have, and to reſiſt the extravagant motions of his will, yet, of his own corrupt reaſon, fo far as they were in any thing contrary to the holy Will of God; though in order to this, he allo uſed Faſting and Prayer, and ſuch a&s of external Diſcipline, as his wiſdom taught him, were any way proper to this end : And this he tells us that hedid, ft while hy preached to others, he himſelf ſold be # caſi-away. From whence we may obſerve, That Pau/ thougit | ſuch a thing poflible, that one who all his life had been preacting to-others, to bring them ro heaven, might himſe}f be chrown into Hell at laſt ; and if it had not, our Saviour would never have toll us, That he would at the laſt day ſay -to ſome, Depart from m!, | know you not, you workers of 1niquity, who for their admittance had pleaded, We have propheſied- in thy Name. Nor muſt we queſtion but Fu4ze whom our Saviour calls a Sox of Perdition, was a loſt man as to eternity, though it be certain, that he as well as the other Apoſtles, was a Preacher ofthe Goſpel : yea, fo far is thus from being impoſſible, that ir was the the opinion of Chryſoftom, Tit few Miniſters would be ſaved. We may alſo further obſerve, Thit ſach Miniſters as indulge their body, giving themſelves liberties either more externally in meats, drinks, apparel, pleaſures; 0 more internally, indulging themſelves in ſinful ſpeculations, M# tions, affeQions, inclinations, take a quite contrary road to Het ven than Paul took ; and think they have a great deal mor? libets ty ta the fleſh than $. Pau! thought he had, or then he durk uſe,
CHAP. X.
The Tews Sacraments had the ſame ſenſe with ours : and were Tip! tour of. 1—5. as alſo their Puniſhments for Idolatry, Fornication, Tem ing Chrift, and murmuring againſt him, a warning, univ s, motive to watchfulneſs. 6—12. God's Faith fulnsſs under our Temps trons. 13. He exharts them to flee from Idolatry. Trey who have Come munon with Chriſt at his Table, ought not ts have ſuch with = # ther Feaſts, Whereby we provoke God's Jealonſie and offend _ 14—24. But they might eat of whatſoever was publickly fog # brought in at # Common Feaſt,” and Notice given them. 25—14- 4 neral Exhortation, to do a8 things for the Glory of God and the Edifice
tion of our Neighbour, 2 1—}}q.
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e might not be like one bring it int ly the Apo. not only our the School. :alled rhe ly t10ns of our ince the Fall. 1 many other p02 the earth, body ; andin« zath, Rom. 1, "he objeCt 4 IT exerciſe 4+ IC and J:\te wed from the | Games, who and blue, and yord (ignificth 1, fo as hewill :0 Words the -Jarech himfelf + his Race for ofc his labour, zends his time s duty of Pall ach as faſting, ach too ſhort; rupt affe8cons e bodily mem- od means1n0r- he made it his 's as it would | is will, yet, of thing contrary $, ; alſo uſel ſcipline, as his end: And t he himſelf ſult at Paul thou been preaching "be thrown into never have t0 part from me, | admittance 1 1} we que 101 was a loſt man 11 as the other ar is this fro Chryſoftom, Tit er obſerve, 1! ſelves libert!s, 1, pleaſures; 0 eevana, _ road to rid re more libet- An he durk uſe,
{ were TyÞts there nication, Tem ing, unto , under 07 Temp" ey whohave 0m "<< with 1d # and offend other J publickly ſola #
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LCORINTHIANS
Chap. Y.
be ignorant, how that all our fathers were 9-* under the cioud 4, and * all paſſed through me
lea 9.
s The Apoitle ſaw that many in this Church of Corinth were puſfed up with cher knowhkage, and ocher gitts and great pri- 4 viledges with which Ged had bieticd chem ; as allo with the Oh {rd Mtg om " nion of their being a Goſpel-Church, and ſome of the fri fruits Fran reſpet "op ' of the Gentiles unto Chiiit, and might therefors think, that they needed nor to be pref]:d to ſuch degrees of ſtriQaeſs and | * warchfulnels LG beat _ — = _ _ —"— ; 7211 prelump' ion, the OItle Qere Icts betore them the ex : : al coor the Charch of the jos , when he tells rh-m, he would Bread in the Lord's Supper is the Body of Chr:/% me nave them , = ——_ 15, ” would _ _ ow |
ember, he would have them well acquainted with, and to , < DG this, That all the Jews in Moſes his time, whom he —_— og be underſtood the water that God made
Ils their Fathers, not according tothe fleſh, (or the Corinthians | ck, 15 evident; bur
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were not deſcended from J<ws) but with reſpett to the Covenant
and their cefation they ſtood unto God, as they were the.only peo. |
Re. And d'd all drink the ſame * ſpiritual drink e : for © Pſl. 75. tney drank nf that ipiritual Rock that || followed them, 75 Se *- and that Rock was Chriſt he DS | tut e And all the Jews, as wel) tt; that periſhed in the Wil- h derneſs, as the (> that were preſerved co $9 info Cauaan,they drank + of the water which came our of the Rock, of which we read, | rw bs waich water was ſpiritual drinkin the | tre Mena was ſpiritual meat, beins miracu- lo: ſly produced, and being a fignre of Chriſt. For faith the _ Apoſtie, That Rock was Chriſt, that is, thar Rock id i19nifie or {prefigure Chriſt. The Rock was Chri\t in the faine ſenſe that the FS!
, That is a ſign which (8) Here ariſerh a queſti- Rock followed them? Thar by _ - to flow out though we read of Water twice q ; ferched our of the Rock upon Moſes ſmiting of it, once ar Rephi. n '4:m, before they came ſo far as Mount $1231, Excd. 17. 6. ano- :
by Divine Intitution did ſignifie Chriſt. on in what ſenſe it is ſaid, Tha: ths
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. i'r I " 4 , . je God had on earth; theſe, he faith, were al of thew(rthe whole | her time a Cadiſh, Num. 20. 7, 8. yet do we no where read hn
Camp of 7ſrae!) under very great privile@ges, of which he rec-
th divers, they were under the condutt of the Cloud, Exod. ; ; ag"? b And they all obrained the favour of God fo far for | cos New Teftamene relating to the Hiſtory of the Old T'sſtz- them, as to divide the Red Sea, fo as they paſſed through it up- | , with fome