1 48 \ . . ,. v1 [o~m'entarie vpon. - . --=-~~=, -=--T~''"'"":.~ I [a~cd; all bccmg h1~ c.n/drm, or h1s ch11drcr.s A . how much .more i1raightiy thty::trU :tk.G to I l~t.:.•u. For, d~c r~g~tc9us ma1: pro::urcth bicf-· I loo~c to.thr1r foulcs. Due·~. P ... e:~L~;:\\'1; Uc tk,t, hngs not on h1mtcltt; alone ;but on all that he-. prou:.ierh mu tC'mpor:~!lthil;r_s ncc3;7~xitJO~-JJI~< ":!-! long vtuo ht:n, dwell with hltn, or arc iu his · tm'J ,it l:>)'()lfc rb.cnmz,b:filt·t, 1. Yi:.~1 •. 51 S, Thc 1 ! comp<IIHC. _At .dbr~tfJH,~J r~qudl,had thcl'c bin "'·hat •is ~1c "ho prc\:id_c;.)l no~hlt~.g·:or their j bm ten;,e r:(.IJ~~C'o:u m:n t~J.Sodomc, all h~.d h~.:co:nc f~ul~s? Surcl}', hts~~~~ l,s .t:?Y.trcamdyi'c.arcfuil. [ fparcd.fo;· !i~etrfo4_s·J ,( <:>CIT;1<~. ~ z.) ~V hen lo~. ,1 h,crcfo.;c.V•~l~·n thou h :' proui<tcd men, ap- j: I fcpb dwelt IL1 Egypt, :tll P11t1pb.:lYJ houfc 1 and ,parcl·l';.a'caJ!arg, aod m.;'t':-4bgc,ho~<Hrf.Cr.nd liuin\7.1 all in it (though h; Wt:I'C a heathen ma~) were ' for thychihlci t.hill_kc·:mt tho_tt.hafi Gone, and '1 blctf~.:<i ~or /oflpbs 1a~c; G{l1. 29. 5. V~ hct~~Ll(r fo m:t\~··t.hGu !turn-d~tl:crn o.ff;1Thc ~~orid rT:-;1;· 1 was dcliucrcd out of Sodom4's.ddlruCbon.:~;thc t-akc.thcmdws: Bu.t.G6d~~ilimn t;'l.h· th<:u: 10 A/lgt>!sas·kcdhim, Ji.,_fhlumany fom:t" iw!~m•qc1 :lt-chy,h~nds-. No1;·v1r~gr:.cmcr dutic rcmaincs that they might h••uc bccnofaucd tO:- his.fdk.a; behind; chou:tnuH'jh-t~'ufdc forJthcv.~i(H~kS1that ~en. 19. 1 2. \yhcn Potf;L .1nd 276. fO!:IN \-\~i~~l thcf!l#l.:)\ klloUI•Gmh,v..nd fear? his m.fnc.Thou hufQ fuffercd f}upwr:J.ck, :u.:~q:\overe.all mprcf-ent mutt WU:h VlbwJJam(Gcn. l S.. 1 9.) Tetteh r/;i danger ofdro\'\'ning, God'f.ntrdPaul, and -fm f.tmil), ib:mrhcy mo~y~11tlrr iJJJ),( nt:I.J'•f.rofGud: his t..._kc all the rcft: God r,mtcbilf'J rbc liue.J uf tdi B I lz.nowc Abraham, flith God \hat hci:.:Hdl dot thatn-~1'ewith J:Jm ia 1IJCj/Jip, ~~1- . zi24·. And"fa ~1 ~~·' AhP,i~rcJyrGod1witl knov..~e ~1!:-Jl:~~ras'doc here 1Vo~lu chJidrct~,and thc:r \-~1\lcs,arc fparc'a , •1.o:·By:d0u-rg rhus,'iJll.C't:i fh:tH mafro--the.ir houl for JVo:thi ilk t'. ' { :cr:-1 fcs•Cimrcb'u 0£ GdO , ;aS'hc1·e Noah1 ':;vas\·,.:1nd Let this cncour:~gcall men tO fcrut Go.dtin it would bc farfe.b~ttCr•\\•hh .our-CM.~r4:and truth and vpright~cs; fce!n9thcycby thcy:fu:sH Statc.,.i6 men tlid..CO: Mi~iflt>)·s in f,)w: Glfurch~· not mJ.kc rhcm{e!IU's alone bltflcd;· but. br.ihg an'djuftJt:r:S.1in the,Counriy fhoold hauu fnt<.dl dov.•ncGods blcfi"mg cucn on thcirhoufo.r,chil~ Je(fc-\Q~od iif 'IVlt!ft'Cri'Of familycs.W0uhl ddC dren,lnd potlcritics:yt.:a,d1CV,(:cyplaC'es,_whcrq~ ihfif du~lC"S; .·J , , • • • • •• ~y, 'J'i :) and thCprop/: 'Nith whomithcy.dwciHfhalJfait .h<But!,GY.So·fUr'the':-;rkt vrfecmorc·p·~1'tltt~'t~fthe bcmr for them. Alld thus '"':fcc,th'eibuf<> il Ly,.whilrthishaujholdwas~ that. wis d\ut:f~ucd andtc-:tfons,whynocNoah.clooc;b.utCqc'ildtis · h/tli:riik,!.' · · · ..__. b:,:i/i:ir_. u h01.,1fhouldwere alfo f;.;ue~l: lt:[i ."l' -\ q·. •... -~ \ J : 1Fi'riit~rit w3s·a fumilic_ Offourt" Wd.J;2nc!fom!d. ·In the fourth pl.acc, let'VS,obferue hoWl tHe wonh·.