Prcfamption neuer goesvnpuniíhed. OfPeters Deniall. Ser. ;9. 609 deceiued. Pharaohpurfued the childrenof Ifrael , boafting as he went , I will not leaue a manofthemaliue, I willat once make an end of thefe Slaues : But this prefumptionof his fucceeded fo ill withhim, that heandall hisweremade food forfillies, ?heyfinkelike lead to the bottoms of thefea. And anon after it is faid,rhy wrathdiddeaoure tbi,as thefire confumeththeflraw. Theyperifhed firft like lead, becaufe theydescended euen to the bottome ofthe fea : and theyperifhed like ftraw, becaufe they afterwards floatedabouewater;to the endthat thechil- drenof Ifraelmight behold in their drownedbodies, the powerful' hand of God. That proud PhiliftimGoliah, vaunted himfelfe, and cryed out vnto Da- uid, Come to me, andIwillgist thyfe jh vnto thefowler oftheheauen andto thebeafls of the field. Hewas an able andavaliant man,but his valourwas nothing anfwera- ble to hisarrogancieand prefumption,fo that for all his great brags,himfelfe was madeaprey for theVultures. God would hauehis friends to hevaliant,yet cowards ;weake , yetftrong ; fearefull, andyet confident : and,that theone shouldgrow from the confidera- tionof their owneweaknefl'e ; and theother, from theiraffiance in God. Mofes fled (being afraid) from the Serpent ; but being animated by God , hee was fo bold, as to take him bythe tayle. Tobin outoffeare, fled from the fifh, but in- couraged by the Angell, he fet vpon him , and was ftrong enoughto teare his iawesin funder. Andtherefore Saint Pailfaith, Lill things lirepef{iblevntome,in him that is myflrengthandmy comforter.And hemightas well hauefaid,Wi:bout God Icandoe not hing, Indeomee (faithDauid) tranfrediar tritirunm, In my God, l willeapeottera wall ; Whereas without him,he is not able tocrawle ouer a Thre- fhold. The Scribesand Pharifees did prefume thatthey fhould enioy thole for- mer good timesandgoldenages of their greatgrandfathers andforefathers; bat theywere not confederat with them in fhedding the bloodoftheProp.hets,and therefore our Sauiour made them this anfwer, Behold, IfendontoyóiProphets and ,trai.:=: wife men, andScribes, andofthemyeefball kill andcritiffe. Andofthem (hall yee fcourgein the Synagogues, andperfecute fromCitietoCitie; that vpon you may come all the righteous bloodthat was flied vpon earth, from theblood of Abelthe righteous, vntothe blood of Zachari,u the fonneofBarachiaa', whom ye flewbetweene the Temple and the Altar.Andyet yeare notafhamed tofay, Thatifye had been in the dayesofyour fathers,ye would not hauebeene part- nerswith them in the blood of the Prophets. Renada6kingofSyriaboltingmuch ofhispower,heofIfrael anfweredhim, Let not him thatgirdethhis harnei, boaf ;.Reg. himfefealhe thatpittetbitof.,Hethatfghtsfor thevitlory, let him not gloryas bee that hathgot thevitlorie : forthe fucceffe ofwarre is doubtfull. Thelike iudge- ment ought euery one tomakeofthe vietorie and the warrethat is waged with the foule ; which whileft it liueth in thismortalsbody,cannot affureit felfe; fo various and doubtfull are the fuccefles of this warre. When raceb had force differencewithhis father inLawabout the Idols 'whichRachel had ftolne, hee Gen.31' toldhim,Exceptthe Godofmyfather Abraham,& thefeareofijac,hadbeenwith me, èc. The Commentators herequeftion it, whyJacob didnot as well fay, the God of lfaac, as ofe.,lbrahaml AndPaulus Beorgenfis anfwersthereunto out of the (sodsot enl- opinionoftheHebrewes, That Godwas neuer calledthe God ofanymap,whi- led theGod o leftthat manwas lining : becaufe he dothnot then inioya fureeftate.And there- any man, forein regard that Abrahamwas dead, andIfaac liuing, he faid,the GodofAbra- ham, and the feareof !(kac. Afterthat braue refolutionwhichAbrahamhad to fa- crifice hisfonne, God fayd vnto him, Now I know that thoufearefi God. But here another doubt now offersit (elfe, That Abraham hauing fhewnefucha great and extra-
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