-----.,........ ___ -------~ __!_?~- ~ r:1 Commenrarie vpon 1 ~~::,:::m·:.:\ 'l cJ. more cuidcn.tly anti plaindy 7 thcn any ofthe t\.· Another fort ~hcrc.arc,~·hr.ch come n<;;ere ~0 1 ·' l :j 1 l Pao,;riJrchs did. Which bceing truc)c our dutic God with their lipps, bur:t\1ejr hearts arc f;trrc I I ts_to rake rh_~ Came much more rhan~cfuily,and fron~ him;. for though tlieirbodies.bc r.rclc;)t 1 ,- I k1ndly, at.Gods hands, thc:n they d1d or could rn the: con.grcgadon, yet their hcansarc..waq: i do; bccaufc "'~ hauc mo'"c light &tknowlcdgE: dring a.bout their worldly bufinc!Tc, or the 1 in the promllc~ of God, then euc,r the l>atriwozkcs ofJiunc;:fo that V\'C may trucly tay;God ar(lls lud. t ·1 i,snoE wor!hiF11cd '.\'ith faitb;in the hc<Ut. And ~ But we· }1auc •un caufc tobe~\'a-ik th~ dayl!'s. therefore w~c arc vnkinde pcoplt,...and ql!itc • 31ld times ...drcrcin we·liuc: tOr,. "'<vhcrc:as wee degenerate froH'l the faith 'of our fOrefathers,. ! 11lould take the pron"!:t!'Cs of God nmH ~oyfully the holy Patriarchs, who rC.ceiued GoJspro~ \ I and ki1~'dclv; the cafe is farrc otherwife. For mifcs.fo kindly,::md cllankcfully. · generally, it may be faid ofom nationandpc:o- ~ Thfl!ti!y, wee h:HtE:the word o.f God. ~aily 1 plc, that in regard ofthe mcrciE:~S and promifcs 1 preachedand taught vnto v.&~ bm; ho\\', niatw·~ : uf God, we arc :m vnl:Jnde peoplt:. And that be.thcrc Ulat m:\kc!lonfcienc' of obcyi_,g thC! this. is true (ft,r the moll paft) in all of vs, ifv"t'e : fame in their liucs and callings?Mcn doe come 'w·m but.ali.ttlc: cJ~arninc the maner, we {hall and hcare, and fiwuld learnc : but when the~ finde lt tooo-ppar::mt, by many cuidcnccs: for B come home,rhey dpfl.ar con~rary to th:u"'hie~· firH,let:myofnbebroughttt>apfacc,w·here : is tau~hr. Now there can be no gre:ucr vn· wee t?JiY behold tOme vainc Emcrlude, or · thankefulucff~: nor vnkindncf.fe toward5 God Sbo\\.e; :1.uun wouldnot thinkeOOwwonderthen this,. that men fhould hearc .and not obey, fully we ::trc urrifhed thcrcwithaB,. fo as wee fo.rdtf(lb~dience is tu. thefir.nc~f witchcraft; nay, r.S.1:n.lpJ. could finde in oar hcam to fpcud whole daycs the Lord himlclfc faith, that he that maketh no I in bcholC.ing them. But let vs be brought to confcicncc·ofobcdicncc in hisli-fc,\s tn·his acti..- hcarcthc G ofpcl ofChriA:,his bo.lyword preaons·of GOds woril1ip, no more acceptable vnched and taught; :1sit was vmp A6rahlfm,lftoGod, then amurtb.crcr 'is wbcn hcekj!lcta.l m.60.J. ttiic .J :-ad /aaeob(whcrdn~hey :1•uc!t rcioyced) nt.An. • ~. . !.nd there \~·e fithe~n~e :mJ drowfie, fo as tlilc Whe·refore,fccin~ obcali~ncc is fo r:~r:ei6 be I word fccmcs lo:nhfom~vmo vs.,and enc.: hcnre found amongvs,..and difohcdi€ncc ab"oundcth )s.fo tedious, as \\'C ha,;dly hold it our ,\·ithom: cuery where ,.it is a plainc argument, th"at we: flccptng: and jf it~pa~C the hot:l'fC a little:.() take not the promHCs.""of God kindcly nor l1ow irhpat!Cmly our ll:atures take it! All 't··•hich thankfu1ly at his hands:for if V\'C did,we ..