Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, Chapter 5 · Verse 16
Vers. 16.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father which is in heaven.
This is the conclusion of this reason; where, by shining, is meant ministeriall teaching, whereby they make knowne Gods will vntounto his people: wherewith, he also requireth answerable practise in a godly life: as if he should say, Seeing by your calling you are so conspicuous to the world, therefore looke to the euidence of your Ministerie, and to the holinesse of your liues, that so the people may not onelyonly heare your doctrine, but also see your good workes, and thereby be mooued to follow the same, and so to glorifie God in heauen.
A most worthy conclusion, wherein obserue two points touching the ministerie of the word: First, in what manner Ministers must teach the word: Secondly, the ende of all teaching. For the first: Gods word must first be preached, that men may heare it: secondly, therewith must goe an vnblameable conuersation, bringing forth good workes, that men therein may see the will of God. Here then are two parts of a ministers2. parts of a Ministers office. office, Doctrine, and good life; and they must goe together in him that is a good Minister. Hee that teacheth to write, will first giuegive rules of writing to his schollers, and then set them copies to followe; and so doth eueryevery master in his Art: there is no learning of any thing, vnlesse examples goe with rules. Againe, God will hauehave men to learne his will two waies; by Hearing, and Seeing: the Minister therefore, that is to teach Gods will, must not onelyonly by doctrine instruct the eare, but by a godly life exemplifie his doctrine vntounto the eie: 1. Tim. 4. 12. Be vntounto them that beleeue, an example in word, and in conuersation.
In regard of this double charge, that lies on eueryevery Minister, the peopleVse. for their parts, must remember, in all their praiers to …raue of God, that the Ministers may be enabled to teach Gods wil, both in doctrine and life. The Apostle Paul doth sundrie times require the Churches to whom he writ, to pray for him in regard of his cRom. 1…. 3… 2. Cor. 1. 1…. …ph. 6. 19. Colos. 4 3. 2. Thes. 3. 1.Ministerie. Now if so worthy an Apostle had need to bee praied for, much more hath eueryevery ordinarie Minister in Gods Church. And great reason it should be so, for the diuell stands dZ…k. 3. 1.at Iehoshuahs right hand to resist him: e1. Th. 2. 18.he hindred Paul from comming to the Thessalonians. Though he maligne eueryevery beleeuer, yet he aimes especially at the Minister, that he may cause him to faile, if not in teaching, yet at least, in the exemplifying of his doctrine, by a sincere and godly conuersation.
Now, because Christ requires of eueryevery Minister, besides teaching, the euidence of good workes in a godly life; therefore here I will handle this point of good workes: and first shewe what a good worke is: secondly,Of good workes. the differences of good workes: and then obserue the necessitie, the dignitie, and vse of good workes.
I. Point. A good worke, is a worke commanded of God, and done by a A good worke described.man regenerate in faith, for the glorie of God in mans good. First (I say) it is a worke commanded of God, for Gods will is goodnesse it selfe, and the Rule of all goodnesse in the creature; and eueryevery good thing is therfore good, because it is answerable to the will of God: no worke therfore can be good, vnlesse it be appointed, ordained, and commanded of God: men indeed may inuent and doe many good workes, but they shall hauehave no goodnesse in them, vnlesse they doe accord with Gods wil. Again, good works must be done in obedience to God: now, vnlesse God appoint them, the doing of them cannot be any obedience to his will. Thirdly, will-worship, whereby men thrust vponupon God their owne inuentions for his seruice, is eueryevery where fCol. 2. 22, 23. Deut. 12. 32.condemned: and of like nature be all those actions, wherein men of themselues doe fasten goodnesse, without the will and appointment of God. This point must bee remembred, because the Church of Rome doth teach the contratie;Bellarm…. de Mona. l. 2. c. 7 That a man may doe good workes, not required or appointed by God: but the former Reasons shew this to be false; and the arguments which they bring for their opinion, are nothing but abuse of Scripture, as in these fewe may plamely appeare.
First, they say, the Iewes gLevit. 7. 1…had free-will offerings, which were notObiect 1. commanded in the word, and yet were acceptable vntounto God; and so do many now adaies many good workes acceptable to God, though not commanded. Answ. Their free-wil offerings were ordained of God, and therefore were acceptable: they were onelyonly free, in regard in the time of offering them; but for the manner how, and the places where they must be offered, both these were appointed of God.
