Preached in LE NT. lead. diddefl then and dotjl frill : But, Thou diddefi leade by<.Mofu and ..Aaron, [ 0 d6cl): Thou not now. The hand~ are chan,ge~. Then, <.Mvfesand <.Aaron; . after, Iojiu and Elea{ar;. afrer,othomeland Phmees; afre~, others: SedT~ttdeme~, . • But Tho11 art the fomejlt/1 andthy yeeresjhall~otjatle: As1f hce fhould fay l Thm rCal..o,,, 7 • yeares (indeed) [rile, and come to an end; wtrhm fo many yeares rhey wereno~ fo li:ddc,,andwit!lin fo many more they fhall not be. But Go n hath a prerogattve, pr., 114 ..._. that He is Re~aS.eCtdo, and Rex m s.. mtum, was otlr Kmgof old,~tnd]hallbeo11r Kmg , 46 ,, 0 •. for ever andever. . . . . . The fecond is in popul11m tu,mv, Thy people'.·another l•mtta!lon. For, thts people 2 are (in the I5· verfebefore) f.1id to beth~(~nscf IJc!b and lofeph : [o f~rre firetcheth .Mofesline, and no further. But, T11 duxijlt, Go n s hnc;vrt momnemterram,goeth Prat. 19 , 4 : ! 111 erallnJtions,even tothe tlttrrtno{l parts ofthe world. Go n s leadmg hath no marches. This people andall people are His : and Hee by_fpeciall prerogative is Rex univer{.e terr.t, King (not.of one people,or of one counmeor chmate, but) of all the peopk Pfal. 47 . 7 ; , t![ the whole earth. . . . The third is, Permaneu, By the hands. For as Hegtiideththepeopleby the hands, 3 fo hegttideththehandsrhem[elves; by whomHeguideth; Ruleth b)thcm,and ru. lerh them; ruleth by their hands, and ruleth in their hearts : Is both theJbeplteardof Ffal.Bo. 1 ; I(rail, leading them like fh_eepe,and further leade.th lofeph alfo (their l.eader)tanq~ta~n evem, hkea fheepe. Thatts, they be Regesgentmm, Kmgs of thenanons, butHee IS • Tim.6.&f, Rex reg11m, ~ing over Kings themfdves. 0J1ofes and they ;vithhim be,;,_;AJ.,, Hcb.IJ,'i' Guides (as Samt Patil calleth them;) bur I • s u s CH ll I s ;- 1S ,;PX"J-@-, the Ar~h- Hci>.•• •• guide. vldron and his fa_milie b~ ""~"'"''S~epherds (as Sai~r Peter termeth them:) 1 Pet 1 . 4 , but I • s u s CH R I s T IS iPA!""~' the htgh and fovewgne Shepherd over all; WhythenDiciteinGentibeu, Tell it among the Narions (faith theProphet) that God is King; that He is the Tu,theLeader, the perpetuall;the univerfa!l,principall Leader Pral.6~·!"; of His people. _ , ,, : Fromwhich plainenote (chat the Lord# Ilu/er) the PftlrJJijl himfelfe draweth a 'doublcufe, containing matter both of comfor~ and fear~. , 1 Of ,Comfort ;_(in the 97· Pfalme:) Don#nm reguavit, extlltet temi; TheLord Pfal.Jl7·li•: is Ruler (or Leader) let the earth rejoyce; ,, , , . z Offlare; (in the 99• Pfalme:.) Dom(piu t'tgnd'tiit, tontremi{clltpopulm; The Pfal. 99 , 1 ; 'Lordis Ruler(or Leader) let the people ti-emb!e. . Fir!!, from Go n s ruling, matter of joy, Forif we will be ruled by Him, He 1 will appoint over us, a Ruler accordi,.gtohi; owne kear(,Hewillprevent her with the , Sam., 1 . •4: b!efings of goodnejfe: He will deliver the power of Sij(raincohcrhands: Heewi/1 ml.u+ eloath her enemies with {hame,tl»dmake her Crowneflo~rijh on her head, andfet the dayes f,gL;;.:;. 8 • of her life,a; the dayes ofheaven. . · . Secondly, matter offeare too•. The .Lordis Ruler, let thepeople tremble. Fori[ z they fall to bee un-ruly, Heecanv<l'ldemtare Jfmtumprm,·rp!•m, as ealilygatherto mt 9 ji.t! Hun the breath of a Prince, as w~ can llippe offa duller from the Vine. He can fend Ffal.,•.•1; them a ,Reh~boam V.:ithout wifcdom~; ~r a Jerobo4m1vi;bout religion, or .Asfhur (a ' Jlranger) to beethmKtng; or,(whtch 1s \Vorfi of all) Nn!lum Regefll,adif-ordcred. t.Anar~hie, q#ianon timt<imm Iehovam. Thereforeext1ltantes & trementu, in joy a!}d HoC•~·J; : trem~lmg let us acknowledge Go n and His fupreme leading, that our parts may be !ong mDominm regnavit, exultet terra, The Lo 11 D doth leadeu; letthe LandreJoyce. · • h' Yhet one point more, out of this Tu. By comparing it with the vtr{es before, on 'IV lC lt dependeth: that as it is thePerfon, and l'Owerof Gon thatischiefein ~v~ry Rule 1 So, not every pov.:er, but even that verypower of His,whereby ile wore: hwondm, For theProphet (m the fourteenthv~rfe) having faid of Go n, Thoii vcite •4· ';/foe~.~ n thatdotjlwonders,land[oparticularizing Thouthundrej/ji'Oinheaven, ~s. lll. 4 h'J' theearth, Thou dwtdefl the Sea; at !all: ~ommeth rothisThor~, Thou 11: e.(! t 'peopt,, Very firange itis, thatHeefhould[orrtheleadingofthe people ~it G 0 D s w_onders,andthat not only among them all, but after them all, as cbie~f
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