~:.ould fhcwplainly~'th:J..t w.c.ha-uc no fuch Toy to heart at le~ft cndcaucur ourTdi'lc~" to doe what.God of. Chrilt, an~ his mc•cJful! promifcs, as thefc C comm:umds in his law,and dcfireth inhis. Gogodly. Patriarchs had:fc tlm we MC both hard fpel, and fo be tb~nkefull vnto God !Or h;• hearred, and vnkiho ;- amd •lroge.hcr mfcnfimercies; fbewing fonh ourrhankefi.Jndfc by blc of fo grc:J.t fauours of oUJ; GOO tow:v.-ds. t>m·obedicncc.So that itH:mdcth vs in h:md,e.. V$. ucry man to lodkc vnto him[clfc fer tlis Qwnr Sccondly,.confidcr mens bchauf-0tu hll God:S, part, fceing God hath;giuenvs his Gofpcl the r 1 worthippe: lt is.euK.Iem,tl13t the greatell part ·I meam:s of our Jllu3tion, that therefore we re.. I ofpoorl<, worihip Cool b.,, iu fotmalllhew<, I ceiueand cmlnacc th< fame,. lea!\ God poocrfor faChioos.fakc. ·rhck godly Patriarchs, _A._ ther take the fame from vs,orvs from ir~fos·, .. \'C' · $r4ham,&~.OOilt1/t.zrJ in .eucry plare v. here:- mav be fuic that tRc one-of thcfc t.w.o\\~rtr£01tlu:y came, an cl oftrred[ac1 iji'e:e vmo God, to I Jo,.~c, tf we doe datly hcarc andmake "o conligntfie thm kmdncfi"c, arJ "tllmg hem, tofctencctoobey. And thus much of th,c thi<d1 1 \..,'ards God for his pronufcs. But now men 1 I fruire of the :Patnarchs fanh. wmlh•p God formally, not tn \\ay of thank<- ~ The fourth fntttc.of thCir faith followcth; 1 fnlnc:ffc; bat cnhcr bcc3uft the la\.\ comp,tls. And confejfod, that rhq we1c /frt~~~gers 4nd Pr/- t:hetn to tt, or cl{c bccan(c: tt IS a ,nfiotuc, and gnmesomt1Jt0¥lrlh. ..; · 1. ":" order \\ }uch mufl: be kC'pt. for proofethcreof D Herein VoiC are to conhdet <.iiurrs pomts.: 1. I ra.kc fomc ottc of the common !Ort, and askc. The T~xt fatth, They confej{ed; that ts,thcypro~ j him ':·hy~e cof!nTlttF.! imo rhe congregati-on?- fe~c~ o~cnly, \-\'haMh~y were., andwhat the~r I lace will lay, he comroeth to doe as orber men rehgumwas; and that not oncly among~ thetloe; but-what they doe, he knO\'I.'cth not; not'' fducs; bUt bcfo[ctO.d:acc of Godsenemt~s,.& l I what he himfc:lfc ought to doe, he cannot tell,. ~C'ath~n mclil. (Jc.n. 2~. 4· Abrah,n_;-n tola the 1'\.or carcth nlllcn to know. Others aHO come to: poople.of the landof-C~n:tan, that he. W3s a l worlbip Go~!!: but asl<e rhcm how they &oe ir, j}rangtrand fl {o1·raiw~ramon:; ~;S(m. -A~1d· when ! tfH·ywill f3y, by the fay ing. otter tlie trnnc1 1~4coG.camc brfor.~ ~h~raoh, hc.conf~ffcd,that i j Commandcmems, the Lords prayer, and d1e bo.thFu~~~;u_, and thra"}N~f h;.rFar-rzerJ,~ we_,r6 1 1 I Bcl('efc. But, Tfthc word be ~ithcrprcachC'J,or1 .da;e.r o.f P1lgrrmag:: Gcn,.· 47·· 9··~.W..>\~, ?.fri:- ~hippc flatHls in the: rcpratihg'ol thofc thrc~ thok:;€o_u~~w.cs;clicy,mn_m_arcd a ph,tnb ~en~- , rcad;thcy rcg:w~ ic Mot;tflinki:n.gall Cods wor- . 1 .millS f(, oprn!y 1h:t· t_hcy ' :..\·.cre fir~~g('fSrJ_n ! I tbings. \oVhich fhc:-,·cth, th~t they worfhi-p]J!C i -all antht.hfhke o( ~he tel.lgton and .1~\ol_atnc J G.od but for fafhion f~kc,and with Iictlc more, . of thof~_hc:nhct)· Goumrrcs, ~n~l~ ~rQcla~me~ I 1 :~-·- ti1cn :1pl:<inc Jip~l abour. themfdues to bcof.anmhcrrchGio:l~ tln~ 1 ----- , is _., _._.___,_,_ --. ~--;-.c----
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