Againe, they say, Phinees hPsal. 106. 30, 31.slewe Zimr… and Cosbie with Gods approbation,Obiect. …. though hee was no Magistrate: and therefore workes not commanded of God, may be acceptable vntounto him. Ans. Though Phinees had not any outward commandement, yet he had that which was answerable thereto; to wit, an extraordinary instinct by the spirit, wherby he was carried to doe that fact; which was as much, as if God had giuen him an expresse commandement. And so we may say of the Ministerie of sundry auncient Prophets, who by extraordinarie instinct were mooued thereunto: and vponupon this ground did i1. Ki. 18. 40.Elijah slaie Baals Prophets.
Thirdly, Maries fact (say they) in kMat. 26. 7.powring a boxe of costly ointment Obiect. 3.on the head of our Sauiour Christ, was a good worke; and yet there was no commandment for it in Gods word. Answer. Maries fact was a worke of confession, whereby she testified her saith in Christ, and so was generally commanded, though not in particular. Againe, she was carried thereto by a speciall instinct of the spirit, for lvers. 12.she did it to burie him, (as Christ himselfe testisieth) because his buriall was so speedy after his death, in regard of the approaching of the sabboth, that they could not embalme him, as the manner of the Iewes was; now eueryevery instinct of Gods spirit in the conscience of the doer, hath the force of a particular commandement.
Fourthly, the spirit of God (say they) mooues eueryevery man to anyObict▪ 4. good worke that is to be done; and therefore men need not a particular commandement for eueryevery worke; for those that are carried by the spirit, cannot but doe well? Answer. True it is, the spirit mooueth men to good works freely, but yet this motion of the spirit, is in and by the word of God; and at this day, those instincts which are besides the word, are mens owne fancies, or illusions of the diuell. Many other reasons they alleadge to this purpose, for the Iustifying their vowes of Chastitie, of regular obedience, pilgrimages, trentals, and such like; but they are like to these, and notwithstanding them all, the truth is this; that for substance, a good worke is such a one, as is ordayned, appointed, & commanded by God. And here by the way, we may obserue, that they are farre deceiued, who so much commend the times of Poperie for good workes; for the truth is, that all their oblations to Images, to Monasteries, and to Churches, for Masses, Pardons, and such like, were no good workes, but onelyonly in their owne opinion; for God commanded them not: Now it is the Lords reuealed will, that must giuegive the goodnes to mans worke: Mich. 6. 8. he hath shewed thee O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee.
Next I adde: Done of a regenerate person. The Author of a good worke, is not eueryevery one in the world, but that man or woman that is a member of Christ, borne a new by the holy Ghost: so Christ here saith, Let your light &c. restraining his speech to the persons of his disciples. True it is, that among Turkes and Infidels, many a ciuill man will doe workes of merciemercy, of ciuill iustice, and liberalitie, and will abstaine from outward sinnes, and liue orderly; now these, and such like, though in themselues they be good workes, so farre forth as they are required by the law of nature, or commaunded by Gods word; yet in an infidel, or an vnregenerate person, they are sins: for first, they proceed from an heart which is corrupt with originall sinne, and with vnbeleefe (for the mMat. 12. 35.heart is the fountaine of all actions) and also they are practised by the members of the bodie, which are weapons of vnrighteousnesse; and therefore must needs be like vntounto water springing from a corrupt fountaine, and running through a filthy channell. Secondly, these workes are not done for Gods glorie, and the good of men. Thirdly, they are not done in obedience to God, according to the Rule of goodnesse, the will and word of God, and therefore cannot be good workes. And this must teach eueryevery one that would doe good, to labour for regeneration by the holy Ghost, that so his person may be good, & then shall his workes of obedience be good in Gods sight; for such as the tree is, such will be the fruit: An euill tree cannot bring forth good fruite, nor a good tree euill fruite: Matth. 7. 18. Wee must therefore labour to be engraffed into Christ, for without him, we can doe no good thing; but beeing pa…takers of his grace, we shall abound with the fruits of rightcousnesse, which are by Iesus Christ, vntounto the praise and glorie of God. Phil. 1. 11.
