344 Chap.4 AComm :ark vpen the godly:theyintêd 8c dc:fire thebenthings,butthey fails in The manner ofdoing.The fpirit firs vp goodmotions,and the fIellr corrupteth-them . Paul faith , that towill wasprefent with l 'him ,br t he could not dee that which warg000l as he osght. This muff caufe vsatwaies tohumble our (clues for our bell works. Againe,weare here taught not to stakehafle toaccomplifh taus defires , but when God promifeth any thing,to waits his teafure,and in the meanefeafon tohue in fabietion.Sara with all her hafle,could not preuent Gods providence . Shee hash her delire in the birth ofIfmael, but yet he is borne according to thefle h,in bondage,and he is not the promifed feed. In the birth of Iliac we fee the vertue ofthepromife of 'God,whcn it is mixed with ourfirth :for then it makes things poffible,that are otheawifeimpofliible, Math. ¡7.2o.Ifthenwe deliire anygood things at the hands ofGod, our Janie is in -fence and patience to ref on the promiflsofGod,and then our delire fhall indeed be accomplifhed. 24. By thewhich thingsanother thing is meant. For thefemothersare the two Tefaments, the one(which is Agar)ofmount Sina, which gen dreth to bondage. 25 ForAgar,orSina, is amoun- taine inArabia, and it anfwereth to lerufa.lem whichnow is) and Thee is in bondagewithher children. The application ofthe former here beginneth :and the fcnfc of the worries is. e.ln other thing meant] the wordes are thus. Theft thing,' ore f open byallegories that is, one thing is laid, and an other thing is meant. Twomothers] Agar and Sara.Are two] they reprefentor lignifie thetwo Teflaments.Ef is put forfg- nificat. Ofthe two Teflaments I will f eake afterward. Theone]-the.one Tetlament,which is thc.couenant ofworks [which! S to tS 20 25 30 35
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