,------ ------------- --- ------ \ 74 rUl Commentarie vpon \ .:..braha:n$ f.1ich. 1 profperitic, ifwe look eur:r rocnioythc glory A was noncofrhofc,who allownothino but thJ.t ~---' of a better: NnJ thus doing, we Ou\l be chilis done. o.f thcm(c~ues~and who think~'nothing ~hen oftaithfull A !J,.,rfo:tm,who dwe-lt in rh: !tmd good, 1f1t be.ordltlanc: for he 'Nas a holy man, of c~naan, .u ;n a{!r...mg: Cormtrie. and famous for his fai th. So then none ofrhefc As one th:-:: dwdt in tent.r. were the rcafons ofthis his fo doing. The tCcond point for the m:Jnncr, howAThe rc~fons then .... vhy Abraham, and other fmthamdwe!tin Cuuum, is, that hccbuilt him.:. holyPamarchcs, vfcd todwellintents ,and not fdfc ·no houfcs, nor 1U:1dc Orchy~rds or Gar... to build them houfcs, \~·ere oftwo forrs,Cimll, dens, bm dwelt itJ tents or ~abcrn:~clcs; which and llofJ. · WC'I"e il1ch houfcs. :lS 110\\' arc vfcd in warrc,and The Ciuil or Politickc rcfpcCCthat they had a~e yet c:~llcd by the f.·unc name, TentJ, or Pa- \V <Is this: t:Jilions; who(cmlttcr is not \\'ood, nor !lone, Th(yholdingthcmfelucsGodsferuant~,did hut doJth, lluffc,orskinncs: and arc ealily rea.: depend on his .,.,.ord; and therefore did fi.J.bmit red, :1nd foonc taken downc: ::tnd when a man thcmfducs togoe vp & downe the worh.!,·whidcplrtcth hce may carric his houfe with hini. eher fOeucr God did call them. Becing then to T hat Ab;·ah,~mdid thus,::~ppt·ares in the Stofics rcmooue, euery day (they knew not w~cn nor wrincn ofhim. flt ~nm~ toBcrlul,andth~repit- B "''hethcr) it was therefore both thefittcft and c"hed hiS te;:t, Gen.r2..8:and Gen.13. t S. heer'echeapcft, todwell in ttnt1, wl;tichwere foon pitmgouedbi1 tcm: and J 8. r. God appeared vmo ched vp,and foonc taken downe.Neithcr need him, 44 h~Jdtc in hH tmt doore: and 18.9. being it fccmc!lrange that they could liuefor cold,in asked whc:rc Satah ·was,he an{Wcred./be Uwtth thofc poorc thin tents, aB the yearelong: for btthe tmt: and thcfe tents arc callcd'bW.place, the country and dima!c there was aJ\.vtics t€- Gcn.l8. ~ 3. & his houfe, 24.1. Out ofall which pcratcenough for coldc: .and rather inClining places ic is plai!1c,that he dwelt in rcnu,and thlt to too much heate. not only :lt his tlr!l cotnming, when he had not The: holy orrdigious refpeCt was th;~: They time to buiicl him an houfc: but cuen :ill the held thcmfclues but Hran9crs vpone.arth, and <)'ayes ~f hi5 IHC, after hjs comming into tht therefore would not biiild themfdues cities or landof CanJan. houfes;as lookingor c~ringto Hue vp9n earth: Bucwhydid A6rafutm dwell intents, and butdWe/(eiiintents,asfeemingdeftrous·,ro reI not in houfcs? \:!.'aS ir becaufc then there were mooue from the earth to heaut: the fooncrthe nohourcs ?Not fo: Forrhcrc were Cities built better. And this did the Fathers ofthe oldTc ... , ___ _ I cucn afore the Rood,, Gc:.:n.4. 