VERs.z;. An Expo.fttion, with Notes people of Jfrael, and fo bound to promote their interdt, as Cu.lvin 1 well obferveth. But you will fay, If there be no fin, wherein lleth the excellency ofche action ? what is it mor<= then civility, or ne– celfary prudence and caurion~lhe being thus per[waded t I an[wer, I. There was much F~ith in it, in believing what ilie had hea~i of God in the Wildernefs, and the defart places of Arabia, and magnifying his power and ability to de!hoy them; though the people of her City were in great firength and profperity, they thought them– themfelves fafe within their walls, and were not fenfible of their fins, and enfuing dangers; and befides, God having revealed it to her by fome fpecial infiinct, the was confident of future fuccefs; Jofo. z. II. The Lordyour God isG9d in Heaven above, and the Et~rth beneath ; 1 k..,now the Lord ht~th givenyou the Land: And rlmx,Jam &· b J• •• c . h .,__ d"dh . .,__ d"d" f I ~ Il!a quit! ali- fo as "_Origenobferveth,She .ecklzowled~eth what is paff,believeth gruz~diJ_c-rat!Pm~- wht!tt u pre(ent, and forete!leth what u; to come. z. There was ritu {rmll re- o eueence mIt; xor w at ever me I erem, me 1 tt onto a rep/eta eft, & de verence and dread of G0d,whom the_knew to_be the A~thor of this pr.ete-mu qui- War; and though there were Come weaknefs m the achon, yet for dem confit'e~rtr, the main ofit,it wa5 a duty. 3· There wasfelf-denyal in it; ·cwas \ ~~~/~1d'f:1b'f; an atl:ion that might have been of avery dangerous confequeHce ro phetat & fr'.e· her; b but to ma?ifefi her fid~l~cy to God, the over-looketh the nunciat de fa threats and cruelties of her Ctctzens, the promifcuous events of tvrio. O_rigen War,theburning of her Country,which the would never have done, . Hom-3- 10 Jo• iffhe had thouoht a·profeffion of confidence enoucrh. fuam. o o b N~7/. min.e civium ne~~ br!ltJntm pcriciJ!tl,. non incendia pllti;;z n9n{ttul'ltm pericu!a temnt , difce vzr, difce Ch1i(lianeqttumtJdv verum jefum fcq.ui dcbeJU~ quantio f<1:!miua &o!ltcmpfit ulflnja faa, Ambrofe in Enarrat. Pfal.37. • 'f)~ftr71. t. I \ " Cb;yfli]lom Homil.3. in Matrh. The Points ' obfervable in this Verfe are many, I flull difpatch them briefly. . 1. Man] times godmay choo(e the worff of{inners. Faith in an Harlot is acceptable: The /.,ft fhall be jirfl; that is, thofe that fet out late for Heaven 'do ofcen make more way then an early profef– for. No women are reckoned in the Genealogy of Chrifi, but fuch as were fiained with fome infamy; idolatrous women, adulterous women, in Chrifis own Line, fuch as Rahab,Ruth,. 'Bathfheba, T a– ·mar; * Chry[ojfDmgiveth the reafon, cd~ uU· id.1f®- ~X ~~ J'JK.ct>n> 'lrolj')'syov£v,He carl}e to faveJinners,ana therefore would bek..mwn to come of .ftim~r.r, 'fiCCfrding to the fiefh~ · Manaj[es was receivfed a cer
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