lon.t.3~ ycrfc 5· " P.f•Yl6·•l· Luk.1..1. 3 Mmh.16.r7. IJ. Acta:.u. ~S. Ofthe S& NDi N G . Be-rmon ~~~ · the Eu11Rcb in the eight Chapter, at1d not a right Gentileamong them all. But h · now, are afort of veryGentilesindeed, inpuru natur·Alibl«, fuchaswceand our ~re thers were : NoPrQfelytes, ever. ThisCenturion,the AntejignanU<, the ftandard-b 14 a– to us, ~nd to all that were m~ere_ Heathen men indeed, and this Comming, ;: Commmg properly. Never, mkmde; never, tovcryG'enttlesmdeed,tillnow · Itis well forced (you fee:) On thelewts andPro(elytes, at Iem(alem, theirc;; J On theGentiles,at Cll{area, C~<{ars Citie, and of the Cities in Pa!qline,fittingrheG{;_: tiles belt , Well obferved it is, about the calling of theGentiles, That that, it:lthe Old atrd this, in the New Teftament, theycame(both)from oneplace; fromloppe b~th Thence,Ioofed lvnano 'l{inive: Thence, fet out Peter to C~<(area. ' '· Secondly : that, cl<{are_a is theNinive(as it were) of the New Tellament. Ni" nive, was the Citieof the'grw King of the Gentiles, at that time : c..(irea,c,f.,s Citie, as great a King overtbe Gentiles, at this; from whom wcnta&Qmmandtmen~ that the whole world{hQ"ld be taxtd. · · 'Thirdly : that, wa5 performed, by IoniUs this, byBIIT-jonas: So, is Saint Pem' called by our SA v r o u a, when hee made his confeffion, that CH R r sr w.u the Sonne of Go D : And that was at CI<[AreA. Where, what hec confelfed, then hee comes to preach, now. That of Iona, anOmen (as invere)of this (here)of Saint Peter. Iun.u,and Bar-jm,u,from IQppt, theywem both: Both, from oneplace· both to one end; both, to converrtheGe»tiler; t0 fi1ew, that Go o hadgiv'enth;tna1[ 11 repentance ti life. . . Alway, this, the better. For, lon.u at 1{inive, hee ends with Ninivefoa116ek' jlroyed. Bar-jimu, at C~£jamt, witht.AmptU<eft i!li: that, the end of rhe Text. Or if you ~ill goe to the eng_of the Sermon,thc end is,jhRil ubtAine remij?ionoffinnes ,a~ good as it, every way. So,theParties fit well ;'TheTime,as well. 'fhe Holy Ghoft heretameul'onthem; as they were at aSermon,_c;'{en as we noware. Peter openedhu moNth; they ftoodat– tentive;the HoLY G·~tos T camedowne. That,tobehere,isadifpofitiontore-. c~ive the H'fy Ghofl. And, it may ple~fe G o D, the like may befall us, being oc~;u:: p1ed now, as they then wtre. · The SHm•11; 0 fibat s..,.,.,.,,h'efe i.retbefirjlnrorJs. t)fwhich words,\vbat canbe faid lJ]O!C · to their praife, than thax \vhich the Angel faith ofthem, the next chapter at thefoMr~ teenth verfe : 'fhat !'eter being [ent for, ihould at his comming, J!eake words to Clr• TltliU<, by rPhich both he, A_nd hit houjhotd jlJQN/d befaved. Thofe words, t~eAngtl there fpake off, that Peter iliould [peake, arc thefe, I have read t Go o ofH1sgood~ nelfe fend them the fame clfech · In veritate comperi, iliewes,they are acomptrtumeft ;and that,is authtiticallwith aTefle: So is this Tefle Cornelio & totafamilia, wimeffe he and his whok£1may and friends. Such are moft praifed ; for they areanimat.e exemple, .have afoulcput m· tothembyanexample.• Specially, when they be fo reducedtoafingular, asthac lingular afterward is reduced to a generall: Both which arc in this. Bell preachmg ofaText, when the Commmtarie !lands before it, as here: For, whau>mtheTexc propoun,led, was fulfilled in the auditory, yer t.hey went. , . As fulfilled in them in particular, fo extended ,t~ all in general! : font hath an omni gmtt put to it :that, nothing was done to him there, but the fame !hall be done to any other. Any, of any nation, that iliall be found in like fort difpofed, as (we finde) he was: that is, whofe prayers andalmes jhall cume npintorememhrallcebefore Go o. Co o iliall not be wanting to them, but provide them of funher meanes. requilire to their !:1\varion. , It is a thing well befitting the providence of God; all His creat.ures,when he ha~ made them, to fee them provided offuch things, as are needfull for them. AsH Pr•l.•47 ;: cloth (faiththe Pfalme) for the yotmg rAvens; (fairh.the Go}}ell) for thepoor~j}arrowt>; M~!·''!·>P· valued, 1waofchem, at a fAr~bi!ig '· ~aftmu rmlm_ mi.n~mArtim nan Jefl~tHtt D• ~~
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