~ ffllCS, lJ· , col>~hnh. 1-- 1 I --------'~ ------- : JJY, , - "'~. . I A,f In the booke of Gencfis; w~ may finde 1 AI like the chewing of the ~iiddi' vmb a hdf, !bt thr~e waycs, whereby they ·wcr.e c:onfirmed 111 as tht chcw1.~1g of the cudd~ tur~rcs t~at •A.imh the·faitJl, and did g~.ow vp in stacc. The firH was .cat~?~ 111~~ tru_e feedmg; fo aoth ·J_,'?:Y L mcancs was from'God himfcl fe; ·for ;· \\·hen he lllCdJtauOh; make (,OQ'S ..,,,ore!; ::111d pro'f'hJits; had made his couenant 'v\'ith Abr.ah~t~, mcrd= I fpirituall ~c~·eiliing ;, bydig_d bn-g ~11cn~.i1! th~1 full y rcnuing the faml:, during ·hls<~htc,.:: as o.c•_ hea:t) : It {:1·('\~) wetakc a_v1e'-'v of t>hcio, t \.\ O ! {:~.fioll fcrued fundry timcs,hc ttay_ccfnot there,, / Jattcr,\vC Jhall hndc them icldomc vfr:dof ':~ry tUfferitio it t·Odie with .A6raha»;.: but \-vhe11 many, or nOt itt all. Bicffetl bc G-6d_, v.-tr had-de Ahr.Jh'ar:::n \V3S dcad,.Gati rrnucd;his couenant. non o doUbt, but there ·be fo1liC", whO vlt 1 '.\lith Ifa 11 candRtln:clz.a: and with I'Jlaco6 alfo thcfc mea:1cs, with cue ?nd rcu<.·.rcncC_ !, ·bu.t I 1 after them. Now the t~ngue of n_l~~ f3llllOt ahs, 'l:h~tc.foJ?e, arc vcrt•.fc;\'C', And. bcc:'.t;~t vttct what awonderfull tunherancc. ttM·as Vn- ' , th1s· dut!C is ,fo flackely:pe,Jormcd ;.hc11re 1t to th~ir faah·, to bauc the Lord himfclfctO"rc.a I is, that _though the coUcnant of md'iic-:Jn nuc: h_is' graciouspromifes vmo th-em. The f~- Chtifi, be.o~t rtp~ated, y.cr .tnc~ ,reap<:' ~u1_c cond meancs ofcncr~afing th!JrfaithJ was,thctr profit by it. So thttt we mull: icarnc toioJJo·w · hoiy conucrfing one with an other : for ~he B this notabl~ pr::tCt:if~ ofthcfc godly ~;:~u;i~~~s; 1 manner ofthe Pan·iarchJ, was to te:~.ch .:tndtni.. :1nd looke.Jw.hat hH'ancs they v(cd f,Oll t·h~HJ"'.:. I fl:ru£t their children, and to nurmrCthemvp in crcafc of their f:~ith: the fame :tlfo~fn\!Jlwcc 1 the ~rucworfl)ip and fcare of God; by which vfe , and that diligently j 10 {hall wc~gr?5\,., mcancs they did not oncly implant Gods proand incrcafc-,:ind wax:e1l:rbbgc in f3ith, as.t•hciJ mifcs in the hearts of •heir children, bttt were did. 1.. · \H~"; themfducs confirmed in the fame-: for; he that Tl1c tRird fruitc oftheipfaith,is this,-· '.:lie" r:cachcth .:tnothcr from afeeling hearr,.greatcly · !A!Idrecei:u_drhem ~ ''"J'; '"' !lrcngthcncth hisownefoulc, No,v Godhim ~ - · · rh~n!zyf,/lp .-:,-,-, I fclfe d'oth tdlify this thingof.AUr,aham,faying, . .lo.a..;tti-rtlj.t.E~r;t, the word in thc;originju~ l)g~ I I ftnOiv hlrn, tHat hce wi!l,·ommau11d hiJ fonnu nificth, tojill11te; ari~ that riot ondy.by tp~:rt:h a11d hU hou.fho!d after·hilf1, thllt thtj f<!1Je th~ but any way elfe; as by imbradng, &'-·· hnd way of the Lord;todoe rig_hteouftuffi ttnd im{(ttherefare in-rhisplace, is norvnfitly tr;u~flrrtcd, ment. Now Iooke whatAbraham herein did I And receiuedtheiinhtmlz~fu!IJ : thans; dk-v to !fda& that no doubt did lfrM vnto ladcob, tooke them kindcly at Gods honds. ".