Chap~ 1. the Epiflle to the Cjalatians. -~~~~--~------- 1 God, rhatled Chrill into the wildernetTe1 to liberarion,wherebymenconfult what is to be ' A done,is thecaufeotthe mamfolderebelhons ofmen.in the wo•ld. In rhatman is rearmed here,fl</h andM.od, we arc taught, notto put confidence in man: wee ar< raugbt t<> h01nblc our feluosbefore God: we arc raugh"t,euery day to prepare our . (clues againCl rh,e day of death, & the day of iudgcment: yearo accounteuery new day,as the day of dcath,-becaufe weare b,ut f!elh and blood. · ·, • T•hethird pointIs, where l'A,ol fir(! prea– chea! namoly,inArabi• andD,•'>ilaf~m.A.a· bia isaregion of rheworld,whe;eMount Si· na Uands,&wherethechildren of lfracl wan· drea 4o.ycares,The inhabitantS thereof,were of twolorts: fome moreciuill, and fome bar- B barom. Ciuill,as the lfraelitcs,Amalechites, Madianiteo, &c, (yet wererheyprofelfede– nemies ofthepeopleof God.) Barbarous, as the Eaflerne part ofArabia,roward Babilon. For the inhabitants dweltin Tenrs, and liued like wilde and fauage meo, by robbing and Uealiog,andcon(eq~ently by killing, lla.,13. :o.. leq.<. · Here wefee PaulseUare& condition,when he fir(! begins the e~cculionof his ApoUoli– call fundion. God then laies vpon him a fharpe and waighrietriall. Forhce goes alone into Arabia,and he ruu(! becomea teacher to hisowne profelfed enemieo, yea roafauage generation, of w.hofe conuerfion beehad no hope, in mans reafon. And this liath beene C an vfuall dealing of God, wirh hisowne fer– uants. WhenMo(es was called to deliuerrhc Ifraelites, and was in the way, theLord, for a defed 1n hislamily,comes again(! bim,to de– llroy him,Exodus 4· 24. Dauid isannoiP.ted Kingoflfracl: andwirhafJSat~lisraifed vp, to perfccute h1 m,& to hunrhim, as men hunr Partridge~ in themountaines. /onMis called to preach ro Nincue,and withal God forfakes · him, and leaues him to hirofelfe, fo, as bee is cafl into the[ea, and dcuoured of a filh : and afrer this, being deliucred, he mu(! go preach atNineue. Wnen Chrill was in his baptifme (as it were inaugurated the DoC!our of the Church) prefenrly afrer, before beebegunne topreach, hce iscarriedimorhewildernelfe, D to bee with wilde bealts,and to be tempted of the dinell, Mark.I.verf.u. And the reafons o( this dealingof God, aremanifc(!: by this meanes linnefull men, are made firre for the office ofteaching. Forrhefaying is true,Rea– ding.prt~Jer, andumpt1ltion, m4k.!• Diuint. A· ga1ne, by this meancs they arc caufed to de– pend on the prouidence and protedion of God,and they are mado fitte for the aliifiance and prefenceof Gods Spirit, whodwels.'only Wllb them thar arc Of bumble, and COntrite hearts. Now then, let notthem, tha,t in any norable change of thcirliucs, finde notable rcmptarions,bediicouragcd; for this is aeon· I ditionthat bcfalsrbem, by awife andfpeciall prou,doncco( God. For irwas the Spirit of be tempted,after his baptifme, Againc, here weeare taughtJ to acknow..: ledge three things in God. "His power, in that beefers vphis kingdoinc,wherejt JS moll oppugned, and reignes in the midde(! of his owne enemies;namcly,the wicked and fauage Arabians,according to that in Pfalm. 1 1b:v'. •· His·soodnelfe, 1n that hee fends Pa•Hi.l preach repentance to the.people, that an> in the fnareof rhediuell,ar hi•will.z.Tim.z.:c>. His truth, in that heenow fulfils things fore– talde by Danid.Pfalm.7 1. 1o.The~ingtoJShebaandSa6a fhall6ri•ggifts: that is,Ethiopians · and Arabians. - · ' · 18. Thmafitrthru}'am; lcameagainttd I fern{ale'!', to vifit Peter, andabodn>ithhim (if , teen(da1u. · ... · .- Pan/hailingprooucd before,rhar bee!car-' ' ned not the Gofpcl ofanyman,no not of th~ , ApoUlesat lerufalem: goes about now til'an'! fw.r cxccptiOns,rhat mightbee made aoainfl his reafon. And firll of all, it might h.;;e 6in obieded, that bee was fccne at Hierufaleru fundrie time• : and therefore in alllil<9fi' hood, went thither robe inUruded. To diiS heeanfwers three things: rharheewenr;tli~ tlier three Jfll.rntJjur hi$conuerfion, anCl nOt before : tharheewent tovijir. P<ter:tharhe abode there fifteen<daiu. For the fir(!, wherii hee fa1th, heepreached threeyeares inA:ral bia and Damafcus, and rhen after wen• to Hietvfalem, and abode there fifreene daies (forfome fpeciall caufes:) wee feePanlisre~-, dy, and able ro make a good aceount of the {pendingofhis rime,borh for daies& yearei. And good'reafon : fortlm~i• prerious, and, great careuugllt tobee had ofthe expending, of at. After P.u</sexample, wee mull foliue,i 1hat wee may bee able to giue a good ·ae count ofthe fpending ofour daics. Thatthii , may bee done, wccmuU!earoeta number,;.~ J~tits, and, torrdum~ thetimr. To nHm/leriH1 r daies,is to confider the lhorrneife ofour lines, and thatweearecueryday fubietl to death: andwirhall, ferioully to bethinke ourfdues' of the caufesofthis our condition 1 namely) our finnes,borh originall ahd aduall. Wheni this two·folde conijder.tiou rakes place, wee then beginne ro number our daies.ThenunrJ bring of our rime, and rhe parts tbereofj bringeth vs to the redeeming of ir. To ri: dume PHr timr, is ro take time , while tim~ ferues, fpecially for fpirituall v(es, and for the am•ndmenr ofourliues. VVh•n time is rhus numbred and redeemed, then O>all the good account bee made before Gud and men. VVhcrefore mifcrab)e is the cafe of them, that fpend their daies in idlcneifc, in riot, and fportmg, in chambering, and wanronncffe. for they neither nurnberrimr,nor rcdceme ir: and rherfore they are farrefrom any good account. The fecond point is, that Pari/ goesvp to H1erufalcm to vr{it Peter, that is to fee him Q , rd __
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