·----~--~~------------- ' f ., .I '! '• I! il 'I :! I 'I I• l! I' I rU1 [ommentarie 'V'pon J A:l~~'l.!T.~ i h~:h. l r:hC J!JfjYra~s ;<ttld'\hccaufc l~·l~td do\\ ne m'o!t A turc: cuc-n :ts the three 'fc'nrcnc~sofihc. h~a.. thm .' --– lllCt~,Or:lbly 11i rn ...·Stone; ff'ht n the lfnu!tteJ 1 ~· PoetJ, aHbdgcd by .. Saim Paul (Acts· 1 ..::• 2 8. 1 1 fi,-;,;ed •tgamfl rhc Lordrhw God ,a1:d lMiizyd aft. CorinthiahS,t '5 ·3J · Titus 1. 1 i.'),h~~iHO.,y 1 ;er t·he fifhtfn1s af the h~a1ben ' wh?mc tin a Diuine trHr/, in them, which they h~J noi .be· I DOrd b.td calf ~kt b.-fore tlu•1J! , and dHl fefore. ·· · · · ,;•··~: -·· \. . , , . : r:r~t'ly Jhinl,t r·hanVere wid:$d,ar;d. made lmagnJ, Bur yet \'\'ill fomCf'Jy,\liCApo}fle/h::td tlid<:.! 'aflti'{erued {Mit: a?ld thorfgb'God iP"arncd them bJ thingsfrom the old Tc{l~m.btG; tmdit~"i,fifCc- ! 'hf!·,JlY.opiJl'tJ ,yet Wot!ld they nor (/bq, but haYd~- ing tHey 'v\'Crc not wbttci\,,-:;:· -··:~--- ' ktd thdr ncc~~s-, an~jo finalLy·, Uft dl rhe com.. I 30~'\\'Ct: We may f::tfc1!y"gr~unt it 1 , 1 :iiid,yCt mar.dmunrsof God; rlun rhi LtJrdw& exccd.mf. obr cauft'foofcth nothih§ _,:r:hOug·h'i~ rp'ay')>cc WYttth with ifrtul, and caft thema!fo out of hi;J they l)~d't:HCrTI by,inffi#k'~'Jo# , :tn'd not b}:'th:Ot- ~ftj?t, !. Kingsi I 7· from the·fducmh ve"rfc , ttcin, that'bCcing as li"Kclj l Or rnu_drtf!ordfica tOthe 19.Thusfin ne IS able to otl~rrurne king- l thc -0thcr. -' ,. 1 ' ,· ) ~~~ f! !; - : : d'bt1l.Cs , be they Can.tfftUJ , lfitu!tr(r, or wlfo.. 1 1 Thirdly, bpr for"th!J ftdrticular,I an;M•Cr;thqc f<><u<r. the Ap.Ofllc Aad the wbrcfs';or a~lf1£j'tht'ti,:tt- : Let thts teach vs-:~.ll to Iookctl'>-o'ur /utn,antl j · tcr ou~ Oft}{cStoriC Jn (//r.Cfis~ · foidthuS~gOe rnakr. confc1ence ofJllfmr(J;;Jpccially g1 cat !3'- B , the W?rds : Godfaid ~o .Abra/;am, Go-f-'oiq_ofthJ capn:all, l nd erymg/innu · fOr t:hc lmncs ot a ! I Cc~HI!rit, &~. intr>th~tlt"fl;rhdt I wiNfo.tii4~'.!,h(b'? p~ople arc wormh ami Cmk:grJ , c:mng out the 1 J:=lc ndfnc'd t,bhc to hiffi,_blit'tb}'c\ hiril\he"V-:Oufd ~ ltft -.1nd Hrc:ngth ofacommon we-alth. And l~t ~ 1 fhew·htfu·ont.. So thcw.Abrah.-rm wetfi'6ut at out Stttte aHdguutrntmr:»t lca1 ne here to lookc: 1 Gods'~pp~qinfmcm ;-'aiid!God ~tlC\-Vc;:~tir-K'cC tO the rcformauon ofour pcoplcj dpccrallyfoY 1 1 /t...ittWt'not Whethtr h~Wtnt--.~ lle ·krk\\:'(: \YCII ~ih"C g.,.~'llt {t11n(J. For, openp;·o.f.t'ne,:cjfe '.o1 vhdCa"n-!. ~l-· land kel~fi:,b~thc kn~v;:~ot thdla~d l-ie ffiOUl:.i 0 1cffc,'or opprcJ!ions,or iniHj/ice ;or extortion!_; ot ; h3ue. ' ~~. ·, · · , .:.:~. · emcltics, ·and c1o::re\ions; all th1rl[c-, or any ·Of 1 1 • ··But it ~3y bee: ag:itne ObiCGl:~d / di3t thtSiS thcfe linncs, rai~ning in aState,3f.r :Jblc t9 o- . 1 1 ndt true::f9r itippc:ffcS',-Gen. I z. ~-:·~ thart.:A.: uerturnc the bcH ~Hablil11cd -Kingpomcon·rhc ;I hr~tha'f.,With'~arnhhis Wite; ind aJI: th~ir;-"fiib:: c.:.rth, and \VIII at h/1 (doe pti~,o\'CI 3nd pohe~e Hance; dee.-rrf~;J r~go-;n~~thlland ~fCaffotast-,and what they can- )rnakJ rhel.wdfpewcout her ;nha... l to th~ ll!_liti "o/ C~tnai{if"'!hry camt .~ fh~h:feirc" b:ra1rtJ'': lOd 111 that'mcane P''l!~--/ let the \-\ il)' he k!ic\vC .;,·hethcthe \\'Cnt; namdy 10 th:"ii Wits ofmcn. tudgcas.theyll!t:) ttwJJl proouc: 1· 1 l-and. · r • J ~ • '. rtoc., that the finnc,fulland profane: man Js rhc I lnW.