!If""·"· ----·- -- --- -;J;f! u.[bap.toth;H;6t. ! :~~J~.~- --;r· r h d Cl I _A _ __ b_l -,-~------d--,_---C-d-.-. -.--. buc :~.lfo in gr:'lcc & y;wour wit. Go s 1urc1,. , ot~t atp !~1~11e , :m t:i~m_t;, b s ~:un.c :_n This conf~tet~ the opinion. ond co:~~cmncth I v:une, ~ncJ tf Jt be, n~t frcc_dtJy r<'drdlt:d , 1t ~s I thcpr:1Cli!c oi t,n:my J who woulJ _tw1c haue ~o bee h:nrcd; kalt C,,ou v.~1ll ~ainc <lo..,,_nc IHi I good r~pon in tnc ';·orld, and hcc lpokcnwell I HHfgczll<.:tltS vpon vs, a;d tn Ius. \H:uh J_,, ,.<pc of by all mcn:httt v;ll:u comf<..·( 1pr:~y you)takc 1 \'S :tl! aw~y; :md.takeaway thc t;lther_"'"lth tin.: ; I l _thcy m come by this :;ood 11:1mctTh::y C:oc not I c:hi!J} the: ~ood '~'~th ~he bad, bt:caulc' ,tl_)<'f(.' i_s 1 begin w1th God , atHi b y their fi>Und:n:on by no.rcturm~uon oHo vllc, and yet fo ncec.:.d~.·ilt ' hononring him; but thl")' flriue ro pJc.-:.lc m.:n, a hnm:. . . I whether it be: bv doing well or ill; they care . To h~cnl!t·drl;~ir rJ.,:d, i J not; rh~ir onclY c:trc i~ ~o plc:-tlc :tll! for th~t is OiJfcrnt here-further, th:lt Afk,,limn, I[.M£:-; ! rbeir rule and refolution 1 all mull bt pk:l\cd, f!nd fttacob, could all ofthch1 f.1y,God z~· mJ God, 1 I ' ~nd b:caufe moH men are-ill,th('y rathcrchole Now, thac which theti- \\"onhic P:Hi"i~t ch~.:s ofccmimes to doe ill, then they will not plc:.1Je CoilId f:ty ofthCthi~lucs, v:ce mtoll cucr)•one uf rhc greater fort. 1\ut he t·hat bcgfn_neth to get us in our ownc pcrfOnslabcm for;·for,thcir ('f:.. 1 honour by plcafir:~g men, bcginncth ~t a \>\'COI'lg ample is, and mult bee a rule for \'S to followc. ende; for, by the tcHimC'Inie ofthe holyGholt B Y..'c r-hcrefbre muH labour for th1s 3tTur:antc,by in this pl:ce the ,... ·~y to get found approb;ttion Gods grace to fay, 3~ th<'iC holy Patn:!.rchs <hd I before men, is firH tO begin with God' and tO f:~y,Th~tNU leh"dHab u m, God. and bfrhis I arh honour him. rdol.ucd, & vndoubtcdly :~.ffurc:d Ulnllnc ownc Thirdly, ifGod wi!l honour them that ho..· con!ctencc. nour him, then by the contraric,confidct wh::t ~.How fh:tll v-.e be able to fay vrif:1incd- 1 J:amitCrable c:;;fC tl1:111}' 31~1:10 is in:for, thof~ th.fl !y, God JS ihy God) A n[. By bccommmg h1s I '*PHmoHr God, God :vi!ldfjlJonollr' thema.{a;ne; as I fc-ruants and p(t>pl~ in decdc and truth; f(,rJ to I wee may fee at large, and very pbindy, in the lllm who ts one of(lods: pcoplc 1 Cod 1s .ah, 31S l example ofElie :1nd his two fonncs: for ,rh~m h1s God. But how fl1:11l we become Gods true that honour me (fahh the Lord vnto him} /will I fc1:uams? .An{w. By fctting our hearts vpon honouY",a~tdthey that dtfJ'ifo me ,Jha!iludfpifod, the uuc God , 3ncl gilling them ...,,·holly vnto 1 .Sam.1.10.And in Zachary we may rc2d,th:n him, ;nd to his fcru irc ; and rcflr;~.ining our the man th.1t lq 6/,:fphemic, theft, orp~riuri~, tli{- I ftlues from all occafions offinne, bccaufc fin \IF I hono,.rerh God, th' flyi»" eti'foof rh, LoYd jh.t/1 clifplcafeth him. Qyft. But how lhal! i fuon fc't enter ir.tD hs.s l;oufo, And t·(mair:e httlu ,nttldeft C his heart wholly ~n God? .An{. Th!s he dotl:, thereof, 4nd confNm~ it with therimher th«eo(, 1 "A· hen he Joueth hul? abo~.