·---·------------ 14 rU1 Commentarie vpon ·- --- - - - \\'hcr5-·by 'ltYC bclccuc.flCdfaO:ly, that God m::tdc A Thcfc examples be ofrwo forts: r. Such as all the world '"'idlOI\t·mc:ancs, rhatfairb.would arc fee downe 1Cucrally one by one,from the 4· alfo Pcr(~;,·:tdc vs rhat he c:m prcfcrue vs bccing ver. to the ~ 2. z. Such as arc fer downC ioynt'J made, though meatics be waming, or though · many together, from thence to the end. they be ;1gain!l vs, This we may tn:1kc vfc of, T~c ex~mplcs fct downc fcucrally arc of whether ~\'c be ln nectllitic, :md \'\'ould b~ l'Ctwo !oreS":¥ 1. Such as were naturall lfraelitcs, lecucd: or in any pc-ril!, and would be fitccouand borne mcmhcrscf the Chun:h vihble, 2 , red: or in wh::st cxrrcn,itic focu:::r,whcn mc:mcs · Such.as were not n:uurally mcrnbcrs,burftYo~ndoe f~ilc YV gmhorn the Church·of God, till tlicy were , S<;CO)HIIy, if ha mndc nll things ofnothing, .called extraordinarily. , then he is able aliO, in:rcfpcEt of his promifcs . Examples of fuch as were membC'rs·of rhe nudcit)ChriH, To ca!![ufhtbi,rg!that arenot, , vifiblcChurch, arca!.fooftwo forts ·: 1. Such tUtho¥(ghriJ:JWere,R.om.4· ·' 7· i\s;. o:rmanby ;ts l1ucd about the flood: or, 2. :Jfter the I nature is the childof 1 Nr:lth,and·ofthcdcuill:hc flood. is able to make him 3 fcru~mt ofGod,and child Fidl, offuch as liucd afore, or about the · of grace. . . time of t·hc flood, there be three faithfullmcn, Jhts may teach vs, r. Not ro dcfpairc ofany B whofc faith is here rccorJcd: r• .A/Jet, and z. mans faluatioa, though he feeme almafl: paHall Enochbefore 3· Noe,both before and'aftei-. •All _grace; .for God C<ln ml'ke ~ny thing ofnothing, tbefe three in order. ·· ·. ,' and t!lerefore c::u.1 put grace into that heart The rx'cellcnr and rnoft \o\'Crthy examwherein afore w-as-nene. pies, are all grounded on fomc pla~e of ths_.old .And z. this is a comfort to all them which Tcfiament,-and are cominuccifiom the beoinrhrough wcakneffe of faith, cannot perfw~dc ningof the ·world almofl: to Clu:ifis inbrn:,atithcmfdu~s .of their clcCHon.For,{uppofe thoU.. on: fOr·bee beginne' h with Abll, \,·hieh is fo ba tUH of wants and impcrfcC1ions, a·nd hafl: a neere the beginning, that he was the fecond r~bellious and froword heart: Whatthcn? Regood man tlm liued in the world :yea, and· t~e member God m::tdc thee oncea crcature,ofno. firft of' all that .had this trUcfaith,'·as ·thc'onely thing; he can no~ ag.ainc make the a new creamcanesof his f.1luation. Fof, as for :Adam, he. rure, of· nothing:.~hee crcltcd thee .without· :1fore his fall had n6t this faith, ncichcr thould HlC.:tncs; hce can fauc!rhcc, though ncuer ·fo· it h:llle faued him: bur when the firfi -nieanesmany mcanes doe {(cme tobe aga.inftthec. failed him~ then c:amc thi-s faith as the fccOnd And tbusmuch ofthefe three cffetlsoffaith; and more effeCluall mcancs ofhis (1luation:bur : and·con(tquently • Ahl wwneuer in poffibilitie to be f;ued oy Ofthcfirfl: part of•thisChapter,.comainiug C any thing, but by thisfai!h. And therefore A. ·a defcripti':"' of f.1ith ingcnerall. . bel< faith hath the firfl·placc ofcommendition, andth::~t in thisvcrfe. · · · ·Abeh faith is hfrc tommendc~ ·for three things: 1. llHhathu ojftrid bjita grearer[a– crificahen Cni11, 2. By ·it hoe ohtamed teftimo– •i<· mith God. 3• By it dead A6cl J<f jpiaJ.:.erh' ' . c·', f, ,AbeJs faith. : The firfl: effc{t of Abets faith, is · thus fet I ~ __,~!:. ~ J V r:_u,'sF. 4 .. ·L dov\'nc byrheholyGhoft,Byfaich,A6d~rcd • · . ·. · • - .,.., ; vnto Goihlgri.accrfacrific·nhen Cain. . ~ ··..;}J{J faith, rv/be/n:~~'e:rcd:Un~· : Theordinarie Expofition ofthc!Ctvor<ls, is .. j ~ '5/.'. 1his: That Cain and A bel comming•i'~ ·offer, I to Qoda greaterfacrifice then I· there w•s no differcnw in the "j'~·cr of r~cir r · b I • 1 h .· l • d · , facnficc-,b-orondymthemanne-roroffermgJ•n 1v azne : ?J 'fPIJtCIJ ee Ovtarne ;D.. tha~ A6tl offered by faith, and fo did not . , • ,(Tt h t h . h I Caiw. ' 'J:Pttnt_;; e t a ee WM ng teolt!; : Thi•' cxpofition though it b~ good, yet it Godterli(yin" of.hisgljii: 0 : 6rsnonhcrcopcofthis f\:.~e, uorrhcfou.nh I . !J 6 "} · • • : ofGen.Thenghtfcnfe thercfore!ccmcstobe Whtch fatth he alfo beetng dead, f this; Ahelhauingfaith;this fait!~mo~med him · 1 ·.-!· ··~· : to ccfi16e h1s thankcfulJ hc:nrroGod. Th1shcc , yet fpeai{:IIJ. . . . . - did by offering VlltO God th.c •r and'ccjlli1f i f ~ ._, .... He fccond pmof the Chap. [amficcthot he .<ould : nar~ely, ,,,e Jirfl fr"im I . . ~~ ~,... ~ 'tcr, .comaU.1cth an mu_il'~'ati-. a.n~ fattefl.~f hufheep~; \IVhcr;.:l.svnbcJ:eumg 1on ~n,l proofe of \he tormcr. Cam, haumg no loue 'to ttf11fie vmo God, \'I!_ ~~ ck fcription, by a. rehcarf.·dl br_oughr oncly of th~ fruirc of hisprcund:ror ! ~ ... -~of the meH cxcellcPt l)ar.;.. of the bcfi :J:S A~cl d1~ : but whar.. oeuc: came \ f • ~ j tcn.lcs & (:ll~<llnplc~ ?f faith,' firfi to h~r.d. Th1s beemg :he true .mcanmg ofj I - wh1ce flo.vnllu:d m: the the who.:e: le'"r vs come t0 ~he particular pomts Clmr.ch of the oldTrflan-cnr. laid downc in this <:ffcC't,and they arc thr_c:· _ ! ' · fhot l ·~-· ------ . .
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