\i ? 6±__1 ru1 Commentarie vpon \::.:.'.~""" \ I bCC:l.Ufc they hauc hwngsof thetr 0\"''ne., and A.. the; w~reofh{$ firfh: andrtJct1 riow wm bee fo) I---' land<, ldi: by thctr parents. _ . bccauf~1:hcy are of his profe.ffio:-; but both :~.re 1 All chclc and all fuch like, doe obey tndeed: farr.c w1dc, for ~cmuH_bc childrenoffojt/JfJJ!l \ \ but\\ hcrcumo?not vmo Gods calling: for abs, Ahrabrtm. Bl~th v:·c ~tll be I~ke hun _in.f.J,rh, \ he ncw:r called rhc.'J' ro chcfc courfcs, but hnh we mull Q~s: ·l1kc htn.l 111 obc:d 1 ence ;:tllo: whe-n l ofrcn re-called them from it; rhc~cforc th~s ii the God calls vs ro.;:tny duti.c, we muHJorllkc our ! i obedience not of faith, but of corrs1pt10;z, :~nd ownc n.uurcJ~i]d deny oud?w;nc-~tf:-CliQzt,~nd of the "''orld, wh!ch is a pbillC difobcdicncc croffc our owt1Ccorruption!, tQ folJowe. Gods vnto God. Fo~:, as the 'v\·i!Oornc Of the flelh or calling, and ro ddtf our duties·, So !lull \·''cc be the \vorld is foolithncs·with Goci,Hom.S.fo O· I true children ·of ../16lL!Jmv f whb1 V\'C ·are like bcdicncc ro the flcD1 or the world, js difobcdi. our Father·.i.n Ws belt vcrtuCs'J ·Thus \\cdcdiiS encc and rebellion ;~.grin{l.Ood,' , obcdicnc;e l.::iied do-h·nC geJ1c!rall-y. ; ···':.. Ait·fiu:h men 1nu(f know, th;~.;; thfy ar~ not Parrio:!at'J; In his 06~die1J~~ there ai"e lai'cl \ tb~·chiid:cenof,_Akrdhatn,.b.c'cauiC dJr-y ar_c no.t.. . downcthrcepoint$: , .; . ·( .·-· , ch_1ldrcn of l;u f-rirh. Nor can they behcm:sof I. Thc,m(ltt~r ~.?.ll whi:h ~re: ·}j·fd_c \ his .fgjth, bccaufc·tbcy pradifc J~.Ot his obedi- B z. Th~end( down dJrcctty,in the t ~'.l1ce.:Jor,Gods.cttlli11g, and no ~thcr rule for 3• Themar.ncr Text. · . our.it!-!,CS mun Chrilli:tn nlen admit. ·Wbcn ha For the ma~tcr oflliS obedtcnce, it follo.w·rth Cdjlet[J-~hcy mullobey: and whenhe calls r.ot, in thc!e words :To~'l.oeout·mtoaplace,c!rc. I or allowes not acqilrCe ofgaining,or a tradcof lhc particular matter wherein A6rahp.ms. 0 _ life (though all the world allowed it) we.nmfi bedicncc contiflcd, was rhi.~; At Gods c.omnot followc it: this will honour them and their mandcmc;nt he went out ef his ownc couhtrlc prof~fflOt1; bctOrc God. Abrtth:trm_faith iuflifL imo anOther~for one whichl1t Ihou!d inherit, edhim before God, but hisob_cdientc iJtff4ie4 he left ~hat which he did inhcritc. . ' " ·IJU faith: ob(dif/1cc·,~faith Samuel, t :Sam.z5;22. Here man¥ points of g~od h1~ruCt.io.n may 23. is better thcrt focr~fice: bur difobedienuU. 1"4 be le3rncdt J , I! , ·:~ ' :.~ 1 ib~jimu_of wirc./Jcrafr. Therefore let all Chri!liFidl, fCc here the po\'ver and Jlrcng.~h of(rue ans approouc thdr faith by d-lcir o.bcdience, faith; It was.a woQdnJUll hard thi.ng fqr Ah,-a._ Ranoing 011 ~Q.ds ~;nouth, and., ,at-tcnding on ham to doe~· ; _ , . I Cods callinglor direCtions _?fthc.ir ·whole litC: For fir!t, he was well {hicken in ycares--, 75. 'l"?tjd'.refolue \o\'ilh D4(}id, Pi.Jl. 1 19. x_o>. TI'J J.ulrrsolde, Youngmc11 delight to be l}irring.; .wq;:~ i& ·ttlantcrn(,to-- m7fec.!J(, a;~t}. 