l I ···---- --·--. e./1 Commentarie vpon ·~ the H:la: ofour bodieshere, is bur ::1. tent or ta- A tofa::tcob: which theyalfo bclccucd as Ah~·ah:i bcrnJ.ck; the ibtt of our foulcs in hcauen, is a did,an.d by the power ofchat fai th v•.rcrc cont~t \ \ J!rai1g hour<'. Wee mull therefore tJy \\·ich the to dwcl in tents, as Hr:mgcrs, as he had done ~ 1 ApoHic:, ( :!. Cor.5 .1 ,z.) Wear~ willir-gth.:tt this before them, ca;·rhl)' ubemac/ewcredefrroycd, anddejiretf1 be But why doth he name none but 1Ja. 1 ck,.and 1 cfrJtltlud•"¥'ith().w·hrmfowhtchiJftcmhe.tnm.CarlacrJb? did no other dwell in tents, and thinkc j na.ll :J.Ild worldly men buildc their houtC in this ·chcmlclucs fhigcrs, but they? yes,many other; '-''orld; thn is, h:tuc ~ll their care for their bobut thcfc t\o\'0 :uc named abouc :my Qther,hoth clic: but if IA<.:t followe-Qur fad1cr Abrahitm, for th3tthcy wcrC' next ro Abraham in time, and d_lcemc onr life, and bodies , but as t;lbcrand inblood,2nd in faith alfo;for thcir falrh was naclc.~ prc:fcntly to be rctnooucd,and build our fo cxcc}lcnt, :~s God is called the God of rh4~ houf.:s in hcautn; then \\'aikc wee bere in the thru mm, more !pcci~ly then of aoy mher in ficps ofhis faith, and after thi~ litC, f11all :ltt3inc the world :Bm in and vn.dcr thctC two, arc all his rC'<\'ard. other vndcrltood, who 1 imbracinu the f:m1c ! Forthccnding:mdkniajngvpofthispoint, promitC,did therefore as Hra·ngc~ dwell in it may bc::~:;kcd,Ho"· this can be any fuch com- B: tents. · mC(htion ro him,!Ccing that wicked men h;;~;uc Fromhence welc~rnc diucrfc excellent iny(cJ to d\\'cl in tent'>; ihuCl.ion$. I anf\vcr, ncucr :mv ofthem, but in two eaFirft, fee here a notable worke of faith; ·1 fcs: fit ft il1 timcof ...,·3rrc' where armies lying w,eaneoftruc faith in the promifcs of crcrna\1 al.m.::-ld in the ficlJs, or iri the Jlt'£C of cities, ~!Ye : namely 1 that it confOnneth the: belccucrs mull nccd<.:s lie in tents; and fo cloc all men one to another, both in the inward difpo!ition Chrifhan or Hr:athen to this day : or fccondl'f, ofhcarc,and outward conuerfat!on ofl\fe.God fuch :lS kept fi,ccl'e, did for their cattells fake: h:1th made this promifc, That hcc.fo /o:1rd th~ he abro&d -in tents; as ic isre,ordcd of Ia6all, wqr/d, that hegtmehi&ontly begottenfonne, that one (,r Cai.r.et pollcrit!e (Lien. 4-zo.) chat bee l'Yhofoeuer belet'Hetb in'him Jhrm!d notptr1j!J, hut ''':!S the father of rlll rlu:m thar dwell in t:nl!, and hattc lift ~Htrla.f/int• Now, as this promiic is JUch tU h:~ue c,rutl. In which worries obfcrue one, fo is the f:1ith that apprehends it; and this )how their dwelling in tents, :md h:tuing ca.ttcl f3ith becing one, conforrncth all th;~.t h:~ue ic, arc ptoc togcthtr. And fo the !Jr~1bitm.t, great and makes them like one to ;mothtr in the akeepers ol c:m:ell, doe i11 Arr.~bi.t (bc<.:ing a hot bcdicncc: of Gods comrn~mdcmcnrs. ~This •is coumri_e) to tl1is day. So that. it·is cl cere, the C I that that the holy Ghofifaith, ACt.4.3 2. Th,. wicked dwelt in tents, cith<:r for neajjirit tilkc: belauerswerellllofoiuhem·t, and (l11efotJ!