-··--- --· -----· ru1 [omrrientarie vpon ~ -~:~~=:~1 -----~ - I I wor!d V\'ot!ld h::mc pronounce!.~, they fhould A ~nd t~cfc t\.vo_arc vfcci by th~ ho!y C.hoft, be- ~------ 1 not h:1uc left a name vpon the ~arth, hauc now . 1 · mg things of mcrcdible number, to c:-:nrdi"c \ j millio!)S of children that ij'rang out of them. · the multitude of the Ifraciit~ that ca 1;lc all , 1 Here we may !came, That though God "''orkc . 1 from Sarab. ' I J ordinarily, accordi1igto the coudC of~atnrc, ; Not hm th:\t ether thin ss nlf0 ~.re ofas grc::o: I ; which bimfclfc h:nh c!hblifhcd i yet-Chat he is number; 35 the drops of water, dull of the , !~ot bound to ic,nor \.:·ill bC:hc bou-hd it)thcrc- j earth, and hairs ofmcns hc.,ds , &c. but th('Cc ! 'or:: there is no rcai.:>tl it lliduld bindc him. , nvo arc moll commo:1 and rroucrbbll phr;~(cs I Here V\'C 111:1y fee the power and prcrog:uiee of whereby to cxprdfca mu!t!tudc,' And ,againc: 1Gods .Maickbc. . . the Harrcs ()ftheikje :!re brhcr named then ~mv r As 111 the bcgtnn1ng he made to bee ,thofc other, bt·caufe God in the bcgi.nningplrafc~i 1 things which were no;:lo fbll hecc:dleththings to vfc it to Abr,tham,whcn he had ncucr achild tfMtartmJt Mrhoughrhqwere, Rom.4.17. and Gen. J 5· 8. God l'arricd Abrab.1mfonh in the turnr;:-rh and altrerh the Hate itnd nanirc of night, =tnd·had hiin comi't thejfarru ifhee c()u/d, hiscrcmircs as pleafcth him. Hcc can takc/ife andfaid,fo fha/1 thyfeedebc. And Mo{et afterfrom the liuing man, :md lcaue himdead; hcc 1 B wards vfcth the fame comparifOn,Dcur. re. 22 , can giue ldC to the dead man, and make hirn Our Fatherswmt downe i»to Et.:rPt 70. perfon.r; liuc asaine. Sohath he dealt for the body, and andn"w tlgLordharhmad~ VJ ~ thcftarrn oftbt for rhe foulc hec hath beene noldl(; WondCrskje i11 mu!tttud~. full. Now bccaufc all men arc not Ajlro?Jomerf, as S:ui.!; of :1 blooJi~ perfCcutdr, he cart make A!Jrah~tm and ~lofes \\'ere, and that jonorant I azealous Preacher ;ACl:. 9· cucn a glorious inmen might fay, they can pcrceiuc no f1~h mat~ ftrumcnt, and a chofen vrf{ell tq.d.~'(rie hi1n_tJmc I ter in the ftarrn: ThcrciOre··hc: vfcth another vnto the GeHtila,cucn he who thought to-hauc C1?mparilon, which cueqc Countrie-man m 41 y blotted out the name of Chrl'fl, and_all thar difcnne ho\\' innumerable they be; l!amcly,rhe oalledon th.!t nam<;fromvndcvheaucn, AE!,9. 1 far.dt ofth,SMjboare: And lcaH any fhould fay, 14. . · I dwell m the mJd.land Countnc, and ncuer Rah.tb, tf httr!ot, and ;l COt'('IJtlon won~n l yet f:twe the. fca rand' and <lm lgnotant' and fo by Gods '"'orJ fo far re altrcd, that her faith is cannot 1udge of the flnnes, thcrefoJc to put i·cgi!ln:d in the 31. 'veri. amongfi the mofi exf hun out ofdoubt, the holy Gholl affi1res hun, eellent belceucrs thath:;.uc beCnc ll11 thc-Vwrld. I C m the ende ofthe vet fc, th<lt they arc both ~n. i Let thls reach vs.when we-fr:e·eur owne finncs, mtmera61e;that 1~, not an thcmfe'lucs,or toGod,-/ how hadcous{lnd monHronHhey bc,yc~notto but 10 regard of man, and mans slo!l Vnablc ro dcip:mc. And when't.