~- [;:\ I r:J1 Commentarie vpon . -'b",r,;,h. ~ --- ~ >•. To the ;our.,~ man. Hce becing in the I ,A\ wife. : . . -.~-. J 1 ilrcn.gth aqd rip.cn-t.{fcof \\'it, fcnfcs, mcmoric, Hitherto of thefirfi effect ofAh/d2ith: It I , l, C·;ip~citic ,J"audjU tbc bd\ of his age: he (>ith, fo!Io,veth; B; the whschh: obtair.edwimrffi tlw ! I \_,Jil t~k:.: t!\)' ylcafurc 1-1ow l <~.m fiuc Hfor it: I he wa; righreo;u, . : . .i..~ I Wiil repent at the: CJHk of my cl ayes, and tha~ This is the iCcon'd ~effeCt of Ab~lb faith •is_.a·fittcr ~ime.. .Thi.s..i_s avile poHcia,of the 'd~- 1 wher~by it is commcndcd. 1: For che·mc3!1ing: \ \ mll~, to d!~!)onou~~~?~·'. qnd c?'a;ilaway_ the. ~~ Byjitt~h hccmcanes Guiog taich, whtch makes j fou!:-s. \oV h:lt:J. grrcte.rs ~t·to gJflc the dcwll hts: 3 man tl,Jll> ~cforcGod,anll no other. For wbcr- ' ! yt~.ung ycarcs ;_ .1.he;.~!rct~gth .of..ltis bodi~ and, as he had_ faid before, th:tt hy faith our Z:.lden [\-\'it , anJ to b~tnyhis :"''~'~here~ al:~o age vmo. had obrarncd 'a $~od report': He pro6U~s. rhat l Go.~? n~>:~ b.c ,t.ur.~,; Glotl. wrll not-arc~pt thy ro-rgeneral~,by ~h1s cx~mple ~of Abtll; thc::rcfore 1tcO facnhcc or -c.1d n.sc, hut rather g~uc thee vp. . that faumg.f:urh wluch was meant there; isalfO I t'O'thc deuW,that be may h:m.c\thccultogcthcr; meant hcr,c~ 1 : •• , 'J:.."':. . \yhich ha~h ha? th~ bc.t1: thc~l fOI!mN~ rathf<r r Tl"lilfe 1wor~s fct ~ow~c t\: .. vo benefits w.hi<:h 1 1 S~lomo;' c~unldl , Ecdes.12 .. 1<who b•<\s thee Ab~thad-byh•s faumg faJth:Fid\,hewas;ir!fi'by i l rem~7J<.1d tiJJ ;n:.-1":~ mt~etl.tri,c.roftkJ;outh:Rctt. Secondly,JGod ujhfi~dthat hev'':tS fo• ... i mem~er Abe 1J facrrfi.ce, lyWa~of !lie bell. So, .B Forthcfir!l; AbefJ faith madehiwuifta,;tl I thou \1afl no fac:nficc buc thy id!e m offcr:~ffer : nght~~m,not bccauie~lis_faith was anaccllent I t~cn tnc belt: th~yollng yc:arcs·1~ the bcfi tu~c, , 9uahue ofthat vc_rcu~-m lt ~dfc,tts·to m::~ke him g1~c them vntouod. · .. IUfl:; but becaufe1t wa~ an mfirurnemwhereby '\· 3. ,To all Chri;1~.lnJ, A bel!offered the bell: , hee apprd1endcd,and·applyed to himfclfe the It teachcrh vs all~ 11 Wf=:C.w1ll profdfe and feruc 1 nghtcoltfndfc ofthc·Mellias to come \'\'herby I God' not to doe Jt oy the halfes; or for (he;~ he inight Hand iu£\ before God. Thi; was hrs 1 1artd fafhi.on fake, or ncgligeruiY.,;a~not.caring , righteoufi1cffe, whichi·he had by faith' : for he how. !hus to doe, is but to -o"ftCr thefa~crifi·c~ . tr~~cd nott~ :my_holi"~1Cffc-ofhis own,though .. 1 of C4m<,andtbatmake!thcmoHprofcfiorsgo.' ( JtJSomofqudhon)hc knewe hee was the aw~y with theit fcnti.ce vnacccp.rcd as· Caine} fo'nne oftl:iat manwho~mCc was per.feCl:ly rioh. · WlS: for God will haw: all ornOn(', he is wcrtcous.:"'but the trutl and confidence ofhis h~art I thy to haue no partner: he mull•be ferued with ' was in·ihe righteoufneffeof thot blcffed feede all the heart, with foulc ahd body, (o thato.ma~ which, God had promifed, Jhould.breaJ& rh; ntufl confccme hi:niHfe wholly.vmo him, :. ferpenuhead..This promif~ he knowinci,beleeKing.zJ.