·-------··--------· -- I '"~""" I !dltn. the w(bdp.tothe He6r; '--- fcth hie; people, that·tluyjhdlicvme m1d dwell in ci!ier wJm·htbcy b11ift h.otr: n:~mcly; "'·.hieh were built by vYorldly men to rhc1r hand. An.d thus wee ICe rhc reafons whv Abr:tham dwelt in tentS. Now lee vs fee. the 'vlC ofit. FirH, here we lc~rncFugaliri~,ouc ofthe ci.:. uill vfc ofthcir tcnts:that is to-vi"e the bldfings a:nd comfortsof'tbislife,~s fobcrly and fparing– ly as may be! as ro bdto· 1NC JS little co..Has may bcofour feiucs;in (uch things M peri/h'in rhc V.l. jiJJg: na111cly, nJe_acc, drinkcj app~rtJJ.,.rilld hou– j fes. For,·:hat is ipcnt i~crcin, is lp~nt ancly on ;our felucs: andrbce·ingl'pcnt,rs gc.inO': thcrfOre the lcffc; .1hc better: aUv":-aics prouidcd, there be adifc-rccc care·had ofout hcalths, and ofthe credit of the places \\'C hold: and of our ina 4 blingto'rh.c duties ofour c3lling. \Vhich bcc– ing il1fficiemly prouidcd for, it is a•.G'hrifiian fryg'alitie to fjnre, \"\ 1h'acfunhcr ril:l);'b~ fpetcd: And he bath the leffc..to anfwerfor, whofpcn– derh rhe !call in fop Cl Hoiries. Ag:tinc, hcr.e wccarc"t:iught c"tmtentationin shc1lsrc which God h:>th appoirire.dvs, aod not tu.fh~uc·too fall to climb to wealth. Thefc holymen can beecontent. todwe/lintenu,and tabernacles, though t·hcymight ha:Uc .cGmpaf– f~d muchmorc:: forthc-ywcrc'grca~·a.n.d migh– ty men. A6htha'mhad. ~1.8. men,abh: c.o bear<: a.fwnrH, inl1iS'houfe dai-1¥: and with them and alitcle hclpc more, be oucnhrcv\' diucrs kings, :i!1drcfcuc.d.Lot, (Gen. 14. 14,J HerhJt durfi j (lncount~:r ; ::md did ouercot'nc JUch1an hoHc: ~ Howmanyinhabit5.rs.ofthe COL:ntry,ceuld hC ..b.aue.'bc:arbut ofcheir~houfes? Andhow many .tcuancs could he hiuc put out ofth·ci~ Liuings? .Andho.._v mLichdfchat coumriccould he ltaue , il1dofcd11:ohirilfclfe-?.Surcly, cucn as much,and • asimny as.he had pl.aied. Y.etdorh he no ruch ~ .th.ipg:butComrariwife..:;onfidering himfclfc to b:e:buiar6nn~vndcr: God, he is..conrcnt to let cue;yman fir quietly byhim, and 'h1mf,Ifc to dwelJ.ifl.tcnrT; rather then.to incroJChOne foot 1 furrhc.rlrcn God.\:iad him;though,hehadloccn ·able.-~ , .. ·· ''I'·' 1 "11.· ' >·.t. 'I • j . • T.his checkcrh rh<i,P.ripc, or cl>\rota4fndl~, I dr ambition,or ali,O:flut:h :.lS ioynehouftto.Jxmfe,· ~ tbandroL-and, Lardlbip tb I:.ordfll"ip;"!ownc to 1 ! :rownc'; ~nd carenpt how many me'nS holifcs !l thc;.' purbdownc, to build onobC rhciro-...vne: ~ nor how nianymrn .m.ant land · and~i'uing ;.fa l .rhcy:.~au:e the.ir p:trkcs ~and pa~~r.e_s:.,.f?~dens L and orchards, and a11 other dehghu ·ihcy •can· · deuifc. Thefe arc fa far fr-omAbrahams minde, \ whcr d•0red onclyJa. imrch 'land, as,hi, ronr l. ?night"'fland on; and might'fecpeJhjs:.catt~Jl; ras tbc.y C:Ul inclofe. 3i1d make fct,leralJ tO them,.. . I !<'lues; that wbich. .in . comr'nott lhould b.cc :.c.b.c: liuing of midJ foulcs. But )i1lat ~an : ~befall fucll" men ?·but. lh:~.t that Ef<iy -prophc– , ·fier\r IO 'thcm' ( Ef.,y' $· 8.) Woe he zmto [rhem thnt ioptt hoHfo. to houfe, rmd ·IA·nd to [.!a::d, riB there be r;o,pi.zcc for the poor( fo 'dwrl/ I in. Thirdly, in rhar Abraham liuod rhns,'as ro~- A die cucr eo dcp3rr into any orhn· ccl:nttt}:i when God would oil him: Jt n,cvvcrh tktc nucfailh dqrh ncucrlin1ir Coas h:-md, cith::::· f in rhc grcamcffc 1 or length o.f-ni·:!l::., buril~ t;,..:. t miw.'rh it !CifCwhol~y ~o his \\.