rf~-~- e./1 Commentarie vpori \I """"r""' \ ·---J I · Hicrico: lolhua cl. 1.2. 11.lc Krnitts fronl the \A Mn·uailom art- th; workfJ r imd thAt m} fo~r · ----- \ .Am~1~FatsJ ~·Sam. ! ~.'.and_ here_~-~h out of lz.nowrrJ, rigbt wr/1 ." M_j bonJJ.~rrr:r.ot hid f~om th:lt-g..cncrall dcfhuC~Ion. An_d tl~1s ~od at:ore- .lhte, tbOHg_h ~ 'Wiufh.llddff~lJ-it:t-tt pf,ttr,;rr rh hand:r·t\Jaal<;.s vmo hun,fo_r h1s gr~arcr comfort ryu did ju:m; {Hhft.trfu t;JI;;n J wiff4 ·.W.it1Jo?t · :m.d-icCur~~le: t\v;~fv\;.hCn IJgncs-:iA<i·!lhng-e t6-" form~, .;nfl i~1 thJ!nJok.f Were- all m; mtfiibFrs ! kcnk did t_.:>r.cctlll~·u~l ll1cW, :~lit ~lm_ thc d~~ wr-trrt~, r:-~~alr in ~c.o"r~nH4~e rwrr(•'ftJjJ.;q,JCd,· i H~~8Hon- ""a~ 11(-~l:f:! • a_~d nc_:1rcl'-;-_fhll ,Vo'!h . tho~g-h tl;~rc rPtr~- .nor.t op than·: 6ifor(. . Jiuw ! tmgl~t comfort hunlclfc-uHhe lffiu:mb:: of that . det1'e thrr~fore Aruo/ tllir!fi/JJ:ro ttn~'t·~-·o.wvd~ \ mtiY~ifull. proinif"C ._;,;h;~h ~od .h"d t~:td,ffi!':" ~lrus .:v'e~fc·~ ~r~w'this'.huly·~~~(;j:can:1ot <Onofl:us Jdtucr3ncC,3nd ofht~1fami.lt<lll10 i6rhts tcm hunfcl(bwnh~~ny toatt,ics-; to e~rc"~tclfelhis I /ak~: .. ' ~i, ·. • . r · .. . rdi·gious&-r~ucrt·nr. ~ont~i'tC:-~f1CoHs_:malclly·. j ·The thtrd t',.,tng~reue4_led to ·htm, v ..•as: the · Forrth:elthird, Co{i·syPiurc-ifHii wQFI<e.stohis. ' tn'tanes wher-eby·he' {.hould be:fau~-.d from the Churchand!children_, ha~tc ~lw:iics. bcrn~'c=on~ j vniucr(lll flood; nainely, 'bJ :in Ark$, which ftdcrcd of b}t good·men ·v.rilh great 1 -t- 1 iEreiia : i fbr his more: 'affurat1Cc' hic,ls bi<1to- make him And, what}~aU Ig;H'f.TIIItfl:th£.Lord,·fait·h1Dal fdfc; that fo areucry_!\rokc he gau.c,hcmight uid, (urailbu btntfiu·p•Ntti#_ •n m<tl·( Pfalm. 1fcmcmber: thi'~ .;n'c~citull prbii\iiC"Of. his Cod ~ tt6.tz.) ,'!::~;"> I vnto him.-Pohs1:~or)'f\rokc in:thc making of ·But efp<cially;the lllligtmtntt -or God houc I the Arkc; v.''3s: ··a ri~tld f<?u_ndtng•Sermon vnt? beene al-w-ai1:s cmcnain~·d Of··Geds: tliil.~rcn tltlt ~nfuU ~tnd-afihn, to ·catl'(l-icln to n·pcri.: ·with much•reHl'1Y11'tl'I:Jnd!:adm'iradon:· BlcflCJ tatl<o: 'ld 'was i(:alfo anhlfuratic<ivmo Noab DaHidfaith, Mpfkjh rrtmbiuhfW-/t4r< of ofhis:d<'IiueraH~~?f'-:h'lc!)•Afk,.ahdofNoahJ thu, ',nd·i'Amafra(d ·cf1br lHrlgemimi:' Pial. obcdlcnCe- tn ms~m.g Jt,- wee ffiall hereafter 119. t :2.;0.1How would ·~this nOble Kmg'hauc fpcakc atl:rtge.:At11l'lHo?m'u'ch concerning the tremble<!' onq,bctnc afrai·d, if he h•.tb·ccnc a g~{Stlnd of.NoAb};faith, \\•hiCb Wasa:wai-ningor priuarcman·?t Andhow gl0r10u's is God;:!:'nd i 1 is re0~1arion. fromGOd: ·.k . _ . _' ~ ·· workcs Pf.::~ut.ig;.:mcms, whcrc3t cuc·n?King 1 J:Jow follow.otll t fccond potni': namcly,thc thcmfol•<e ·,doc ·tremble? ·And the P.rbphet cii'Mmt"rlarion: 6f his faith, orli dcfcription of HAb6•cH/r,;fait.h, "that· whenhce l>ur ~card .,r thte. .ce/ler.ck ther~of, by diucrs ahd !iogular Cods iuag;:ment's to come; M hllflre'ml>l<d, "c.ffctls·. ' ~ · ·'- hu lipI f/:oDk,s, rotUI/11ejfo.emred intOhis hOneJ~ _ MOotuJ witb rtNirtnce, Habb2; J• 1'6, And thus Noah h_erc, hc:aring .. 