Olga" Iudgem.enti. 347 Theythatu ocke bugatGodsiudgements,will mockein theend and beemocked: wherefoteitisgoodto pray for mcvardereuerence, before Godfendethoutwardevenge_ - ance. When the Lord accufethand iudgeth vs to Phewhimfelfeiuft and innocenc,hewill hauenone othertowitnefegainitvsthen the mountaines; orthe heauensand theearth: lice will come to no court on earth butto his creatures, and his feruantes haue vied the Micsh.6. i. fameproceeding, asMofes calleth heaven and earth towitneffc,nay weare tocall to wit- Efni.t.a. nefl'e the(tones in the wall,the timber of thehoufe,that they may glue their voices onoar f des,thatwehaue told themtheir lins,and that wehaue fpoken totheir con!ciences , and Thetord isiufi thenthevery beanies of theChurchand tonesof the wallfhall bewitnes of this contro- "hen beedosb uerhe. So that thoughmen would beare onewith another,yetthe mountaines, the hea. ° dg`' uen, &theearthThal glue vptheir voice,that God bathnot coinfodenlyvpon vs,b ut that heforewarned vs.Itwere a great matter ifa manfhould beiudge in his ownOak, yet the Lordfo ricks thematteras that sewill condeennenone, but (uchasfirftfhall fee their iva condemnation.Wefhallhaueall things laidplain &orderlybefore vs,asit is PÍàI. 5o.fo that= (hall bedewenroconfefre Godsplea cobe Mit againitvs:forhowfoeuermen can daube and decentetheirowneconfcience, howfocuerthey can fnocherand choke theyr owne fins and delude men; yetin thedayofwrath,the fealed booke, the Pealed bookedial be opened,and therecorder inour owncon(cience (hall giuefentenceveto it, & then the Lord (hall win and recouce hisalbionatoarhands arid we (hall yecldthat he is hilt. 6 There areplaces in theScripture,wheretheLord isacomforter, and there are phi- HamGedsáü ces,whrrin be is an accufer:theplaces where he isa comforter ¡hewed) fuchperlons mind eccafir aches times,whereinthe Lord byhisaccufations bath fofarre preuailed, that the people were ecg5uter: humbled thereby. The placeswhereinhe is anacctilèr, import filch times and petfons, to whoine the Lordbath (hewedmany còmfortsand benefits,but they haue beenevnthank- full, asarewe inour times in our realme,and in this place. For it bathbeene the wildotne of the Lord alwaìes after his threatnings raking place to remembertnercie, and after Isis mercies contemned to fend out his threatnings,asHofe.4.t. 7 The maner oftheauncient Church hathbitit,that wherefoeuer mentionwas Made in Theprsss erot. : the worde of thechildren of Ifraell, theChriffìanstookethatfpcciallytoappertainetothrowing: of thetnfelues.But now adayes in our ages thecafe is farreotherwiiè,we are fo loath tobeat- Ifraeu app - cured,thatourmaneristo_account our felues tobe accufedin nothing, but there where tainetovs: the Lord bathasit were, by name-fpokenvntova,&if the Lordhashwritten no prophe- ciefpeciall to this land,thcnwe thinke nothing concernethvs. Howbcit,as Paul faith,Ro; a. (bat theyarenot only fewes,that are 'ewe:: out ward,but theyalfo whicharefewer inward, fo I fay, that they arenot only thechildren of Ilraell,whichcameout ofthe loyìies ofIfrael, butwhofo truelie lay holdon the promifesmadeunto Ifrael,are the truechildrenofIfrael alto. Butnot to ftand long on this point,Ifay, Tooke asMofes is snore inferiourthen Mef- fsab,and as Iefus is better then Jofuab,and the kingdome ofheauen better then Canaan,& thebloodofChrilt more preciousthen the bloodofbullocks or of goates; foarewe bet- ter Ifraelites,by faith taking hold on the promifes made vntöIfraell, then they thatdel- tended oniteoutof the bodie and loynesof Ifraell. So that ifany will Tay chime to the promifes of Ifraell,hemutt acknowledgehimfelfe to be thechflde ofIfraell: but ifany will let goe his holdon thispromife,he moll: altoexempt,himfelfefrom being tie childe of If- raell. Hemay wellbeof the lineof Cain, Cham,or Efau,but the otherhe .fhall not be. And thenif wewillbethechildren of Ifrael in their promi(es,wemull be the childrenof Ifraell alto in theiraccufations. Andrarely there is good reafon, why we fhould fo be,where as Jacobhad two names,the oneJaceb,the OtherJfraell,.ve reade very feldotnein the fcripture thattheiewcsarenamed'bythe childrenof Jacob, butcalled for the molt part thechi!. dren ofIfraell. For the naineof Jacobbeing giuing himatthe rimeofIricnatinitie, and the name OfIfrael being a(fighed himby the Angellfora nameofbehehtè,becaufe he wreftled with God,theLord herein inGnuateth,ehat the children oflfrael,that is,the childrenof his benefites,muftwith a fpeciall care Beare Isisword. Thenotob(eruing of the Iudgements ofGod ;nuked' vs fo loth tolouehis mercié, ánd fo llenderly to feare hisIudgements,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=