~11, bcc:mg rC"fo_l 4 / ucd and conttm to fuftcrall tnal!s, h0.w gr(':Jt ~ foeLICr, and hov\' m:u1y (~)Ct:rr Cod pll;d(-dHo ' lay vpon a m:-~n.Re:dOn would hauc l~ic\,1 bauc j ldi: one coumrcy:u Gods word:lt'I tilld~ lcaur j· -another, rhen D1all lttcucr knO\\'C:ln cn(!e,nor hauc any thing ccrtainc to rrufl to. But filith · l3.ith,As I hauc left one counuy :u godsc:l]ing., ! fo v.pon his word I .,,·illc:.uc: n' entic n:orc:For God harh as good rcaiOn ro bid me the (ccond , .rime <>S the firllt:cnd his lone C:\!lnot fa!le mc:hc may Hill t'rie me, but can 1Tcuer }(;at:e tnc. Thus B fpakc Abrahamsfairh. And nor he alone: For I lob, thoughhec cnc out ofchc Y!Olcncc of Ins I -tCtnptatto11, ThcttrronJes ofthe A!mtghrteafe JJJ 1 PJr:C, tmd rhe'Vcmme thr:,eo_f doth clrtnk§ vp my \ !J;.iritJ', and t(1e tcrrattrs of God doe jigbr agair.ft I .me (Chap. 6.4.) Ycc when faith comes to·pl:iy I ]lis p:trt .~he then protcftcth, that though GOd , kj/1him ,yctheewilltr::fl inhiTP ,P.ndiJee fha!JbC:c ' , hii faluntion. (Chap. q. 15.) Sec Ab,·.,hams faith wtll Ieade him from coumrie to ccunn~e·; , .and lobs will carti.c him through life and dc:rth. .And noble Danid is nOt behind for his p.1rt,for bee will loo re his kingdo1~1e, if God will haec it fo: ,, Sam.•I5 ..z6.1f(CairhDa!lid) G~d-f"J \ I hauc tJo dr:light in thee} foe hen: I ttm, ·let' JJ'im doe tome(nonvhat I in my rea!on could wiD1, but) wlwfecmiuh.good in hur;es. Behohl·now C in rhcfe holy.men; rhe.pnctife :md obedian..-c oftrue faithJ.ft ~rcfcribcs 1iotGod the meafur<c ,howlong,obhowfarre.he !hall afllietvs" but ·makes~a man tcfignc:vp him!Cifc wholly.-,"hi-s caufcs,·his liui·ngs, his coumnc, his Uingdtml, .his life and all., to be ar Gorkdiq>.;ting.'Hee •.that can doe thus, may haitc"ioy in hfnifclfc ,:as :hccing affurcdlyon~ofrh~ children offaitbftr!l 1 Abntham. .., · -t 1 -· 'Eounhly , in ~thnt A!:FI"aham in·a fh~wge 1 -countricwill not build him.an·llo.u[c,hm d"'"'dl in tents \ovhich daily arc rcmooucablc;. fdorc . may fuch men· learnc, aS are trauailcrs ,tof fa– . _C\.ors,.or folourncrs in f0rrain.·comuricSi"t10t td j; thrutl. themfelucs tOo haflily into fociccie-ai1sf d ~fail1iliadtiC' with the people ofthofc cottnr!ics1 ~ ~\'hCre they foiournc.. ./lbraham.will not·hurtd him a houtC in afirangc coumry,boi.will•dwc!I -ill tents, that fo he ma.y.rhc e:rficrrcmoouc :· c~ ~en fO-; ·lctlllOman fix'c :md faHen ·himfdfc tcrq ·,hafiily in a firange countrier, but line fo ,6s h~ ~ may_ catily· rcmoouc, w~en hec · f~eth 'goc~-d -.·t"aulc. ~·" '"'-· " ~··. L . .. I., ~ y 1.• F!fdy; :A-/Jraha_mwho i~ his' 0\Y'nc. ~OtrOtr-i"c'_ \( it is likcly)h•d hrs houfe, rn aOrangc·coum,Y )t,"'l.·.iU hane none; but will dwe!linttnts: 'Hi9pr0Chfc mufttoa&h~,~S,cuen iO,tlottto bl1ilJ·.v.S'hou~ 4 fCs in this wodd.~'"·hcrc we ar,c.fl.rangc·r·s:',bu~toj -frt om~rem hero, and ta Iookcfor our ·houfi"hz; .he.-tHm. Lite'ra/ly '"'-'CC arc 1lnt b0und to doeils \ .;AbrahamdiJ")"bl11 myflwtif; wee mull doe it: ~~ the \ ---------~------- -~----·-·:;u.;..;:..... j
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