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Be
meek
to
your fervants.
VER.
20.
The
fpirituall
building.
Two
forts
of
Prophets.,
Chrift
is
the
foundation,
and
Corner
-
eone.
Ephefians,Chap.
z.
VER.
if
we
work
ill,God
(hall
heare ill,and
we (ball
be
a
fhame
to
him
and
to
all
the houfhold.
It
doth
afTure
us,that the Lord
will
provide for
us
carefully :though
a
man bath
his
head beaten about many
things,yet
all
drawcth to this,
provifion
for
his
houfhold, prefent and future.
I
will Jet
my eye upon
you
for
good.
And how
can
he fayle
in
this who putteth
into man this
caree Shall he
that
maketh the eye, not
feel
Shall bee that giveth
to
finfull
man
to
be
careful!,
infomuch
as
he accounteth
him war
fe
then
an
Infidel,
[hall
not he provide much more for
his
family:
Your
hea-
venly Father
careth
for
you.
I,
but I
fee
wicked men that make no
confcience; they
have
abun-
dance and are
exempted
in
the
evilly
of
men, and my
felfe am
pin-
chedwith many difirelfes.But this
fhould
not difmay,to
fee
the
wick
-
ed kept
high;
If one
keep
dogges'
and horfes well
liking,
will
bee
ftarvc his fervantse
if
God
be
fo
good to thofe
that
are
dogges
and
fwine, (as the Scripture truly
termeth)
[hall
he
be
careteffe
of
fuch
as
are
his
houfholdeNo,we
have
a
mailer
in
heaven,who
will abundant-
ly
provide
for
his fervants.
That
we are
all
of
us
one houfhold, fhould teach
us meekneffe
to
our
fervants,who
live in fubje&ion
under us; for
though
wee are
ma.
hers
over our owne houfholds, yet we
are
but fellow
-
fervants with
our fervants
in
this houfhold:hereupon
the Apoftle exhorteth,
Doe
that
which is
equal,
knowing
you
alfo
have a
méfier
in heaven,
Eph:6.9.
V
E
R.
so.
vt
nd
are built
upon
the foundation of
the
Apoflles
and
Prophets,
lefut Chriji
himfelfe being
the chiefe
cornerfio e.
Now
he fheweth,
how they come to
bethus: the ground
is,
they
are
built upon
Chrift.
What is
it
to
be
budded
upon
Chrifl?
Anfw.
To
be
brought to the
faith,
by which every beleeving
foule
leaneth
on
Chrift; aseveryparcellof
the houfeon
the foundation:
for
this bath
fume refpeét
to the feventeenth verfe,
Chrifts
effe&uall publifhing
the Gofpell
of
peace , and fo
bringing them
to
acknowledgement.
Againe,ifthemultitude
of
believers coupled
with
Chrift
be
the
thing
builded,as
they
are called
in
the
next verfe,
and in
the third to the
Co.
rinthians
, then
the bringing to the
beliefe, muff be
the
building.
Secondly,ir may
be
asked
what thefe
weree
There
were Prophets
of
the old
and new
Teftament:
In
the
new
Teftament
there are
two
forts; Prophets foretelling,
and
Prophets
having the gift
of
interpre-
tation, which
ferved
to edify the
Church.
Now
I
think he
meaneth
Prophets
in
the
laic
fenfe: and
the
fifth verfe
of
the next chapter
doth
perfwade
to
it,
and
chap
4.
r
i.
where Prophets
muff
bee
taken for
Prophets then extant,who
had
a
more
full
revelation.
It
may be asked,
what
is
meant by
Foundation.
tinfw.
Chrift
himfelfe,
whom the Apoftles
and
Prophets
preaching
and writing
did
publifh;
r.
Cor.
3. so.
r r-
I
as a
miller.
builder layd the foundation,
other foundation can
no
man
lay
then that which
is
laid,
Jefus
Chrift.
What
is
meant by
Corner
flow
e
vinfw.
It
is
the
felfe-fame with,
the foundation,
as Efay
28. 16.
Chrift
is
called
the foundation,
the'
Corner-