VerJ.23o l'RoVERBS. 25 ground , that it may be fertile, and bring forth corne, an+ not weedes and thiflles . Therefore hee called them f0olei and (-corners, not inbitternes with purpofc to reuile themjo much as in loue, to admonifh them oftheir fbolitbnes, and (corning, that they might know the wickednctre of their wayes, and the persll of their eftate, and fo hearken tocoup- fell, and be reformed. IHecreuntotend many Sentences and Sayings in the Scriptures, amongwhich this is one : As ma- Ieue1,3.Yg, sly asI Inge, Ireb ske andcb4ten : be zealous therefore , and a- mend. And this is another : Heethat regardeth ins`lruEtion, is Trouer,io,iz in thewayoflife : but , hee that refufeth corre&tiongoeth out of theway : Reade Pfal.94 Ia. ETD' 30.20.2r.Iere."31.i8.19. FTebr.I2.IO. Firfl, his rebukes and threatnings are feldome without precepts and promifes annexed veto them , according as appeared) heere, and in Efay: eAfnfull Nation , aPeople la- denwith iniquity : Princes of Sodox,4e , People of Gomorrah : ,vhenyouflretchyaur hand Iwill hide mineeyesfromyou . Wall you , make:you cleane : takeaway themill ofyour workes before mee, ceafe to doeeuill , learne to doe well : thoughyour finnes werecrimfon, they (-hall be madewhiteai wood, Efa.i .4, 10. If . 17.18. ^c. Secondly, theLordexernpteth not, or rather(to fpeake properly) debarreth not his ovine fonnes and daughters, and deareflchildren from reproofesandcorreclions, which they fhouldrneuer tafle of; were they teftimonies ofhis ha- tred, and not pledges of his loue , for the good of their foules. Thirdly, his purpofe in rebukingand chaflening of his, ísreuealed by the good of eéb of his rebukes and challife- ments. For theywaken them from fecurity,and flirre them vp to an holy feare of the Lord : they purge away much pride, andhelpe toworkehumility ; they ferue to cure the deafenes oftheir cares , and thebiindnes oftheir eyes, that they may heare better when God fpeaketh , and fee more When heworketh. Godf leak. th once or twice (faith Elihss) andonefeeth it net, L 2 then eafon I. d
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