• 1 " ! The t-Iyfd rHe~ncs to tncreafe thtir faith was~ C This i~ 3 nOtable fruitc ·of fait h ·,:-':'·h.Cl'c-by 1froi'n,C"ach-onc to himfelfc: for they gaue themthey arc commc1ldcd: ~that J'0ei?Jglfhc ftiomiftr felucsoficntimcs in their own pcrfons to mufc ~ tJf•God Rfan·e6jf, did )tCt t:t~C.thcm nloitk1n0..: and meditate vpon xhe promilcs of God : ly at Gods hands, But h'cr<wc•mu!l'cM.firl~1 fo it is faid oi lfoa~, thit h.cc went ou_~ to prait: how they tbo~othcmkindcl)l; name-lyJ~byduo'f meditate in the jit!dtow~trd.r eH4winj .~ and we ing two things.t .By an aCtion oftheir h2ar~ .. l!. maypcrfwadeour fclties it was'concerning this By an actionoftheir life. The aCtion of their \ and othcrpromifes of God, _and the ·accomhe-art was this ;•that howfOeuer the ptorhi.fc plilhmcnt thereof. And v ..,rce needc not to wasnotaccompliChtdin thcird3ycs ; yc'i-t-hey doubt, but that Abraham andlaacob did the were wonderfully glad thcrcof:fot·our;Saoi13tlr like. - Chri!l faid to the Iewes l YHHr-l:'arher AGr.:lhain M.•-s•• There •rethcrtJcanes, by which thcfe godly reio;ced tofoe myd..;; and'"' fowe'lr, ~•d>";u Patriarchn,•cre !lrengthcned in their faith, All glad, It did AbrahAms hcan·good to !i:e"CI"ilt which, mull be marked of vs diligently, and af:me off;·and fo we mayfafdy thn1kc ofSat.ih ! pUt ~n praCHfe: for,thc d .ufe why we heart the Ifaac, and laacob, and their beans werc-:~.lfo I word often, and yet profit Htdc by it1 is chiefrauifl1cd with ioy, to hcarc (he V.'opdcrfuJI Jythis:bccaufcthemeilns by which inc;n ilioUld . promiiC ofGod,concerning the Meffia'Sr& tO I growHp in faith,uc fo flendcrly vfed among D think< ofthe moll ioyfull pcitormanco, whith 1vs.For, thdir!l mcones; whir~ is,on Gods bethey kncw lhould follow inaue time. · •halfc to man; is through his gre3t and vnfpeak- ', Secondly, they tooke this promife k1nde!y, I able mercy,plentifully •ffoorded in many parrs by the praClife ofthcirlifc;for whc~J_thcy oame I of the Land, Ill thc·holy Mmtficne o( the goto any flrange place (as V\'C. may often rcad·c.m Gt·n.n .B.& !~cJ: wherein Gods gr:1~ious promifcs ofmerthe 0o~y) there theybuilt vp llftarJ, ot~Hl oftC- :2 ., & 33''o-' cte, are opened andapphcd to menshcarts,and red iacnfi<:e v'nto God, and called 0 11 lus n::-.me. his iudgemcnt againfl finne tharpcl)h denoun- ,All which they ·did, eo tdlifie their inw•rd ct:d, to driucmen to Jayhold on Gods mercic joy , and thankcfnll acceftancc of G ods proinChri!l.But,ifweregard-tl\cfecondmcancs; mifes in ChriH; and o the promifcd land, v.:hich is,r:tutuall inflrue't:ion,offathcr to child, though nehhcr ·werc accomplifhcd in' thdt· ofma~crroferuant, andof oneneighbouno <byes. ·- ·' ·~ anothtr; together with muwal1.confercnce,a- , Now as touchin'g OQr felucs, the f.'\mr nbinc bout th·ar: we arc taught; #Or clfc i(.,wercgard promifes of Gpd·, tha;'w«r'e made tOAbrabnbJ the third tneancs; which is, priuatc,mediration Yfaac, and Iancob , hath the Lord made ·:wd vpon- Gods word and promi(es taught..vmo J ,cominucd ..,·nto·Vs·~ nay, ""Cc haue the fame vs ; (which mcdit:.ttiOn, is to :1 Chri!Han foul-c, alrcadic accomp!t(l:ed;& we iCe·thcfamevc-rifl-- l(l< z -~1 ·--~-1 I
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