T`°_--e Numb. thus Achans finne though not knowne ;5.33And to the people, made the whole armie guiltie beforeGod,till he wasput todeath.Iofh.7I e,12. Laflly, if the tithingof anar- atr,,rií8 suie,for the offence of fortefew; havebeone thought lawfull r,ßratr, 5 andnail: why Mould the death of 36 urcn ferme vntuft for the fin ofAchan,efpecialiy confidering it was tomake the people more provident to preuent and takeJudeof the likc euilf ?If thcfe reafons fatisfie not, yet let vs refl in this,that Gods iudge- tnents arc often ferret, but awway intl. See ATV. lib. guæft. in 6o i lo/h.q.8.anel Cdeernin7.cirp.MA, Obiel. 7J f I. If cuery manmull beare his owneburden, I)auid fhall as well beare the burden of his murthering Vrias, by the fiordof the children of Anrmon , as Saul thermurthe- ring of himfelfe withhis owne fevord , Peter his denying E 5 Chrifi , as Iudas his betraying him,&c.11nf.By the fentence of the Law, euery one is to bearehisowne burden , and to finisfie for his owne thine, in his owneperfon : but the Gofpel, (the fecond part ofGods word,)makes an exception: which is,that they which haue their Mines fet vpon thrifts reckening, (hall o not giue account for them;gaine: and thole that haue the bur- den of them laide vpon his Moulders (who bath borne our finnes inhis badic vpon the (roffe, r.Pet,z.23.)fhailnot bcare the burden of them themfeluesat the lafl judgement. There- fore truebeieeuers, which haue Chrif their furetit, fatisfying t5 the rigour o'Gods ittflicc forthem, fhall not anfwer or fatisfie forthe thetnfeluese. for they are freed by him from a threefold burden. Firfl, fr6 the burden of cercntonies(& fo confequent- ly ofhumane Fames and ordinances) which wereayoke (as Pe- ter faith)which neither rve,nor our f rthers, vere;file to teetre.Ali. 30 15. Secondly, from theburden of tniferiees,and croffes, which befall men in this hie. He loth cafe vs of this burden, by bis word and fpirit, either in remoouing, them away, Pfal.8 t.7.or in gluing flrength and penance to beare them, 3.Cor. t 2.9. or in mitigating & proportionating them to our Itrength. s .Cor. 35 t o. t 3. Thirdly , from theburden oflinne, as well originall,as afluall, inbeeingmade fnnee, that is , accounteda firmer , and made a facrifice forfrnne,for es: asalfa by eating them that are beanie laden, in. pacifying the perplexed confcicnce. Matth. I t.28. It will be faid, ifChrifl beate theburdenof our fumes, j cueryman (hall not beare hisowne burden. oinf.Poth be true, Iiii 2 2 1 tbeEpi(IIe latheÇalatianP. Chap.6. 527 a.Cór.g.
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