6 ThePr-efoce. ked-B4ld4mwas tovtter the word ofGod Vtlto~ p.rpudKi11g B.tt"!ttck._, he was commanded to !land vp to ilearc the p.ara.. ble,Num.z 3·I8.Ifthcn this Heathen King was togiue reue.;. renee vnto the meffageofGod altogether :tgainfi himfe!fc; . hcing ·aJfo deliuercd 1 by fowickeda mclfen.ger; muchmore :X}.\ ought wee with all fearc and thankfu!nes to imbracc the!e ·:t~· la.wes 1 vvhkh the moll holyGod deliucred in his O\\'neper~ fon,and that for thegreatellgood and fa1uation of all that re~eiue them. And ~his affetlion was in /()b,as he tc[}jfieth<>f :L .himfelfc in his rr .chapt.3 3.verfe, that though hewas am'an offud1 wcald1 anJauthoritie,as thathe .could11~ue made a– fraid a great multitude., and could·haue crui11ed thembyhis power.: yet ,the .pooreH andmofl contemptible might haue dealt with him; and if theyhad feene any faulc in him (as .vyho liueth fo iufUy,but fomctimes thofe that be about hhn may fee infirmities in him?) and had come to tell hin1 that hehad broken the lawofGod,hc wouldhauebinquiet and .mild, and fo farre from fearing them with rough words, a~ .thathimfelf would feare before God,andlabourto get par.. don. He would not chafe with thofe that bronght Gods re- . hukes vnto him, a-nd fay, What hauc you to doe to meddle withmerwho g~ue you authoritie to conrrole your betters? .but_,cotrolinghimfelfJ.kept within his own doores,to hftble his fgule bef0reGod,and to fee·ke reconciliation withhim. The like maywe fee in thacholyman Dauidj~,-,·ho though he was aKin.g,&tnnointedac-Gods Qppointment, andaPro– ,phet ofexcellent gifts, avaliant warriour, ·& had foure hun.:.; dred men wella.ppointe"-1 waiting onhim:yec whenAbigal. awoman and n1eane·incomparifon ofhim., camealoneand brought with her the [word ofth.e fpirir, the law -ofGod, that-it was ·not lawfull for him to comnlit murther., and eo ~cuenge his owne caufc. W·ha.t thoughNtlhal had don~ in. -iude.?yet _fi~ewould knowofDatJid,whether he might Jaw– fully kill one in .his_owne pduace reuenge contrarie tQ the, ·law ofGod. . · , 1 · ·· · ,!. · Now whenDAuid feeth that llw commet~ fo well a·p· . . pointed, and brings fuch thong reafonsJ and that he could .not rulhonN4bA/s btood.,~but he1houldruthvpo. tl~e fword · --.. . . , ·Of
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