334 Chap+ ACsmteatarie trims his children.Ifthechildbe ficke,and froward,the mother Both not calt it forth of the dores , but Thee tenders it,and carefully lookes vnto it:much more thenwill theLord haue pittie and compaflion.l-lere thena amine comfort is to be remembred: ifwebe ofthe numberofthem that belecue in Chrift, hating vice,& hauing a care topleafc God,our wcakenefres and fairs S ofweakeneffe, doe not abolifh the mercie of God,but are oc., cations to illuftrate the fame.Thewerkenefreofthe chide firs vp compatriot) in the mother:and Dauid faith,a.rafather hallo -t:ommOrien onhit children,(obath the Lordcompaffionon them that [t1 feere hitvs:and marke the reafonfarhe kiowes ourframe,& that WC arebut 41.Pfa1. I O 3.14. WhenPaul faith , l traucll, he fignifics the meafure ofhis Minifteriall paines°, that they wereas the traucll ofawoman with child:and 'this he (hewer plaincly in the particulars, 2. I Cori t.23.Elias,that was lent in his time to ref religion, was at length fo wearied in this bufineffe, that he defired the Lord to take himout of theworld, .King. 19.4. Thepaints oftheprophet Ifai,made him crie,/14yleanner, rnyleenner;& Ie. remit cries,mydellie mybelhe:Ggnifying that his griefes and his 10 painesinthe Minifterie, wereas the paint ache Colic,te. By this wefee,that they haue much to anfwer for before God,that arc in this calling,and yet take little or no paints therein . And that they which take the molt paines, come farre fhort of their dutie. Againe,when he faith ,1 traucll, he fignifics the dignitie of ZS theminiflerie,that it is an inftrument appointed ofGod for the workeof regeneration : for Paul compares himfelfe to a woman in trauell,and theworke of hisminifterie,to the traucll it feife,whcreby children arcborne to God . This ferues very 30 well tofoppe their mouthes, that condemne the vocall and external' miniflerie. Whenhe faith,ltrauel /apainè, he teacheth, that ifmen fall after their firf3 initial' repentance , there is fill a poffibilitie of rnercie,and place for a fecond repentance.We muffforöiue till 35 feeventie feauen tir se.r,Mat.18.22.Much more will god doe it. The parable oftheprodigal' fon (hewes, that they which fall fret God after theircalling andEft conuerfion,mayagame by news repentance be recouered. An obicftion: Pauls fccond traucll prefuppofeth a fecond1 rege1
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