Tferfe,y &. . PROVERBS. 69 For what faith Samuel to Saul, touching this Carne point ? H.ath the Lordgreaterpleá1sre in burnt offerin,s, andfacráfäces, as when thevoyceofthe Lord is obeyed? Behold to obey, is better thenfacri- flee : and tohearken, is better then thefat o f ranimes. But rebellion is es the fnne ofwitchcraft, and tranfgre, on is wickednes, anda idolatrie. Secondly , they that are beleeuers, and obedient, haue Left thrift for their mediator, and redeemer, and how then can but theybeCaued ? but to themwhich 6edifobedient at the word, s;Pex' z8+ he isaBonetoMumbleat, and arocke ofofence, andhowthencanit be that theyfhouldnot perifh ? The-Lord himfelfe is the keeperofthcm that feruehim, his ; eyesare oser the righteous: andhis caresare open to theirpraiers: but PL 34,1 5.1 the angryface oftheLord is apinf them that doe easi/l, ta cut of f their remembrancefrom the earth. Laf}ly,thepromifes and blefngs afire, Caluation,and hap- Lu k I 4 8. pines, are all affured to then; that heare the wordofGod, andkeepe D ut,28.r, it : to them that diligentlyobey thevoyce of the Lord theirGod, and obferue and doe ill his commandements : and the threates for death, de[Irudion, andmiferie, are directedagain ti thole that fhall derptle his ordinances, andwhole foule agoorrethhú lager, fo Leuit z8.t4.t that they well not doe all his comm.andtments, but breake his come riants. Inf}ruciion todealeCoundly forour felues, and macecleere Trie and manifeff the good elute of our Coules, confirming our hope with litre and infallible proofes of regeneration and grace,and notfeduc n otar'hearts with fallacious,and guilefù9I illuions. The Apollicwould not haw! áhyman le, m.5, re hamlfe GAI.6.3,4 that he islomr:vh.zt,when he isnothing, deceivinghimfelfè i t`hisima- gin:tien, but adrnoai (Meth everymin toprooue his owne work1, and then he"hallbane reioycino in him lfeondly, andnot in an other. All the euidence that many haueoftheirfaluation is this,that their accfriiutance, who yet are vnacgnai,ited with their hearts, and thecourfè o4their behauiour, commendthem for Chrilti- ans,andhope well ofthem : and fa their wholecomfort [lands in the opinionswhich their neighbours coaceiue, and not in anyafiraace. that thenafclues obtaine. And diucrs conclude
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