-------- -::::--'-_,.--~..._.._~ ~'"'·o.-.,;;-;:- .:. ' I 'b"'""" the U<O Ghap. to ·theHebr~ ·. - 1' 67 I hlth. ' ~-- fwa,~ppo~,~~~dtimt. 1 bur4: rhel4.ft it(/Ja/tfpeak,s jl). ·, O-ut of \-\'h.ich_, .;c lc~~nc tl.~-'? infir~_t"li~h-~. J~ --- 1 andn~t1 lie.-. though it r~aY,rie '.rPflitefor,i.t; it /ball/ .•FirH, th<lt.thcc./Hmge ofSta~e~: •. ~yd ?ltcp,tiO.I?--.1 [i1rc(7 f.ome dn,djball{1ot fta;, Habbac: z. 3. To_ ptKulgdoms,o_r,cqmmon-w.,~l~.~s.at.c in Godj this ende D:utid alfo moll diuincly faith J pfal. b:J.nd; and thaJ .h~.can tunte th,c:n one \\'lY ot 97~ I 1.' 'L;khr ~ fowneforrhe':ighreotu, and ioy, 1 othc~, a~ it pl_c:t:fctl~ hirn. To.f.bi.s pmpofc, ~aith for r/g.vpright in htm·r. "Sec llght and 10y b_c.. p.1U1~, 111 thcforc:-namcd Pfalmc, Tht; ..m,h(.; long.s vnt;o thc:m.: bu,t how? fr t5fowl'[e, that IS;-. ritcd 1'/0t the land I?) (heir OlfttefiPo,M.L .nenh~rlf..i~ it is in hot;Cand cxpe~la,t:.~on, and not alvvaics 'n thcirowne armcf~letc tbcm: lmt I~J{ight'hand;IV?.4 ftui:io;J.Thercforc as the Husband111an.caijs his tf;; armc, ttnd_th_e(ightofth}'co'f'ltentmct b'cc-1m/( 1:ccdc iutb the C:tr,th, aqd,~s ,COnt<;11,t 1 tO flaic al.:. tholl r:/idftjattOI;IYthcm. ; , ;. , ;. • ~ .. •·• mo!t'~',ful!'ycarc wi~ho:u.c it, ,or anypr?Jlt of ic, \; Thismull teach vs to pr::~x c::lrn 1 dHr,, in p-t1p and ye-t isp~ticnt all t~hat \yhilc:, ,bcca}tfc ,hcc is daily prayers, for the good.cjtat~ of.cbis J(iilg'T furc it Will come, and bring cncrcafc ~··}~hit. So _dome, wherein v\·ce liuc; an<l9frthat W!Jt:tJ.ii~ mufl: we \y~itc paticll~l¥on the Lord ; &know I?.t:~nl'c and Ch!_ecne,vndc;_r_.,.,.h~9(e;goucrmJU';nty that.\-~h?tfocuer he hathpromi!Cd, ")·~e pr ours we hauc been fo lOng , anJ fo liDerally bfslff/J; aft.~r .vs , £hall<be fUl~C to t:nioy it. And t~lough B JFQ.t:,.thc.wclflreandproti)eritic; the cen~91t)' we do~ ~(l)t,.v,h:u gr.~.at.m;J.ttcr is ir,ifour childretJ . <11\Cl fccuricic ofit and her, is not in·Ou~.; pol-i~.lt;i; tl9e?,Fq~;. VVc know'f:.,.t~l3t Qftcn.tJt~\~S ~hcFa"'1 t.. m_ighr, mqnit,ion.,:fhips: not in the ilrc:ngth o.:f thcr[o;wed , and die;t.\1 <;re the haruc!f,, and JO oo-r naUtc, nor in thcpows-f.,q£.p,ur 3tJTIOl~r,cior tht;JPJ1pcrcap~th. Sp.fqLG_ods gr~a~~t.\9 ,gra.- jn tbc chiualric ofour pcopl~,.ngr·in the wif'~-= ciou~_promifcs, which ~re !owcn,v.nto ~he Fadome ofou• Cpu.nfel (thoMgb fs>r 311 thefe w~c the,rs; jf.tbc}n!Clucs·do,c 11,9t, thcix: chil~renarc arc ap~opl~·konoured of.our-fr-ie~s,andfef{r~d [ur:e_ tQ \Cape the c9fqrc~b!e har.uell of·pcrfor• p(q~r O)lpni~s):. But in ti)c !T]ighty hand ofo 11 r mance. And thus 'Ne fee howAbrahtms inher.i: .God, who(as-D:~nit>lfaith) be..ar'Ct·h r11/e otter;t.h't u.dthe~aH4of Canaay; which is callGd t~p la11d K}ngdomu,of.th~.cai-rh,a.n_dgjyeth them to whomw of!ro~ife, pecaufdt,was folong~,apd:foof1cn focucrhcwii{,I(.an.4.2Z- .. ·.. · ,_,,_. p~omifcdto Co manfigreat Patri!f'lik!,s_. . ,. ' ::. ~~eing thcrcf9rc .~he King· ofheaiJeri is thf! .In the fecond ·pl:t~c·, it is to.bcc oQ(c~ucd, giHe,r and cHii..hl.ifll.cr,,the rt;{1't0ouerand ehanger \Vhcn Gpd promifcd t}lis vnto .Abra_~a'l!'; eu~n pf Kingdomes of the earth; ltt vs aflhrc our the!) wpcn the iond oft;:aHaanwas poilelfed by fcl~cs, thaothepraycrs of Elifha, are the·Harfos manymighticKings: So that it n.aybccherc irndCharzot!of lfr.ael: ,,KiQ.lj.14- , further doubtcd,how.Abr.aham could ;akc any C , . And furcly, if EliJha for his prayer was •ac•· comfort in rhi1 promife, fccing it~was at that Jmowlcdged by the King himJ.clfe,to be his faM day held by almo{hfO. Kings greater and lelfe: ;) 1hcr;rhcn doubtlclfe, th_eg·odJYMinijfer~;and os we may fcdn Iofimah, ChaP.