Perkins - BS2685 P37 1604

438 1 C 4 CosrrnentarRe vßoa ngs in them, are commonly condemnedfor hypocrites, and ir re igion for hypocrifie . All this is but the tenture of uie. The vfe. That we may depart fromEnuie we mull loue' m that fcarc God : and lout thegfts and grces of God ere oeuer they be : euen in our enemies. A/brthers] Of6ieE. I. Apint hues, a beati liues , and than es : the croppingof a plane, and the killingoa beft, s no nne : why is it then a finnc to kilt a mar,? /fill; God hath giuen hbertie for the two firth, and bath reflrained vs in the latter. A. gaine, the life of a plant is but the vigour in the juice, and the life ofabcafi is but the vigour in the bleod.Gcn.9.4. but the life ofsum is a fpirit and fpirituall fùbttance. Third y,man is of the fameReib w thman,and fo is neither plant,nor beatt. 06:cEl. I. Magiffrarcksllswithout finne .'íInf.The killing which is in the naine ofGod,,by publiée rcuenge, is not anurthcr. And Pau! onely condemncs that l:;lhng, when men take the (word, and vpon their owne wills flayand kill by Fri- lute reuenerP. O6ieEl. III. Sampfon is faidc tokill himfelfe, ludg. r 6.3o. and he finned not in fo doing. Ani. Sampfonwas a Judge in Ifrael,and tooke pubhke reucnge ofhis enemies: and in this re uen ehe hazzardcd ais life, and loft his life. Though he died in tTic execution , yet his intent was not tokill himfelfe, bort onely to take reuengc. Secondly,his example is fpeciall. For he was in his death a figureof Chrifl. Thewords. Matt.z. be/heil be calleda Nazarite, are fini fpoken of Sampfon , and then ap- plied to Chrif}, in whomewas verified that which Sampfon fi- gured. For as Sampfon conquered his enemies more in his death,then in his life: cuen fodid Chia. Obie17.1V. For the auoidingof tome great danger, or force great finne, as the dcniall of Chi if} in perfecution, men ntay make away thetnielues : fo Paid the Donatif}s. Anf. Death is no remedie in this cafe,but faith in the promife ofGod : which is, that he will glue an ifrue in entry temptation. r.Cor.ro, The vie. Seeing mother is a workeofthe flea: our dutic is .by all meancs to prcferue bothour owne, and our neighbours -l<iues. Life is a treafure. Forby it we haue time and libertie to glorifie God, todoe good toour neighbours , and to fautour owne foules. i he T 10 t'S to :S 3o 33

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