690 evla/ierCjreenhams 7eadrngs me thy iudgements,which are the realirecords ofthy truth : foras thy'word is my delight; fo j willmarkehowthoudoeflratifiethefame,bothbyaccomp lifhingthypromifes, andexecuting thythreatnings. Andwhereas othermenmake noconfcienceto obferue thy iudgements, yet will make them,rhat I maygoe on to theend. Ifwe will line thento thepraifeofGod,wemuff fee how hedothdeale with men,confidering ashe bath awordwritten:fo alto he bath an hand working. The wordteacheththatGodgouerneththe world, and theobferuing of thisgouern. ment confirmeth the word; indeed heathen menattribute things to chance, or to fortune, for want ofknowledge ofthe word;but Peeingwe haue Gods my(leries in his word,wee muffob fttuethem inhis worker. This obferuation confifteth inthings alreadiepaf, and in thingshereafter tocome : in things paff, as ifthe Prophet had laid : WhereasI fee that flefh and bloodwould difeou- ragerne, becaufe nnyfaith is weake, I confider thy workesofold, andI finde thychildren were neuer finally`forfaken, and that their enemies in theend were ouerthrowne. Letvs learnein this iftength firft tolooke into theword ofGod,and from thence to obferue the workesofGod : let vsconfider howhebath dealt with thePatriarches,Prophets,Euange- liftsandApoffler,and allour forefathersthatput their trait in him, and wee !hall feehis rich mercie to the repentant,and his treafuresofvengeanceon the impenitent. And aswe lookeinto the iudgements ofold, fo are weeto thinkethat hewill deale in time tocome : forwhatfoeuer is writtenof old, is written for ourlearning, that wee might recciue com- fort in the accomplifhingofthe promilès, and feare by theexecutionof thethreatnings. This the Apoftle fheweth, s.Cor. t o.who afterbeehad feared them with theexamplesof Gods iudgementsin the Iewes, in the r a .chap.Nowalltheft things came vnrothemfor en- famples, and written to admonifhvs upon whomthe endsof theworld werecome. Asdive lhould fay : Forthis caufe there risings remain in recordtothis day,to inftruetvs, thatif wee commit thefeor like finnes, wee litall hauethere or like punifhments. Thus we haue them not as.perfonall,but reali examples. TheApofties Peterand rude gather tireex- amplesofGods wrath on the Angels,on Sodome,on Gomorrab,on theold world,and on Judas to threaten fanners, and to enforce their threatnings: for as God will neuerleaue his,fo vpon the heape offinne, beewill bring the full heape ofdeftruetion vpon thewic- ked,whipping their naked bodies to thegraue, and fcourging their wretched foulesveto hell fire. Veg../ 76. Ihauegoneaflrlylikea Ioflfheepe:feeke thyferuant,for I doenotforget thycomma,,. dements. E comparethhimfelfe toa fheepe,whichofal other is molt frmple,and ftandethmolt needeofa guide :fo thathere heconfe(fethhis needeofaguider : and this appeareth anthat there is a continuall comparifonofa Thee e, and fhepheardin the Scriptures. A- gaine,though a fheepegoe affray,yet it is Toonecalled backbythevoyce ofthe fhepheard: My fheepehhare myvoyce. Thus Dauidwhen hewent againft Nabal,wascalled backbythe Lords voyce inawoman : and when hee hadflame Pi-iah,heewas brought againe by Na- . than. And therefore ifwe will be theepe,tiaen thoughwe l'ometimegoe affray, yetwemuff , be eafrlyreclaimed. Seek! Qyc.Before weebe come to theLord,wee cannot defire to befought,but heofhis ownepleafure mutt lookevponvs. Thus heeprayed then after hiscalling,that he might not erre. Forgotten. Athing is Paid to beremembred, either which iswholy remembred,or elfe in part ; to that itmay beeallybroughtto remembrance: and afterthis (Ore hadnot hefor- gotten the word,thatis,notwholy : butyet inparthee might,for weehaue theholy Ghoft not only toteach vs newthings,but altoto bring to ourremembrancethingsforgotten. F I XJ s.
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