· 1o.] 1. 1 •· & fuch other in our Church, aspr"l daily for tht' further, The people were .many, Jlnd.f/r.ng : the peauofour1..-l'folem,areworthy to beaccqun• Citi~s '!'"~ well walled, a11dfoil of k_uge Gyants, ted good children ofour Ch_urch, 2ndW9iUtt Num.1j.2.8.29. Yctfor31lthis,henotory.e- ,mcmbersofourStatc• .·, , ,.J-; ly ~''"''!'andobey.eh; bur as God promifcd, Secondly, here welearn~}Vhat is the nti>¥>1!f: fo hewent 1.1 t~, an.d took.,.epojfoj]ion, ru1d died in KingdiJmes :> ~ndou.e,rthrowj! 9f....cfiatcs ,'l)amc.J thi1•faith, that God '~ould pcrformc )lis proIy,jinnc and'vngodlinelfe. This is moll .appamife,;md_;hat his p9ilcritic jhould inherit i! •11 ra~t il1.rhe,p.refcnt example. f.9\, why dia·j3od as a.ftq,wa.rd indqdt: they did, t:ucn fromMo.. take this larid.J(om the Can_anites; and giued.t fcsto Chrift. If it b,e •skcd how this co~ld be: to Abralwii olld his fcedc<'1 tbeS;qri<.sldfrt~e· t!le-aqfwer is, tha~ .A/trahamkncw,c that God oldc TcH:amci:'Jt an1Wer: , ,notbing hmJin~;e.; Dl was King of Kings, and had the world, and Deutcronomie, Mofcs ch.argt!h the ~f~aj;ljcas . Kingdpmcs of the W<>rld in hw har.Jl a!l!) difpo- ,that they doe._noi_after rhe "bbW,jnatio¥s pfi.th; liuop :,and therefore alfured hm!felfc, t)>at bee D heathen Cananitc! : For., fa\ih-hee ,becftll[t of could Qtmr; to palfe what he had prqm1fed,and . t.heir_abhomipqb/e (innts Go,tf did fa.f/thcm oHtbemak~ good illS word, notw!thllandmg.•ll fuch foreyou, Deut. 18. 9. 1 z•. And why di.d-not imp.cdimems .ro the'contrarie. And as he be- "C6d inllan.tly giuc itto Abraham (to inhirtte) I ~ccucd., it c:1mc tqpa{f~; his po~eyj~i~ c~me tp ~ after the promi,fc? eucn·~e_ca.ufc:th~ wick!dn~Jfo lt, rntred IU conqucrerJ, vpon tht~ gift of God: : l ofthofo AmoriteJ M-'.IU not thtnfoiL) Gcn.l; 5. t5. and, by the power of God, fo amazedall thc(c, _that is, their finnc-s ·were not then ripe. For, we Kings,aud their pcop)e, as.fome_(i,bmittcd, as ! mull know, that though God be the ,b[olurc the Gib<anitc.<; and they thatpidnot, were all _and· [oueraigne Lord of ~11 King<lomes, 'and !lainc ,and their C?untriesconqucr~d, as wee· , 1 tnay difpofc them as he w~l~; yet he rathet c:x.. m•y rcade otlargc m the bookc of IOJJ.mah: a!l ·ercifcth his Injfice then hiS power: and Jieuot the Stories ..,,·hereof3rc briefly cornpn~henclcd .oucrturneth :my State, but vpbn cau{C of their byDau;din fcwc.words, '\oYhcre'hec (ilith ,Wci apparant finfulnetfe. NGH' can the Amorite·sor haucluardwith our e.treJ, o1tr Fathers httf!e told Cananites pleadherein any h:udmeafurc. For, tn,haw tboteO Lorddroueout rh: hnufoenwith thy tl1cfame God, dealt aftcr~·ard in thefa~c [ 11 ... / hattd, ~n.dp/anrcdthemin: how thOsedeflrsyedthc .fticcwith his ownepeople,.giuing the KilJ,glp~~e,a"!!_n_:::.~!!_!.hm;grow, Pfal~4.4· t. z. dome of Iudalno the Chalde>am, and Hrac:.l ro ._ . · · - - · G·g4 ,h<
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