~ 988 Ofthe GuN.-POWDJtn...Tn.EASON, &;;;;-;; · . great power, fo fomewhat to the annoincing thence powred on their head . . b"';~~f~ ou tbould be{al111_ Regi~t!andper Regem.Adelivery wroughtby aKing,. theKi: · :hat~t ~!,..•.~9• '· ven to worke lt,medtante Rw terreno. In CIIJm lahm dwmdtiQ,ifever it were~ ofh~4·, who did therebyeruerethar, out ofthedarke phrafe,by which weall wereeru/r;( s, . {o, nocrhemanner alone~ but the meanes in it, t?o, that we wereemen~, ,, 111 t nd 5 . , And lall, that all this wasjine ttmore. For m the Verfe fo it fiands firft utfi . • dTh••b1dwt- more liherati. And fiands fo firll, that we might take fpecial! notice ;nd n'oreznef: 1i " Wit out " d h hd' W . d ({i . ) ('; . ' O It 1,.,, .nn t oug 1vers nters raw tnettmore to;ervtam&,asifthere were a h ~ perhaton, to ferve Him withoutfeare: Yet wh.at lhould let us,fo to take it as it fta nl. ' Specially lince divers ofrheAncienrs rake it fo: (I namBOrigen,Tit& Boftrenfis ~hs ~: {1ffomf, Theodoret, andTheophylaEf.) Bur we may well reconcile them.both if 1~1· fay (which truly w_e may fay) That, withotltflare wt were delivered, tQ(erve Himine: ftate withollt (orvmd of) fiare, . . · . It is ag~ear favour, when we aredeliver~d; ro_be lt!ivered, ~hfque hoc, that we b~ at all pm 1~ any feare. Some, arefomenmes {avedfom their enemies, bur iris, ~fihor 4· 3· with fome fnght firll:. It was the Iewes cafe, when fromRaman : It was ours in .,dnno LXXXVIII. ' They that are fo, it cannot be.denied; but deliveredthey are, but not fine timor~ liherati, not delivered witho11tfeare. This was withotlt feare, Our cafe jufr. Wehad no fenfe, and fo, no feare at all, of the danger, till it was pafi. I ca~not bettereK– preffe ir, than inTheodoret's owne words: Sed ji fie dicendurn e/f(faith he) veluti noli' , ,, fentientes ita? 1101 deperic~dotranftt~lit in fecuritatem. Ifit may(o be faid, without any fenfe~r feeling at_all, d1.d he tranll~re us, from the depth ofdanger, into the fiate _of fecurme. In wh1ch pomt, oursd1dcome necre tothegrearde/iveryoftheworld; by CH R I s T, what time the world little thought, eitherofrheirowne perill,or of His paines and paffion, that deliveredit. Yet, in this, ours hadmore than was i!J :,;;';';:~~:Y CH RI s T 's owne delivery. Thatthere, thoughitwerewithout feare, yet not with. '!!herplffion. our fomewhat as evill, as feare. For, C n R r s T's was wrought by His innocent death (a matter offorrow, and griefe.) But in ours there was none, neither feare not. griefe, nor any otheninpleafanr paffion. No innocent fuif'ered here; nqne bur they~ that had their heads in the contriving, or their hands in the digging aboutit. Without feare it was, without any thing elfe, that might taint our delivery,with the!call: mat~ . ter of grievance. . . The 7'ft' 1 f/'" So then, • deliveredwe were. • And notfrom the cafualry of any mifchance; £~:.~/ ' e but from the malice ofenemies : Enemies, and thofe 3 capita!l ;, And rhofe -t clofe · hidden enemies: From them; yea, s from their veryhands: And 6 Fr~m theirhands, not out of them. And our .deliverywas eruti, 1 from fomething in ah1jiuerr.e; And s from a ruine too: 9 And that, with their ruine, that fought ours. ' 0 Ourft!– vation, Cornu (alutu, aRoyaU del!verance : " A~dyet erue!'do itl~as. :• And all ahfqtle timore, •~ Orab['fueany thmg elfe, that m1ght blemdhour JOY With matter of forrow in the leafi degree. And this forGo n's parr, whoharhrememlmdHis holy Covenant (I trufl) and performed it in every daufe; nay, inevery word, to us, torhe uttermoll:. I i. Now, to our part (which we may be putin {uir for.) Lilimtithen,iscleare: Iiut o .. COOtnltllt how 1abfolurcly ~ ar large~ ahfque aliquoinde? No condirion annexed 1 NoYt ?, t.T co•dm••· yes: rake rhc Vt with you. Liherati, Yt. Delivered, that we fosuld: Should doe fome– Dt!ivercd, what :for, naturaliterohligamur adda,tem, ThisYt is naturall :theregroweth a natu· 2'bm.,Jhou/d. rail obligation berweene him that doth, and them that receive agoo? turne: (And a deliverance, fpe£ially fuch an one is a good curne.) The fields we rill, the trees _w~ planr lhew it. They recurne their fruit .ro them, that befiow labour, or cofiup{, them: That (I know not h?w) b~rfp it falls out, in matterofben~fi~s,we be nobu~ foone loofed, bur wee be tied agame: Nor eafed; but loaden. afrelh . nor freed, bound anew. It is the Law, the bond ofn~ture, tlus,. L1~e~11t~ Yt~ And
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