" ·y6 i ru1 [ommentarie vpon "'"'·~> ~~~~~--~~--~--~~------~~~~-c~--~----------------- ~ \H!c faith) do'thpunjieour htarts, ACts 15·9· A faith; and lcauc the late repentance torhcrn I I !Now, if we ,.,·ou!d liuc in cruc faith, the means th:lt thinkc it but a fpon to Ycnrure a10 111 Ic:that \to a~tainc ir, fct downc by Gods wm·d, arc courfc may ~'cede; bur this courfc is furc tO I the!~. i~pccd; he thJt Jiucs tn finnc,may hope to dtc in Firll, we rnufi labour to get lalO'.\'lcdgc of faith; bur he that liucs in bith, U[u; e to die Ill 1the fllnd::m'lcmali poi_ms of religion; ofGod,. fJith, and to liuc in glorie for cucr: ofthe Crc::mon, rhc Fall, the imtnorrallitic ot _Sc_con~lty, obfcruc how iris faid, A!t 1hr:f~ j the Soulc,~hc tvYO Cou~tHIIHs, of .,,·or~s by the d:cd m f.-:tth:not fomc,but a!I.Abi·aham the bLaw, of<.;racc by the Mcdiator;and iUch other thcr, and the roorc:, and with him, the wifc,thc ft:bllimiall poiras, touchtng (f;od, ))i'S Word, child ,and the grand-child: behold a true nr;/;!t! Sacramc:nts, La\\',Goii)cl,Praier,good v·wrM, Mood, a holy kimcd, :1 blc!lCd generation:w·or- &c. as the Scnpmrcs., :md the Crccds.?f!d(:a~ thy is .Abrahflm oFallthd10nour he b:~rh,,, ho tcchifmcs out of the Scripture do_.eyccld '' llto V\' as the l'Ootc of (uch a neble and hldfcd vs. Herein, the cdeof the Common people of blood, And \o\'orthic arc l[:z:-zc and Is:icrib of lo :11l nations, i'i mtfcrablc. In Po.p'cric their CleJ'- good~ father-? '':~o fhin,rdnor !heir blood, by gie is fC f:atc and full,thry wijf not;in om Chur- B forfakmg thc1r futth:bm held ir as they rcccucd ches the MiniHcrie(a grcav'part ofit)ro poore, it, ar.d /j:sed am/ di?d 111 it, Let this [i:ad 1 vs, and ill prouidr:d for, thcy,cannot ccal'h.Bctwi~t fit;rl", ifwe be fathers, to f11ine before o.urchi!- borh the people of tl}.C world doe pc-;ifh for dren, in o. holy r~!igion, uuc flith, and good L:zck;of z'101V/edge; forhowcantlwybutpcrifh, life; and it is great ho_pe that our wiues and that die not j;-J f .. ith? How can rhcy die jQ, that children will follow vs in the fame. li~!e not in faith? And ho~,oycan thcv eucr haue Secondly, if \.\'C be fonncs, ro Iookf'\"'hkh faith that hat!c no knowlfdg~, ft:eing lmo\'\'- of our ford;:uhers and auncdlors imbracCd rhc ledge is th~ fOundation of f:Jith? Thcrcrore,it mofi ho!y religion; and to choofe, and liuc,& needs the hclpc of !ho!~ ~hlt tnllj' ,and thepraidie in their taith. MoH of our yong Papifis can ers of all,thac our Churl'h may hauc Teachers, fay no more for theit· religion, but this; my faand onrpeoplc Ctuec ij'ers: for ·withourlcar~ thcr and grand-f.1thcr were of that religion. ning the C.:tcchiCmc, iti» impoflible to learnt But tlrcy mull looke to all rheir fore-fathers: religions 1{-.tac nndJaacoh would nor be o( their gteat~ s~condly, when we haue g.or knowltdge, gtand~f3_rhcrs ( Nabors ot 7 erahs)rcltg!On,but and fo Ll.id the foundarion;then l11UH \<VC katne r ofrhetdather A6u!hams : and Alnaham hunrbe promifls of Godfvr fa!Hation, and we mdt I c fclfcJ would not be of bts f:1thc1 Terah ,or hiS hide thr:;n i11 ottr hearts, as the Icwds of life and I grandfather ~7V~thllrs religion; .but he \.