'Jlhc firfl dft:cl of. his f•lth is, It mcoHerl iw qf Gods.iulhvrath againfl thdinfull world,k h~tn_'! retu1·mu, or_arcUC!'Cn~·f~3ie; of that God of his purpoiC to oucn_hrow allliuing:Oelli by tf1ar{pak~ to him,•:and of hu JUfhce to\\'ards C water, was mooucd \VJth grC3tfearc and rcue.. finne&fin~cis;~ndofhis mcrcietoWards·him. reoccat this mighryworke of Cod: a'ffd·from ·-In this 1dfc8:,Vc arc to c-dnfidc:r two points: the view of this his greatand ilifl Judg~mcnt, 1. _ThegPotrr.'d of ~llis rcuctcutc• .z. Theo(Cahis fdrh ~chim arife to a more carnefi"con..! jionsormoti:t~s Ofi'r. fidcrsdon ofthe m<'~idlie ofGod.By :~;ll>vhich T~·~ g·toun<i ~~·-hcricc this:_reHn-.mu fpnmg, it is m~rc. then 3pp3rant 1 th3t true faith(v.,rhcrc~ was ~fs true & fau'\'gf•ith: lorthc holy Choil fo~uc.r. ~!'Is) wor.k<th a holy fcarc andrclicrcnc firfi tells ''s of NoahJ f.·mh, :~nd afccrwards of dl:unauoh of God, and·ufhts workcs, and of this reuermt fca\-c he had of q.o<t·,and Uis grcl t God in :~;nd by his workcs: whereby on th£ wovkts. I . ! j'i· Contraric fKic, it foUowcth, that therefore.to ~Mhcre \\·c learn~; that v•hofoeilh is cndurd J thinkc·bafdyorordin:uily of God,_ to t.hinkc with fauThjifaith; is ·alfo touched ~vith fcarc e.: ·I (cornefully ofhi.s wor.ks,orto dc•iic"htl power -r"cucrcnce at the cO?fideration of. God;':lnd his and his hand, in the grCllt works,eithcr ofmer.;. "gtoriow;: ~·orkcs.,\\·hetherthcy be-works ofhi.s cy or iudgcmcnt d?nc i"n. the world, is. ~'" ar~ po"\iCT, his wifodrmu, hismercu,oi hisiHflia,or gumen~of:1pro~anc hc~rr,& ~viting;i-ue'faith. of •~~'together. · D Thcvfc of thiS doelrtnc dtfcoucrs the prol Forthe firfl: D.1uidcould nor"fee the works fancndfr, and the great want offa;;h that o-f:. of Go<.ispowre ih i:hc cre;ltion, Pf;llm.8, Bu dinarily is in thewQrllt. And that appcaresby 'TPhm·hu.look~dvp al!d bthe!d tbe. };~t~He»J, rh1 two cuidhtccs : the fif!l, is to01ens ownccon- .Wor~i of Godiht~dJ, tlu fnoone ~ndtht~arru fcimce: the oth_cr f JSt'o t~c vicwcand. fight of )p}jjciJ he };adordamed; he fonhvmh fell mto a. aU the wptld. Yt«crrnce and :1dmiration of Gods mcrcic tO Firfi,"i"ileu m:~.y fee in thcm(clucs a profane m:m) for wllom :md whofcv{c hc·tnadc rh~ :~U. bcan,-and-voidc- of fai th.by this euidenc('.For,. l'orthcfcrond, the fame Da•iil could not doth a man in his h<•rt thmkc baf<ly of God, cnh'Yinto·con(idcfation of Gods wiftdom,,in his povvrc, his iu!licc,or hi~ ancrcics? Doth he: the ach.nirable frame of mans bodic-,-Pf.1l. 139· chh(:r do,ubr of them? or, granting th~m,doth I r ~.&c. bln he prcfcntly fa!Ls~to a l:cuercr\cc he thin~e of them wlt~out fe~rc :~.~'d amnc.:. & :ldJ.l.!ira~1on th.crofinmoll cx~cl~cnt and paf... mcm? Then aff'urcdly lu~ heart ts v01dc of~ruc ~ ftonatc words: ThoHpoffo!foft myrain_u,-thoHcofiith,nndfarrcfrom the hfc ru1d ~ower ot re- ~ I Hcrredfl- mu in mr 'notiJerJwom6e: I will prarfo llgion.For affuredly, where God Js k,_nownt ar-d 1 1hre, for J am fe.tr~f~tllz 11nd Wflr.dnf«ll; mak; ·btluiud, t~·ne that mans hc:nt(thi:Hlgh h~.bc a !. ·--- --- _ . ' · Kmg) I ___ j
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