·e~ It is true,he,wrnt oftt,with)>iirpOfe ~ Woi"{i >:;nd th:: godly and Confc"ion':lbJc m:tn,fhe C l 30d affufancC-, tO ·'mhtr-ilt- ,I/and prO?ffij'ifi ftun' beit.fntr.d to aStore, ~ndb'.ftf•~tcEI in aKmg: \ byGod', but not nam<d fd lfLm,l And whereas Qornr.. · ... · '· ( " ~ J ! it'is tl'rirt [ai:d ;r Hu nltift1but togoe~to-tht'!and r ·1'hus n1uchfor·thc focond pomt.inAbraha1 •f Canaan; t)l&t!sfpo~ctrin r1:fpect bf.thcp"'- obe:thcncc; namely, the cndc~f It. J .u~ formance ,\\•llcn he :vas_ccini,~ thithcr,iio~ 6f"the Tht thtrdand la£t po1nt, t-sthc manner ofhi's I firfi promifc;m•Jde h1mat: his·dcpartureot,?~thC ·obet:hencc:v. hi~h follov. cth 111 thcfe words: time when Mofn wr<;>te" it, not ofthe tim.e - •: •Andh4e Wt~t out, notk.1or¥t"ng wh(thcr h~c .when God (P.akeittpr.AB~&?am. 'An<iJ ~~3the ~cnt. • ~JmetJot, li.'~:l:t la~d God diil rr.eanc~,·~Ybt111 he >~~Themanner ofthis h1s leaumg hts Country, C"31~Je tliithet-, is plainc iri the fea'u,enrh.. v~t.fe, in mans re~!on would feemejlrilogt; nay , the wl:erc it isfaid,. 7/mt whcii·Abrahatffliailpaf[ta .world-will condernnc it for plaint: foolijlmc~ ,, rho!~ugh-aflthecounrri'e, n11d W.ubme··mfo·~ca. for a man to lc~uc a uYtlfi,lfy for- ~nlv?fcc!rtai#tf_. n:Mn, tbtn·GodappMrcil.'t~ him, Md 'flud, ·'Thi! But it may here oa'doubtcd; how. th'e Apoj/1e /an_dw~)/1!!,ill<Vntothyfiide; bbrtdl theri G'orl ~n here fay, t1·.at hC:e knc-i.\·e noc whether h·cc I ·neucr hame!;flt vnto hun·; ::tnd the,rcf6r~\' cb ·wc~t; fccing thdt ~ords arc not in the Swrie . rcade afotc, th:tt hcc beluiJ~dandol!"tjedvpon Qfthe old Tdbmcm:doth notthat praclifc a!- , D the gchcr>ll promife: but now when Gdd.did low·tYadition.rbcfitic Scrip-ture? 'j . • 1 1 pa!·ricHlaF-9-.fpccific and fficwcwhat land, l1ce I an[wcr firll·Wc rdU(c no traditions,whidl then fhewcd his thankcfuln<Hfc toGod;inttld'i.d -arc agreeable'~ the Scripture ,·~nd a,nalogie of th~Yt 6Hi(dan 'A!rur-vnroTthl God that hadnppta· faith: but {uch \ as arc agreeable to one o( ' rcdvnro !Jifn. · :•;- # :-::~: • 1 .thcfe··· wcc·rc€(.1iuc thttn, though uot 35 Scrip.. · Thu~ it is cleare, that ;1hrahi:zmwenf-0Kt; not tuYe. ' :: .. ) · tnDwi1ig-whedJ(1"buwef-P.- V\'1lich bccing..fo, it '>'~>Secondly ;ifthcApolllcs in the new Tcfl•- •ppcorrs' that A6raham did that whith the 1 -ni.t:nt doe adde :~ny thing in any Storic which-is '-\'orld would call, pl:tincfo(j!&fJm1{t. ToTeauc1 'tlocl·n the oldc (:ls S. Paul doth1 the names of I knowne fi-"icnds fo::vnk'no\vnc,ctrten hui;~g for ;!' I tht! ·Sorcercrs of Egypt, fannu and /aJnb·nl, t.mcafd.inr, is~ fimplc courfc: in ID3!1S rcaf3n·:·~t 2' Timoth.J .•8;}that circumflanoc by them fo leaf!(the worldwill f.oy)hcrn\ght'firfl·hauedc~!l 1: ':ldded, is to hcc holden as ScriptHte4ndno tr~- ' m~ndcd of God , what land that w~'S,> which I ~~ f dirion; bcC3uiC they h<1u!ng the f3mc lj)irit of I' ~~ hcfbould'haue, before hCcJcfcth3.t "\.·hlth' hu· 1 1 !G~od, which theWrirns of the old Tdbment had: but .Abrt!bttm m~kcs no fuch aucf}ion! j /had, hauc inrcrtcd it into the bodic of Scrip~ rrlooocs":tlO fuch dotrbti,.hut belccuctil _:mdo~ I I __L I bc:3h~---~
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