--:;::.-~------~-.th~ 11.[hap.to. the Heb;:-----.---- ----------~-37 , - -I --- lation fromOod, :n thcfc words.; j\' oab bur''g. A Fn £h "hpreas_G·o~ makn~1 ~h-~il~ ~f.ly·M~-) · --- 1 J warn~d of God. The thu1gs ...r.cucalcd, ·whcr<:ut to rcuc.alc ympJum Ills cQJ:n~{:ll,an_d _h!S JUJt$t::'- ! /God warned him, ~re laid down<: .two \\'<ly'c.i: . 'l?Cl~tStO>C,?t;le;~ wcleJrpe ~!12tdli$1S apt6J:o- ; •firtl:, go:n...:rllly, ro_bc rbir.gs .uletnotfanr;thcn g_aouc whu.:h God_ bcHo~Nct\ on·fuch_JiS f<::'11'!!1 ~ panirulnrly thrcein numbt.:r. ... , h_Jm, he re.ucalcth h1s cotu1fcls to thcm111: fpc:..1 · r. Gods fudgrme;1t vpon the finfull world, qall manner; whe~hcv rh~y ·be pnrpo!rs ·.of/· that hcc was purpofed ro ddlroy it by "''atcr. ~ttdg('i:ncnrs vpo1~ ~lis c~~qn:es, o_r of m~rti CS I 1 , Gods mcrciu oo Noah, due he would vnto .lm Church, I hus ac~!tjw \o\'lth .Abr.iib~m; fluchim,ond his family. . ' . Gcli. rS. t:9.Sb<l/I (C1ith ·C"".d) hJd, frum A• ! ._; 31 Th-at he wouhl.fauc hinYby.:m.,Ark!, and brah4!JJ .thcl{thing th~1t l;wi/Jitlf~d >Yhich rlti::,.:g· I tht'rcfdrc hcmuft mJkc One: and·~chcfe -be th~ 1 N:J.5,thc ddhu~tion ofSi>.d<:nue,:t!)c\ her fi!le'r1l, I thin''·~ whcrcof.:l\TonhJ\vas "~ranted ofG0:d. And fo wht:~1 the SodortJttOs ~ih!(;:d in Wanton His faith is commended by throer\\'Gnhy.cC<;lrclc:filcffc~ a.nd put fanc fromehem thc·c~,.;H fcCts or operations in hfm. >I,; I-tm~oHcditt him d~y, then .A6r,lh:tm knc'A! fr.orh God the. it .d'C., i a~e«ermac, or a r~l1~tC~1t rcgar.d bLthe W3.r~ llruCl:ion wasat hand, And ns in that,, f$:Li~,j'; 1 ning fcnc himfrom<Eiocl, 2. It ma.de himprefo. a geptral~y true in all h,is grc~.t \.Vorkc:s: thlt th~ p.-;r~ the :Ark.;: of which Arkc there:: arc f<:t B Lord (jod wjll doe ~;pJhi,:g· ,J;:it bee l'C!Itt11i:.J..hit. dowile tvro ends..;' 1. It faucd hr~.hou{hold: z. foo:rcts to h~{crJ~tmU/theP.rOphcts, f.. mosr.J. ·7-. It comkmnedthc,Ptmld: j. It m~tdC him. btir.c of Np,w this is not n:prctog~tiut of P-rophets~. therighuoufiuJfe, whichWb] fitith ..·~ , lone, or of{uch·as w-er_c 1 cixtrabrdjnarie. ll'..c;n· ~s l'his, I take it, isthc ttue.rcfolutipn oft!wle Ahr~hamwas , ,but the ficur-. .•f ,,.. k ordi!": words: & they contoin~many cxci:lk,~t thing• 1 amon~~ftfiicb'fl! f•ar<hin>, pr,Jm; >1J ·.l<j<.,l?.ll conccrnipghisfuich. ~,,)\\ , 1. ·- ;},t~. .thhtkarc·t-hc holy n:ulle :.ofCOd, . are~.Ad.sl By faith Noah b~ring lVeru:dof Get(; ofthe ~ frcjnds, and o(hiscqun[;,ile:.and th.~rcfat'pbot thingnvhJ(hwcre~it.Jetnotfec~u; t l J !; , •}(tbrttbam .oncjy iS:c31Jc-d th~ frd;:d B/til3J~ BJfairh, that is;by a gcncralland,J]'iflodl!!ll lames 2,28. But.oCaU tr4<,b<)Qq:cl:>·-, f'!i.ib Faith, andal(obya tnfeandfaujngfai~h inth.e ; S:hrifi , IohnJ5. T4·l~· ~ iouar~myJ;eit1,.iJJ 1 M e/flA4 tocome, Na.rh.bceiog w;uncd_of ~o'd l lfyotl doe ;v_!Jat I .c.anvnfls!?Jdeyou: h~_,~c~fo.rth.f of the iult !udtrmrent hce ,purp.o(cd t<t·brwg . cAil.JoU fJOt for«aftt.r, biJtfreindJ,~ ;{b'l:cth,fcr ..... j vpon the world, by w vnluerf.lil·f1'o.od; and ofi ff:PJt k!Jowt_th .