.A..brJ!T111S ha:1. - --- . -----~---.0..---··--- ----- .........._- ·- -----~re~-:.chap.to tb~-Rcbr: : 77 -- ------ ·-·-,-- - - A, gdlr:ucs,or'~tini!krs)toh)okc to t!·.t:r ,,,:d_d ~ , f(l!" the higl,cr·thq• be , .th« nkHC Zl;: they to}.. ~ !'.1wcd ei tHer in good ot· cui!. \~'c fee w t.omt :wh3t i.>rinccs dot.·,du:;·arc imitJtcd_;:l!ld any f::..:.l D;ion they t<!]{c tr_, or put in pr:~c:dl-~b<.· it•nc.: net tOllra1rgc)is fOllo\\Cd of 3\1 nrtn,Anci here '-'-'C l(·c; if .. Jb,.:th::m. >l.vill dwell in r/o hot;lj;).bct io1 tmu f l{aariu,and laacob o,viH doe fu afrn I him. ;•· .(1.1 -· Thirdly, dl:ifcruc how d>dcthret hclymon ; arc call"! /)flrrHf rh~prv7'?;f~: and th&y ac j(, 1 called in regard of G0d, \IVho as hCm::tdc the p1ori1iiCto A6rnham, t~ he rcne ...,.tC it to thc:n both f(,•\tera!ly,and wirball,gau~ them grace to apprehend ir., ancl. to fhC'w the ~hcdicnce of Fid1 , ifLlii3 bt· [o , hr.rc bt coafMcd chc opi._ nio:1and pr:~Ch!t:: vrroany; wl:to.whcrahcy arc r:~ughr, they ought eo d'oc rh is .o.r-thi~, af•cr thet'X~mptcs of holy nicn in times paH: They :ltl[w 1 cr,dH.:y were grc~t ~md gtoriousJncn;thcy mly not thinkc to t>c !ikc theni; and chcit ex– amples :lJC coo high: they m:1y ;;tdmire thC:: f bm: nor fo!lo ...vc {htm.l:orcxampic, when thcy.:ttc; 'cxhortc<.i ·w 11'.1/f:.! with G'vd, as Jf~ilfJcb Jid 1 1 (Ccn.5 .24.) to rcf1dC ch_c world for Chrill, ls AitJ[u did t.ExoJ. z. 10. ) to lp:~rc Ol./1" cncmic bccing i!l our po\\"cr, ::ts Dm!iddid,. (.1. S~m. 24. 5,.6, 7· ) In Magi{lr:)cic to bee able m layj frhiJfooxc or n,f[r-h.ut~ I (al;pr , or wbqmt' h,me I do;u 1Prong to? :.1sSm'Quel iJid , ( I. Slm~ I :.. 3.) In the mini!ft"ric, te follQwc chc zealc·,.thc p:a..: cirncc, :md the diligence of the holy .J'JhJiflcrs ofGod in oldc time; They chen·a'nf~ver :That they dare not lookc:nt ~hem, .and th:n they may nQt,thinkc eo be lilie..tbem. But let thefc men knov\'e, th:uif·they haue thc ;[amcfairh, theyhauc the fame eovfcima ;.& that:as~iJ:.ha~ and Iacob, though they had not thC iJmc m~aiUre of faith, that Ab.rtfhambad, .yrLhauing the f.unc faith, were th~reforc;.willing Jq_rdwell !in tmts, a~ hcc had done-.; Soifwc.~z.Uethc n their t3-ith a! .A!Jr.!h.amditi. i ilut it is very not:lb!e,that th~y :ttc r.ot called , h;ir~s of theLahd, but of rh~ Promifo ; tor they i 'I i~ioycd_notthehud,bu_t ~he r:on•iiC,.:nd !hc-ir I 1c.cdc du.l aftcrwardcs 1010~· tnc land it ic:!fc ·: : )\'herein appcares the cxcdicr.cicof thclrf;:.lth. For they wbo1 thus Llclfedly bcieeurd,,nd thus patiently and c<!mfr;md; obcicd God in alJ Jo.:– t-~cs ofholy ob.cdiCcc, hauing hut b.ttrt(Jitomifr!] h.6w C:"~:ccUent :md cmincnti wo·uld their faith' ~nt!Ohcdi{;ncc haue beene, had.thcy bccn'par.u t"kers oftbe,6frJ!mgt rhcmfoluis?And here alfO' mu£l \\'C" learn<: our duties. Fo.r ln greater nlat-· tcrS then the land of Can;tan, wee cnio:Y rh6 things, whereas they had··bur"thepromife.r._: as , namely, th(.( Inranlarionofthe Mcffi:.1s, :.nd.ithc:' (..;ne {allh tha~ our fathers in ·tinics. pafthad, then ho~,o\'focu~:r we canu.Qt marCh them itrhO– lincffc atl,d•. v::-nues ;~y.c.t:'""W~muft fcrioufly 1:!