>5. It i's th.e fpcciall.commend:ition of r ued it;•app!yed it ro himfelfe, and this faith good King Io{i.u, thitt ha tHrned vnto the Lord tpade him righteous~ ' · · with"" ~U he~trt ,~1zd.fou!e,J!n_dmight: 30:d fo~ C : ~cre,V\;cicarncaw~rthyh:ffon o( Chrillia.. rohat., he ts prcferrca afor.c <Oil Krrgs afore or:::.t... m~tc.; n:~mdy, that the true and thcvnrloubtcd ter him : notthat Ioji.ucould fulfill thdaw p<r• way' tO ·.hc'auen , is a holy and liuely ,filith•in fcCHy,as it rcquircd;but'ic is meant ofthe endeIefmChrifi: for,this faith m:~l::cs3 man righte'- uour ofhis heart a11d life i by \ovhich hcc·O:r2ue ous ;: ·ahd that righ:coufnef'fc ..O~cnS·· him the wit.h.all his n11ghc to fcruc God as well as .h<e gate ofhe:men.To thisonde (faiththe:Apo!llt) c.ou.l~: his exlmple is our3. • . ·( :Buiug~iiljl-ifi~d 6; faith; w~e .haste pea~~ With 1tom.~1• We profcffe religion, we mufi lookcthzt God: but·bj•whothc; \thrtWg!J our /:;ord lefm our:}1cartsaffc..C'bt;:wccprofdl'camrnil1"gfrqm Chrift. ,.-~ · ·J •• !··;,': · ·).-·- ... · J~nnc 'WC mun t:tkt: heed it b.c not fonnall;:mO I ·~ ForthcYfc·of:this doChinc '\\'CCrtmfircnue from the lippcs,but lrom the hc3rt,So,whcn .. \'vC our for.mctJc-xhoh~ti-Gn, \'ihich indecdc<Gannot! pf:tdife aoy du~ic ofreligion, whcth'cr wcj>r:t}' b·~ltoo ofien·prctled to thc.confdcncc. There Qr hcarc theword , or rczcciue the $;tcraments ~srnondOfNSfo vile,. none f"O profane,.but we (this is the (acrHice th:tt we can offer) \'\'Cnuifi rlcLkc-f:J."Iuarion. ·lf we doe, ehen weinu{hrcad , ·noWo them coldly and c:~.rcldly; but ~w\·ith :r.ea.. 12:he beac.eli.way: tO:i:: J.:or, we are not borne~ Ious aficCli01J&,rcfolution f1·om rhe heart•.0- ' D .h·circs -:tf~it.: .n_C'ith~r~!l:"Yec tome tkith'cr by th~rwifc,ifwe fcruc God fotfJOlion f:1kc, ~nd G .chaunce: but thEre rs.a\V:ay'th~ muft be taken, our huns arcon the .world, :md our o·:.Vn luGS., i -and ch:a.C"'""ll<vaYis. butooc.. ~ all other are mHlca– ~"''C ~tfcr.thc facrifice of curfcd C.tbte, :md we~ ! I ..dif!19by-:Wayc_s~l~~gairlc ,..th:tt ,.,,:I.Y mufi he ta– with our formal! re-ligion /hall goe ~to hitn. j I ken in this hfc; clfc~c·il~tbo·~atct Now,thisway But let vs offer the facrifice ofA6r!.- that is, : isto bto!.-a iuil- and·xighreous man. With this, though it t>c:e neuerfo little, yet let it bee: tlie ~ -~cuen1tsnf~_ilcckan~l'~t\'i'houcr.his ; neuc:r man bdt we c3n_,,ouid.aU weecan, and Go~ ':_ill at~r attained_ t_o ~aluat~on ;_f?r? No vnchane thing ccp.t)vs ashcc·d:"t<:J..:dhe!. And ..thus tne Fanm.t , "C"a~r:c~#uflnta·r.luk.!'tgdo~Pei~JhcAII!I'I• ~cuerwas Apoc.n.l7· I . fhou\d. giue .G6d .his beft chi/de .- the youog 1 man·ia£\ified'th.ere ,"Whrcii:wos not in!\ before: , J)13\l, ri> 6qfl u"ei .-"euerie nun his befl parr·, and thit•muf\.hholi~buegunne•, which in hea- :1 \}~~~~h1iS1 hi.s .?tart, .And thus wee follewc rhe , ucn·iSitcxb.C.pei-fetl:cd~)"lrl:thislifc thercf?re we Ji~p•1 G>filqjy,.f1kd. who offered to God riJe.heft . muH'l!eokei111>obeO'infu\ ;Nowe, our: good ~~ ·.J [4crifi~ef;c J,,,q(,"T:his •was the fruite ofhis fuith; smd<s\\'JI! llot·{erue to inakevs iulf: for they ~v,a_q;(9 th.;t iPar(.\ntr, tb. .t.: young m:m, t~~ ;are~ll vn!:lhle tO. in'dun:··th~ trb.II.·of Gods iu~ ~ p·ofdfor dut hnh true f."1ith, will <toe fo_lik:e::. fi(c0~1J1\n<l ifwe {{and tCYtb.cm,:md th-cy~proo_t:~ ! · not
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