The Backeparts ofIehouah, 195 and endeauour to walke in all holy obedience vetoGod: e1pecially theyMould bewareof threerails, r. Idolatry. a. Opprefsion. 3. Adultery. The feedeofpa- rents lining and dying in there fauns,feldome fcapeaway without apunilhmenr. A fccond vie ofthisdóârine, is co teach vsto call down our felues beforethe vl a, Lord , euen for the fins ofour progenitors. We hauean excellent examplefor it io Daniel,in that notable prayer ofhis : Amongother thingsthis hefaith,& thus he fpakes,0 Lord tous appertetinethopen fbarne,tu ourKings,toour Princet,toourfa- thers handit is notamine that we are taught to pray theLord,not toremesnbereur Is Danÿ.r8, offences, northe offences ofourfore- fathers. Iremember David, foretellingbythe fpìrit of prophecy, the wrath ofGodagainli ludas whichbetrayedChrin, vfeth thefe words, Let the iniquity ofhiefathersbe hadinremembranceWithamLord, and let notthefa ofhis mother bedone away :which lheweth what a heauy thing itisfor the pofterity,when thefines ofthe fore- fathers comeveto remembrancebefore iPúG109a4 God. Therefore(I fay) we had neede tobe humbled cuen to confider the idola- try andblindnes ofour fathers,and tofeare left the Lord thouldrevive his iunice again them, by taking vengeanceuponvs : which isaduty contrary to the pra- &leof the moll , who doe Co doteopon their Auncefours i that they account their courtes and aftionstobtrules for them, and that it is enoughfor them to be of thefame religion that they were: fo t hatbecaule they lined inignorance of thewordofGod,and in theworship ofdumbe idols,leaningto traditionsand fu- pernicious principles, therefore they will beignorant allo,andtye themfelues to ereade in theirlleps, without better enquiry. It is plaiseby myText, that there may bee childrens children, yeafoure generations fuccefsiuely (through the inn judgement of God) wrapped vp inerrour : fo that tocleave to onrfore-fathers (without any further quenion) is a courfe whichmayfoonedeceiuevs. It is a goodrule, that we mull not lookefo much whatothers have done before vs, as that Chrinhashdonewho is beforevs all. That which they hauedone amilfe trait humblevs, and notembolden vs tobe their followers. FINIS
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