--, ---·---~-h-e -lt-.-'t.L.h-ap-.t_oc_ih-:-.-c-' B-:- ..~eb~r. bcicth,anci gocth o\Jt ofhis Cdtcn dwi:lling(at A and Jookc with all their c)·cs, in their ::H~lionS ! Gods calling)tbo1~h bee lznewnotwfieretolodgc with men of thirwor!cl. But in thc..ob<.diencc (,fl trt ; 1 i11br. , Gods commandcmellts; let d~Fn~doc; as Abra~ l~his prattifc of f.1ithfull Abrahr.m:~ hath ht1ln did,fo/kw t:zod; c:dlmg tho1tgh irJi tmctvbt profi.t:lblc\•ll:: . . to r.ol!nd:, , .,../. -~ Firlt,hcre INC lc:nnc,that c~ough Gods C9t#- . In obedience tQ·G?t!,,t"c mu)'i fl?e. J S blind 1 m.Jndemmts feeme fooliO,, an,d vnrcafonablc~ men Ooc, '''ho follow thclr .gufd.tt !thpt1gh if 1 yet we mufl- obey thc:n. ChriRfaith, if 11- man be throt1gh woods and ro,kS ,hill.,~; Or tb lcs,ot will etlcr come;,., the kjngdpmc of hcawn! hee d<1ngcro~s pl~ccsJJF,_garding noth~~1f}(·Jrin~ mrtjl be borncrJgainc, lob. J• J· S. P.au/i~ith, nothing; OtJcly foll ow1i1.g ~Ul~ uy1f111g to t/Jci;· If any m:mamo1~{J01t ftemc to. hewife, let btm~c I glfides, v· ..·ho 1 ha_u~ ci~r for the.il}?thoo.gh they ttfoolc tll!lth.:cmaybewifo, J. Cor. i· 18. (_:hnil: hauc noneforthcnlfcluc:s. So nmll1 ~H fvllow faith, ~fa~'lmrznwill6emy Difcip!e,IJe mt:fl dcnic Gods ,aUiug, and .yec!d abfblUJC obedience lJimfo/foandfu!!owme.Luk. 9.J ,2 3· . to hts Commanderucnrs, fcati(lg nothing bu~ But how can thefe commandemcnts be betrutling to the faithfulndfeof his pov' er, and lccucd or done? how can reafon bclceucthcm? B affurcdly bclecuing, that he bcii_:p.opr .... blcfft·d how can nature docthem?So di(pured the wogHidl', \\'C fl1ail not be mif.:.lcd:thus.to do is true man of Samaria with Chr.i-ll, Ioh. 4· I I. when faith. .. ""'• .v ~ -. •·• • • Chrill: told her he \\'Ould giue her ofthewaters But :1.las, how contraric is t1'it"p,raCI:ifc ot"rhe' oflife; fhce replied, Sir, th:m haft nothing to world! Men deal~ widt6od, at we doe with I drttwe with, and the rvl'll U dee!e: whence r.hen loofc Cbnpmcn, 'v\hom \\'C will not truHwithhaft thou that w.tter of life? 1 hus V1lC ob1ect but a great pawne. So we will not obeY. Gods ~ and rcafon againft God with earnall obic§Hcommandemenu, longcphe this religion fcrucS: Ions, and wa1gh Gods commandcmcnts in the our turnc; nor will we trufr and follOw God balance ofrcafon; thus God and his comman.:. withOut the pavn1es of profit and pie:lfi1re. 1 jdcmcnts arc much abufed by vs. And this is Nay,wcedocworfe:mofimenefl:cen1eofGod the caufc \oVe hcarc and readc Gods word, and nO better, nor vfc him any bene( thc,n thcji profit not by it, bccaufe we ponder it in our doe thce.uCs in their hm1fes. Ifatnln•coine intO reafon,and allow nor foliow it no further)thcn om houfc, that is giucn to Healing, wee truft it agreeeh with our naturall affeCtions. As a him as long as he is in ·our light: but if I1cc be man that willncedes ftand vndcr a penthoufo, C out of our (igin, we thinke cuer he is flealing: hath no watct falling on him, though it fl1ould So, ifmen fee rhcmeanes ofGods prouidcnce-, raine neuer fo precious water fromheauen; fo, they ""ill rake ~is word, and trufbC; but clfc when thcwatcroflife, out ofthe \<\'Ord ofGod, God muft excufc them, they may not uun thould droppe vponour foules,to comfort our him further rhen they fee him.~nd ifthe comconlcicnces, and to wafh away our ftnncs; we matmdtments of God found to' tl;l:Cit comfort, ham: our de:uices out of wit, and difiinCtions and trnd to their profit, they -wm {)/;9 them: out of rcafon,as pcmhoufcs to keep it from vs, but if not, they will call t~ef!l 'bcl1indc their· tlm it !lidcs away, and ncucr hath any workc backc: at lcalt, they wiH malic a paufe at the' invs. But contrariwifc, we mu!l: remember Amatter and take their owne time. And if Gods: b•·,.ha'm the father of OHr faith; and when WCC wayesfccmc pJcafantand pr.ofitabJc,thcy WiJI hcarcGods word, we mu!l with him captiuate , walk! m them: or dfc they wdllcauc rhein, and our rufon, and fubduc our affeCtions to it: walkc in their owne. mcafUt'C them by Gods word, and not it by And hence is ir_, that men in diftrdfc!l,rimne them; :1nd what we cannot yceld to in the oto Wizards, and Wifc-me11: others deale frau .. bedicnce of reafon,we mufi obey with the oPedulently, :~nd dcccitfuily: others workeon the dicncc offaith: and fo f11all Gods word hauc a Sa6oathday: and thus by indircct."nd vnlawfid gracious and pot.\·crfull worke in vs. D dealing, thc:y labour to inrich thcmfelucs, and Second!};; htrc we muH lcarne, that though to bring their purpofes topaffc.• A11d why alf we fee no prdfit come byobeying Gods comthis? bm becaufc Gods commandcmems doe mandcmcnts,yc.t \'ve mufi obey them.For what not found to their purpofc, nor ttnJ to their profit could Ahraham fCc in leauing a ceucn profit, and therefore they wH1 not obc~i liuing, for an vnccrtmtie? yet hce obeyed :and them. wcnr,v.pon the bare word ofGod:buildingvpIf thcfc men had becne in Abrahams c::~fcJ onlt, that Godbeemg hUg~tide,hc could not go they would ncucr hauc gone ouc,not knowing t~!lray. So mufi we follow God fincercly, and whither tfJ goe: but they would ham· :~rgucd the cloC his commandcrncnts, though no profit matter tw\'ith God, -and h<~ue thought it good feeme can come thereby. But fome will f.1.v; wifcdomc to pau{C well ::~fore they Icauc a C&1'- Sh31l godly men be led like bli.ndfold foolc.s? tcmie for ano.mctrtuimit . Rut comr:1riwifc, .A f11all rhey tcfufc <'Ill meagcs of hclpc, by wit 6rahttm thought it fooliH)ncfl'e to rcafotJ ·with and policic? this is the way to make them riGod,and thcrfore performed ftbj01mr,.ohcd;c 11 cc: diculou:f,and ttj{esfor the ~\·icked world tu ride ahd for this eau le- he and his flitb are rcnov-.ncd vpon. to thts day;namdy, ~ooo.yc:ncs aficr him and 1 anfwcr: lct·godly men vfe all their wit, lhall be to the worlds ende, ' ' ----------------~~---------------------------~-----1~·~-~c~' ~· ------
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