The difficulty of and the encouragements to a reformation a sermon preached before the…

But yet there are many urgent motives and arguments, why Reformers should go on.

But yet there are many urgent motives and arguments, why Reformers should goe on.

1. Because God hath severely punished the neglect of any order he hath left with his Church; though they have done much, yet if they have not done completely, he hath been angry; Hence you read so often, Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; May not the judgement upon Nadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire; may not the breach God made upon Uzzah, for ever awaken Reformers, that they should not be conniving and indulgent to the breach of the least command of his? O ye worthy Patriots, think not that you are free, and at your own disposal, how much or how little is to be done for God, you are accountable to God for jotas and tittles.

1. Because God hath severely punished the neglect of any order he hath left with his Church; though they have done much, yet if they have not done compleatly, he hath been angry; Hence you read so often, Neverthelesse the high places were not taken away; May not the judgement upon Nadab and Abihu, for offering strange fire; may not the breach God made upon Uzzah, for ever awaken Reformers, that they should not be conniving and indulgent to the breach of the least command of his? O ye worthy Patriots, think not that you are free, and at your owne disposall, how much or how little is to be done for God, you are accomptable to God for jotaes and tittles.

2. There is nothing more odious unto him then corruptions in his Church: what detestable names doth che Scripture put upon Idols? and the false Prophet is called the tail; and our Saviour when he was to purge out the corruptions from his Temple, He makes a whip, and drives the polluters out; a strange way it was, but hereby he would show how odious such were to him, even as so many dogs in his presence; Consider that speech,