ROVERBS. )ap. he would adopt him for his ownechilde, and (notwith(fan. dingall the tranfgre(Iions which he fhould cou,Enit ) yet he would continue faithfull, and gracious vnto him. twill behü San a Father( faith he) andbe 'ball be myCon : andifhefsnnel'will cha- a s. flife him with the rodofmen, but my mercyfballnot depart away from him.Afterwards at his birth he declared the conftancy of his fre(,& vadeferued kindneffcwhich he bare vim) him be- fore he was, or had done good or euili : and twifc inone place doth made that hce loued him , and therefore Cent the Prophet Nathan to appoint that he Ihould be named ledidiab, and who knoweth not that the loue of the Lora is eternal!, and neuer rubieet roany mutation ? And it is confirmed fnSalomon by good effctis,of whom it is laid , that he hued theLord , walking in the ordinances of Da/lid. Indeed he fell fearefully,and that into Idolatry , but he aroie againe by re- pentance, the authenticke records whereof hang at this day, and (hall doe to the endof the world vpon the file : as well theBooke Ecclefafles , which fheweth how that his lookwas gathered into the bofome of the Church againe , as that fay- ing in the Booke of Chronicles : They made Rc hoboam the 3. Cbroro, t t,i7. forme of Salomonmightythreeyeeres long: For threeyeeres long they walked in thew asesof Dauid,andSalotnon. Our ofwhich we may colic& that when his fonue carne to the Crowne , he found Idolatry demolifhed and rcligion,eflablifhcd,as it had beene formerly in the daycs of Dauid. Now albeit this point beper(onal,touchingoneman particu- lardy, & neither raifed,nor profecuted,in inch manner as other doetrines,yet mayit feruc for moregeneral vfc,as to be an ad- monition to all,euen of Mt gifts, and graces, to cake heed to themfelues that they loft not their lfanding. Salomon (as the feueral texts quoted doe beare him witneilc)had goudproofe &experienceofGods fauor,of Gods bleflîngs,of Gods Spirit, and yet he declined from the loue ofGod, from theway of God,and from theworshipof God,& prouoked God to threa- ten him,&to bring judgementsvpon his pof}erity: and there- fore if he flipt and fiumbled fo dangeroufly, let noman bee rcmilieto looke wellto his footing, Wilt thou fay thy wife., dome Y Kim; 2z.
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