4Jighr to nl:J but meQ gr,ovvnc ihtoyearcs, doe louc to fettle p.!!t}f!'!~:,Vhcn Kingt ma~ _not-liltf:.;lWt by· .this themfdu'~s.as birds in their ndls: and it is grie1light of Gods c:1llit:g illld,.G<;ds- ~'Pr?-; it is ,G uousvmo them to thiukcofremoouing',or t~- 1 fham~.full prcti.1mpnen , fot..: :Or;<hnanC;.).llCJ1 king long iourneys. t-o· fra.me their hues by lights ef their ovvne Secondly, he mu!lleauc his owneComm7, .making. r"'~ where~ bee yy_as bred, bornr, and brought vp, -_ In th< fecond place o_ut ofAbr•hams ob-ediwhich a,U inen generally 4oc loue by nature. ence, let vs markc, By what mCanq obryedhc? Thirc.!Iy,.he mu!l-lcaUehUgood.f, 'and f.,m'dt : /;y faith. learnc here th~ nue. nat:Ltre of rruc andlzuings, which no.dpubt were gre.ar:for,hafaith:it brings forrh true obedieJHC..,.,·here eu(r uing liucd fo long inh.i~.natiuc Countrie, and it is: md thcreferc Chr!ftian obedicnl"c is ea!- beeing b_orn.c~as \le: was, his cfiate do·ubtlcffc.: led the ohcdimce offaith. Ro~11. T. 5. And thdc was vcri9great. t\.\'O cannot be (epat:Jtcd, no more then light Fourthly, he mulllc;auc~is acquai;Itahce, fi·om the fu1\nc, or hc:it<.: from fire. For as the ·with whQII) he hadliued all his life;yca, his own J~nlfe natur:_~Hy, and nccdfarily giues light:and k.Jnred,&. mull go liucamongH !hangers. ThdC the fire he,ae;no lcflC cloth rruefslithyccld rrue fourc ~ou(.i9erations wc:refQ many hinch·jnccs ohedie;;u to Ghds comJpamHlemcms. \Nhich to his obedience; and Hrong tcmprat·ions, to bccina fo, tt tcachcth vs,for the vfc, makchitnhaue looked backeward :but fuch is Firfl, how our Ch!irch &rnd 4oflrinc are flan- D thepo..,vcr ofhis faith:>h'e iscommaunded ofGod, <fered by the Pnpifh, who pleaCc thcmfclues in therefore heObcy~rhtmdgocth out. faying, V./e lookc to be faucd by folc fui:h, & Thevfc is, to teach vs what a faith we haue. \\~thomworkes.For, wett~ch, that though a For, ifwe meafure all Gods commandemcms man be iuff~(itd , withom r<:fpeCl to hi" work~, by o.ur nawralt affeCtions, our f.1ith is but a yet no man was eucr iuflified, "' ho(cf aitiJ did 01:ldow,&hypocrille:But ifwe c6fult not with ~ not bring fonhgqodr.ndhof;. workp: and wee flcfh & biOpd,bu~r~ft,and relyon Gods worcl, l teach, that none is hcire of Ahrttham.r {ttith, and giuc abfolme obcdtcncc to his comm2:nde... \\'hich is not alfo of his o6tdima. Therefore mems, t-ht:n om faith is filCh as A6rahamtwM. God will reward their Jying--totl(;\IC. Jn thoncnplace; Some may meruailc, \\by Sc<"ondly, this tcacheth vs, tbat AhralMms the Lo.rd l110uld comm~undhim fo hard :1 rnatJ faith is rare in thefcd::~yes. Many m~hc profcftcr, and lay fo ftrairc a cornmaundcmem vpon fiou of Abrt!htt.m_r relii;ion, bm it f!:rn~cs they ~l~_im, as to lc:wc his Collntl·ic a~dli:ti~g, ""'h!cl1 :1 rr asflr dcceiueci as tbc Jcwcs were,loh.8.~9 {ccmcd vnrc:l.fonablc; and lus k.Jmcd, \\"htch , I T!:!_lelVc.r 1~ttlti le Aln·ahtims ciJi/drc};, bec~tr'[e WOl.Sv.nnaturall. 1 - I an ... ! I ~·~--~~--------~------------------------------------~~--
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=