~t·l ri6t ti1en or \1-ol'ncn alone;b 1 )tJb,utht & holyGhot~faith, tl~atNoa~bui!tth~ Ar!cc.;:ribt t:) confilling,:of...sma~1y womc'! tU ':-m· Thl.JG~vJ for the faumg of h1mfcJfe 1 butaf/u.shoHjbo/lfr I Woulcrh:ili<'onefexc roJoue an crhcr}aod one and it is fa id fortwo dufcso. .., I · o! no C la rhiill<t)!cnifuluos beholdcn'wrht·ofib: the Firfl, to !hew that·?'oah;thoug~ he"•cre bcginni•ig.ofthefidl~voiJ,tw.3•bJohcooah & the hcui and go.uctiiour, yct·w:is 'oueofth-:·BNI}II- j Ollc'l'«o"fltii; .Ofthc 'fCcdnfi·;by fol&'/.c.?JJ'-c~. and {bqU j for in 'the wordho~~<jhold,ilin'l[t.}ft is' c.onl~ foure w'tJ1rfm~ bm. ~ ...,·aics cguall. Afid.h·src alfo t . rchcndc-d. Maflcrs and Fathers, though t.hty Gad:M·otthl·rcach tntn!not to coniemtn~rthe. 't)'.. c goucinours·; yet muft d'l\nke tbcmfelucs thcr,·t~~bt!fPl· thewcakc! ft:xc:forGbt!-fMd~-a5 """"bm of the hou!hold ; fQ will tl\ey.hau·c nr.myofthcm from the vniucrfall flood;:ishec more care thereof, when ~hey. dl:ecme the-mdid&cmoi~ ' ··! . ,t·r. • ·' • . .".;1 ;_ .b -;-;'') (dues mcmocrs ofthe bodic, ·:ind pamof tlie _, Scicbndlt; Bowm>n~wcre thc)'ri>.-·:>J!L?- bgt , whole. ' · '~, tif;hr~lrfon~, Ofthc whoh"orld n·o1il6ttl\.\'etci S,«ondly, to tcoch YS what•cucNoah had laucd:Amifcrable fpcebC!c.Se'c:wh1t {iHr:ecan (or his fa1nily; cucn (o groat, as h'eprcparcd ihc do. It c:mhl•ingm;!nY, tnil!i~li:t tO tfthfph_flits in ~A·(! tll {.:lit tlumwitha/1. Here is an cx~mpltof· ! fhdtt.\:ime.Scc whabt~Sl'O dtft}1rl.-Co~~ ' Let a wotthic m3ltcr ofahoufuold ;andyet all this l vs not i:htn glorie-inOu't"'hu!ritlldt:s;< hUe. ~loric , was but for atcrnporall dcliucrance. Now ifhe ·I in this that we knowc~t11dforue God:· for,mhcr- '"''as ~careful for their b-Qdily (afetic,how.much 1 ! ~\"ifc, ifour finncs crie out to him3gainfi Vs,he mort w:s he.eo fauetht'ITIfrom he/,mddamn4• . D can calily make vs fcV:•c01ough. ·--: 1 •. 'itm wh1ch he kncwc to be an crern:.lJ dc!lru-- ·1 Thirdly, what\,c-rC'thcfe eightp~-~'fms? not .. ai0:, ofboth 'foulc& bodic. ThCrcfore doubt• .! oncfor:t{mr3mongflthctw3ll; there: wqc none lies as.he was adiligent PuacherofrighttoNfon, ' but Noah and hb wife, his three fonnes :~.nd ·to thlrfinnc:full world:(oprincipaily a diligent thcir\~;iu·~·s. It is mc:ruailous, th.:u here were PrciM'ixr, and Prayrr, and Charechifcr of his fa-.. noneoflNoahsj~uanp.Son• think he had none miry; tharfo hcmi_ghr m~kc them Gods fer- •ndthorthcfmp/ici:i<.efrhofcdaycs r<quircd un.ms and dtliucr th(m from the ctcrnll! fire: no aucndomcc.bur th:tt each one: was fcruant to afhcll · himiC:ltC. And they. fccmc: to gather it out of /Vo;~h, eumpkistobc3p.ancrnc to all ?tt.. Cen.7. r. where (Jod b1ddcth Noah, Entt"r 1 ~nu and ~:uhcrs of13.milies to te3ch them care :bou.mdilllthir:ehoHfeinro the .Arkf: And when not oncly forth·t.boduJ, ;md bpdily welfare of they cmrcd,thcy arc recounted in i:he fc.aucmh j ~h.c~r families, but c(p(ci~lly for thcir{o11/u <Hi~ · vc~fc ~to be none burhirnfdfe,hr$wife,andhis. I fpm ruall welfare. ,And it rhr.y be boundby alt 1 chtldrtw, rhcreforc ... fay rhcy, 111 ~o?hshm1fe, , bonds of 1l3.'turc :md religion, to prouidc for there were no fcruau. But whym•ght notNG.. :he: bodies oftheir childrc~l ; ktrea[on iudge, t!h hauc fcrujnt$. 3S welJ as A br:dnrmand Lot_ had_?--._ __,
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