r The Mariage.93leßingo 4,99 thefe twate did6arr/dvp lfrael: andwhat were theIfraelites butGods pecnliàr people? A right Chrillian indeed is called a true Ifraelite9 ,,and the cleft are gIohnt.47. tearmed the lfraelofGodv, Sothen this is thedoftrine; 7hatthede¡,reofhaafág rG61.6.16-, ehildren,maff acmeat the encrealingand enlargement ofGods Charch.Th:a is the b1e1 I he 4Doi1. iingindeed, when the wife buildsvplfrael,uotBabe/,Beth./ (Godshoule) not Berbaaen,(thehoufeofvanity.) WhenGodpromifedincrcafcasableffing ,hee Paid; the wifefhould beas theVine, mid thechildrenas theWimp/ow r; two offPfál. "1.3. the bellfruits, the one for cheering the heart , theother for eleering theface 5 ;ePtat.lo4.11. theone for fweetnes , the other for fames.: whichargueth, that God doth not nludga:l3 è imply promife a plentifulof-fpring,as though that barely were a bleffìng, but fuch an off.fpring,which by the goodnes thereof,fhould bring ioy andcomfort to the Parents. The Vine and the Oliue are trees which Chrifl himfelfe is (pO- daily compared to : and therefore doubtleffe, the Lordhad a meaningofa xIohnrç.t. ' furthermatter then bareencreafe,when hefaid,the wifefhould be as the Vine, Rom. ta.x4, and the childrenas the Mires. This was the delireof the holy people of old, when they prayed,that theirchildrenmightbe as the codnerfleuesY,which were ypfa1.1446.; couched into the wall ofthe Temple : meaning thatthey might growvntoan . bely templeinthoLord,tobean habitationofGodbythefpiritz.bleffed(faith the Pfalm) ,Eph.i.xi,aa is the man that bathhisgainerfallofthem. ; that is,ofEach children,which areas aPtal, ta7 t. thearrowesofa firong man;whenceitfoiloweth, that they mull haue more in them then nature: forarrowes be notarrowes bygrowth, but byart, fo,they enufi be MO children, the knotrines ofwhorenature, is refined and reformed, andmade fmooth by grace::Ifmaelthe fonneofehe bond-woman, had twelve fosmes,and tildewere all twelve Princes oftheirstatioot b . but what was this whet. b Grn.:ç;t6. theywerewithout thepromife ? Outofqueflion it was Hannah her driftinde- firing a tonne, that out ofher might comeone,by whomGods glorymighi bee aduanced amongff men;and therefore fhevowedhim tothe Lordallthe dayes ofhie fife.. TheAngel toldZachary, that befhoaldhoue icy andgladnesatthe birthofbit e r tam. nit. Os; andwhy? becaafeheJhall begreat in shefigbeofthe Lord, andfilledwitb theholy Ghof4,aredtarnemany toch. Lord a: he was ordained to bea notable infirument ind Luke t.14, Gods Church. Hethat begettethafade ,that is, anvngodly,andirreligiottsfon, 15,16. (for that isPalomnm föole,)gettetb htmfelfeforms, thefather°finch an one care bate no ioyfirth afez re the calamityofhis father,. It is the rule ofthe Scripture, that apro.,y,ar, mhatffueaer is doneAmidbedone to tbegloryofÇJode : therefore evenout delires of f l'rou3 9.'3. children, mull aime at thefamemarke,that ou'ofourloynes maycome fuck,by B 1 Cocto3 d whom Godsglorymaybepromoted, and the number ofthe godly encreafed in the world.Thefe particularsmayfuficefortheproving ofthis point. Thisdolfrine difcoueretha dutywhich is little thought on.Many defirechit- The fife.. dresoutofan affeflionof nature, that they mayhave fome to poffcffe&inhe.' rite their efiates,and to perpetuate their names hereupon earth:wherein Imay' fay asChrisdid inanother Cafe, Doenot thePublicans-andlinneri ens,thefame bJ yM,t,l, 5 4t^ But whofe aime is it in thedefire ofpofierity, to further the enlargement of Gods Church,andtoencreafe the number ofbeleeuers ? Let thecoüfciehces of themarried fpeake rothis point : wines and children (I lay)arewifired by rna. ny,as Babelwas erefted by the fonnes ofinen,togee themaname i; -or, as 4b/h4Isol i Gentr.4. rearedapillar, -to proferne their memoryfrom the iniuryoftintek1 but wholekosgm:ag. mind is it to buildvpeke IfraelafGed? whofe drift andprayer is itto beget fans and .daughters totheLord ? This isone caufe (amongihothers)that this age fö abounds withthechildrenofBelied, and thattheearthis now(as in the dayes of Noah;jcarraps beforeGod,asidfilledwith Itruehrt,becaufe the fatisfying ofI[i(l,and ! Gems,et: the building vpofour (clues are made theends ofmariage,¬-thebirildireg vp of¡fitted. Out ofthefeanclenne&wicked purpofes, what other thing(ordinari. Iy(can liow,bnt a curled brood?Remember this then all. The people inaaptiui- typreferredIerafalem to their chiefetor+, Learne you alto toprcferre thebuildingof i,, pl 1. t;;.c; 1(racl
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