-----4-- -- ·--r ! ;~i:~?!~~;_ j . .. - - . = ~- J :;o~-- ~ \ ---~ afc taught in this place: · 1 1 A Here qbfcruc cwo poin_ts:E!r.fl:•.that thcy~rt i I fun:l~cr, whereas the holy Ghoft rca(cmcth not: mindcfu/lbf(or , :t~ the-,\lo.rd impons;'~hcy .~ j thus vpon thcfc examples; Abtah~<~m ,~lflulc, . remember 11ot the c:ountfJ fion;w.l.Jc;;ce the; cav;f)~· 1 !,md!.-~,cob, wcrejlrangers.andPtlgrimn, there1 but whq1 G9d g;J.UC: tht;:m.ce)nn):un_der~_1ct~-:t:S0.:; 1 fore rhe;fought a ~ountrie; _H~rcin he .rcacl~cth . depart thence, & not to·returo~ J,o'MeiopQt:r,~.,! I vs this ipccia\1 potnt, .CQ. Wit; that a.ooEtnn~, mia againc; aft(•r this cotno)imd~mct)t gi-,ten ,:I though it bee not cxprd(-cd in ptait1C wor~s 111 they <::ltl1C forth.:, and did for g_Q.t thcir~owrrc [ the Biblc•;-yPt bccing gat-heredohencd!tynght co,untrcy. C"o' I r • ·hwmi and iull.c~n(cqucncc,ls uo Jcffc to·bC:. belceucd t· Whence ~elcame, that ho\~ foeuer'y{i,~lJysi·I and rccciued, chcn thac·which is plaincly exFor.gerjiJ/neffi:be avice; yet fomc kiitdc o£ f-0~~ prcffcd: at)d therefore, they ar: ~arr~ eo blame geet~Jindfe, is a notablcver·~ue: t1amcly, tQ fOr..: I which miflikc chcfc ccannstn Dt'UJnttte, perfon, get the things that difpleale God, and "'hieh , '"'wr;, Sacrument ,confubftant~all, ~~~nicie, &c. l he would nocbauc vs to thipk'c vpon. Pfa},45··I bcc:iufc they arc'not cxpn:tfcd1n thcword.But 9. The Ch:Jr~h is comm:mdet.l ~o forgn hn-·uMic.! r-heym~y\\'ith good Confcience and n~uch propeople, a1zdlurfathcrJ houfe: lhat is 1 bcr o·\nrc 1 . fit be ret:lirlcd; bcc:1ufc, thoug-h not lmcrally, will and dcfir.c.s; fhc muft OCHCrthinke thereo , yet in fe.n(e and mcan.ilig ~hey arccontained in B (nor ofany other thing \\'herCby God is dif:. the Scripture, and may by IU!t confequencc be - plcafed) vnlclfe it be with diflikc. :• , I ":lthcrcd thence. And, wee dcnic not tranfubThis conderhneth the praeliiCofmanyaged fiamiauO,beCau(e the word :s not in the SctipperfOns, in the(c daics,•Nho delight ~hcrn(elucs ! ture.; but bccaufc the m:lttcr is not there: nor among the younger fOrr,to tdpfcheir bad pra- 1 .;an by necdfarie confequencc be dcriued from 8ifcs of their yourh; in wamo..nnHfc'; conrcn= ic but rather the cohtraric. tions, and breaking .Gods corrtmandcmarns·: I 'Againe, many rcfutC chefc doChines, the Bur; in fo doiog, they fintiC. .gricuoufly; fdrJ;.i procudingof theholy ~hoftfromthe Sonne; and man mufl not remeJnbcr his•!ion.c_s, buc v.•itlll the ~apth ..htgof thilarm, becaufc they arc not diflike, and dctcflation; b€cing grieUcd ,,;m. exprdfcd in the Scripture. But hence wee anthem, and at1grie with hit.nfelfcforth~m;orJe1s [wer,that though they.be norcxprdly{et down to teach others how to atiOid·thcm. · •~ . in (o Ulany. wordes, yer by iuft confequcncc And :JS this~inde ofForgelfu!neffi',is a good they rno.v be foundly gathered out o£fcripturC", venue; fo there~ alfo a vercuoUs imd good'rcand thcfcfore arc true doCtrines , no ldfc to be mcmbr:1qce : nam't-ly , to be mindeful1 ofH1at bcleeucd,then elm which is plaiQly cxprelfed. which may pleafcGod: as ofGods ludglmrntJ, And thus much of the firll part of the reato be humbled thereby: and ofhis·Mcrcin ,to (on. ~ .. C becchankefull vmo Almightie God forcheml A•.d-if they had h,eene mindfulof that counand ofhis Commandemcnts, to become obtdi• tr.t}, whmce tbey came, thq hadleifore cm to his will. Thcfe..thiOgs therCfOrc , wee , to,halt6 rtUtr._ned. ought to imprint by diligence iD." our "menloB14t howthey dejire a hettt1·, thAt i5 aJt hMties. . _ , 111n{J, wlmtfore God i4 not afbamed of Secondly,here obferile; God callcth. them -; =-~htMto hualkd thttr God. For hetharh out of their owne<oumrie, and biddcth them the 11. [hap. to 'the fickr. p.-tparedfor them 4Citie. "liuc in the landofCana~n~, asfirangcis and pil• Herc_tbe holy Gho!t prooucth. the fecond grimes; and fo they doe; abiding t_h~te ,-witli plrt of tbc former argument, by :. ren.fons:che out any purporc to -rcrurnc ~ nay, th~.y·a""I;,.(lloE :fir!l:, is contained in the 1 5. ver(e, ~hd the bemindfull ol then former home. ginning ofthe 16. It is taken from the difiinHencC we arc taugh't j to be conflanrin'r'ha~ clion. of Countries , and may bee framed calling whereunto God harh c·alled·~ • it: is 3 thus ; : fearfull finn_c, for a n1an to.g<?cb~ckc fFOrtl Thry tithtr fo".~ht"" t4rthfJ Collntrry, or a» that calling, in which God hat~ pfahd hin1, I b~aueniJ Count.rie .· ~ D When the Ifraelites ahod~ pot ·patiently and But nor aJHarthly: Thtrefore thry {o~tght an con!\andy with God in the wilderncffc., -but luaumf; Countrit. The firltpm of this reafon defired to fhakeoiftheblling.ofGoct, ·~-a to . is clearcofit (elfc.The fecend pan is in the 15. turne to Egypt; thcret<>fit.bythc Aefh-pots vcrfc:from whence fOlovnth thC conclufion in againe; they had 9ods hand vpon tbcrf'ltgric" the beginning ofthe r6. verfe. uouOy:as we may n 0ad atlarge, Pfalm.78,Lot-s To come to the fi.rft part, in·thefe wordcs: wife, foi looking backe; when fl~cc was cbm... .Andif they had bcen6 mintUfu/1of the Countri~, mandcd to the contraric ; \'\'as fearefully, :~nO &c. That is, ifthey had ;cgarded, or thought .1\rangely punifhed, beCing turned imo:a pillar vyon Me!opotamil, or Chaldea, from whence offalt, Oe'l. 19. 26. And our Sauiour Chri!t they came ,and where they were borne; with faith, Luk.y. 6:. No man that pmtcthhU luwd ~ny defire to hauctnioycd the profits or pleato theLoYdsflough, and looJ....!thhack,: al;ahtc , M fur~ thereof; theyhad lc:afure enough to haue apt t9 che k.!.ngdOmeof God. As though he h:td j 1·crurn~d backc thi~bct,by rcafon ·o~thc length faid, He that fiarteth from tbe plough,is ilot fit . , of rhctr daycs v.-ht~h they liucd, 1n the land f~r che'~eld :' ncYt~·orC is he t~at fhiftcth frOin I f wh_it_he_r_G~~~al!cd them. !liS calltng, fit for Gods fenHte. · 1 ~----------------------------------~~~--~----------~---~-!~~ ---~-
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