Thirdly, I adde; that good workes must be done in faith: for saith is the cause of eueryevery good worke, and without faith it is impossible to do any good worke. Now, in the doing of a good worke, there is a twofold faith required: First, a generall faith, whereby a man is perswaded that God requires of him, the doing of that worke which he takes in hand: as when a man giueth almes, hee must be perswaded it is Gods will he should giuegive almes; and so for other good workes: for nRom. 14. 1….what soeuer is not of faith, is sinne: that is, whatsoeuer proceedeth not from this perswasion in the conscience, that it is Gods will that such a thing should be done, or should not be done, is sinne; for he that doubteth of the thing he doth, sinneth therein, though the thing done be good in it selfe. Secondly, herein is required Iustifying faith, whereby a man is perswaded in his conscience, of his owne reconciliation with God in Christ: of this it is said, Heb. 11. 6. Without faith it is impossible to please God. This Iustifying faith hath a double vse in the causing of a good worke: First, it giues the beginning to a good worke; for by iustifying faith, Christ with his merits is apprehended, and applied to the person of the worker, and hee thereby is vnited to Christ, who renueth the minde, will, and affections of the worker, from whence the worke proceedeth; and so it is as pure water, comming from a clensed fountaine. Secondly, faith couereth the wants that be in good workes, (for the best worke done by man in this life, hath it wants:) now faith apprehendeth Christ and his merits, and applieth the same vntounto the worker, whereby his person is accepted, and the imperfection of his worke couered in the sight of God; and this must prouoke vsus to labour for faith.
Lastly, I adde; the ende of a good worke; namely, Gods glory in mans good. The honour of God, must bee the principall ende of eueryevery good worke: now Gods honour stands in reuerence, obedience, and thankefulnesse; so that when we doe any good worke, we must doe it in reuerence vntounto God, in obedience vntounto his commandements, and in token of our thankefulnesse vntounto him, for his manifold mercies. The good of man must herein also be respected; the Apostle saith, oGal. 5. 14.The Law is fulfilled in one word, thou shalt louelove thy neighbour as thy selfe: how can this be, seeing to louelove the Lord our God is the great commandement of the Law? It must therefore thus be vnderstood: that the lawe of God must be practised in the louelove of our neighbour, and not apart by it selfe. Againe, the ende of a mans life, and of all his actions, is to serue God, in seruing of man, and by seruing of man, to serue God; as when we pray (which is a good worke) we must not onelyonly respect our selues, but pray for others; as for the Church of God, and for our brethren, as well as for our selues: yea, and for our enemies. So we must heare the word, and receiue the Sacraments, that thereby we may be better able to further our brethren in the way of saluation: this our Sauiour doth here expresse, saying, (that they may see your good workes, and glorifie your father in heauen:) as if he should say, Glorifie you God, and also cause others to doe the same.
First, here we may see what to iudge of the workes done by Papists:The vse. It is commonly thought that they abound with good workes, but it is not so; their best workes are sinnes before God, for they faile principally in the maine ende of well-doing, which is to glorifie God, in the good of men: for a Papist doing a good worke, according to the Rules of their religion, doth it to satisfie Gods iustice, for the temporallTollet. instruct. sacer. lib. 6. cap. 21. punishment of his sinnes, and to merit heauen by it; and so erreth quite from the right end of a good worke, respecting therein, his own good, and nothing at all the good of others.
Secondly, hereby wee may see, for our selues, how farre wee come short in our good workes, for commonly wee faile in the maine ende thereof: men spend their daies and strength in labour and toile, but all is for themselues, for their owne pleasure, their owne profit and preferment, without respect to the good of their brethren: now all such actions wherein men seeke themselues only, and not Gods glorie in the good of others, be sinnefull in the doer, though otherwise good in thē selues. And therefore we must learne, in all our actions, to aime at the glorie of God, in the good of men.
II. Point. Thus we see what a good worke is: now follow the differencesTwo sorts of good works. of good workes. Good workes be of two sorts: First, those which God in his word hath directly commanded, as parts of his worshippe;1 such are praier, thanks-giuing, receiuing the Sacraments, hearing the word, and releeuing the poore; and these are the more principall kinds of good workes. The second sort, are actions indifferent, sanctified2 by the word and praier, and done to Gods glorie; as to eate, to drinke, and such like; for howsoeuer in themselues they bee neither good nor euill, beeing things neither commanded, nor forbidden; and therefore in respect of the things themselues, may with good conscience be either vsed, or refused: yet because God hath commanded the manner how they must be vsed; namely, by beeing sanctified by the1. Tim. 4. 5. word of God, and praier; and the ende thereof, to wit, Gods glorie; therefore when they are so vsed, they become good workes.