~e·:rH, a1i~ fcarcth him and th,jlonuth<r.of; Zoch.5. 4- And bccaufc obouc .all, ond abouc all things is zealous for El" did more honoHr hi- child•·m rh'" God, 1. Gods glorie; when hce hath full confidence in Sam. z. 3r. therefore the Lord thrcamcth the Gods \\'ord and promifes, and is more gricu~d de!l,uelioll both ofhim ond his family; and acfor difplcafing God, then for all things in the cording:2s the Lordhad threatened, iO it c:mu~ world bctldes. Or more p1aincJy thus: then 1: t9paifc. For when the !froclits fcullht with the man doth fet his bean on God, when his heort Philifiims (chap. 4· 11 ) his two !onn<s were is to affcC\ed, that when God cotnmaunds, he !lainc, and he at the he>ring ofthe ncwcs ,f<il is alwaiesrcady to obcy:Sb the Lord faith,H!>, downeAJtd6rak!h::Sneck..;. 2.1~. lwillfay tothC11l thatwtr~ ntJ"t 111Jpeoflt, Now, if this be fo, whatlhall we fay of our Thor~artmyp.opl,;~adriJryjl,./lfaJ; Tholtdrtmj owne nation and people,amoogHwhom it is ~i God. And in the P!aimcs, the Lord faith, Pfal. 1 common todiOionourGcod, aseucr it was a- ~7.8. Seek! JU m;fac~: Then the h.oly nian$ mong!l the Papi!ls or Pagans; partly, by light· hcm,as an Eccho giucch anfwer,l[<,/:,; byface, vfing ofhis holy tides, and t::~.king hi$ name in 0 God• .And fuch aone is the heart ofhim, th:at 1vaine: and partly, by (wcarin!', and open blafis indtcdc th< leruant •nd child of God ;>tfd Iphemi<: and iometime, eucn by abhominablc D oncof Godspcoplc. pcriurie. Nay, it is m:my mens rule, that they ForJ.~ehathpr~pt:rcdfor thcftJacitit. may fwe:1tc, difl'en,ble, li~, :md forfwcare for The(c: words are a reafon of tht fOtri1er, advant:tgc. Thefe linnes are fome ofihem rife proouing that God wasnot alhamtd to be 'alin all forts ofpeo~lc,andhardly t1Ja!l you talke led their God, bccaufe he pteparcd a citic for with~man, that doth not byvainc oathes difthem. And iodcedc;~this thewes cnidcnt1y,rh3t honour God: yea., ids fo common~ that chilCod was greatly delighte-dwah them , 'tathi!r ! drcn ~ fo foone as theyc:J.n crawle, or lifpe out then aihamed of chein: fofh:ul he b(tne a:Ola1 3 \\10\'d; the firfl thing thty can fpcake, is to med oftheth; he \<\'Ould hauc fhut tlu~m Out Of curfc, orfwcare, :111d t~ke Gods n:t!llC in V:\inc, hi~prcfCt:<:c. Herein therefore he <lctlarc-d l1is j whereby God isdilllOt,ourcd c-uery way : fo ~~s l,ouc and fauour, that by prcparinf. this _Citk lte j •it is a wondcr,that the earth doth not open and procured lh:tt they ChouldHue ifl his fight :for \ i fwallowc vp m1.ny men qtJickc, for t.hcir fWeacu~rmore. · . . \ ring&blafj,hcmy. And whereasGodsiudgcHence: wc1earnr- thar hce \\•hrch hath Gq?J. I meots :trc ofcen g.ricuouf1y infliCted vpon vs, in ftJrhU G'od, h:.ul1 all thin~s with l"1im.: ct~JOr- . mjJ.ny places of the Land; \-\'CC may pcd\.v<'<le ding to the colm1l011proL~crbe, l l«t!e (/{Jd l!fnd .. o~rJ~I~~, that ~no.ng_ot.hCr finnes it i,s fot· h~'!!all. An~i on the t.o:ararie ; /.,~ck!!!_Qd;<Nr.d \ ·--------~ 1~}_:. ...... ~----"--~--:c-- ·=-··-· ,-d~sl_'.!.. :_·--· -···
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