1 7· C.tine built a fiamcot: hot that they thought it vnlawfull to C~tic: nd'maruell therefore ifther$! were m:~ny rC build ~if.ies, or dwell in houfes; but that they .after, ;<;SotkJme,tti1da!lhet·fifh:rs. And though I might tefhfie theirr'eligion, andcxp~Ctation of h <~ppearcs not thty diggcd into the earth for another world, in the midfiofthatprofane o:~ge narurall fionc ,yet had theyBrick;, which th~Y wherein they liucd; '"'!1ercin there were alrno!l: CQad~ thcmfclues, Gencfis, 11. 3. and furely, none, thlt either regarded, rcrnembrrd,.oracthc-world which built the huge rower ofJ)a.. knowledged aworld to c~me. bd, Gen.t I_ would nor Hieke to build them- ·And tlHS was net.thc particular, or lingu!ar I [dues houfcs. Nor tan it be !aid, that thofe Ci· dcedcof.Abrahamalone.All holy menIn thofe tks, Sodomc; Goanorrah , and the reil, were daycs, liJICd in tcms·,Gcn.9.li .It is d~are that r1othing but amult-itude ofrentstogcthcr.For, Noah dwelt in tents, -thOugh tht:nhe~asking , we rcadc Gen. i 9·1· that Lot d\i1e/W.g inSodom, ofalhhc world..f>n<:l·f<> 'did Lot alfl5-r~~ long rt<ciuedtwoAngtl! mro hu houfe .- and in the '1:· as he•liu"cd'withAbraham: Ccn,t3• ~.oL!ot'had .v(rfe, that the-l>odo,/,iu.r cttme and mvyronedhis ' jheep't; andcattelf., and ienh. And thus: ihey did . hot•fe round abollt to tal:! thtm, thinkiog they I bccaufc"(asthc Apo!ll<•faith) TIJ'fiWi hmno hadbccnc men: and when Lot'tcfufcd to d'dienduF-ir~g cttie, 6ut rthijfought for o~t·tocomc, ucrthcm, thatthcyprej[edfer."l!pon the hoHfe to I Heb.- I· 3; I 4- And 'they "thought.; they, cu·cr hiluebrok.$nvp thedoore but alllth!S might h3UC ID heard thatvoyce rounding in their.catcs;~Mic. beene fpared, 1f it had bccne nothlng hut' a z. r~.) Arifo awd 1epart, for ~hi/'fi hot JOHr te-nt, which ::a i:hild may cut in pcicrS with 3 re.ft. · ' kl'l'ifc. It iS mahifi:il then, that there were houContrar-iwife, rlie wicked ofchcWodd,be- 'i'es· itfthofc daycs. Why_rhcn<lid Abraham taufc th<y:fct vp rheirrcfi in this world,-~cabuUd none? w'':ls-.it bccaule he was poorc and rrd for'il'd other: they begao prcfcntlytobuild 1 col1ld not? N6t fo:for comrariwifc,Gcn.t i. 5· 'ther;··huu(es,nay cities,(as Caindid ~lfen in thc j }l~e cilrr'jedw 1 1Ji him.fY.om hUonme coumrie, all bcgmning)Gcn.4.1 7.And rhe Sodor:utcs had 'h•-fi•bftancehfpo/T'ej[ed .- And whatthatwas, is a citie cucn walled(as is likely )for Lot ,..., jitp-'1rtici.Jlariz.ed, Gen. y3 .1. He WJU 1.:erie rich in ti''..( h1 thegareofSodome ,'fl'bm the ,t'":o ':An$e!J I ~tttte/1, htfbu..,-, ai:din f.old.' His richc5 were both came tobim, Gen. t 9.1 ;z. And the·<;;:am:tanltcs -gr-eat, and of the octf. So then hce could ,--but hadciiieSJVdlledcxcccding·high; (Numb. I 3·) / \o'.4Puld not. But:why would he f!Ot ?Was irvpBut wee findc not, thnt cucr Gods.·childrcn . ~n a prou~l.humciln·,or in a c6nceitcd fingul~r!- ·builtt~cm cities, vn.till-t.hcy came tohaw: a fer. [ tfc:,b'cotllc hc•would nor be Jikcother men,but led Church of their o.wnc. 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