VponUpon this difference of good workes, obserue the largenesse thereof, how farre they extend. There be three estates ordained of God, the Church, the Common wealth, and the Familie; and for the preseruation of them, there be sundrie callings required; some whereof, are prescribed of God, and others left to bee appointed by men; as all trades, and such like: now not onelyonly the callings appointed by God, and the duties thereof, are good workes; but euen all inferiour callings, appointed by men, for the good of these three estates; and the duties thereof, bee they neuer so base, if they bee sanctified by praier, and done to Gods glorie, are good works. Example. A man is called to be a shepheard, and doth willingly accept thereof; now, though the calling be but base and meane, yet the workes thereof beeing done in obedience to God, for the good of his Master, are good workes; yea, as good in their kind, as the best workes of the highest callings: and the same may be said of all lawfull callings, and the workes thereof, bee they neuer so base; for God iudgeth not the goodnesse of the worke, by the excellencie of the matter whereabout it is occupied, but by the heart of the doer. This point must be learned, for the Papists conceit doth sticke fast in mens hearts, That there are no good workes, but the building of Churches, and Hospitals, the mending of high waies, giuing of large almes, &c. but we must learne, that eueryevery action of a mans lawfull calling, done in obedience to God, for the good of men, is a good worke before God: and therefore we must so walke eueryevery one of vsus in our callings, that the duties thereof may be acceptable to God. Againe, this will hence follow, that in these our daies, we may as wel abound in such works as be good indeed, as the Papists did in their superstitious. Thus much of the differences of good workes.
III. Point. Now more particularly, in the text are further set down1 three points touching good workes: the Necessitie, the Dignitie, andNecessitie of good works. the Vse of good workes. The necessitie of them appeareth by Christs commanding of them, saying, Let your light so shine, &c. for hereby hee bindeth all Christians, after the example of his Disciples, to walke in good workes. If it be said, that Christ hath freed vsus from the law, and therefore we are not bound to doe good works? I answer, Christ hath freed vsus from the lawe, in regard of the curse and rigour thereof; but not as it is a rule of Christian obedience.
Quest. How farre forth are good workes necessarie to saluation, or to vsus that do them? Ans. There be three opinions touching the necessitieBellar. de Iustifie. l. 4. c. 7. of good workes: First, of the Papists, who hold them necessarie, as causes of our saluation and iustification; but this we hauehave confuted heretofore. Secondly, of some Protestants, who hold them necessarie, though not as principall causes, (for they say, we are only iustified and saued by Christ) yet as conseruant causes of our saluation: but the truth is, they are no causes of saluation, neither efficient, principall, nor conseruant; nor yet materiall, formall, or finall, as hath else-where beene shewed. The third opinion is the truth, that good workes are necessarie, not as causes of saluation, or iustification; but as inseparable consequents of sauing faith in Christ, whereby we are iustified and saued; or as a way is necessarie to the going to a place. The dignity of good2. The dignitie of good works. workes is expressed in this, that they are called good: now they are good only in part, not perfectly, as I shew thus: Such as the tree is, such is the friute; but eueryevery one regenerate is partly spirit, and partly flesh: that is, in part regenerate, and in part naturall and corrupt: this is true of his minde, will, and affections, which are the fountaine of all his actions; and therefore the workes that proceed thence must needes bee answerable; that is, in part corrupt, as they come from nature; and yet good in part, as they come from grace.