– bour to b~ .like them, aod muH pr~CliiC thC fame venues, which they. diJ: for·if wee bee h~irrs with th~mof the{amepromifo, thch mull we be praCt:ifcrs with ~,hem- in chc·13.mcobc_,. dicncc••· ,n :,. · ·i . •. ·', •:; Secondly, th.is cbcckcth a great:abd .com-< monprof~nucs, '"'hicl11 no~~· raigncth :11nongfh vs. We ~U profcffc religion: y.ct come m.thc praEtift of i:j::li.gion , .theh(:llringof ih'e:,.~ord, rc:e-ciuing ~hc..holy S:t<rnmcnt,or pr~ycf,or.ab..fi:li.ning frptnJowle :md s;ottuucin finne.s.~lct1a man bc.tnFany of the_fc mpre for\-\ ar~ctb~n o.o. th~rs, t~c~ fome arc !o prQ(ane;as th~i' Hick" not to dellHle,:md rcpro::t~h them.·But, is this.tQ behcir{ilof opr tfptf thc[ami.pr.omifc?lLet fuc}1 men therefore know, that we in this·.Ag.Ciof the Church, .arc bound to~confonnc Our:felucs tq the holy liucs,of the_Flth.ers_ofd\e old·courch, or cl(c ,wc_c)louc.not .tbc (a_n\c foith.:that,thcy had. Tb<rc.fPre our dmie.is t.O H~iuc i Otui.Joy all means we can to cndcauour who fhould come n.ccrcfi to thcir.faith, to-ithcir ..ztak~o:apd to their obedience. And if ;tny doe it nlG!iO fhen we, we flw.11ld rather h6nour, then~r.eproaeh him. -._. ·1'1::- • ,· :' .r '· .r I .alling ofthe G<"11tj/u,thefc m :o gre"t & b.ati·d: .mhcies, wcrcloQkcd foi- by rhbn,bm cufoye""d: c I by vs;they.hod tllc promifcs.;but "e the pttfor'., ' JJt:\OC~~-The.rfordifour obcdiC,cc·andpaticOcc; , andother vcrtucs, be bchind··rhcirs , our c'ol~~ 1 1 dcmnatron mu!Vi!J:cdcs bee.fo.nwcli· the'dtc– pq. • I ' ~- .!,;;('. -~, .)J"J";~, ,,-,Much .more 1sto he faid of h aaliJ •nd t~'acohfaith ' but they haue (c•erall "amplcs for thcmfclues. ., .'··.ir' ,, · : :.'}[< follo\\'Cth; .; "Jw.rl t!JIFPrhe look,!dfor a..Cilie hmtiy, ~fotmdm)IIN < -, r. whofc mak,!randbwildn-idJ:oif. •i" ''" , Thus we !eph~fallofAbrahamsf-ait*:r!(fl.'l fqllcr,.eth thereaf,.,thot moau·~u him .to'J.iuo itl,t~c land ofG:l8.2:m, as,a!hagcr,:ind in tents. · ~I)~hhc rc:Ifott is, bcc:mfe hcJookcdfora.f'i:_J', · ' (§IQ._that•i.s,.fortlt.erbfiinglifdnhc:JUen. T.his D \'tf!"'[u'bfianc~ ofthe reofon; and then that life I cucrl ..llling is further defcribcd in diuerf~Z par.-. tiC.uJ.~rs.:-f,~ that:thc:fc two tllings~£-concaincd inthisv~de; ·. ·.li, ,;w>· ·;·.r· ~-.H{ 1>!ili; C.cnerally the !tat< ofthe rr,fon, lh<W" f. a& 1 ~· ing the' height ':lnd eminen·cie of Ahtif;l . Inth~n'ext pJa~c ob(ci:J.Ie,herc;:thc po\~<r of a great m~ls.Cx<lmple,howlorciblc idjs~C!fp.c.: ~ially .to _them of the fame kinrcd:.:1braham a grand. P."t'~:ij;\n.·h ,:.~ .man of.hopour, ~bC!e~ i!i SOJl~CI1t. it0 .dwell in f'm.tt , .Jike La~fo{Uv,~·C{'Jin that· l~nd,.t,•hicb was -pr!loJifcd .him to bcc_f>is owne., 1"'1•"-. hl•·.fon)lc followFih e.\jfJTI')i an9 doth f<;>_alio. laacob hi~.gr.:Jnd.chtld CQtnCSl·af~ 1 tcr, and t.valkes in both ·thc.it.flc:ppeY; l:ct. 1 1\~ teochall0_pcriors ( hc.'h~t£~r<bts, ,MaJ8 '{Oi · bamJjmtb: hceJoo~t4 for nm-/nfhng - o')' 1/ife,. :.11':<;' • 'r!:Jr · ,l''f. -_,;, .;, [!;..panicul:itdcfcription ofthat life mr: ~:· U~h • .· .-:-Ji:l' : · :!\ ~· •... l ~ \\th , In the gcncr'!lldhtc af tbc:toafon, mony\ i w.onhy·.p:oincs.arc to b~-~;anfiih:r,tr&! no \ ! Fir!l, 111 the vcfie comextiorl ancbfi3nlin~~~ ltJ1er'taiOn, obler.ue .howz ABr~rh.am ~heicfo:re ~ l liuct~·as aftrang;.cn, piticntly~.ih-at counrric. H h 3 __':'~~--"-
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