270 Sinthe caufewhykingdomesaretrao- On the l'ryday after (fated fromone people toanother. Leo bath obferued , that our Sauiour Chrift beaing notable to beare theheauie burthen of the Croffe, the Iewes fearinghe wouldnot dye till theyhad faftned him thereunto, hireda Gentile,called SttitonCirenaas, to helpe him awhile in thebearing of it. Onely thereby to fhow, that the fruit of the Croffc, was to come vnto the Gentiles. Or to explaine it fuller, his fubmitting himfelfe to the Croiï'eamiditthefe cruel! Iewes,was nota thingdone bychance, but akindof prophecie, That the Gentiles fhouldtake poffeffionof thekeyof Heauen. The KingdomeofGadfhall be takenfromyou. Here firftof all,headuifeth Kings, Princes,and Rulers,thatthey look&wellvnto their wayes , and ftand in feareof this change. For God is woontto transferre Kingdomes,States, and Seignio- ries fromone nation toanother,for their finnesfake. Becaufe ofvnrighteous dea- ling, andwrongs,andriches gottenbydeceit,thc Kingdome is tranßatedfrom onepeople toanother. A Kingfullers his fubie is tobe ouerladen withTaxes,when theyare not abletobeare them : Giue that Kingdome for loft. The wicked(hall becutof I from theEarth, and thetranfgreffars fhallbeerooted outofit. Daniel pronouncethas much, Godchangeth times andages , he tranflateth kingdames, and eflablifhetb them. Thenrofthigh beareth ruleoucr the kingdome of men,and giueth it towhom. foeuer he will. And thofe thatwalkein pride,hee isable to abate. And in the fourth chapter , Hefetteth vp ameant' man in their(leed. The examples of this in Gods peopleare more in number thanthe parres ofHeauen.We fee the houfeof Teroboamdeftroyed andvtterly rooted outby the hands ofBaafba ; That ofBad. fha,by Zambri ; and that of Ahab, by tehu. Inthe land ofpromife,God tooke a- wayone and thirtieKingdomes, from thofeKings , and bellowed themonhis ownepeople. Alios laboraoerant,t vos in laboreen eorum introifiis, others tooke the paines,andyet reap't theprofit. But he did deferre the poffeffionof thefe for fome few yeares , becaufe the finnes oftheAmorites were not yet come vnto their heigth. Salmanazer, carried away tenne ofthe Tribes captive to the landofthe Modes ; Nebuchadnezzar deftroyd the Cityand TempleofIerufalem ; and lea- ^ ding the peopleaway captiue vnto Babilon, he left the land waft and defolate : as it appeareth inthe Lamentationsof Íeremie,Hareditas noflra,verfaell ad aliens, our inheritance,is turnedottervnto flrangers. TheMonarchyof the Afirians and Babilonians,was transferred to the Medes and Perfians ; thatof the Perfians, to the Grecians and Macedonians ; and that ofthe Macedonians,to the Romans;as was prophecied byDaniel, inthat prodigiousStatuawhich Nebuchadnezzar faw inhis dreame. TheEmpire ofConftantinople, was tranflated to the ottoman Family. In a word, numberleffe are thofe Kingdomes, whichhaue fuffered their alterations, and tranflations. Their frnnes,beeingthe onely caufe ofthis their change. Secondly,He aduifeth thofe ofthemiddle fort,on whome Godhath beftow- edwealth,houfes,honours,and health,wherewithall conueniently topaffe this lifeoftheirs,Thatthey proue not vngratefullvnto God:Forhe knowesas well how to take away from them, as toglue to them, all thefe his good bleflings, and to bring them by means newer dreamt of, to the Hofpitall, and to . fhamefull pouertie and difhonour. According to that laying vttered by God' himfelfe, They that dcffifeme, fhallbedefßifed. As alfoby the monthof ofee, This People doth not acknowledge that I glue them Wine, Wheate, and Oyle ; and thereforeI (hall make them toacknowledge it,by takingthefe things from them, Ieauing them poore,lrüngtie,and miferable. Thirdly, Hee aduifeth the Faithful!, to procure to prefenuethe goods of Grace, and therightandhope which they haue inthe Kingdome ofHeauen ; left Eat.ao. prau.z.u Dao.6. ;.Reg.14.t5. 3K!ng.16 4.2(nsg.9. Godfuhhratb hisBlefrngr, whcwe vngratefull. t.Reg.z,
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