Quest. But how can God approoue of them, if they be euill? Ans. We must consider good workes two waies: First, in themselues, as they are compared with the law, and the rigour thereof, and so they are sins, because they answer not to that perfection, which the law requireth: for there bee two degrees of sinnes; Rebellions, which are actions flatly against the lawe: and Defects, when a man doth those things that the lawe commandeth, but yet faileth in the manner of doing, and so are mans very best workes sinnes. Secondly, consider good workes, as done by a person regenerate, and reconciled to God in Christ, and so God accepts of them; for in Christ the wants thereof are couered. But here wee must take heed of the Romish doctrine,Bellar. de Iustif. l. 4. …. 15, …7. which teacheth that good workes are so farre forth good, that there is no sinne in them: their reasons are many to prooue this point, but they hauehave beene heretofore confuted: First, they say, good workes hauehave God for their Author, and therefore are perfectly good? Answ. This were true, if he alone were the author of them; but man is another author thereof, from whom they take their imperfection. They say againe, that here they are called good, but if they had any sinne in them, they should be called euill; for eueryevery sinne is perfectly euill? Ans. Where sinne is vnremitted, it is perfectly euill; but when it is pardoned in our Sauiour Christ, it is as though it were not. Thirdly, they obiect, that if good workes be sinnefull, then they must not bee done; and hereupon they say, that by our doctrine men are bound to abstaine from all good workes. Answer. That which is euill must not be done, so farre forth as it is euill: now good workes are not simply and absolutely euill; they are good in themselues, and in vsus in part, comming from grace: and therefore they must be done, because God requires them at our hands; and for the imperfection of them, wee must pray for pardon in our Sauiour Christ. And here by the way, we may iustly taxe the prowd doctrine of the Papists, who teach, that men may bee iustified by good workes; when as the best workes of any man, in this life, are tainted with sinne, and are farre vnanswerableI… …. 4. … to that perfection, which the law requireth: wee must be of a farre other minde; namely, that for our best workes, God may iustly condemne vsus; because wee hauehave not done them as we ought: therefore Christ bids vsus say of our selues, that when we hauehave done all that we can, we are vnprofitable seruants.
The vse of good workes is here set downe by our Sauiour Christ, to The vse of good works.glorifie God: this is not the whole ende of good workes; and therfore I will propound the same more fully, out of other places of Scripture; for Christ here onelyonly propoundeth that ende of good workes, which concerned his intended purpose.
The vse and ende of good workes is three-fold; either concerningThree fold. 1. Concerning God. God, our selues, or our brethren. As good workes concerne God, they hauehave three vses: First, they serue as meanes whereby1 wee giuegive vntounto God testimonie of our homage, and obedience vntounto his commaundements; for by creation, preseruation, and redemption, he is our Lord and our God, and so prescribeth lawes for vsus to keepe: in which regard, wee owe homage vntounto him; which, that wee may shewe forth and testifie, wee must walke in good workes, as hee in his word hath commaunded vsus. Secondly, they serue to bee tokens of2 our thankefulnesse vntounto God, for our creation, redemption, and manifold preseruations, both in soule and bodie. Thankefulnesse indeede, is shewed in word; but yet true thankefulnesse stands in obedience: and our obedience is shewed by doing good workes. And therefore the Apostle Paul exhorts vsus, to giuegive vp our bodies, as holy and acceptable sacrifices vntounto God, Rom. 12. 1. Thirdly, they serue to3 make vsus followers of God: we are commaunded to be holy, as he is holy, 1. Pet. 1. 15. and to put in practise the duties of louelove one towards another,rEph. 5. 1, 2. as the Lord loued vsus: and therefore we must walke in the duties of the Morall law, that therein we may imitate God: 1. Ioh. 3. 3. He which hath this hope purgeth himselfe, as he is pure.
Secondly, the vse of good workes in regard of our selues, is fourefold1. Concerning our selues. especially: First, they serue to bee outward testimonies of the truth of our faith and profession; proouing that the grace of our hearts1 is not in hypocrisie, but in truth and sinceritie. And for this cause,sIam. 2. 21. Abraham is said to hauehave beene iustified by workes; because his workes did testifie that his faith was true and sincere: for where the fire of grace is, there it cannot but burne; and where the water of life is, it cannot but slowe and send out the streames thereof, in good workes.
Secondly, they serue to be signes and pledges of our election, iustification,2 sanctification, and of our future glorification: as wee knowe a tree to liue, by the fruite and budde which it bringeth forth; so by keeping a continuall course in good workes, a man is knowne to bee in Christ, and to hauehave true title to all his benefits: and therefore when the Apostle willeth men, to t1. Pet 2. 5, 6giuegive all diligence to make their calling and election sure, he propoundeth certaine vertues, wherein they ought to walke, as beeing the most euident tokens of election, that we hauehave in this life.
