a ycre.io.,, ROVERBS. ear gladoftheir mifer y.So faith theA o- Roma,' pp were g 3 ofile co the R p manes, Your faith is publifhed throughout the whole world, meaning thereby inall the Churches. Firft,they haue agood of}ate in their goods,and hold their li- Reafo uings by a right tenure, through Iefus being inheritors ofthe earth,whereas noneelfe are fo much as tenants at will by any right or warrant fromGod,but meerevfurpers intruding them- felues without any allowance into his poffeffions. Secondly,all others arealiants in Gods account,& only their vnderlings & feruants.For fo he fpeaketh offuck as hold them- felues to be matters and commanders of many others. The _grangers/hall f and andfeedeyour/heepe, and thefoes o f/trangers /hallbeyourplowmen,anddrefers ofyour vines.Ifai 6i .5. Confolation to then, that haue the teftimony ofthe faithfull, , and approbation ofgodlyChriftians in their behauiour. It is as good as ifall the towne and country did commend them. And that was S.Iohns meaning, when he faid that Demetrius had a good report ofallmen.Al1wicked menwouldneuer (peakwell of Ih him,or ifthey fhould,it hadbeen little for his credit : but foraf much as the Apoflle teí}ifieth ofhim,and the truth it felfe alfo,it rout} needs be that thofeallmen were all goodmenwhich knew his goodnes. Terror for them thathaue thecomplaint ofGods feruants a- gainfl them. Though they be magnified of the multitude,and applaudedofneuer fomanywicked,they fhall neither haue truc honour,norfound comfort thereby. The voices ofChriflians will carry the caufe,and their verdi& is that whichwill caf+ the faulty,ifthey conui&,the Lordwill condemn:for theyneuer a- gree all to findanyguilty,but where the word.ofGod, and his fpirit haue firfl giuen in euidence againfl them. It went hard withZenacheribwhen God to (dhimthat Zion defpifedhim, & laughedhim to fcorne, and /hook her head at him. But what Irai.37 caredhe for that?Didnot hedefpife her as much? True it is,that he defpifed her afinuch,but not with fo muchdanger:to her.His was avaine,foolifh,abfurd,and contemptible contempt,like pa- per /hot againfl a ftrong bulwarke: but hers was mighty, and effe&uall carrying force with it,like a Canon againft aweake F 2 cottage
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