Of EMJioil. but God this F<ttht>· oJ Lights, out of his Wiil, in whoni, andashe p lea- ~ fet ll. , . Cl\ap. 4· Alfo this is to be taken in, that though it be his meer good Will moves him~ to beget us at lirft, yet that after he hath beg~tten it, that then ever after his Will bears a refpeCl: u'nto his own gtfr, as 1t IS a perfeCt gtlt: for thofc words fflit b whom there is 110 v~riabtenejs, &c. arc fpoken as in refpeCl:unto tlwfb per:ec:t gifts that came down frorti him as 'Faehrr of Lights, 'nd fo do import a rdpeCl: unto the perfeCtion of them. t'hefe things premifed, To come to the Comparifon it fel(The terms here ufed without variablene!S and flndow ofturning, are perfeCtly Ajlronomic11t, arid hprefs the variou~ motions of this Jlm toward this Earth, and the fruits of it. Huromwas the fir[\ that difcerned this, and Errl{mus after followed him; 'and fame other lore Interpreters having the ferit of it, have acknowledged it, and purfued it: And yet,which is llrange,Th'bugh they agree that the various courfes and motions of • the Sun are meant, yet they fall crofs, under which of thefe words, the one, or the other f11ould be meant; That whereos to all mens kriowledg, and obfer– vation, the Su11 varies in refpeCl: of two forts of i:ourfes, and rhnuons, The fit[\ Riung and fetting every day, which we call his 'DillriJat or D,ry/y n1vtioni the other trom the Norrher~t Tropick to the Sot~ther11; The fir[\ in Wi~tter, the fe·cond in Summer; in the one defcending lower to the Earth which makes Win– ter, whereby he bath lefsinlluence of Light, and Heat; the other in afcend. ing fo high again in the heavens,which makes Spri1J$ and Jmmiur: And this Courfe of his in the whole reciprocation of it, is petlormed in a years fpace, and we call it his AIJmlat oryearly tnotio.n. Thefe are the various Courfes of the Smr: You lee accordingly here arc two different words to fet thefe ouc by. 1. Variablenefs, Wstf(t».«-),tL 2. ShadoW of ttirnin~ ,.,d~s d.-:ro,,.:.IT~It; and yet Interpreters that affent 10 this , that both are intended, differ about it which of the words lbould import the one,which the other. . I will not much trouble you about ir. 'De QJ<iros he peremptorily fays tqe fir(t word .. •r•»•yn imports the yearly motion of the Sun, that rece!fus hy– '"'!llu,thatdeparture ol' the Sun that makes Winter, and quotes P roclus for Vortnim Gr.i the Import of the Greek wotd; and that other wordJhadow of tttrnmg, he :;,;~;::""Y' interprets of his letting and turning into the othtr part of the Earth every '"'m i•iJ>h•" night,by Which,he ca~s a fbadow, which cai.Ifeth rii·g·h.r. . . . . ~:~::~~~?(;~·ni .. · DoCtor HzmmondiSforthe clean contrarylignrhcatton of the words; yet fi"'·D<Qf<i– a~rees that both thefe motions ate mearit; to Htm I refer any that will read "' oo •· '7· htm, for he is largell,llpon it. However, between both, I Have what I aim at, "m. 100 ' T hat both thefe motions of the Sun are intended ; though I for rriy part encline to think with Pijcator and others,that by jh11dow of t11rnir1g,or the lba~ dow caufed by his turning,is.meant, That his nightly Turning off from this or that part of the World, by fetting into tlie other, arid fo leaving cold night and a lhadow liehind him; But the Application of tnis gailant Siniiiirude urito the unchaogeablenefs of vidcr.rtff< Gods love and motions towards us,is that I aim at, aod which this hitherto hith :C%~~h;;:,:~ made way for. . . " . tMtt11ims11tad 1. This viuble Suh byreafon of th~fe. its metions and t~rning leoves a damp jt:ff::r::.~~upon the fruitS foremeAUOned , and tndeed all other whtch tt bnngs forth; In ""'"' ob•m· Winter thefe fruits dye, and lluink into the root~ every night calls a fliadow on lw H<mi- . them, and a coldnefs which is prejudicial to rheni, the Sun tlius as it were care- ~,;1:~:~?"'~ le/fly leavmg them, . . Pifworio' But z. not fo God in his i:ourles towards thofe his Firf1-fruirs. vcr>a. 1, He never alters in the lea[\ degree his good will t<?wards them; ( and in rc.fped: of the unchangeablenefs of his Will it is that th.is comparifon is made )we or felves may change as, poor creatures, we do; but Qod chaogetb n'ever tc:wards thee; hi< heart toward• thee is what it was : Thou indeed m •v ft have clouds come between thee and fin, a dark and clpudy day,as the Prophet, Ezek~ (h<~p. H· i z. but !t is day ftill;yca,there may be tempells and llohns fiJlo~ Nfiti fhJ
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