The fB ae&e partsoflehouah. f 3 Mating the people, whenthey began toexpolulatewith him in the matter, he bids thepleadeStith their mother: the wholebodyofthe flare (ofwhich they were as thechildren ) had plaid fall withhim ,andhehad lull caufetoreje&them.So that the Cumme ofall is this, that looke asa husdand may sully putawayan vn, chalkwife,and with her,heradulterous brood: fo the Lordmay alCoplagueand forfakeboth wickedparents,and the wickedchildren offilch parents. Thirdly,to make the mutters yet moreptaine,forthe clearingofGods iul ice, this is certen, that there is no manpuaithed for the finne ofhiaanceftours ,buteuen in hisper. fon there is found fufficient cauleofpunifhmenr: fo that if heelookes well into hin1elfe, he shall fee he bathnolofcacletopleadeagainf God ; in asmuch as theconfcieaceofhismane defectswill flop his mouth,and leant him without co- lour ofexcufe. We hall reade in oneofthe Prophets, that whenGod laid his had vpon the people and withall, their fathers tranfgrefsions were often obie- &ed to them , they (thinking themlelses innocent) vCed thisas a commonby- worel,Thefathers baseeatenpuregrapes,& the childrens teetharefetonedgev.God yEatc,tss. fharply reprooueth them for this blafphemie, in as much asthey thought, that they werepunifhed vndeferúedly. As I linefaith the Lord,ye fhall vfe this pranerbe no moreingrad': for you fhall fea, thatthc treadinginyour fathersfinnes, isthe rvcrf.3. thing that bath made youferle the(mart oftheir tranfgrefsions.That Conte who feeth hisfathersGenes, and dot!) them, heflaildie the death,&bit bloodfhallbe up, on him r:But thefiner thatfirthall hiefathertfm,et whichhe bathdone,andfeared', f Verfe.IO.t3. neither doehfach like,helha/lnotdie in the iniquity ofhisfather,Inet hefhalrarely line', t Verle 14,57, So that there is no manner ofiniuliceinGods courfe e for ifGod doe puniflamy fathersfine in me, eyther I fhali finde thefame cuill inmy Celle, orelfefame o- ther,eueryway equall thereunto.Thus I have labouredto fhew,how it may land without any prejudicetothe iafliceofGod, tovifrt thefin of the fathersspan the children vntomanygenerations. }.Gods will is the ruleofequity,fo that ifwe r euld. fee no more, yet that f/Sould content vs. x. We thinke it no lraitnelèinmen, to let the pofl:erity feele the Nam oftheirparents folly e why fhouldwelimit God rather then men? g. Though Godreuiueth the memory of the fathers faultin avenging thepolerity,yet he neuer punifheth the pofìerity without their perfonall deleruings. Now that wee have feene the manner how this ismade good, and that it is no breach ofheiston Godspart, let vsmake vfe ofit to our felues Fir / of all it feruethto thew , that esil l and irreligious parents are the aloft 7g, r.vfe, deadly enemies to theirostechildren; in as muchas they throughtheirfinnes, make them lyable toGods vengeance. Looke vpon the examplesofAhab, bee flied the innocent bloodofNab::h; hecommitted Idolatry &CernedBaa//rn: no man could hauebrought moreeuill vpon his poferity, then hehimfelfedid : for hence it was,that the kingdomewas taken from hishoule, hischildrenhad their heads cut off, and all laisrace feared the socle for hisCake. Saule fonnesbare the, punifltment oftheir father, becaufe ofhiscruelty again{} the Gibeonites°. King leroboam that famousIdolater,intended the intailingofthekingdome tohisown us.Satnsr. line,yet the verycourCe whichhe plotted tothat end,wasa cankerwhich did even fret out hisgeneration: for becaufe he made Wesel to fin,the Lordfiveraway the remnant (Ibis hosifi,ete a manfweepeth away dung tilall begone*.lt is awarning the ,, r,Kin14,tfd to al parents, &tochore which aretoothers in the leadofparents,ifthey donot fo much refpe& themfelues, yet at the leal fortheir childrensfakes,tobeware of hardned preCumpruous finning againl God. The refpe& which nature bath planted in all, to theirpofterity,is fuchand Co great,that wefeemany donot only moile& toile,and pinch and labour hard to doe their childrengood,but(which is, more)doeues aduenture &hazard their foulesfortheir Cakes,raking & wringing againl equity fortheaduancement ofthofe which hallfucceed them. Ifthis s . corals loue worke fofarre, that manydoeeuen aduenturetheitfoule to benefit ( ,.
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