LIB. IIII. OfthecaUingvfM os ss. I 8~1 A I the bounds ofrhe <:':hurchofGod:danger oflife may;we love not the Church ifwe ealily ltave 1t: ifin a cafe oflite, we leave it not (u on opportunity) for a time of r<fpir, we lo\'e not our fdves. The firfl: parr of Mofo his reqmtallwas his wit<=;oile ofthofe whom he had formerly protetled. 1 do not fo much marvel\ that Ierhro gave him his daughter( for he faw him valionr, wife,learned,nobly bred1as that Mofes would take her; a fl:ranger hoth in Bloud. and Relioion.I could pltad for him necdlity: his owne nauon was ll1ut up to lllm: 1ffle would have rryed to fetch a daughter oflfrael, he had indang~red to leave hitfifelf behind: I could plead fomecorrefpondence mcommon pnnCipks ofRehgwn; for doubtleffe M•fos his zeale could not fulfer him to finoth.t:r the truth in him(ulfe•: he ll10uld have beene an anfaithful! fervanr ifhe had not beene his Mafters teacher:Yc!t B neither ofthefe can make this match either Cafe, or good. The event bewrayc's' it dangeroully inconvenient.This choice had like to have coft himdeare: {he ~bod in his way for circumcifion;God £lands irt his way for revenge.Though hewas now in Gods mdf.1ge,yet might he not be forborne inthis neglect.No circumfl:ance either ofthe dearneffeofthe Solicitor or our owne ingagemenr, can bcare out a finne wirh God: Thofe which are UQ<quallyyoked, may not ever looketo draw one way. True love to the perfon cannot long agree withdi!like ofthe religion. He had need to be morerhen a man that hath a z'{//rah iohis bofome,andwould have rrue zeale in his heart.All thiswhile Mofts his a eClion was not fo tied toMidian,that he could forger Algypt.Hewas a llranger inMidian,vhat w" hedfe inAlgypt ISurdy,eith.r JEgypt was not his home,or amiferable one; :md yet in rtf~rence to it, he calls his c fon Gerjhom,a llrangerrhere. Much better were it to be a llrangerrhere then a dwel- !erinAlgypr.Howhardly canwe forget theplaceofourabode oreducation,although never fo homely! And ifhe fo thought ofhis Algyptian home, wherewas nothing but bondate and t:yranny;how iliould we thinkof that home ofours, above, ~here is nothing ut refl andbleffednefte ~ " : ~ Of M os • s calling. ,"' I ~~Otty yeares was MDftilCourri", andforty yeares (after<hat} a Shep'- heard.Thatgreatmenmay norbealhamed ofhbnefl: vocarions:thegrea. D tell rhateverwere havebeene cdnttnr to take up with mtane tr2de5. The contrmpt ofhone1t callings io thofe which are well borne; argues :pride without wit. Howconfl:antlydid Mofrs ll<ld(rohi• hooke~ and yet ·aman of great fpirits,ofexcellent leaming';Oft:arlou.s edtfcxion:and ifGod had nur(afier his forty y.eares fervice) called him olf, he had fo ended his dai~s .' Humble rdblutions · are fo much more heroicall,as they fall into higher fubjeC!s. " There can be no filter difpofition fora leader ofGods pe<iple, then corilhncy in· his undertakings~ .without eyrher wearine(l'e, or change.. How had he le~rted to , fubdue alt ambmous defires, and to reft content \""h h1s obfnu·Jty ! fo I; might 1 have tbe freedome of h1s thoughts and fnll Gpporrumty of lioly medir:llloos; he willingly leaves theWorld to others, and em<its non his proucfeft acquaintance of E the Cmirrof PhdTkoh. He thar ha~h rrueworrh in himrdf,and!flnttiliaiiry wil& God, findS.more ·pl~afure rn the Defarts of Midi a,, -illenothers can do~ in the Pirbtes'.df Kings. . · . · • ' Whiles he is tending his ll1eepe, God aP.!ldarod unto hini ! Gbd'n'ever gdces<hf: idk.with his •lficos;whenhe.finds us illour callings,we find hirll~lll the rok21s'~is m<:rcy. Satanappeares to the idle nljm tn mamful'd temptanans ; or-rtthlr~l rsl himfclf, and appear~ not. God was eve<with Mojc¥-, yet wa~ lleno~feene ill lillif. He iS never abfentfrom his;but fometimes hemaRes<helr f<'h~s w!tneffes ofh~re" fencc:..Infinall mafters may be grearerwondens, Tha~~, buOdHould burn, is' no ar- . vel4butthat it lhould nooconfume in.burnio~ Wj~!Hyft\ii':ll:'u!&us\'Cod cbtlft'tl't"~ot I evergrent fubje&swherin roexmi~bis pO\v;i. .It isdotift.h-rf!!£1 !\~~bmr~\1;6-rC¥ mthe fmallell.When Ilook upon thisburningl>u!h-Wtch llloJh',:ftt<!'t! lnRrt'c ne:! _ Bbbju _, - --
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