-·~·~·- theu. Chap. to the Hebr. And fecondly)Gods wifodomefl1one clcarc- A , haue built it in three or fourc f cares ? I ly in this me:mes ; bccaufc God _would l~auc The anfwt·r is,God did (o for diuerfC caufqs! him (-tucd not in fuch fort, as ;:he •,.\'orld m1glu fomt• rcfpcC1ing thcfmufi:!!wodd, as rh3t d.lr:y· not [cC it (as it would hauc bccnc,if he had bin might hauc longcr titr,c,and lllbrc \~'an'lings eo: eaken vp into hcaucn , or into the airc:J but repent; euery flrok§of the Arkc, dunng the((....)· \Yould hauc him faucd in an .A1·k.§; that fo all I 20. yeares,. bccing a loud Scrmcn of r.cpcn- j the wickedmC,as they ~vcrc G dying in thc,xatancc vnto tbetn. Againc, thnt they might be i tcr, or expeCting death vpon the tops of t~c V\'ithom excufc,ifthcyamcndcd not:J.nd lf!Hly 1 '1 hills, might fee himliue and be: f<1ued, to th~tr that their iniquities might be full, and their I · more connCJ1t,atHi t.-:> their greater .Q)amc,,NI10 llnncsripe for vengeance-. "B~t of all thefc, we 1 would noc bdceuc Godsword,as he did. For, will noc fpe:1k,becaufethey cOccmc not l'-lWih, ! as the \Vickcd in hell arc more tormented to fee of ~'·ho[c faith wearc onciy to fpcake: let n 1 the godly in the ioycs ofhcaucn: fo doubtlc!fe therefore touch on.dy thofe fanfes 1 Ahich cot!- ~ were: the "''icked of rhatage,to fee JVoah faucd ccrneN oah. And inregard of him, the Lord 1 before: their eyes. The view ofrhis,power and did rhus, that he might trichis faith anJ par:- ! wifcdomc of God herein, made Noah giue cncc, an.d o:ercifcother graces of holind lc in great reuercnce to Gods Maidlic. ' B him. Thus Cod dealct1\ \\•ithhis fCruams alAnd no lc{fc ought it to workc in rh: hearts waies : hec e-xercifeth thcnnnany and Hrange of all true he:~rted Englifh men, and faithfull waies in this world. He led the Ifraelitcs in the Chrictians. For, did not the Lord reflorc and ddCrts of Ar:~.biafourttel earn; whereas a nnn dl.ablilh theGofpel ro our nation, by achild~, may rrauell from Ramcfes in Egypt,to any pan and by a JVoman:and in her time when all other of Cana:m,in f<mrtic daies: and this God dtd to Princes were againfr her(conrra.rie ro the rules humhle tbelm.J,.. and rry them; V._ tok!;owwhat JPtU ofpolicic)?and did not God in our late dcliuc- ' in their hcnrr(Dcur; 8.z~) ·c·~, ~ ranee, ouerchrowc our enemies, not fo much God promifcd Abralittf»: a fonnr, in ,whom by the power ofman)as byhis owne hand?Did aft thenation! ofthe 'CArthPkmldbehleffed (Gc"n. not hce fight from hc:wen? Di4 not the flarret r 7.. 3) But he: performed it ·uot of :;o. yeares and ther,iiJdes in their cotrt'fos fi!f.ht agair?j/ that ,_after (Gen. 2I, 2.) He g:lllC Dm1it.l the kingSiforfl of Spaine? Lee vs therefore with bldfcd dome of Ifricl, :~.nd anointed him by Sttmr:e!, Noa!J !bnd amncd eo fee Gods m.crcics,and r. Sam. 16. I 3· Bmhc attained itnotofmanv with reucrcnce o.nd fcarc magnific his great &. C1yearcs :~ftcr; and in the mcane time, ,.vas per: glorious name. · fccuter.i and hunted by SaHI, .u afleain t.t mtuu And thus weehauc the thrcemotiuesthat bofome: Ofl tUa 1ltr.tndge it; the mountaines, r. tnoOU\'din NvahthisRcucrencc of God: the ~am.24.If.and26.2o. And thus God cxercon(ideration fir!l: of his grclt.ludgement on cifCd himl3oth in thacand other hi"s pro_mifcs: the ftnnefull world: 2. ot his great mcrciein as hx: faith, Pfal'! 