OfFeetre. OfFriendt2,,fa,,niliaritie,&e. 3o9 Many men maruell how men befo fmitten with fuch feares, andfo defpa(re that theycannot beleeue:But theftneuer confider the judgmentofGod inhardning them;and thusby a carnal! admiration are deprivedofall profiting by fuchexamples, In all things we (houldturne oureyes fromman,and only beholdGod, and know that it is he which maketh our enemies to loue vs, our inferiorsto obeyvs, our friendestobate vs, our fupe_ riots to lothvs. If wehad this inourharts we would latelycalf offthe feare Oman and flatterie,and (trineto feareGod in allfinceritie,and to knowe that ifthefeareofGod pre- Valk with vs we(hall preuaile with men, and haue faccclfe in our affaires, or fee his loue in our correbtion, and inexercifing our faith. 8 The people of 13iael are fayd to fcareGod,when hedeftroyed their enemies, and fpared them : Thisfruite wemull haue invs ofal Gods works; as welas they.Theydidnot Feareìrixt only feare butalfo belecue,which fheweth theirfeare tobeegodly, for that feare onely is "i6' faith. godly which is mingled with faith. Then whatfoeuer feare webane, it is nothing, except iteither confirme vs in theloueofthe word, or elfe do turne vs thereunto that fo wemay beleene. 9 Isisthe Lord that finiteth the hearts of his enemies and giueth courage tohischil. drenasplcalechhiss,Iofh.ua,z.9. Deut.2.z5.28.t8. And ifof this-wewere throughlyper- fivaded, then wouldwee neuer feare in any good caufe, then couldnotthe pollicie nor power ofmendifinay vs.Againe we would bewarie to dealt againit any ofGodschildren leal i while we !trineagainikthem, werefill the. hand ofthe Lord. to lofèpb might haue had many excufes when he layde vp the mony inPharaoh/houle, asthat he had Gods people toprovide for, he could not beefpyed, yet did the feareof Godtrulygrafted inhim, Rase film fromvnfaithfull dealings. It may benoted then,that thefeare ofGod caulethobedience, and though we mightTeem tohaueexcufnand though we couldefcape the judgment ofinen, the law is not gwen to the iutt but to the vniuft. If then thecommandement only doekeepevs in obedience, wehaue not receiued theipirit ofGod ; ifthenwe will eyther croft others or be trailed ourfelues, let vs teach and learnt this feare ofGod. In thatIofeph would not dealt vnfaithfully with a tyrant, we!carne to vfeiuftice toward the wicked contrarie to the forme ofloue, whobecaufe they thinke all thinges aretheirs, thereforeiris lawful! to çbme by them asthey can.In that Iofeph would doe nothingwithoutPharaohs confine, we learnt todoe nothingwithout thole ordinarie mcanesthat God bath appointed. . CHAP. 29. OfFriendJhip,familiaritie;fumiheandFathers. He friendfhip with thewicked is fuch,thatto taue themfelues they will endanger their friends : aswe (min thekingof_Wren! with Iehofaphat, z.Chron.r 8.19. z We mutt beware that we neuer further finne, but if we loue Bri,d.p4p. God,we muff loue them whomGodloueth, and hate them whome Godhateth, Plalm.r5.4.139.zt.zz. how dare many,then, hand-- otterhead, and without choyfe,befriends and ioyne in league with Gods ehemies l Proverbs 29.27. 3 We may haue familiaritie with fome, inwhom, thought there bee nogreat loueof religion,yet thereisno milliking ofreligion, nor loue ofherefies :Butour acquaintance °i muffbe in outwardthinges, we mutt bewareourleague proceede neither tothe wor(hip OfGod, normatter ofmariage. 4 Thefinne ofthe maifter ofthe futile,indangereththe Rateofthe whole familie,as. amitie. we fee in Adimelech. s Iris the duetie offeruants to couenant with theirmailtera, that they may fo ferne seruaam them, as that they mayTerre God. When
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