Chap.+. according to St M A T T H E t'v, 87 of Chrilts Kingdome, toufe thy talent elfewhere, it is to be fear- ed, thou wilt either lofe thy gifts, or fall into errours and he- Rclioc, tom it reties, ot', at leafs, become a frigid and dry Dolour among Jail +ai. fueh a people as have once conceived an incurable prejudice a- gainat the . Galile4of theGentiles ] Socalled, either becaufe it bordered upon the' Gertil:s, or, becaufe it was given away by David to Hiram King of Tyre , or, becaufe it was inhabited by the Afyrians , who carried the people captive, and dwelt in their room. Verfe 16. The people WhichFite indarkZneffe, jw agreat light] Luk. t.7 s. For the day -Bring jl om on high vifted them, the bright Stange' of Maf 4 righteoufnefe (which had all PaleRine for his Zodiack, the twelve Tribes for his figns) ftaied longcft in Zebulon and 1llep- t'yali: and (S.H;erortoberveth) as rhele twoTribes were fïrft carried into captivity, and feemed furthdt from heaven, as bor- dering on the Gent&s , and in many things fymbolizing with them , having learned their manners ; fu redemption was fìrft preached in thefe Countries. Phyíìcians are ofmolt ulc where dif- cafes abound. The Prophets in Elifha' s dales planted at Beth;1. 'l here was at once the golden calf of Ieroboam, and the fchool of God. Sate indarkne1fe, and in he region and j7,ndow ofdeath.] Note Jeh; here, that a flareofdarlcntffeisaftateofdeath. This is condem- nation, this is hell-abcive- ground, and afore-hand, that light is come into the world, and men love darknelle better then light, Berrarj, ZJt liberiiss peccenr libenter ig :norant. Now fumy they íh11 ,err ,4 ,4, one day have enough of their Co much defìred darknefle. They know not the light, faith lob : They hate it, faith our Saviour: J' b ; .o. They fpurn and (corn at it, faith Solomon; therefore fhall they be filledWith their o:nWaits, whiles they are call into utter dark- áY J çr nefle : adarkntffe beyond a d rkcefl,a as it were a dungeon be yond a prifon, where they (hall never tee light again, till they be a Th. f;,t.s. enlightned with that univerfallfire acheTaft day, to their everla- fting amazement. Light 1prangup.] He brought themout ofdarb`refe into his x P. 19; marvellous light.Schedid the Sconaritans by Philips preaching nt4,s. and miracles, whereupon there wasgreat joy in that City. So by the minifteryofFarell, Viret, Calvin, and others, he drew the Gcnevians out of the dark mr,Elnight of damned Popery. In a G 4 thankful].
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