..._-~------------------------·-·---- ~\ ell .[ommentarielvpon \ ~;;;:·,~···, \ fo apply_tl,~s to our fducs: God lmh coiled A , Salomo!' is highly'comn'lt'ndcd by !he ha\~ • 1 - · \'.· vfto FlOtdtc Cli'nfhan rchgu), whence \\C arc Gholl,. t. King.•3:l o;'t 1. fOr choofin-Q•a wij(. I .~Ut·~PrDtcjf.mtr-; ·"'Nc thctcforc ~1mil profcffe ~ and·vnde~ffa}jdm._e:fu~re-,bt{ort richci auihfmtJ,!fi·. 1, tht.bme con(t~ntly and hold 1t faH, \o\ tthout A-lof!s alfo•( as '\>\' C Oral! JCc aftcrward:f h:::d h:.:s . 1 I W:lUcnng ord.oohnng ( cu:n '' nhout bccnJg' cholc.c;\\'hcthcr he would liuc glorioutly, :md ·: 1 :, tnlptkfull ofth'at fpmtuall Egypt ofd3rkcncflc at c:tlc, inP.haraoh.r·Goill'CJ or with the Church ! 1 !lnd fopcrHmon ~ \\ h«ncc wee hue dcl!Uc!cd) o~ God _in 3.d~crlidcw):how Moftr hiumg the' li !\ tnuch more," ~rhour tot nmg to any othcr;tlwl gtft of'd'tfcernmg, refufi · 'I'd to bet'a/lcd·r.ht fi;m;t'f 1 1 hccing the true ~ei,g,o;., wht(\i i 1 s>glbunJcdo_11 ! Phttr.:~o~s1 d~Ughter, ,t:tftd l&h~ofe· tat.her· ib•f; 1 jfor G.odswotd. 1 v 1 • \ aditcrjlflt'Wtthrhepeopte.of(Jod , ~h~ 'Jfoc;~ir-y ;he l, .~g:11ne, tll t.1tS 0\11' calbng ~f Chnfhnnmc J plexforel! of {ini;e for n[trif'on, \rVhicll h61vexWe baue vowed. v.mo God~ for our tClucs, to amplc:.·s, doe all.teach vS; th3t_whci~-'GoJ fer-\ rc,n.ouncc the tldl1, ;he wodd, :tnd the dcuill. ~cth ~fo·re v§_dlllcrs fons·of hts blrt~ligs, we Now, this bccing our calling i aswe hauepro~ l tn•fpmtuall Wtfdonie, n10U:mak-e c~'OiGc-of the mi1Cd, and vndcn:1ken it: fo w'e tilufl obey it.in• bell:. On chc IOOntrary 1 Efauhad this-ttlibvcc fct ourliues, fighringmanfully eucry.day, :tgain~ before him;- hi! brO"thcts red 6;oth.,<~ild his theworld, tllc flcil1, and the de-uill. For, ifwed ·, hirth..right: but he ehoJOrhc worff.,irufthcrc• .profCffe rdigion.in word, nnd doe not obcy•ir B fore, in the. ne\\'C Tefihmcnt, rhc•ht:>IY GhqH in·dccd; ,,.c make our Cclues vnfit for the kingt~ote~~ ·himwith this m:lrke, to bcp~ofnn~·Efoft dottcof ht:a.icn', But abs; men ::arc like to the: for h1s labour.And the Gadcrcns alt0 :irt·b(2n.. :'>wl,t that rctt1rncthw the poddlc, thoushhe dcd witha note- of infami·eto all agesifor cho. be W31hcd ncuc.r fo clcane: and to rhc Dogge, fing their hogJ before qhrifl, anrl-hist":duat!on. d~t rct~{ncrh to his vomitc: for, moll men do And the like.choice. isf~t before v!r-cUtry day 1 bqt fcnJc the flcfh, and the \Vbtld, and rhc J.u{h for God ofhts merctc ;• 1 nthcprc:tch'iflr' bfthc ~hcrc:of; thcrcin'is their ioy, and their hearces word, for his part,dcith'fct fonh vmo5~Chrift rafc: talcaway thefe rbings from thctT1, and ·h[HJcru,cifitd: and in him rcnilflictn of.tltines; ta'k·c~;,.c.,ay rhc'ir lit.icslfo farre arc-they from fce..1 and falu:uiun, Now, on the 'other ti~c-~ co'nP lcin.gthe kingdon>ofhcauw as thdl: Patriarks mcth the dEuill, and fctt~th beforc.vs,-1U.forts did > ' ·· ofvoincplcafures, ond•dclight>; lho,wlng to e. rhos much for the firfi part ofthe rcafon. ucry#man.tlrofc fin11es, to which h"'c is'()iucn· & Now foltowcrh the fccond p·art, which is wich·dlem ::tll the profits or plcafttres-~h::ri v'ftJ... this; But thty foUght mJt apl~tce In earth: and I ally :1ccompanic ft1ch finncs. NO\V ; 1 n\ott..mcn th~rcforc the condufion followcth; That tl,ey hauing this choice fct before tlfcm ,doe lc::mc rkftrna CoUI'If'lie, which i.s hllllltn : in thcfe C the tnte and fubfiantiall blcflings of Cod, and word,, .