~; and in the W3rtC, or clfe for pr~fit 1.1kc with their that not one of them, hut the whok mulriu~tlc ottcll; but that fot; no fuch, coufc, but for •[them rh.r heleeued, And Efay prophcfl<{h > their ownc fakes: and J.>~cau(c "they dlcemcd that in the kingdomofChrifl fh:>ll be fuch vnithcmfclucs flt<f•~gr:r.t in"the world, it v ..·as neucr formitic & pcacc,a:; that' though men in their found that any vngodly tllan d!.vclt in tents nacurcs be as comra1·}' one'to an other, asjl:tep all his life: but that 1t '"'<IS alwaic~ a praandwo!uer,f;on.tandk.Jd!,youngchi!dren..ttudfor... 81-i!C of holy and faithfi1ll men , vmill they p(nti: ycr by grace andJ3ith in Chri!t-, they arc c~unc to h<~ue a fctlcd Church and fi.atc oftheir ch:mged, and all conformed one to anotl1cr,fo ownc. :ts they lhalliuc: and confcnt together in the,._ And thus rnu'ch for the manner how .A6Yanitie.o.f.o.nC obedi.cncc:.: Efay.rx.6.7. , ; . h.un dwelt in Cana::~n: t,asa firanger: z.dwclThcBookc of the Pfalmc:s •..vas penned by ling in tcms. .D.tuid, :Afoph, ~Mo[es, and others, and ii1 frucNow followcthcPcrCOns with v.:hom.' rail ::~gcsand Hatesofthe Church,and·wercapW'irh lz.ack,1~11d l..:.cl)b h(iru :wirh him of th~ pointed to be fung then, for the prcfcn[ flare [am' promifo. ID ofthe Church in thofc Jaycs.lt may rhtrcforc The fccond Circum.lhncc is the Pcrfons be: dcm:mdcd.Why then do we fing themnOw '"''itoh whome: rhcy were l.r.aftand laco6:· his inour Clturchcs?Thc anf,.,.-eris:The Church in !Onne and his ~r:tndchild. But it m:ty fidl ofall :~Jl ages.con£1Jls ofa number of bcleeuers, and be as·kcd, to what clauCc is thisreferred, ..,..·he:- thc:foitiJ is alwaic:sone, and m::~kcs all that apthcr.to .Abf<ihams dwelling in Canaant 6rto· . ,prc:hcndGods promifes, to be alike to .one :m- ! his bceing thCre aftranger, or to his dwdling other in grace, in meditations, in difpOfitions, I there int:nt.r. The anfwcr is: to them all three: in :tffeCt.i6ns,in dcfires, in fpirimall .,.va11ts, in Hcc (.b~·elt there with them, hcc w~s a jlr4nger the feeling and vfc ofaffliCtions, in COI'\ffc and wirh_th~mthe dwelt;, tent1with thm', and they conuerfation oflifc, and.inperformance ofduwith htm, ··Now the meaning is not , that thCy tics toGodand m:tn: and therefore the fame dwelt together with ...Abi'"aham in the fame Pfo!meJ, Prtl)'tr.t, :1nd M ;ditatiom, arc nowe as rcnts,at tbc f., me t;n\c.(tOr lft~t~ck.._was not bo.rn· fie fo,r'thc Church in tbcfe dayc.s, :md arclaidt I 'till A~l;am w;:~s an hundred yeare~ old,& la- ~ anf fiw g with the fame vfc ~nd profit, as to co6·was but young when A6rahamdic:d ): But the Church in tho(c d2.yes ·when thry were rhlt~the f.• mepromifo, made to .Abrllh4m,God made. .. ~ I ; ~;mved ::~ftcr to them, firl1: to lf'a', :il,i::.:><::..lr::.h:.:'.;:"_:..__:.._~T::_i::.ti::.'.::d.:.o.:.Cl.:.ri::.n_c_h_at_h...!p_r_ofi:_r:_•_b_lc_v..:.fc ..:. _-cCT> j ______.:.f::.ir~t~----~
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