~lot:,~IMt,,l;ui;A14fl:~Joth; .lmt:..Jl:li his mercifullprd~idcnue, to him andhis fat.nily, 1 .y thin,{s tiJat I /1aH''' hct!Yd,-cf n}J Fatl:ur, bttJie I that hce 'vould faue them by an; .AI·kf ( 3111 ·' p:4de~1owncV1;!oJOU: As If he had [aid, J. v,:ill which things \·\'Crc then to tome, and th"crfore .communic~~c and impart 01y fecrns vnto yo.u; vnfcc:ne.J he beieeued thcic forewamings of as one fieind doth~nto-ilnothcr, a?farr_c:~sl11ai God: and therefore, in reuercnce to;this•mcf- ;be fit for you to know. And th~ Apoill~· faith, {agdi·om God, bee prepa.ed thc'Arke, and I. Cor.'>, 15. A fai!hfoll .md 4 ho!rn~~difc:rthereby faued his hou010ld, aod,condcmned ntrh into tl/,dupc·caunfoil<s af God; which :'lr.< the wicked world. And fo hisfairh, by. all thcfc reuealcd vnto them, aS: niu~h os conc.~~.<th appearing tObe 3. trUe & liuely faJd1, did tfl'ake ' their faluatiO,tlS.,ttnd (OOl!Jt:i:mcsrporc; is .hcrt, him l iu!t andrighteuut man in Gods,(ighr.;fhls vnroNoah,who,was for~.w~med ofGod, af is the fumme and fub(bncc of NoahsJtw- ! t/Jil1gJthmno..rftene• . · ~-. , 1 , .• - ·: ·J, amplc:·let v> fpcakc of the fcuerall parts in or-' This ptcrog;tiue of Gods children', is>ol>e, <ler. ·~ · . vrtd~rnoo<l with fome CadtiQifs."l-; j: .. .,;1-r Thefidlpoint is, the ground ofhiS,f.1ith, v1 1 ~ Fitfr, t:hat this ,js rn,~rt proper toP.wpJ!,qcs, 1 warnmg orananfiver.fTom God. .for, he becing rand holy Miniil.ers of·God,.tll.cn to·;or'~in~ric~ arightcousmanintbat wicked ~ge,1whcreinl Chri!lians. ·.•. ,., · ~;.:r ,.'\ f· ... :r),~!1: ... all the v.Jorld wchred in wickcdneffc-, and , Secondly, that it wa.smore.Ordiaaric:in the walking before God in great holindfr, when, 0 ·.old rc.ftam;nt: the-n nQ\\! in the daycs·oftbc(i'p.: .no man cared fer religion, he had rhisfpeciall· {/'•11. Ifony obirer,Thf.n the (late o.fthF·c!)ur~h fauou: fromGod, that when hce purp0{ed tO/ afore Chrilt, \,vas bctt~r .then.lt is no,"WJynAer ddh'oy the world for thrir finnc, he firfi ofall Chrifi;Ianfwcr:ilot fo;fqr-fir!t,-we-:tre rctiip.ci'l-. rcue:Jled to righteous Noah that purpofe of fed byh?ulog rhc Scriptur.es perfeCt, zhd tllzn~ his.~ So that thcfc words haue reference to the, plcatc-i w}}i,h they had nor: and by haui:ngth_c rcuclati·on which Noabhad fro::n Gcd, in the .fubflanc~ of. thelr Oladbwcs, a.nd rhe.p~!fof,. 6. of C('nefis. For,this mc-tTagc ·caf1lc,not from; j _fnaqce of t\1dr prGmifcsii.n which rcfp.c~.§ Ov~ God by any Prophet (for wc ·kncw none in I ,fh;tcisfanc:motcexcellcnt.r..h;ntbcirs•.Artd·fe~ thofe cuill dayes, except N oah himf,l(e) but codly,for,this particulor,Ian!Wcr,thcyhlde.c<\ either by the mlni!l:eric of :"!n .Angel/, or eHe : had more Olidmarie reuc-liltion·of}tnatteis pt)"..J by ~mmcdi:m:: rcudltion fromGod hitu.felfe: fona/l .rmd.Prirtatc, ~n9 ·P:Pt.~iretl.Iy.tou~hing~ and this f:1uour be rccciucd fromGod, not f~~ ifalu~tion:but offuch tbi)lgs a-s 3.re.g~nsr~ll,;uidl any c::.u\c in rhe v.·orld,but becaufehe \\'3S a ho~: do~ nccdrarily conccrne fplu~tion·~ V.·c ·in thel ly.and ri~htcous 111:m. , ri[nc of the,HewTdla.ment, h:lllc I)1or'c ~l.,lj_.: ,. Fro~~ hcnc(', v.·emay'Ic:!.rnc diucrs cxccllcn~ dent d(·tponfl:r:ttion, _and more fullrcucl:lt:ion,i lr~~~~~·--·---·- '.J t th~l thcy_!~~d afore Chrifl.For C!<3.tnple.: r~rri]"~. _ _ _____E_~ _ c 1 clll;\rt ---'-----------
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