L1s.V. TIN (jQ/dCII Ca.lf!.. A- fire and CI<J~d is ai!--:fu-ffi-:-I,-ie_n_t_;C-qd bath faid af\d..done enough for us, to m a~~ u~ trufl him:· \Vewill, we can have no orher God; we care notforany other gojde. But behold here is none ofthis: 4fofts fl.aies but fome five and thirty daies,nn\iP,l:/y; he is forgotten,and is beoome but s4is .wofts: Yea,God is forgotten,with hiln,:md,~s tfCod and uHofos )ladbeen loflatooce,chey Cay,<.Makew gods.Naturall moo mufl have Ql)d at their bent : and if h!><:Qme not ~~ .a call, he is caft off, and they.roke themfdvesto their owpe n1ifts: jil,e astl),ClJiMis whiptheir god~,wh~n th~ya.nt fwer thetnnot; whereas his holy opes wait b:;>qg, ~nd feek him ; and not PP>ltiin thci1· linking,but frqrn the \:>oqome ofthe deep~,call upon him; an<! though he kill thehJ,will trufl in him. . , ::, .11 , Sl\perft.iripn b<:fots lh• min~es c;>f men, and bliQqes the eye ofreafon; ~nd fi~ll B makes them not men,ereit makes them Idolaters. How elfyco~ld he that is ti;l•l· m age of God fall df)')'neto (h~ jrn~,g~s of creature>~ how could our .fOJe-fut~rrs have fodoted upop flo~Cksand !Ignes,ifthey had been thernfelves ( A> the Syria"' were firft blinded and then led jqto the midfl of ~amAria: fo are JdolaterJ lirll bereaved oftheirwirsanq ~owmon fe~fe, and afterward ~re carri~d brutilhly into all p~lpabldmpiety. . Who wou)d not have heene alhamed tg beare this anfwer .from the brotl)~~ of .!ofo[cl, PIN<k pffyo~<r-Ji~<· rings ?He !hould h;lVefilid;L'Iuak t/lis!tl.lalfP/1! fppught o.ut •fJ"" hearu 'and now in fte;~d of ~;hidjng l)e foptiJF~ them. ~~s ifhe had bin nq ' kin f9llf•fts,h~ l)e\ps to )~,de rh~ mback agail) fromGod toEgyllt,Th4peopla jmporf~pecjl)(m,perhzys with threa~. He r!lat h~d w;t~ed through all the m~n~~espf C ft.rAOh,dorh he pow !j1tjnk atth~ tPr~ars Qfhjs !>WM ~ ~•(uisnet afr'!idqfrhe t~rtllts ofGod: His fajtl}th~tca.Jri~d hi!ll th<>rl>lY 11te wat~r, fed him up to the fire of GPSI~ prefcpc~nvhilgs his brorller Ailf~!' fe~~s rh~f~ceso[ ~hQfe r;l)~"'wbicb he tarelyf~w PJ~w•lh th!! f4~r~of{h~!l'g[Qr~Q11sJ.,~-.,vrillv~.l\f..ifl1~ lmtfurbad,other gods,could not have maintained liis ownalll,an4 ~ge!Jtagainft.JII~ Swl.deofta~ wb~;~~ tbl!)' b~ve poll'o!felhVfllkJnili!I4S,IP!cithell!J\liiJa!V~'I!I Wlllts.JmBQi!JIIIiry • OJ v.illlwc~m~y lfiftlh~H!Jey ~1\llDOiel'<ufl: '! f'JUI; Wh~rf9tecW~ 11~ aGoyerliQt, but to dep1df~ their d~fll(clttr<:d mqp~ ( F!!C~!ry qf yeeldit!g !',0 iJ. (i.a,or 1foCX>illg it IYI.th 9Ur vo)u]lrary f~. JSll htg)l.erftjUI~ of,vi!J: !>Ht. ~ven;~tlaJ\·t.o.bewonl!>lin, ~ clamn~\>1,. ltjs good to r~li!!;!ny pnfe~ of Jiq; bpt ppe C<Jl)~_efcent !of~ aJ!.1be tb~s of opr oppo6.tioo. Wb~t v;ilj it i!V!'ile ~ JA'!!l..r;l)ar others at!' p)agijeq.f!>t fol, D li<iting bim, whil<J he fmartt!rh fur yeelding t Ifl>f::>.th b,::il) hsJI, Wha.teaf, i~ i~ r.c~ him that anotheris deeperinth~ pi~~ ., ·.. r . " '" Wha~ mw did 4,.p-on? )lehold, be th~t alonnv!!S atlqwedrg, ~)illll) up thetrfmbling~l)d fiery Hill o£5illai,w)thNo(ei>~J!d )l.ear<J ,:i,odfay,Thouflt'l/1 not makmtb.j foi/•TJJ grAwP Irn•ge,for Iarn• f14foru (if4 1 (a§ ifht meaQt p:V.tjcu~rly .to prey(llJ: this ~et) withiAooe mone~h,calls for their eare.,riqgs, rn~k~,r~gr~v.enlm:tge of·a Ca.lft,er<l& an Altar,coofec,a.t«s .a day to ir,cajlsjt,tlwjr god,~pcj.w~eps nut ~o (ee tbem.d~nCf before i.t;. It is.a mi[eqbl<tbillg, wl)el) (;overn011rs bumoQr ;he peo~ in thcidins.; ~nd in j}ead ofmaking u.pche breac!l,~n!prge it, §in will ra.ke h"f'!fby the approbation of themeanefllookeron; butifauthority once fecond it,it grm!r.J:$ imptllknt:l .1\§,GO!)tJ~rily, wheretf)_epuqlik~ govRrnJ!Ient opp<>fe.s ,evil! ~hough it I; be under,band pra.&ifed,not witlJ.GA~(egre) tbe~~ idifein thar S;at>. ll·11 1 .daron•IIJ.ight havl! le~rned better coun!ell pfhi~ lnwhe;s el<!lrnple, When•theiy came to l1i1» with (lon!>S in tbeir ha.n~,and f.,id.v;...t !" w,Ater,l]~ ran ~s roundly to God, w1~~ pr;~yers irt l)is •nouth;IPlhopld -'f.popl>aY.~9one,w\len~b~y faid,qitit ,q g•Js 1 butl.te we;>kly mnsro their«<r~-rings, that )vl\ich lhould \:>cmade their t:od : not totl\CTrue Gi\9\}vbkb lhey hild and forfook~ ...\Wbo can I'!<Jmife to hit)'lfelfe freedome .from gro!fe infiriJlities, w)lel) he that W~!1· up into:;lw, ~Qunt, calllCII downe,and doth that in tbe valley ,wl:l.\cb he hear<lf.orbidden in che Hill ~ ' . ~:·: I fee yet,an<,l WQQP$lt:l>l t)Je llt<r.c.yofthat GO!i\'.W4k\> had juftly q>lled himfe!M i~·enlous. Tbis very .A•r.fP;V<Iho(e·infir!1ljo/had y.<;~ldfd tp fo.fol!!P ~J!Jdolatr¥, is ,af; ter chofen by Cod, "'be aPriefl to himfelfe : he that had fer up an.A,ltar to th# I C:ufe, mull ferve'a.r:fb.(. Altar oj Gpd : He t\J~t had tl.lel\ed amLorved.oJJ.Ohe ' . ~~
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