Preached in L E N T. Prieft, the keeperofrhe Arke: For very lovero_ir, rhar callingwaskeprf'o loW and bare;thar rhey were ryed to rhe allowance of thetr Shew-hre~d,rhcHtghpnejlhadnot .. . a /Q/>fe in hio hot~fe belides. Thts was thefirll: roorof hts k~ngdo~e: The.A~kenot ,sam.,q. foughtto; TheEp~odt~ cdontemp~} t~~/r:_&-bood1mpovenlhed . Et Saulo mhtlho- Aa.•s.• 7• mr.t andSaufregarae not Any O; t"t;a"mgs; . : 'rllmSuch anorher indilfercncie for Church mattcrs;w_e finde in_Ieroho.tm: T11jb (faith Hof.Ip; h jdtin<>ly) let them kijfe theca/vu andJ!are not. Let!t goe whtch way tt wtll. But t~erefor~ God fends him word by vffhijah, that Ifradeljhoutd ke .ud a r~e1 d m the wall:"ter, , Re~., ·h 1 ; bowino-roandfro,atthedevortono every wave,an everywm e,w_tn~uta~y eadineffe~ And was ir notfo ~ Search the Chromc~es. So, ~o.n faw this mtnde_mSaul to His Arke; and was wrorh; wtthdrewJrom htm _H1s reh~1ou~ and good Spmt,and [em upon him apto_Pha~e ~.nd fummSpm: ; whtch c~rned htm on,fir-ll: roafinfull life and never left htm, nlltt had brqught !urn to a lhamefull death; And Go::! was eve~ faying his dif!erdtH, tothe Kingdome, but Da·vtd(l:iere) entreated for aNeper- Dcut-lJ->1.; d.r•,and promifed a better care of Cekhrabtmm Iehov4m. Now where Religion thrives not,the other (of Iuflice) will norhold long: when bnefta.ffe is broken, the other holdeth nor whole, long_a~rer. And furely his Iuftice Zach.u.4~ was furable to rhe former, to hts weake regard of R.ehg10n; That alfo wa> weake coo. 1 Weake toward the enertiie. It is faid; there ;was wam of nece!I'ai:y furniture of 'llrm011 r and munition,in his dayes. And rhertad beene defeCt:, in teaching them to jhoot : which DavidfujJpliedat his enrranc • z. Weake at home too: where,he 1 s~m. r I·"' didnoqujftttas,but tn)IIYta<]tidrcare. . . • Saon. 1 • 1 ~- The parts oflull:ice are two(as we find in rheten_thver{e.) 'Toexalt the homes bf the righteous; • and tobreakethe horQes of the wtcked. 1 For the firll:. Reafon was, and fo \vas promife too; that Ddvidlhould have beene rewarded With c.Meroii his eldeft daughters marriage•. I know not how,one 1 sam. 1 s. , 7 • Adriel (an obfcure fellow,neverto have been nam'd,bur ro ihe~v,fuch an one put D,f. ' '·· -vidby) had his horne exalted above him. This for reward. z And his punifhmeNt was no better. Mercifullto Agag (\vhofe hornes lhould i Sam.•5·9; have beene broken) and inAbimelechs cafe, roe rigorous, putting him, and eightie foure more,to the fword for adozen if bred. . , And whereas,inkindly lriflice,rhe rigouroiftangltm l:ormrit commeth not at fitll:; • Sam.!'·'1: bur C/cmenciegiveth graciouswa~ning,with Di'camimprudentibUf(verfe4-)So without regard hereof,as upon any difpleafure,\'iithour any word at al), his Iwelinwent frraight,tonaile men to the wall; they kneW not, wherefore. Thus did Jufticc decay af1 Sam. , s. 1 ,. tet Religian, and one PiUar f~ll upon another,whereofenfued his ouetthrow,and the '9·' 0 • Land dangeroufly licke of the Pal[ey. Whereof .bavidcomplainerh; and prayeth, . •o·H • Heale the [ores thfmf, for it jhaketh. . ; . . . l'fal.6o.!! . Now,David; as whenhe readAbi11iefechs mifchap irl the booke ofthe Irtdgu, he made ht~ ufeoftr,as ap~earerh z Sam.rr.zr. So here, when he faw, what had turned Sa11l to dorriage,rooke 1virning by it (Rr•ina pr.tcedentium, admonitiofeque!Jtium) and to make the Landftrong,falleth tounder Jet the PiUam . A~d firll:,ofthefirft (that is) theftone whichSari! and his builders call: alide.For," c,ommt~g tothe Kin~;dortie, he confecrates all his Lawes;with his ACl: De <..Area re1 Chron. •I-~ ducenda : whereat,hee would needs be prefent in his dwne perfon becaufe it touched ;elebrabimm Ieho-r:am; arid that w_ith Come difgrace,as Mica/ im~gined, but he was _AfoJutem th~t p01nt,Hecol)ld rece1ve no dtl)ionor, bydoing honouno God's Arke. vi~,;. when ttwas brought bac~e, ferfuchap grdcr for ~he Service ofit, by rhe Le, • Chron.:&; ev r ,formamtenance fo bounttfull; fo reverend _fqr regard ;{ 0 ~eceot f~r order; fo indert"Y fuffiCient,as the care of th~ Temple mtght feeme to retgne in hts hearr. As G d lt dtd; andas he profeffeth, hecouldnQtfteept, till he had fet afull orderf'or J 0 s matters, and brought this Pillar top·erfeCl:ion. Which his care was fwm- l'fr' 1 ..-·. utlm corn,, and G d Id li fi fi ' h C · '"·' '·•· • o wdu 1grii e d mucH; by the ceremonie in t e ·orqnau. Aaj oo
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