THE LIFE il:ACP DE1ITH cf DoRCAS: Acts 9.3d. Theft wasal¡oatlopPaacertaìnewoman ,dDifiplenamed Tabttha, (which by interpretation is calledDorcas)Ace wasfullof gsodworker and alines which ghee did. v. ainditcametopai feistthafe dales/hat /hewasfcke and died. 71 His which I basic read is the entrance into a very Thegeseral memerableStorie, touching atefiimonywhichePateo fthe God gaue to the word ofhis grace, byenabling plate. Peter to rellore a dead woman voto life. I am n t9 °l now totreateof it,asan entire parcellinitfeife, ó andbeeingfoconfdered,Imayternie it,Acorn- s pendious or briefe report of the life and death u ofa certaine worthy Matron, whofe dwelling was inloppa ,wbofcitame,in the Syiïcketongue, Tabetha, is mu,.h in effe& as that which in Greeke is called Dorcas s a name veryhonorable now,becaufeit washies, though in it ovine native fignification notfo grace- full, it bing as much to fay as in Englilh, Roe, or Goat :no more preiudice to her who wasa fheepe ofChrifis,then is was behoouefull to traiterours Abp. lam,that by the purport of his name feewas the father ofpeace. .1 will not fpend time about thecircumftances ofher name and dwelling , though both might affoordvs good matter of inflru.Rion : the one, tofhew how that (as God(aid toMofer)a the religious find that fauourin the fight ofLod,thathesExodg;ay. knoweth themby name,and that, although it bee their portionhere tohaue, b d Lukao.ao. their names put out arena! b ,yet full they arewritten in Heaven c,ier theBoob¿;^ of life ofthe Lambe ,,out of they lhall newer be raced e : whereas the wicked a Genes i.q. though theytbinke toga them aname 1,and lay plots to keepe their ',gamin re- a membrance 5, & to that end doe call their Lands by their names. :yet their name ts.S 49snI& fhailrati,& flailbe left by them as acarfevnt,Godachafen the other, ofher hpfaLroy. dive!ling,mightbe brought totnindc vs, that the Lord knnweth oar dwellingr, k¿enno i. and fo by confequence isaccsflomed toallowmail M. Ifwe talke inobedience before him,noplacecan hinder our acceptance withhint : his eye is as wellto Reu.a a 3.3. Iappaasto leteerohem:and ifwee malkeflabbornelyagainghim°,no place can :Leal.a6. fhroudvsfromhishand. For,Whetherfbaltmefleefromhiaprfnee r?And,Te,Plala3. u eyes ofthe Lord in eitern place beholdthemilland thegood e. rrefe things Icould r Prouaç3.. bege from thefe circumllances : but becaufe I atonow like toa ponce Trauel- ler,that bath farteto got and little to fpcnd much matter before me in toy Textbut not much time before meto delimit in; I will therefótefelt ll fuel's things as may for with thepurpofe ofour meeting,which as it is tofalemnize the Funerallofa deceafedMatron,fo it fhould be to take occafon thereby, fo to ',amber our dáies,that may applyoarheartsto wefedome 9, and fo toorder our vPfal.9os xe dalesbyp.4ing the tomeof ourdwelling hereinfeare r, that ( he which inthe re- warder ofgodlinelfe)Godmay dovigoad inour latter ends.Icome therefo haft r Deut.sa 6, L z
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