on the n9. 'P%A1me. 539 The Sunne is certaine,and yetfor the glorious vi6lorie ofaids people vnder/emir, it llood(til. So. did it turtle backe forEaechias. Thewatersalfo were his feruantsto take vengeance onhis enemies at theflood: fo Itkewife the red lea Caved Gods children, and defrayed his foes. Then when there creatures keepe not their course, it is the worke of .. God for the good ofhis people,and thehurtofhisenemies. Much more are theordinarie works his feruants,asmoderate raine,drie wcather,&c. Leuit.as. for to teftifle his fauour to hischildren ;as immoderate drought forthe hurt ofhisfoes. Sodifcord, famine,plague, warre,&c. all theft waiteon God to lerue him when hewill punifh any people : as peace, loue,plentie,heakh,ftrength, &c.are to thecomfortof hispeople. Ail4rehisferu4#tt. All the creatures round about, are readie to fettle himat his will, from the Angels in heauen,to the wormes in the earth: therefore -bee is called theLord of " hosts : they arenot orderedby nature, fortune, or furls like,but by Gods prouidence : ex- ample,Pfal, t o7. Ifwe wereperfwaded ofthis,then fhouldwe be feared,itourheartswere n not right withGod.: andwe fhould becomfortedwhenour heartswereright before him : knowing that there feriae to tettifie hisloue tothemthat feare him and toteitifiehis wrath Si , where lreisdifpleafed. This mild driuevsfrotofecond caufes,volooketo God:IfGod be withvs,whoJhallheotgain/f 'Vs ?If wewere perfwaded,that they£hall all beare witnelfewith vsor against vs,tlieu would webe fearefull,anddefirous to bereconciled toGod: for he hashgusto thefecreatures to vs no otherwileto vfe,thanwe be in Chrift; for ifwe be nor, thenmutt we giueaccount for them : but ifwee be reconciledto God,thenhaue weea1pe. ciall comfort, that nothing (hall hurtvs, and when they might feeuae to hurt, they (hall helpe vs : ourenenìies (hall be ourfriends, and theRunes (lrall be at leaguewith vs; and nothing (hall feparate vs from the loueofGod. Fire (hall burne vseafily, and water (hall eafilydrowne vs : forthough Tyrants abufe there for a time, yet they are Gods feruants, and theygrone with vs tor our redemption. Doe all creaturesgrone,and fhall wee be fe- cure ? Doethey their feruice, and (hall not we doe ourduties ? Then molt grieuous (hall our condemnation be. Here are fileVerleswanting. PORTION. 13.4a:.x ....r. Verf.gy. Ohhowlone 'thy law lit ismymeditationcontinually. HisPfalme isa lively reprefentation ofa man regenerate, and teachethvs,what are,or oughtto be his meditations, his exercifes, andhisaffeelions; to that by how mocha > ;The vfi of m ' man (hall -haue foundhimfelfetobe truelyconuerfant in this Pfalme, fomuch mayhe'}reerne thinkehimfc!f to haue profited in regeneration:and byhow osuch tlsc lellehebath fosad, that generate, he isletre occupied in thepraditfe hereof,fomuchheis Co fufpedthüafelfe tofaileand comefhort of newnefre oflife. Inchele dayes, becaufe weattribute fo much tominiieriall knowledge,and haue felt to little profite bythe teaching of the fpirite, and feeingwe braglo'much offaith, and haue fo little lout ; lalîly, whereas weboa(of our Profèllìon, andyet are fo littleprofited in ho- ly conuerfation, theLord for fuchcontempt ofhis trueth, cloth "now teachesby deluding fpi- rAnnoDom. tits, andfantaliicaif deuifers,and the lyingFamihieof loue. Whereforevoletfe wee are moreen (sit%& at. flamed with alone of the crutch , andanhatred ofheretic , then we hauebeen ; itmay come to paffe, that a, in theprímitiue Church; theGofpell of Iefus Chril beingpreachedat the fire;of menof the loosed (late, andafterwardforthe good likingof ir, wasbrought to be preached af- ter chemote learcieyl fort: cursi foheretic nowbeginningia rhevnhearned and ignorant people, uoref :e. , may by themil judgement of God,forthe contemptoftheword,takeplaceeven among thebed learned. Forit is as ealie for the Lord in his tudgements,tofendalyingipirit into fourehundreth learned men,al tofuller thecommon Ifraelites to be deludedtherewith; whereforewe haue the my(leries of in iquitieto teach the myderiesof righteoufnelfe,and we mudlearn loue ofthem, Familieof whichare theab Lifers of: loue. Wherefore ifwedefretoknowChriti crucified by the fpiritinhue. his word,if we will knowhim tobeourProphet,our Priet,andourKing,we mudbe new crea- tures, 11111mer
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