Preston - BX5133 P738 G65 1638

48 The Lords Name is .calledup,<m birpeople. Firft, wives are called~y th~ name of their huf- - - bands.• SecondlY..~ .children by the oam_e of their P~- rents. Thirdly, Temples are called by their names to •whom they are dedicated. _ • Liftly, they that addict them.felves to fome ·-'· man·to follow his opinion, are called by his name. As thePlat1nifls, V'lrijJ~ttliAnf, RAmifls, &t. from their mafi:e.rs. In the 'fame refpeds, thofe that are calledby Gods Name -are fuch as are married tohim, and . that are borne ofhim (fo; they are his children)and . ~ all fuch as are his Temples dedicated to his fer· · ·vice. Lafl:ly , all fuch as are addi6l:ed to follow him; as lo}buA WM) who faid, l 41Jd 1111 hoNfl wi0 firve the Lord, and as lAci!J was, th1u}hAlt liemy G1tl, And1wiUfirve t_hee; all thefeare called by the Name ofthe Lord, and the Lord is calledbytheirnames: / fo he is c~lled the Godof.4hrAh4m, lfoac, Andlt~co!J, . r &e. fo that itfeemes that there is (as it were) acer· - taine match petweenc: them, a mutuaJJ agreement and relation, as there is betweene a husband and a wife, a father and a fonne; fo ifthou beell: onewho is married to Chrift, and bee hath changed thy heart, and begotten thee anew by his Word, and art dedicated to his fervice as his Temple; then RtAf. thou art called by his Name. And the onely reafon ofthis is, -becaufe he hath chofen thee, there is no other ; when he call: his eyes npon all the earth, hechofe theeout, to have. .his Name called on thee ; as it is faid of-the Tern. - pie - '

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