11~ 'ihe thirdComm11ndemei#. ~::b;i~=-~ . Secondly,.we tn~fl . f'peake ofGods titles and propert!eS-, medwi t l~ _Wtth feare and tremblmg, to the beneficofmen,& the praife fe:tre.. ofGod by them. Thus DaHid;PfaL40·9·faith of himfelfe,1 httue declared thyrtghteoufnes inthegren.t congregation, !:haue not hid thy righteonfou, and I concettled_not thy mercie and thy trtuh,&c.The[e were the things wherofDauidwould fpeak; the great merde ofGod~and his we·nderfull & Gable truth~ · that tnen might learne hence, to fli~ vntohim,and depend vpon him in their m.iferies. Ar1d hee would fi1ew foorth his righteoufiles,that men·fhould know,that it would furdy go well with the righteous,and that the wicked lh0uld haue ac.. cording to the worke ofhis hands: for God being rightc• oufndfe it felfe,mutl needes punilh the one, and reward the other,as their Hues and deedes haue dcferued.r. · Thefe were the things, about which he would willingly e}kercife his tongue, ana fpeake ioyfitlly to the people. For one cannot fpeak ofthefe things confcionat:,ly,but it would . worke in him a feeling and 1oue ofth~m: fo that bimfelfe fhall get more good,and thofe alfo that heare him. So Pfal. lilfa1.66. 1 6.. I 07.8. Let them confoJ!e hefore the Lord his /suing kjndnejfe, and hiJl wonderfullwor./z~s b8{ore the fonnes ofmen• .He would haue vs haue fuch a feeling in our-hearts, as that wee fhould · not onelyconfdfe G-ods kindneffe before him, but before· men alf.o make knowne the fame., - And therfore a) !Jfvs mutl herebe humbled,.andacknow.. }edge how CXC(Cding {])Oft WC come,how feldome or ncuer we breake forth into fuch confeffion or declaration ofGods power,wi(edome,mercie, &c.as our f'eiues andothers might thereb¥ be flirred vp the more to be thankfull vnto him,and· to flay vpon him. Who aimoH hath fa id, as ·Dauid in the Pfalmc :;Come., and I will te!lyou 'What the Lord bath done fo~ me; what carefulneffe hec hath had ouerour foules ·and bo..· dies,.what faithfulne.ffe he !hewedvn.to-vs in' all our netldes, and all his.wonderfull rncrcie and wifedome, whereof wee, haue daily experience?Many can make long difcourfesof~ thekit:ldnes of fuch a friend, and fpend much time in tel·~ ling, what.their good friends haue done for them: -bq~for1 - •~·1 7• 11• God,that giueth life)3ndbreath~aud all things) and t!la·c~· i.: ·u.~tlt, ' "
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=