S 2Z Chap.6. 41Corftrnenl,trie trpax dren,doethnot contradiEt that of Ezek. r 8. t9. Thefanne jball1 not beare the inigaitis of the faller , rneuher/hall thefather beare Ì theiniquitie of the f nneathefanmcfoude thatfinned), that /:tall die. For they are reconciled, y. i q., t 7, i fhe(tliat is,a wickedman) b&getteaforme that f ethallhisfathers (noes, winchhe bath acne, andfe,ereth,neitber loth theAke; , - -heAlanet else in the iniq i. . tieofhisfather,butAalifstrey lase. Therefore the threatníng in the fecond commandement,ís net to be vnde flood abfolute- ly,as though God would alw,ay plague the children for the fa.. ,thers Gene, but conditionally, afthey .perfitt and continue in 14 theirflrtnes walking in their waits, and treading in their fleps. ' And the fame ar,fwer is giuen in the (econd cornrnandemcrit, that God will not vifit the finne of the fathers vpon the chil- dren,faue vpanshore that hatebins. it may be {aid, The iin.nesof theparents are not vindicatedvpon the children, becaufe the /5 punithrnent influredvpon their pot}eritie,isnot felt of the pa- rents. Anf. Firf },children are (as it were) a part of their parents, and therefore they beeing puniihed,tbeir parentsare l +uniflicd with them.Secondly,it is a corrafiue and a torment to parents, to knowe that their children (hall be kuerelypuma-,:d and af- to fíifled.Thirdly,the puriiihment of pofleriticbath a relation to theparenr,feeing God bath threatenedhe will punifh the chil- dren which walke in the wicked wales of their fore-fathers, that fo he may te!lifie,how eattrcamly he abhorrethboth their finne,and the finne oftheir progenitors. Fourthly,the parents 25 finne,is often a caufe ofthe childrens Gnne, feting that God in his inn iudgement,curfeth a wicked manspoflerity,by leaning them to themfelues,to blindencffeof winde, and hardnflc of heart,that fo they may fulfill the rneafure of their fathers,as our Sauiour Chrifl fpeaketh , Muth. 23.; 2. And by their owne 3o fnnes,may iuf}ly pull vpon them condi;,ne punifhment.Latt- ly,God loth moremanifefl his wrath agaititt the finneof the parent.by punifhing the child. 0hieíl, Y Numb.25.4. The cheiFcfl ofthe Ifraelites were hanged vp before the Lord , for the fornication and idolatrie .35 ofthe people:therefore they did not beare the burdenof their own füine.t.f».Theywerepunithed for their omone finue,for theyconfentedtoworfhip the idol,and, commit folly with the daughters ofMoab:or rather were principall ring-leaders,and,' ftrdf allors in this Commick- tragedie , as mayappcareby the; -pra-
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