88 rU1 Commentarie 'Vpon \' '"'"''''' · ~ --~ j -------------'----------- 1--- l ll can c.:o:11puilC ic, and bring it ro performance. ! A great difcomforr. 1 • 1 Chnlt b:~d the blind [cc, the lr:me tO goc; hcc Let thcfc men know,chc w:.tnt offairh is the I \ fpakc,tbey bclcc~cd,and they 'A' ere hcalcd.So, eau{~ hereof; ~or that they doe not ti!fticicntly j I I hnc God promilcth a barren old womii a child, rummatc,& cofidcr the promifes ofGod made , )bee beluucrh, o.nd lo, fhcc cMceir.tcthar.dbrings in char bc:halfe, nor vfc the meancs Cod harh , f ot;haf.mne. appointed: to the vfc\·vhcrcot:hc h~th annexed i The vfc of this doC:hinc is fur two forts of h1s promifcs of belpc againft finne. Let them I I 'f J I, I I pcbple. therefore lny Gods word and promifes, nto r..:idl, ma.ny in Clur Church,bccing ignorant; their confdcnccs in holy and frequent mcd!t::~- whc'n they arc mooucd tO lcarnc re!tgion, antions. Let them carefully vfc the mcancs God f..ser: Abs they arc fimplr, or not boukc-lcarho.th appointcd,hearing'and reading the word, ncd,or they :.ne dul!,aud hcauic V\'itted,or thc:y rccciuing his holy Communion, carncll: and ticbee oldc and wcakc, and therefore they can quemP·ra;er, crauing ~Jfo theprayers ofr;rhers :. fr;arnc nothin8, or ifthey doe, they cannot reand l$!t them fh.arpen thcfc holy cxercifcs, by ! , member it. But here is nothing but vainc exfafling, watc~ing, holy Gonferencuwith other~ , 1 i cufes: For, they'' am not wit to lcarne rcligi- 1 vifirarions of others affiiClcd like thcmfdues 3 i , on, ifthey h:1uc \\'it to buic :1nd fCII, to kno ... v a B ofueucaling their cftatc to their godly Pf!.!!ors, i 1 1fa ire day from. a fowlc,good meat from il,dcc:rc Let them continue thus'doing, and rdl confi· from cheap, \'Vimer ti·omSummer.Ifthcy haue demlyou the word and promi(c of God, with ·\'\'it to praCbfc the ciuill actions of the world, the RedfaR foote of faich, :~:nd they !hall fee, I t:hey hauc wit enough to_coneciue the grounds that o/d(SarahjhalibtJtJeftrengthtocouceiue:that of religion, and to get io much knowledge as is, that their poorc foulcs fual recciue Rt:ength may fufficc for a ground of that faith, which to tre:J.d vpon Sathan,to conquer their corrupI' will taue their foules; So that they \\':t.nt no... tions, and to concciuc and bring forth many thing, but gr:tcc & diligence to vCc the means. worthie fruits of holincffc, to their loy & comTo them therefore here is a matter ofgood ad... fort in their later experience; :J.s lfaac ·was to I ui(c. Let fuch men lcarnc but one prom1fc of Sarah, in her dder age. ·. Gnd out of the holy Scripture, as this; Sccf?t The next doctrine, we may here learne, is; Jirft tbc Kingdomeof God, and allthings elfe/hall Thn whereasSm·"h, by her f.1ith in Gods pro· !JegiuexVJJtoyot~, Ma.tth. 6. ~ .i. or this; Cafla!/ mifC, concciucs a.nd brings forth:therforc chil- )'ourcarcon him,fO'I' he car(thforyou, 1 .Pct.5·7. dren :uc the immediate bJeffing of the l.Qif1~:.. or this; }fcthat commcth vntome, I cafl him not for Sar~'1h bare Ijiurc , not by a.ny ordinade away, Ioh. 6. 