~·ermon6. Ofthe GuN,POWD Ea-T RB. ASON, . arc holden for wife, other-while give riot all the befl:. Butitis becaufe they bend not their minds; andthe~ bendth~m not,becaufetqe~ reCpeCl: not the parties much,they give it ro. But, \Vere lt Ftlt mt, ~ad they to bun me hea.rry true zeale of a F••her, it would niake them gatherrhetr.Wits.together,apd helpeu much. That is, ifwecould · getthefe two.to me,et; the hrames of awt[{-ma~~l!)d thebowels ofa Father: ifaFa· thcr were salo!11on;or ifSal~mor were aFather: 1t.aFather wereaswifeas S!domon,or Salomon could be as kinde as aFather; that; were hke to be good counfdl in~eed. For 3 s awtj'e man, he wdl could: And, as aFather, hee (fure) would give htsbefl:. So, nonerothat. Why,heretheybeborh: T_hi~Father, is Salomon, The bqinesof 947 S~Jiomon, aud the bowels.ofaFather, both, m !t. · Whatlacke we yet ~ Somewhat : Wzfe is not all; . Wee finde one wife, that GoJ!}'I>iJo: would not h.vegiven thiscounfell, for he gave it n9t himfelfe (as might be<..AchJ. tqphel.) None ofhis wifdome: •way with it :.It is divdli/h.. No, thts is .Saio!"Qh : not ondy wife, butgodly wife,withthe wt[dome that iifrom above: and that isthe wif. Iamei 3 , 17 ; domeindecd. , . · . ,. · . Infigneic is f'o; (ee,!)is counfell begins withFearc Go n,the beginning of alltrue PcoY.r.7; jt,ifdimle, Yf)lenall is done. Andevcrrhetoun[ell ri~hr; that is [o grounded. If this come to rherwo former, 1fee not wharcan be reqUtred more. Toth~commend3ti()oofitthen; all three meet in it. Here is a • Father; the- Father is •wt(e; wife, a~ 3 s~lomon, his wifdome from the Spirit of Go D. 1 herecanbeno more. Tofuch ~comifell (I rruft) wewillgive eare. And fo, I pray you, let us. The Counf'elihathinita ;Fac; and.a •Fuge. The Fac,is . Fe4~t Go,n anJ • TheAavic~ theKing. There is in ir, afingle .a~, and,a dou~le obje8. The;fi,Jgie aCl: l Feare: ·~~!:~ac: l'J'hc.doubleobj:Cl: 1GoD, •the Kmg•. Webegm\Vlth them,asniliamre,Ji,fl:, De- •Fca.e GQn ,im&R(gcliJ. i , . . • , • , _ ·and zb' I(i11g. · Where, at the Jirfl:, we fee (and it-is a good fight .to fee) Go r>, tmdthe Ki11g, rThe •hjtCI, iri conjunCtion. And no marvdl, ifRex, quem, andDem, per qurmdoe joyne. Bu\ ~u 0 ••d tht joynethey doe, and joyoe they may, and yet be in two feveralllenrenc~s, or in two Ju:~&;:~~n~ fcverall members of one femence. Et, would c,•uple them well enough. Ioyned • lnttr ft•. ne~retthanfo; in one and che fame fentence: In one, and theCunemcmber, of one :mdthef'ame lenrence. And in one memberrheymaybetoo; andyet!omeword betweenethem, andnotitn:uediatly. Here, to.immediace, fo hard one to other, as llothing in the world becweea them; but the P'llll,the Et;the yery{oder(as I may fay) that joynesthem thus together; . . , . . · Allthisisburone: but, I obferve nole!fethanfive c~njtml1ions.ofthef'e two. gNat Lights,all within the'compa!fe ofthis Text. '. Firfl:, wirhoneEt_, • Theriin one Time(thereisbut oneTime, betweene them both.) ! Thirdly; as.wlth.ooe Et: fo with one E't ne, both; that,is but one,nci.ther. 4 Fourthly, they,have.but one.par, tie in oppofirion to them both, shonim. sFifthly; the trefpa!fers againfl: them both, t:!'JIV have but one end, ruinam utriufque. · ·, · · . . All this, this joyning, thus neere; thus c!ofe; itl)mediate thus manywayes; all 'this is Go D. Go n iris, that thus joynethHimfelfe,totheKing;and (heKing, to Him. Notonely here, byS.tlomon, underrheLaw; b4t~venintbe Go{pelt;ilfo, by C a 1\ Is T. He joynesC.e{ar and Go n too; and(ib :i manne.r) asrieere, with the Matth.u,r~ fame Et, and with but oneReddite: and puts them, and thei{ duties, l:ioth,inone pe· tiod. Here, GOP be.forec.t{ar: the.re,C.t_Ar before.G 0 Do ' . -' , Now, rhenatureofthofethat be-joynedby ~ o D, is[et downebyourSA v ,.~. ou 'l, thus. .fii.!!_od Demconjunxit: .Qf!.oditis; not, quos, or qu.e: No~oreplurall, Matth,•.?·s;:; tllen: No, but coalefcuntinm•um, they grow together; rogether.il]to one, oqc lingu· lar quod. Go D's ConjunCtion is (ever) of the nature of an Vnion. OneEt; One Et ne: OnefMrebetweenethem; Oneoppojiteagainfl:them. . . , · To thefe,thus joyned by Go n,what is our duty~ As we find themc!of'e joyned to our hands, foro keepethem. Firft,Yomone{eparet ;not to fevcr.rhe~ at .aqy .hand•. Nay1Yomone[olvat;not to make theknot more fbck or loofe.Thmke, 1t was pot for . ·· · ·· - - · g~ou~h.r;
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