-" ) £OtnC [0 Sach3.n~ paintrd..tbgeants\ -~uld there ,· • But r,owtheJ defrc a 6cttc-t. l make choktof!innc, with thole baft·companiBut Come will fay lhc Patriacchs were dead ons that doe ~mend .her. ·This·is toO~pparant many hundred re arcs, before d~ii: was written; tObe denied! forhowfoCUCr the \'\'Of<lOf'(;od Ho\vthen C31\ tnc:ybee now f:mlc , to dcfrc" bee preached vnto vs.}and we doe h~:tre the c~untYeJ? Ar.fw. The Author of this Epiflle, fame, yet\ ·c.prcferre.tl,e·¥~niti'ts1 ~rplcafurcs hereobferucth, •nd followcth the manner of of the finnclu\1 wotld, before Chrift oPIIcified : the.m· t'hu: write .Hiflorics ; who fpcakc of makingnlraccounc ofhim, no~: Ofou(own falthings paH long ag:o.,as though they were now uation by,him, in compatitbn of'th~!Jirefcnc prc(cnt. profit.~ and plcafurcs Offifntc.But WC·m1J{l ptay Now it is fa id, they defire a!Httcr Cosntrie: toGod to giucvs fpfritu·all wifodome ~' ~,nd th~ Thc(c Pltriar<.:hcs had laid before them two giftofdifccrning,th3t·DO\"·.' whcnGOcl.fcrsb~- countries, the Land of ~:Ill~:ln and the kingfore vs things fo f.1nc difFering, \\'CC may h2uc dome ofl;cauen;.and ofthde two, chcymight gr:~cc eo difccrnc bccwccnCthcm:-and.~,.itllaiJ, choo(c whether they would, to be theirponito pl-cferrc and m::tke choice ofchc billi and to on, ,and inheritance, vpon which they woilld D 1 rcfufc: the worfl. Bur as for "th'c'm th:ft!fre. fo bf!ftow their ~.c3ns:Now, they dlcemcJ heamad in their choifc·, thpt tht"yno~v pft;tfrrc-fin ucn(though lt ;;;;;·to cornc) better then Canobefore the b!dljngs otiGodin Chrifl,t.!ir.y·llfa\1 30 -, thoughpre(enc; and therefore made choice fee the day,.when they would \vifh then1fdt:e!' ofh<;aucn, and longed for it. to be Dogges, Toadcs,or ScrP~ms,r:uhst then Wl1cre we lcarnr, that as wemufi be thankmen and womcn::rud yt:.r (though th"ey; w<fuld J full to God ,for .>11 his bldlings; fo among thern pc glad ofihacexch>ngeoWatc)thty flm\1 neall , we t1l0ul d choofc the bdl. This Dauid uer comp:atlC i.r, but Jh'Jll r.crp:~inc ,.,·oefull men dorh:for beein~ put to choofc,whether he had and women for c.ucrmorc,, bctaufe chao: once nth~r Jiuc in fafc~gu3rd 1 and in {olace, \\ ith they tn::tde fo profane a ~.-·ho-ilt :· when·the p.afh thew.ickcd and vngodly: thtn in bafc cllacc, ! oflifewas fet.bcforc rhrnf~ they chofctht-\~ay and in great danger neere to (~ods SanCluaric: J ofdeathb.rher.thcn· oflifc;and thcrcfot:€;vJhcn Hcc f.11th 'Pfal. 84. ro. /{,;had rath<Ybee 4 they would dcfire dcatiHthey 01all '.lb. ha.UC!it, Joorc-l.:..~rpn iH the hoHfo ~f hi! Gad, then to butfh:tllittc3lif.emorcbittdforcue!chcn3ily I d:v~/1 i11 tfg Tnbetna~{u ~f wick.!dneF. And flc:nh in the grcatcfl pangs. ·.. ', _.:•..~ Thus 1 -------· -..:;o:....-~-~--·:~·-----
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