ÿ$x Chap. 14. An E. pofrtson sspon the Bookof Jos. Verti S, mea ingof it is, he flull not live out half the dayes of mans ge- neral limit, as fuppofe a bloody man be cut off at thirty, he bath not lived out half Seventy or Eighty Years, which are the com- mon bounds of Life prefcribed to Mankind beyond which they cannot pafs ; But this man lives out all the dayes of his fpecial limit, or all the dayes which were determined for his Portion in the Land of the Living. Thus the bloodieft and molt deceitful Wretch that ever was in the World lives out all his dayes. Our dayes are as many as God appoints in fpecial and no more, whenfoever or in what way foever we are brought to the Period of our dayes. From the whole Context obferve by wayof Corollary. Fill}, The Decrees of Godare obfolsete and irrevocable. As we cannot add one Cubit to our Stature, fonot one hour to our dayes. And filch as the Statute or Decree of God is con- cerning the numberof dayes which every Perfon'fhallpafsin this Temporal life, inch alto is the Decree of God concerning the number of thofe Prrfons who fhall inherit Eternal Life. The dayes of Mortality are determined for every Perfon, how many they fhall be-; And it is determined who and-howmany' Perfons fhall enjoy a bleffedEternity: Secondly, Obferve, The abfolutenefs and irrevocability of Gods Decrees cóncerning the number of our dayes , cloth not dijingage us front the ufe of .oceans, and fecund helps;for, the continuance and len tbelidsag of ens dayes. Man muff not fay, God bath decreed how longl- fáll`livéi therefore I need not take any care of my life ; this Were `to-refift' the Commandof God, while we think we Submit to hisDecree Whereas indeed all the Command; of God are fubordinate and Miniferial to the fulfilling óf-hiS ,DeOrees.. Will anyman .fay, God bathdetermined my dayes;; which-l'canndt pats, therefore when 1 am hungry I will not eat, when am fìck I will not take }shyfick nor use Medicines. The"Decree of God is fo far from calling us off from, that it obliged us to the ufeof all duemeans for our Prefervation. When Satan. tempted Chrifí to throw I-lomintern himfelf down from thePinacie.of the Temple, heanfwers, Thou expofationes Jbalt not tempt. the Lord thy God. While-we neglect o ür %lve3ä font Dei we tempt God': We muff' not throwawayOur lives, becaufeG4cd sentátiones. keeps them. hacob-had affurance of his life, by a fpecial proufife a
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