-~----- ··-- I 70 1 rut [ommentarie vpon 1 ---~ Thisw>Stheohedicnccoff•ith: and this to ,A the lan_d of Canaln (called he" the hndoi :;~~~"~- 1 doe, is to be true fubictl:s to'Gods k1ngdomc. ~ Promilc.) I If. the King dll a man from his owric hum" tO I , By .ftti:h h~ ab,!!d in tJJc fa;;d ofpror;;:·r.d. romctoh-irnfclfc~ndto th~ Gburt,· v\·ho ~~ ill C 11 1 · ;· ana:t_n 1S novv c_a. et_ the lm:dof Prom;fe, _no: lcauc v~hft h~ h~th of h1s ~.._,,~~e, and·rruf_t bccaufc 1t "::t.," pr9md~d m the v. afor-:-goil~g, I h!-J .,....,m·d? 5o,·who w1ll not lc:1.1H: Ius ownc \·\ i!... as,";·e_th,cn hcn.d: fo ~h:tt the mc:1ning is.,he ..td\JillC, ~t1d 1~dliC O~ltli~: pYdm__f[e i:!r word of6'oJ; ho.'rlr: m tbrtt ln~'d; \\'!ll_t.:h \\":ts promitCd him, I ;nd ob-~y; 1ln,s-,.. ro 1 mniant~tllincm's, though •there when he cam~odtof h1s ownc country.\Vhi(h tecmc :tt-t' ~c nd ·., no rro. tt'an c.ofne rl1cfcby. countre'y AbraJJtz'mknew not by n:unc "hcri Tints l11all \'~c· be lure, both tb h-auc fi.rffidc"nt ht left hi$own<f, :10r tii1 he cam~ thirh~r: but for this vYorfd, and f11all alfo be· true ·childrc·n then God to~d hl)nl, This 1 Jthc/ 411 d J wil( ~;;!·t of faid1Trlll "Abraham. !r 1 ; threandthJfud~,Gcn. 1 2.7.In this L:rnd ihw; l-Iithcno·of the fidl example of · · ! promi~cd.' 1 :j6rahmn d'lo\'clt :m_~ rctnaine-9th~ ~·~ AGrahmmFr:[:h. J 'r rdt of ~JIS .I·~,.\\•h1chwasahun-drcihyearCs. Indus ACbon ~f Abr.!ha.m, art three p::micular points. · . · B J. Hce dwelt in Ca11a.an. 1 2. Th~t Ca-rlaan ,,~;as the t~md ofpromifo. :1 :; , He dwclnhcrc by fairh, : · For the fir!\ : Conccrnin•' Abraham1 dwel- l ling in C:maan, diucrs q\Jcllions mav be moo~ ued· • m :c: . I l. '1 .d. ... Firi\; hO\'Vitis true, that heabodcord'.''C'lt I ..oy~r-attB, ~ee avo e irz the there? fceing it is appat·aminthe5torie hee landoffromi{e,- as}~~ fir'!nt,e ~~~':_'•'EDfr,Gen,, ,,,o, and in Grrar,Gcn, COUntl'f:,Y, as one that J'Ci!e/t.in Ianfwcr: The meaning is not; rhtt helhied here eucry d~y of his life; but th"'at h'e·Jiucd·and I tents_ 'IJ'!itb _lf.1a( ·'itnd fla~ob, aied there, ,.nd m"<fe it the place of his rcfth , h'" 11 dencc and ordin:~ri~ habitation, whrr('umo he erres wit . him if t'hefanrc alwoiesrdomd •gainc, if any ocdfton dmv ; r;~ o: ... • hinrabroad. promt; e. . And further, hce went norinwEg)pt, but I ' · -~ 1 !1~ _is ~he fcrond c;amplc C v~ori fuch fpcciall caull·, a~ tou!i:i nOt be dthcr- ~ oi }i{;t,rfJitmJ faith,· ~nd wtfc hclpcd,::s vpon a f:unme or fnch likc.tGcn. thC fift iirbrder; 'and is con12, 10. 7'htn there Cll'?IJ.Ca faraine ·in tlu Ltwd, · ccrning- .Ahrahani!· j,bitherefore Abr11hnm' 'went doTPne into Eg)pt fQ ding.t ..or dwcllirig 1in th:lt foiournethere. Where it appcarcs: fidl,that the E.a.ntl whercinto God had caufc was extraordin::try:fccondly,that he went ~ c:tilcd him·: ·~nd this he alfo not to make :my d ...\'clHng, bmto fOiourn ·therc didbyfaith. "As hCwc~toutofhis owne counfor a time, ~md then to rcpairc home again<.". trey, and c-fimC into Ca.nattn, by the power and Where we lcarnc, that as a man !s not to de~ leading of hisfP-itb; fo by the f~mcfaith.he a- · part out ofthat land, where God bath appoinbade a11ddwdci;, thefame land. tcdllilll to rlwcll, bur vpon goodan~ fi1fficient The parts arc t\<\'O: cau(es:fo, when thofe caufcs ccafc,which drew 1. The A t1rm; ofAbrtd)(mufaith,in the him out, hc:e is not td fby longcrfr~:Hn homr; 9· vcrfe. but to n:paire againc to the placeof hisordi2. The Re11fo11of that his fo doir1g;in 'n naric dwelling. Godwouldhaueamandwcil the To. at home: and it is Icuitic,anda wkcn of an vnThc .AUion i~1 thc9. verC is fpOken of twb codlant mindc, and nrnning head, for aman w:~ics. to defire to be alwaics abroad. j I. I t is laid dorPneto be his abMt:1g in the Birds flic abroad, but fo as they may come f 1 md~fpromifo. .. . to their nea!l-s at night: fo mCtl fhould cnde:t1. It is amplifiedby t\-\'0 ctrcum(l:mces: uour, as much as may be, to t:-~ke fe·w occafions -z. The manr.r";how·hc d·wclt thefc, in of becing froth their dwcllings:and when they t\Vo points: ncedes mull, to let it be for as Ihort a fimc as 1 : As a Hr:mger, or in a .ftrange may be. For, r~s it is a figne of alight woman, countrty. Prou. 7· I I. lfrrfertecmmotl!bidt ~nlJer hoHfe: 2 . Ai on( r/1.1t dwelt in ttnts, and fO is it of~n vn{h.icd man,,•pon cucry occation not in honfes. to be carried fiom home. 2. Thcperfons with Whomc: lttir!J Y.le mufi therefore follow holy AbraJJ.1m, 1[. 1 -tc, a 11 d fncob,l-lr:irn with him who is here commemied-fOr abidin~, qr d"'cl- . of tlufamt P'·01m{e. ' · ling in the countrcy, which God had giucn I The fir!l: point in order ,~_:i::_s:.:_h~is:._::d_:w.:_cl:_cli~n.l;g _ _:i:.:_n__:___,__::h::_im:_c .. ~---------- __L_____ ig;;;;;, .--
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