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ObieEtionsoigatnJ? perfesseraricetalken

frorn

examples,anf.7a9

Now Gods

loue

is

immutable, for whom

he

loucth;to

the

cnd

he

loueth them

:

Ioh.13

.

x.

Cohn

13,10

Secondlie,

he

is

Paid

to

haue

loucd

God,and

to

haue

wal-

ked

in

the ordinances

of

Dauid

his

father,only.through

infir-

mity

doting

upon his

wiues,he

facrificed and.offered incenfe

in the

high

places

:.1.King.3,3.

So

it

is

faid,

that

the godlie

,I.King.3;.

Priefls and Leuites, and

fuch

as

fet

their

hearts to

feeke

the

Lord,

ioyned

with

Rehoboam

in

Gods

worfbip

and feruice,

and

/lrengthcned

his kingdome t

hree_yeere lon_On

which

time

they

walked in

the

way

of

Danid

and

Salomon:

z.Chro.

i

i.

j

6.17.

2.Chron.i06,

Thirdly, veto

him

was made

a

promife

from

God,

that

his

merde

fhould

netdre

taken

from

him,

though

hee

fin

ned

againf}

him

;

brit

FSt

nne

fhould be corre

&ed

with

tern

porall

chaftifetnents

:

2.Sam.7.I4.

1

will

be

his

father,

and

he 2.Sam.7.i4

.

jhall

be my

fonne,and

sf

he

ßnre,

1

wrll

cha/len

him

with

the rod

of

men;and

with the

plagases

of

the children

o

f

men.

15.

Tut

my

mercieJlmll

not

depart

away

from

.him,

45

.1

tooke

at

from

Sail,'"

whom

I

hatte

part

away

before

thee.

The

which promife

is

plied

to

all

Gods

elea

to

the

fame purpofe

:

Pfalm.89.29.

Pfa1.89.19.3o

3o.31.

&c.

And this

promife alto was

accordingly accoin-

plifbed,for when

Salomon

fell

into that

fearefull (inne

of

ido-

latrie,God threatneth to

chailifc

this

his finne

with the

di

ttifion

and

renting

óf

his

kingdoine,which

was

buta

tempo

rarie

punifllinenr

i.King.11.11.'

Yea,butthis

prómife

is

made

not

concerning

his

fpirituall

eilate,but concerning

his

worldly

kingdome

and

gouerne-

ment. I anfwere, this obie&ion

is

confuted by

experience

for Salmons

(nne

was

punifhed

in his

nextfucceffour,

by

taking

from him

ten tribes

of

the

twelue,fo

that

the greatefl

part

of

his

worldly

goucrnement

ceafed in his forme,

and

that

which remained

was in

times fucceeding

taken

from

his

,.

pnfleritie,

And therefore

Gods

promife could

not

be

vider-

flóod after

a

worldly

and

Carnal'

manner,

feeing

in

that

it

was

not

accomplifhed, and

made

good

veto

him.

Fourthly,he

was

a

type

ofChrifl,and

-his

kingdome

ofthe:

f

ourifhing

and peaceable

gouermnent

ofthe

Meifas.

Fiftlie;

hee

wvas,a:penman

nf:an

excellent part ,of

Iiòlici

t

Scriptures

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