350 Chap.4. Commentarievon them are Ifmaelites.For they looke to be faced by their' good ferumgofGod,andby their gooddeeds: and they little thinks onChnft andhis merits. And thus they depriue themfcluesof allude to eternal! lífe.Therefore it Rands them inhand tocon- detnne nature and the ftrength thereof,and to renounce their 5 owne workes,and to reft onely on the promife of mercie for e ternall faluation:thus !hall they be the children ofthepromife andheires ofGod. Laftly,in that Ierufalem is in bondage like Agar or mount Sina,we fee howvaine arc the pilgrimages to the holy land,& id how needleffe were the wanesmade tor the recouery there- of. z6. But Ierufalem which is a- boue is free : which is the mother of 15 vsall, HerePaul fhewes what is figured by Sara,namely,the new Ierufalem,whïch is theCatholike Church,Hcb.I 2.2 2,23.Re- zo uel.2 r.2. And it is here fo tearmed, becaufe Ierufalemwasa typethereofin fixe refpests.Firft,God chofe Ierufalem abouc all other places to dwell in, Pfal. r 3 2.13. And the Catholike Church is thecompanie ofpredeftínate , chofen to be a parti- cular people to God. Secondly,Ierufalem is acitie comparì in 25 it felfe,by reafon of the bond of loue and order amongthe titi - zens,Pfal. r 22.3.In like .fort , the members of the Catholike Church arelinked togither by the bondofone fpirit.Thirdly,. in Ierufalemwas the fanf}uarie, a placeof Gods prefence,and ofhis worfhip, where alto the promife ofthe feed of thewo- 30 manwas preferued till thecomming ofthe Meulias: and now theCatholike Church is in the roome of the fan&uarie: in it muff we feeke theprefence of Godand the word of life:there- fore it is called the pillar and grosr el oftrutb, i.Tim. 3.15. Fourthly,in Ierufalem was the throne ofDauid, Pfal. r 22.5. 35 and in tlae Catholike Church is the throne or fcepter of Chrift,figured by the kingdome of Dauid,Reu.3.7.Fiftly, the commendation of acittie(as Icrufalem)is the fubietlion& obedienceofthe citizens:now in the Catholike Church all be- leeucrsare citizens,Eph.z. t9.and they ycild voluntarieobedi- ence 11=11111
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