4o:·,y. In wayring I ""3.ytcd on fauing him: l· Of his admirablepower andwt[- the Lord :land !>fa!. II9. _8a. Mine eyes foilc dome,fhewed both in the iudgcmentand in the for wayting for thy pt omife!0 when wilt thou mercic. . , comfort me? Th\ISGod dealt v.·ith them; and Hitherto ofthe fir!l elfeel. It followcth; thus in fomc mcafur.e bee deales with allhis Prepared the Ark§. children, tb'humb!eandto try them, and to lz.mri've The 2. effe£t of JVoahsfi'wh, ~·hereby it is what iJ iniheir bearu; foihat, in ,thefc-~ifesJ commcndcd, is, that hec vpon a comrnandcmen doe alwaies !hew themfclues, and thCir menr rccciued fromGod (as we hcar,c\bcfore) ' dUi>ofitions.~ When men 'enioyc all things at clothmnk!a,dbt1ild-an. Ark;, wherein to fau.c their wiU:ln'd wifl1.; V\'ho· cannot make afaifc himfclfc and ·his family. Concerning this Ark, profCffioh?b.ut wherc:m~n arc long dcfcrretl,&l much might be fj)oken ouc o( the bookc of kept fronrthat ispromifcrl,and they cxprCt,and 1 Gcn: but it is nor tt> our·purpofc: = which is no D arc fo long croffcd in their cxpcCl.o.tionS; 'the1l ~ more in this Chspter, but to fuew theobedicuce they appcatc.in their own~ colours~ : and pt·aCltfcof (ait~,and therein thccxcellencie And as God dealt \\'ith them, f9 ,sHlie<:inC 1 of ft. Now the point here to be fpoken of, wa.yorotl1etd.ca\<\'ith \'S:if.wcbehi.sferuUS.,hc is not thematter, nor rhc m~t!fttre, nor the prbwill at fomc time of our life or o~h('..r, -lctVfchnc portion, nor thefa(hion, nor the -vfos ofthe Ark; fuch atflf<£1-ion vpon vs, as may trit vs, ~h~four ' all '-')'hieh in the 6. Chapter of Genefis,3re fully faith, and our patience,. and nur homiJiricf. )for dcfcnbed: bur rhe aC1ion and bbediei7Ce ofNo.1h if webe I;Wocrites, :mdJhulie. no trtir_{~t!accS, inp-1cparingit, asGod bad him :.,whereof the but onelv a fhcw; !this'V\•"ill 7 ·d'ifcoucr it, a:nd if holy Gho(l (in Gen. 6. 22.) f~itli, Noahdidnewe h:-.ne.trlle and foundf"Sith, and po.tientc;this cordi11g toall that Godkadcommandcdhim, cttcn wil make them D1ine like·bricmpearlcs inthci'i' fo did brc. true and perfctt bcauty~"1 , Now in this aCtion of Nonlu faith, diucrfc , Secondly, ~s God bad NoahbuildJtn Ark§ points of "rear moment arc to bee confide Co long time ~efbrc :l!_lYne<.'de of it ; fo i1c did, red. t~ f - ~ 1v:ithout denying or gainefaying. So f.1irh the Fid1, "'"·hydidGodbid ·r.roah ma/zyatTAr!zy R:orie(inGenefi:;) lie did r.cco·rdiHg to 11 /t th~f j r_~_o. ycares before the floo~_, "'" hen hce.might Godc~mrmdcdhim. A1~d rhus the_holy_Gh 9 !t ------~E~'~e~4------------------~G~ic~li~~----
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