37· or but this, Ask,,e andyeejiJa/1 fhengch orpowcr0f nature, but throHghfaith ha:ee,foek!a;zdyejballjinde, Mlt·7·7· Let them C jherecciuedftrengthtoeonceiuc,&c. Neither is lcarnc but one of thetC, and when they hauc this fo in her onely,(wherein there was amira... learned it, bclecue it, and let their foule~ daily cu\ous workc of Godspov,·cr) but in :di.Sornc fecdc on that f:l.ith; a.nd they l11all fee what \tvil arc indecdc barren by c'onflitution, an'Si thcfe foHowc: euen a v·:ondcrfull bidTing vpon that cannot conceiue,vnldfc by Gods powe·r aS Sa-; poOrc beginning. This their fat rh ;'.vill fo eo~- rah did. B1tt fome haue no children, v~·ho in all tent and p!cafc rhcir hearts, that itwillvrge narurall rcafon might conceiue. Fo_r, aS God them forward to get ~11orc,and will make them gaue the Lav,·e, and th'ercby a gift a.Dd p~w~~ both dcfirous,:md c:~pab!e of more knov.kdge to encreafe and multiply; Gen. l.-Z·l'. :s0 ;bee 3nd grace; nnd will make them cucn hunger rcferucd the execution thereofto himfdfc, and and thirfiaftcr knowl<'dg~ andgrace: ('-\'heras, power t~ alter or dHPe~re;to adde or di.minifh he that knowcth no promifc nor bclccues ic, as it pleafcth him. Therefore faith the Pf?lmi'H, codtcnts himfclfc in ignorance :1nd crror.)And Pfal. 12 7· 3• Lo, childrenm·e the inheritimce of this fha;I cueric one finde, rhat \V ill cucfullv the Lord,andthefi'uiteofrhewombe h· hi's ':err1n·d.: vfe the mcancs that God appoints,and •.vill bt:- And (peaking of them, Pfalmc, I i~. 4· ' hec gm to lc:~rnc but one ldfon at the firlt. For, as f3ith, Loe, thm f;a/lheebeblej[ed thatfeld·iJhthe o!de!NlrrrnStlYdb,bclecuing Gods promifc:,con- D Lord, · · ~ ceirteJ ttndhringsforth: So,oldc, limplc, plainc, Thevfe is, to teach Parentt, theFc(oi'C to dull Countrey-men, beleeuingbut one promife bring them Vp as Gods bleffing~ , and rfeit ,oncofGqds word, fhall toncciue and bring forth ly to giue them corporal necdftries(for f<fth.ey daily more and more bldfcd fruits ofknow. doe their beafls) butto 'nunure th<mii?'hoiJ: lcclge.and gra!e. Difciplinc, by [owing tht' feedes af Rcpgion Secondly, others who haue made better in their heans. Ifthisthey want, tbcy.,haue noproceedings in religion, doe fee their flnnes, thing , tJ10ugh you lcauc them Earl~,i:lomes. :1nd doe much bewailc them, bm they cannot And herein is the [3ying trtic, Better- -r/n6o1'11~ oucrcome their corruptions; ye1, many there thenvnt:i.r~~ht. The Law and po\'VCrto,ent;elffo 3rc, to whom their finnc:s, o.nd inward corrup- ! .mdmultipJr, is giucn t'o·~cifu: in t-h.ei!l<indc, t·ions ~re more grieuous,:l!ld burdcnfOme,then a.s well as to \'S, Gen.I :z2." Therefore vnldfe all bodily wan ts or miicrics in the world; yet we do more then prouide for their bodies, vvc ftc they not how to cotKiucr their corrwprions: differ littiC from tht:bur,make th€know God, I h:'_'(al~s)~rc oti<timcs 0~~-!'YL'~h::c:_:m::_,~to~r:_:h::e:_:it~·:..__!~&:~·f<:::o~".:.'•=-m=al::.«:.t::.h_:.c_fc_..l_lo_w_e_s_"_'i_•h_t_h_c_..A_•r\'g:;-e:::;ls:;; . ~~-f Pare11ts
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