of theRichm#n,avdLelUrus: 47 fufficient againa him, in his other creatures without num- ber. Or ifman fhould notaccufe man,nora mans cöfcience himfelfe;yet neither fhould God be without witnetfe, nor man withoutaccufers, or (forfailing) innumerable accufers of another element and creation. O then , howcareful! mould we be now by keeping good confcience in all things, Hebr. 13. i 8, to flop thole=tithes that otherwaies we fhalbe fure,by walkingagaina Godand not in hisfeare, toopen wile againavs in the dayofvengeance, andyeere ofrecocnpence from the Lord ? Efa, 3 4.8. When the lfrae- lits contended with God,andmurmuredagainahim in the defert, they might haue confîdered how he but fpake to the Sea,and the great Sea did prefentlyBearehim; though it were to diuide it felf,as it were to receiue fome deepwound orgafh again(}courfe,togiue themway,Ex. r4.2 I.Sowhen they rebelled for water; they might haue learned obedier ce ofthehard rocke; for when tiVofesfn;oteit, (d) he fhould d Num.ao; but haue fpoken to it, it was not rebellious, but prefently 8.11. gaúe them waterin abundance.Thefe were Gods witneif'es, and fhall bemens Iudges; becaufe by the light in them they couldkeno better to obey, hauing focleare a torchofex- ampl_ to leade them.And fo we ifwe profit not togoodor- der by the feemelyorderofthevnreafanableand infenfible creatures that ferue God in their kind ; (Ball hauewitnef es inough again(( vs out ofthat ample coati or mufler. The winds and Sea obeyed Chri(} : for he rebuked thewinds, and laid to the Sea, be lull, and prefently they obeyed : the windsceafed , and theSea was cal me, A4 r.4.39. Now if angryperfons heare this,to whom it is laid ; Be angry, and lane not , l ph.4. 2 6, and yet will not be calmed by the word, putting away wrath ; the winds andSea fhall con. drone them. The bear} that will drinke no more thenk needes, may dcpofe again(} thofe that fit at the wineand (bong drinke all day long : The Ant that.prepareth her xneateinSumnier,thatis,while it maybelrad; condemneth thof fluggardsand idle. , c}eltituteofvnderfianding, who neither Summer norWinter,carefor any thing,Pro.3 0425. Tho
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