Thirdly, they serue to make vsus answerable to our holy calling: for eueryevery3 one that professeth the Gospel, is called to be a mēber of Christ, and a new creature, whose dutie is to bring forth good workes, Eph. 4. 1, 2. Walke worthy of the vocation wherevnto you are called, with all humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, &c. and Ephes. 2. 10. Ye are the workemanship of God, created in Christ Iesus, vntounto good workes, which God hath ordained that wee should walke in them. Now this is a most excellent thing, for a man to bee answerable to his calling: When Dauid was a shepheard, hee kept his fathers sheepe, and liued as a shepheard; but when he was called to be a King, hee behaued himselfe like a King, uPsal. 78, 72.in gouerning Gods people: and so eueryevery Christian ought to doe; beeing a newe creature, he must walke as Gods childe, and testifie his vocation by shewing forth the vertues of him that hath called him, 1. Pet. 2. 9.
Fourthly, good workes serue to be a way, in which we are to walke,4 that so wee may receiue the mercies of God promised to his children, and escape the Iudgements threatened against sinners: for Gods word is full of most sweet promises vntounto the obedient, and of terrible threatning against rebellion and iniquitie. Now a man by walking in good workes, eschewes the paths of wickednesse, wherein xRom. 3. 16.Gods iudgements light; and holdes the waies of righteousnesse, wherein Gods blessings are scattered, Prou. 3. 17.
Thirdly, the ende of good workes, in regard of our brethren, is principally this; that by our example in well doing, wee may winne some vntounto God, and keepe others in the obedience of the truth, and preuent offences, whereby many are drawne backe. The contagion of a badde example, especially in men of superiour place, is such, that it wil not only cast their owne soules to hell, but also draw many with them. When Ieroboam the King sinned, hee caused Israel to sinne: 1. Kings 15. 34. And therefore wee must carefully looke to all our waies, in regard of others, and so liue according to Christs commandement in this place, that others seeing our good workes, may bee wonne to the truth, and so glorifie God which is in heauen. And thus wee see the endes of good workes.
Now considering good works be of such excellent vse, we are hereby admonished to exercise our selues therein, with all diligence; for hereby we benefit our brethren, wee helpe our selues, and we glorifie God: neither must any mans pouertie hinder him from this dutie, for not onelyonly almes deedes, and large gifts to Churches, and high waies, are good workes; but also the speciall duties of eueryevery mans lawfull calling, done in faith, to the glorie of God, and the good of men, bee the calling neuer so base: by the doing whereof, in faith and obedience, he may get sure testimonie of his election. This exhortation is most needfull, for so soone as men hauehave occasion to commit any sinne, then they shake off the yoake of all obedience, as there were no way of good workes to be walked in. The Papists indeed make the merit of iustification, and life euerlasting, the ende of good workes; but that hath bin sufficiently confuted heretofore.
Hitherto wee hauehave spoken of the first point in this conclusion, touching the manner of teaching.
The second point herein contained, is the end of all teaching; namely, to turne men vntounto God, and thereby to bring them to glorifie God. That men may see your good workes, and glorifie your Father which is in heauen: that is, so teach, that men may see your good workes, and be wonne thereby to the faith, & so glorifie God. Our Sauiour Christ his Commission giuen to his Disciples before his ascension, bids them, yMat. 28. 19God, make all nations my Disciples: and Paul saith, that z1. Cor. 9. 22hee became all things to all men, that by all meanes hee might not onelyonly instruct, but saue some.
Hereby then all Ministers, and all those that set themselues apart for this calling, must learne to propound this vntounto themselues, as the maine ende of all their studies and labours; namely, to turne men vntounto God, that beeing conuerted they may glorifie God. Againe, the same ende of the Ministerie admonisheth all hearers so to yeelde themselues obedient to the Ministerie of the word, that it may take place in their hearts, to turne them vntounto God, that after their conuersion they may glorifie God. This the people ought the ra… to yeeld vntounto, because it is the maine comfort that the Minister hath of all his labours, to see his hearers conuerted, and so inabled to glorifie God. And to mooue them hereunto, they are further to knowe, that if they heare, and be not thereby conuerted, that so they may praise and glorifie God, by their obedience; then this Ministerie will bee a Bill of Inditement against them, for their deeper condemnation at the last daie. See Matthew, 11. 21. 24.