\:e fec)othc1 men ::J:iue m be counted. extrean{c dtfiOlurcneOC; y~t· not to llldg'c of Conccnungthc[c two comp:rrifons, Ict v9 tbembefore tbe time: bmeucJl'thtn ~ with hope obfcrue the rr..o~nner or the phrafc of fpccch in and Comfort;rcmemhcr that Go~d 'who quick,:- them vfed: · nerh the dead•, andca!leth rhingstl!4t are 1101 tU Forthcfirll,wearc toknow, th::ttthe fpecch rhou~JJ thry Wt'te. . ·' \ · - , • is not'prop·cr, butjigstrottiue. For properly,thcy And in that hopc-lc't \'S pcrftv-;;il.~our iclu~s; ·werenot~? manya.s thcft~rres, ora.s thefl!nds: that hec:may quicken our dead l1ea'rts, and t-C': neither arc the ll<irrcs or Jandsinnt~merah!e:but uiucvs byhis gracc.And therefore-in ~hat hope I it is afigure' calledbyrh~ Rhetodctans·J~if,&~- lct·VS r2i!Cvp our ftlt1cs, tovfc all:hoiy means, An, which is an c>:ceffc of fincncffc offpccch,or of Gods1-Vord-,.Sacraments, and Pr"~rr: which an cx'Ccffiue clig5.cie. And as it is ordinary in all if v\"C cardUllyand c?ntinualJydoe, .,,,c.lhal fc~ I \Vritc.~s, and cuen in'Common fpeach: 10 it is wonders wrought m vs ; that as they f.:tid of not t·dufcdby the.. holy Ghofi, but vfed both Paul, ThU man preacheth thefairh which before ~ hereand in the two forenamedplaces; and the hedejlro;ctl-, andthi:r~(oreglorified Godfor him ; D l•ke alfo ofthe fame natut:e (hut in orher pbraCaiath.L22.2~. So 013ll:ncnfayofvs, This fcs)inothcrplaces,osS.Ioh. •l·'5·lfuppo[e rl1anhatcJ thc.pfophancndfe that he liNed in, & faith he, if 11ll thr[i!Jmg and doings of' Chr!/f loHCs the religion that afore he m6tkeJ. Such were W''ittcn, the world could not containe the h1irades will the lord work in vs,.ifwith faith bookf.r that wo1dd beewntten, Meaning, they ~nd dilir!ef1Ce wee vfc the holy mcanes; that fo wouldbeexceeding many,& more.thcn would ~11 that;i~e·v s ;thall G/oVifi• Gndfor vt. be needfull ior faluation. And Deur.9.1 . .J14o~ j\ Thus wee JCc generally how jgr:car· the iffu~ foiJaith, '"(h~t_t the Cities aftbt" Cnnan~ires wcrt" and poflcritic o,fSa;·t!'h was. ... 11 -··- _' 1rl'J great, ana TPal~~d ~p to hettlfm• . MC"Jf!mg ,.that ·B•tt it is more I?articulatly inlpt:ged hy·tW~ rhcy;wcre. ~cr1c h~gh, ::tnd fo h1gh a~ :vaSpofcomparifons, · .: i fiblt forCmc 'YV:tlks to ~c, and as was·t.mpoffiAs mf,wy M·tbe{1:4rrcs in the ,l:je, or the_ blc to hauc been fc:tlcd 111 all mens re3.ions 1 had ,{:t;;ds by tl~foafhm·e,whicb(tre not God fought for them;; . , . , . ; 1 1 hmumerablr. Thcfe fSl. fi1ch like-arc common m~tltclScnpj 'His comparifons arc t.wo : One t.:tkcn from · t~f~ : and feeing we ::t!low.e that lib~Ilt\e to all 1 ~he h~.'f.Hew. , .-tf man_y M r/ 1c jfarrcs in the skj!!~· 'Vrac.r~~;and to o~1r .(clues 10 cor:nmon fpcr~h 1 1The other from the r~rth , a& thefimds in the foa. no rralon to deme •t to the Scnpturc..;·wh•ch ! \\':tS !_ · -~---··-· ~ -- ----·---- -------- --·--·- ---
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