49$ Chap. 3 t. An Expofition upon the Books of Jo s. VerLzz. fit ofall their bodyly members ; a man that wants the ufe of his arme, oh how thankful! would he be, to have it reftored againe yet while we enjoy the ufe and fervice of all our bodyly mem. hero, we feldome take notice of the mercy, or are trurly thank- ful! for it. Thirdly, Let us be admonifht,to imploy every part, and mem- ber of the body well let us ufe our hands, our fate, our eyes, our tongues to the honour ofGod. That's the Apofiles advice (t Cor.6. 2o.) Te arebought with a price. thereforeglo fir Clod in your body. and inyour fpirit, which are Gods. God hail, a title, a right to the fervice.ofboth,not only by creation.bzcau(e he made them,but by redéption,becaufe he bath bought orpayd for them. Let all our bones honour the Lord, as David refolved his (hould (Pfal. 3 5. t o.) All my bones Jballfay, Lord who is like unto thee c Thole bones which God bath compaâed, and joyned together in that admirable ftruciure of the body,fhould joyo in his praife, and all the members ofthe body Jbouldbeyeelded as infirmments . ofrighersaio efe unto God (Rom. é. r 3.) Take heedof abufing fo much as a little finger, doe not give up a hayre of your head to the fervice of finne , for it is the Lords ; let us take heed of mil-i mplo, ing our bodyly members,left we provoke God to de- ny us the comfortable ufeof them. For, Secondly , Note. Ir is j:of, that they whoabufe the membersof their body, to the hurt ofman, or the difhonour of god, ¡hould lofe the ufeof them.. 3 iytn e%1 ut He that lifts uphis hand unrighteoufly, forfeits the ufe of ir, ho ro ¡yew and Godbath fometime taken the forfeiture. Wee take a knife pr quibas ad injuifieum out of a childs hand, when we fee he doch hurt with it ; much arirur. Agar more a faTord out of a mad-mans hand, who is bent to doehurt with it. Surely aswe take artificial! inftruments of hurt out of their hands who abufe them, fo God may juftly take away the ufe of any naturali infirument which we abufe. Thus the Juftice of God over. Cooke 3eroboam ( a Kings 13. 4.) who when he lift up his hand against the Prophet that prophefied againft his Ido- latrous Altar, prefencly his hand withered , and he was not able to draw it in, or to bringit back, till the Prophet prayed for the refioring of it. God can quickly wither a hand or an arme that
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