I ' TZ.,, \ . rV1 ,[ommentarie vpon ""''"'' ~ ---;---:--;:--:;--;-":"-:;-:---:<";----~-:-_;_-----:----------- I buh. ! \ on,c, but againfh11l obieClions; and power to A ger in it.Againfl: which it may be obicC1ccl,th:lt: : . pcrformc not one, but many things contr:Jry to he was famili:uly acguainrcd. "'ith Mttmre, .Aqrnall '" J~domc. ner, and Efocof, three great and miglnic mr.n We mutt he-re lcarnc to cx:lmiLle, whether of that Country: that he and they were confe.. '""e luuc a true and found faith or no.~ If wee dcrarcs t'ogcrhcr, GclJ. 21• r 3. therefore it ho.uc, then we nmfi not doe fomc one or fcwc fccms he1iucd not li1~c afhang:~r in the Coun... aCtions infairh; or die infrith,bmwe mufl liue trcy. byfaith, ~h~.: \\·hole '-~mufc of our liucs.We mufl Some <lnfwcr, rhar thcfc three were not Ca... waifi::· by fa;rh, and r:ot bj fghr, faith the Apona~ites,but neere a-kiiJnc ro A6mbam;am\ had fi1c:. z";Carimh.,. 7· So faith he of himfclfc, other namcs:but this ton is plain1n that piact·, Gal:u.:.. 20. 1/i#cb; rhc.f.tirh tnrheSonn~of thlt Maml"en>M anAmorirc, and the other Cud: he f<1ith nor, ha hopn to die inrhat faith, \ two were his Picrhren.Thcrforcthc :mf\\'cr is -but he lirees b; it, Ami in tkc fonncr place hcc 1 that in :.11 likelihood they three were Proft!Jrc./ faith not, we mullfor after or two, bUt we mufi and that by AbrahttmJ .godly pcrfvyafions thcj wa!l:J /Jj faith, \Nhich argueth a cominued had renounced Idolatnc,and were come ta the a.ction:a!ld therefOre it is that Saint Peter faid1, C kn®wledgc of.tbc true God,and tlrJ.t rhcy ioy... Gods c.>hildrcn arc k.§pt by the power of God, ncd with AbraJJilm in the worfh1p of the true tfJfough {.titiJ ':Into foluarion, 1. Peter T. 5. In God, and fo .,..,·ere his conucrrs: whercupor. A- 'whicl1 "'ords t\-\'Othings arc fpokcn of f<lith: hr.rham (ls he might lawfully) conuerfcd with the firH is aHi.r"J..~lcd: namely, that faith prcfCrthem ashis familiar frcinds. And hereofthere uech·a man to i3.luation through all hjndrances, arc two Induccmcilcs. either of inward temptation3, or outw<lrd Fidl,itis faid, Gen. 14.q. thatthcywcrc croffes, \-\hi eh the dcuill orthe world canhtic confederates with A&raham: and it appeared fo iphiS way. This prcfcruation is one ,of~he grca.. by their decdcs; for they ioyhed their po·A·crs, tdl wNkes in the world, and therefOre it is amfalfiJled him in the warrc <1gainJl the kinos worthily ofcribed to God : the power ofGod (Gen. I 4· '4·) <> ' prefcructh vs,hut through faith, The !Ccond is Secondly, it is faid, Gen. 14. 1j. That Aimpli~d·; th:u therefore we mu{llabour to k!ep 6rahamdwelt rmthe Land of Mamre 1 hee was rhar fitith cucrmore with vs, which muflk!ep~ his Tcn:mtor Fcnnonr, No ...v, itismorethcn fJf, and to chcri{h ar:d prc:fcrue that that 111Ufi hkdy, Ahrah11mwould not hauc fofane been preferu: -o1 tiJ falt!<ttio.'l. D.:;rJid was an excelbeholden to them,but that they were true chnkBt:praC1itioner hcreof:no m:m "'a.srnere tried , C . fHans,:111d of his owne religion. and toffcd then lH~C ,;et hcetHerdrel'~' 1tetU'i.mto Therefore this hinders not; but he mjghtbe God, f-'faL 7;. "2.8, Indeedc fonlctimc hee faid a (hanger non,•ith!lancling, vnto the body of llll mmwere liers, but thatli'M in hU feue, PJal. the people, :md that it is true that Abraham tt6. 11. And againc,l amcaftom of thy fght, faith of himfc!fc tolomc ofthem,Gen. 23·4·'' but that WM in his hajle, Pfal. 3 J. "2.2. that is, amaftranger ar.daSoiottrneramongft;ou. when the force offOme paffion,or the violence But it m:ty then be dcrnaunded, \Vhy did of (otnc"tcmptations did caric him headlong: Ahrahamliue amongfi thCOlM a jlrange1·, and but othcrwitC: he euer liued the life offaith. in rhat Land as a Soiourncr. Somull: we, not thinke to liue in tC:nfualiry, I anfwcr; the rcl\fons ~re diucrs: Firfi, h"f :md die in faith: butto liuc by faith, in all our had title gium to thatland, but no polfefli0n; allions,from one d:;,y to :mother, meditating he therefore contented himfelfc \':ith that that dailyon Gods promifcs, and bdcc:uing them, God gaue him, and chalcngcd not anypo!Tcffiand relying on them, and ::pplying the geneon all the daycsof his life, but bought or bor- ·~allsto'our ownc [clues, and praClifing faith I ro..,ved of Mamrethe place where. h~ liued-and by making confcicncc ofJinne,;·md inurmg our cl""elt (Grn, 14.1 ~.)and ofcheHuutcs.aplace ft)ues to paticnc: and long fuffcring. Thus D of budall, Gen.23, J.&c. , domg, we !hal be children 0f f:J.ithfilll .AhraThumay tc·ach :Ul men not to be too haJl1e, ham, whofirH. ~yfairh left his owne Counrrcy, in fceking for that?that it.rnay be,i~ their right: and then by [a1tJ; alfo dwelt fl:ill in the Land of let ~lot linen prefcnbe theu ownc tl~cs, 1_1or be Can·a:m. And thus much for the aElionof his rheu owne caruers, but leauc thc1r affal(t'S to f•tt~ : Heubode in the Landof Promifo. Gods difpofing, and enter no furtherthell thry Now follow the circumllances of the 2Clion, fee God gocth afore them, A6riiham'f'Hft 6r. whi,harctwo: 1. The manner hovv: '·The aftrangerinhisiJWn~lan.d; and thou fome~ime PerfoW; -whh '"'hom 1 mnfibe.cot~tcn~ foratm1e tobe 3jlrAngerto Th.cmanner is hid downc in two points: that whtch ts thlllc owne. · I. As • flronger: ScconJiy,they were all of them forth< moll z. As one that dwelt in tents. part heathcnldolaterJ, amongfi whom.AJ.raThc firfl poim,for the m:~nner,is laid downe hamwould not .conuerfc ~ but as fparingly as in thdCwords mioht bc.Now 1f Abrahan; ·would be ajlran- .A;; 11 4 JIY,:nge Country. · .~erbin hi_s ownc: Cotlntry,r:~thcNhcn li~c f:u~i- ~ Th. e me:m_ing is: hee cflce~cd it a firange [llarly:lxlth Ido~:ucrs;It fl1cw·crh how 1Jtle fat~h Country to hnn,& accounted hunfclfe a j}rRnand ldfe confctcnce they haue, who can be_ cotem ------------~--·------
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=