' i Cor.~ forrli 11i (the Apoftles) !aft, 11r 11 were, Men appointed to'Denth, for we a're ma~e a SpeUade to the World, to Angelr, and to .A1.en. TVe au Fools j-ofl Cbti}l_'rSake; wear~ weak, we are tl~(}ifod: Even unto thi$ pi'C{ent Hour a•e' ~oth l[M1f&er and Tbt1'jl, .and hav~ no certain dwelling Place; and !t~bour, work- 111~ With OMrHanifr: Bemg Rev1led, we }3/efr; being Perfecuted, we fttjfer it;' b~~nx, Defamed, ~'e Entreat .. We are made ar tbt rilth of the World, and areJ •r t!JI OJJ-jco'ilrmg of all T/)lnsr u'nto thlr Day. Th)s was the. Entertainment thofei faithful Followers of jefus rc:'ceived at the Hands of an Urigrateful World; But he who tel.ls ~s of thts! alfo.tells us, it is no un·ufual Thing; Fo)', faith he, fuch.ar tvr!J ilve Godly trt Chri}l Yefin, mujlf11J!er Perft'c11rion. Benaes, ~e k~CJw, lt had been the Portion of the Rightedus in preceding) Age!s! as 1~ hts ~xce_llenr.Account of the Faith, Trials and ViElory of tht~ Holy Anctems, 10 h1s Ep1fil~ to the Hebrewr, he does largely exprefs, where Chap. u~ h~ tellS u~, how ~rel~ a Sojourner ilbrabam was, even in the Land of Pro- ~tfejl a St.r.tnger m ~IS ow~ Coum~y, (for God had given it unto him and' hts ~ftenty) Du;ellmg, .Mah he, tn Tenu, with !fane and Jacob. Apd .whY. n.ot better ferric~? Was 1t for Want of Underftanding, or Ability, or Mlte.: !i~ls? l;J'o, He gtves a. berter Reafon; For, faith he, .Abraham look'd for, Ory wh~eh h1rd FoMndattonr, w~ofe. B11i/Jer atid Maker is God, Arid fpe:1king of .Mojer, he tells us, Thnt by Faub, mhen be war collie to Yettrr of Difcre• rio'};' he re(Jt(ed t~ be cafltd the Son o/ PhlrJoh's !Jaligbter, cbufing t'nther td fuJ!er .Affilflron fJ.!IIh the People of God, than to enjoy the Pleafures of Sinfo; tt St~fon, efteemmg the Reproach of Cbri.ft greater Riches tban the Treafld~ fJf Eg-ypr; [or he kad rejpe[/ untd the Reco'!'pcnte of Rewar~, nor feared he the Wrath of the Kmg, for he endured, feeJttg him whq H invijible. He adds, and otfJers bad !ryalr of erne/ Mockingr and Scourgi1ftr; Teq, noreotur, of Bonlr an11Imprifonmdttr-: They were ftoned, ~hey wereftJU'ed t1funder, weu I~J~d, were Slain f11ith a Stt'trrd; they tvaridertd about in Sheep-Sjins and Go,rt-S:+.lns, fuing Deffiruu, Af}liOeJ, Tonlltnred, of rubom the World r»tu nOt WOrthy. They wandcr'd in Defaru, and in fth,lflitainr, and in Denr, nn4 G g g Cave> |