Of Elef1im. f<~ake that.fpe<c~, 1bott fcr.owcjl, &c. wanotl!er purpof<'; but God kn~w~ll this~ lHS :rin alto that foilowed,-"nd yet J<nOI''lngly rxprdc,, ond made. tlus Govenam G•~ap.. t, with him.! may !ay byallufton toillu!lrate God's gr.tce, what D.uu el fa•d to~ aggrav.re Beljbazzars.wickednt fs,,TI?"u, 0 God, kuewefl all thn: At'ter that fJtal ChtJpter, the r 1thChapt. we !hall fee rheperform1nce, and how Free.grace went on nocwith!landmg to make good all tiHS,&!! as bulie at work about hi'm to perform his prom1fe, as if h~ had neyer finned; .nay, when he was in that E– clipfc,V.•vid was as rhe J1_oo1J m the Heavens, and he was 111 motwn to gee Ollt of it as· the Momzalfo IS. 1 hereforc, , , , . Sccondiy, Let us confulc tbe Ch.·.'jJt.which foliow after that: What Tides •hen do we fee next? Chapt. I r. N.uhmt's parable, and Vi!vid's •·epeNtmtce, And the what next th1t? Solom>il ~ 6onu. That was a good lump of mercy,upon his repentance, at one birth after all this; for what was it but the beginning o,f performance of wlut he had promifed and foretold in Chapt. 7. l wtlt ra1jt thee aSo11,and I wt!l 6e huFather,f§c.Tile truth is,thoughGod punilht Vavz4 in moll of the reil of hrs Cbildern; you knowAmon rav1iht his own filler, and A6{illom killed Amon, and .7M6 his kin!inan killed .Abfalom, Solomo?J put to deathAdomj.1h, and fo tilCy killed one another to the end of the !lory, yet God took So/ofno11 for his,. Go on and look ov_er the 22/h Ch.,pt. you have D<~- n,;;p,;~m ,.,;; vid there rransfigured agam, and as muea mhts robes of Glory as ever he was ptnn~d by D:z4 in: The Moon, that was in the eclipfe, is not only out of it, but !l1ines as bright vid when he as ever. ;~~P;~~r'r~s~c~.. . oera!l (ay, and ~ne oder ofplacing it in this flory together witl1, aod jufi afore his la1\ words,Chap.23· and the ritlc: of it. f{afm 18. [ i1r the :~~~~:~~ff:g::do1t/1~~1;1a~~mJ~Qfht~~ ]-/t~~n~f1~7;Y~~;~~7•J!e::r;su~1[~ ~~ 7c:7;~:~~~~eo~nc:al7fatt~~~~na~:~~~~sg~~;~L:/i; cfp~daHy,rmntio~~d, and !Jfl,yet it was b~caufc: that ~a. rhc: 11)0ll eminenr:and fo hf'\W afnrt hisdeath he havingthofe:d~l!vc;: buces rh!rough tlurt)' yean pafi,fret'hon huheart, havmg beeo the great~tl of any of rite lattc:r, he puts all together mro on:: (ummuy. . ~· . .A:nd then you find him,t Chroll.i<j. I i, I .of. gathering materials for the Tem– ple, which was the la!l work he did, _and the bell workthar ever he did; bet– ter than kil!tn,~ of mrmtes, though m lawful war, whrch m the Type caufed Qod to fay, thfll ht fbould 110t bwld the Temple: and thtre again you fl1a-II find V 1vid in as g1IIant a fram' upon that his offering, Vrr{. r r. He is agai,n at his ackno,vledgingGod's grrat11r{s,and at Who am l?Thillt,O Lord,is tbtgreatnrji a11d theglory, but who am I, lmd what is my P eople, that Wf fbmtld be a6!e t~ offer fo wttling!y after this fort? And tllis was riot now for KtnKdoms, or'for an Houfe to fucceed in them, which are the greot things m1n is r.ken withal: No, bur that he had wherewith to offer, and then for having"" he,rt to olftr fa wtlli11<(/y; and though he gavo God but ht.r owtt;as he alfo there.flys, {er rhc mercy hereof alone and !imply con!idered, it was, that he humbled h1m!dffo deeply,even to dull,whil!l he acknowledgerh this,and utters that great Tfrankl– 'giving for this alone. Thi• proceeded trom pure Grace in his heart•.and from a more clarified and fpiritusller habit of heart than the former, which might have much of Selt mingled with it,and !hews that by his ftnniogs,he had lc~rned to value ferving and glorifying of Gcd, more than his own exalrr:Jents, . I need not now infill ori that execellent Spirit of Faith we find him in, whert hecame to dye, 2 Sam. q. 5· There he had feen fomewr.attoabate,and loll indeed,in the hope of his Houfe; I !hall tell you my private opinion on it:When. God had fir!l talkt of making him an Houje, bdides what God intended and perlormed 10 SolomO'I,f§c.I conceive that he might have enlarged his thoughts about it unto this, that every one of his prefenr Children lhould be godly: You. are :ill apr, when filled wich the grace of God, or under great drawings near_ of God, to run out in your thoughts too far in fome thin,~ or orhe.r, and to form up fo1rie p'nvateFaith ofyour own,of having fuch or fuch a privilegc,as perhap-j perfwadc your felves that all your Children !hall be faved (having prayed for ~hemat fuch tim,_,or the lili'e;) but fays poor Va?id riowt mj hot~J' j.r 2or (o;, thlt rs, fuch as I ''~d . hoped they would have .Proved : Solomon and 1\ia:h,zn weregood,rcckr>ned id Chri!l's Genealogy, but for the reil, we know not what ihey were: But yet.fays he; Though "'J~ Ijo11{e be not jo -inth God, ht/;at~ l'lh ~'':Jd:
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