\·enr ''P a faluation. Vt,Tc muH.bclcrue them to be true& great dealc higher, to bi's fore-fathers to the cl:fcC1:uall, to all that wi-ll take hold of them; & tenth generation,Noah, andShcm, and imbrawe our fclu~s mu!t therforc take hold of them, ced their religion. So that "''C fee, his nothing and apply C•ncm to our Joules. to fay,I am ofmy fathers,or grand-fathers reliThirdly; after both the!C, we mull confvrme gion: vnldlC f1rll I proouc that theirs was cf our.fducs throughom(hcarr,c.nd lifc)vnro the God: and then he is :t Noble Chriflian man, holy laws ofGod:wc mufl: kaue all lxld waics, which knowing that, V\'ill not forfake it, but a~d vngodly couift·s, though they be n'Cucr fo will liue and di<.· in it. · cl care vnto vs, or fo common in the wodd; and Thirdly, rce here true honotr;andgentric is to mufl make confcicncc of:'Ill finnc, and cndcaliucand die: in the true f~ith, and holy religion uour to doe all dutir:-s to God ::tZ"~d man. of our aunccllors: hen~ is the fountatnc of T he: firft of thc(e, is tht·lrmJ;d of faith : the honour, to do :1s thefe did. Abr.eh.tm p~rceiucs fecond is fltith it f{:lfe: the J~fi thefi·ufte and cfhec is vnong, and erred with his fJ;:hcrs; he teCl:. ofic,and an affurcd tdlimony ofit ro God) . therefore lcaucs his fathers and gr::tndfiuhers to his Church,and to a m:ms owt~c confcknce. D religion, and goeth vp highcr,and rakes a betAnd to doe thci'e three things, is ro ..,,·alkc in I tcr. !fitac his fonnc, make.s himreife hcire, not the olde and holy way, confecratcJ hy Chrills of his !and alone; but of his f:1rhers religion blood, :~.nd rrodcn in by all the holy Fathers: alfo: laacob the gr:~.nd..child,followes both, & .tnd Popcry,nor any other religion c~n appoint dicth in faith with them. ~ehold here Iaaco6, a fo fafe, fo rurc, nor{{) direCt a W3)'' Thus lined trJ!.e gentleman in blood; hts holyndfe and rdiAhr-.lh~:m, Sttrah, !f".Jac. atnd lttcob, <'!nd aftC"r gion is in the thir.d_ difcem: L~c. v.s :zll !earne t? chis courfc rheydiedin ~lith, and no.;.., liue m adornc our genttiLty and nobtlmc \\tth thde gl.orie: and tO {hall "9.'e with thrm, if we wrll enfignes oftrue hono!lr. . . liuc in faith, as they did;but clfe, we may long And let all them, 1 th:u .l11ame to H::~1ne therr Jookt" for hc::~uen b<"fore we colllc there. Inblood by tre::tfons , ot tmfderneanours ; f11ame clccdc, God can 'make a m:m that liucd not in alfo, to let rh.cir.forcfathcn rcligion,h?li~1e~e, Nith, die in f..1irh; but rhc m<~ttn is not wh~r he l ?r ':ertues fntle_1n them: but lrt them ~d ~o l1u_c can doc,bm what is his ordin:'l~n~~ courfr.;& that I tn them, t.h•n wah laacob they way a1e m then· is this: They that {;.(tein{.lith. du infairh.Thcrc~ I f.tthers.fmth. . . . . . , fore let vs take the ordin:lTie comiC, and reLaflly, obfcrue how It IS C'\ld. they dtcd m I rcnr: :~ml rurnc bctim<'!', and liuc the lire of faith: they afore liucd in it; but nO\\' thei: prin- ' cip~---~
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