-···--------- ----- --·----------~----'---=-------- ~_[ _______~_1_·C_o_m_m_'e_n_t_,a_rz_·e_'V..::,f_o_n ______ _ ~-\ ~.?,'~"··· ;ltlcl:,s t!l!. And thcn:forc Dauid[:!ith, PEtl. 145· A a grot;nd fer his f.1ith :fonhough the g<:ntr::t!l ~------' \t 5. JJ!c_q~a at~ 1hr p(op!e 1v!Jofe G•Jd k· rhe Lo-rd. command~·mcm be, ThoH fh 4!r not kjll) yr:t het \Other ch!ngs \>\·hich,herc might be addcd,haue h:~.J a fpc,1a! comm_andcmcm, Abnibam k,j!ITI!J· \ beene handled before. . ··; fonr.e·; :1nd by vcrtuc ofthat, he: did it-:--and did I it in and by [:;tith. But if th3t be fo, then tbcrc- ~~ ·~~~~·~~~~~;:5t ·upon rifeth another & a greorer doubr: name- "1C~~7:~~~ ~~ )4.'-~~~ ly;_l::lowcan thcfetwoco.mmandclncnts !btHi \ , "~ &Jc."t~ .... ""' .. «. \'... ...,_ ~~ '~')t.l{? -~ together, one bccing comraric to rlreother? I . Abrabams faith. A<ifiv.Herca lpeciallpomrrstobecohferuecl: , namely , that whcnfocucr two comm:mdt· ... I \ V t- R s F. 17. i . m~ms are fo ioy~cd , that :;1. man cannot ~ra1 :By l'aith A6rahamoffered ttrre both, but dmng rhe one,thc orher isbroJ tl '/) 1 kcn;rhen one ofthem mull giuc place to the o- V'f1f.tac,when heWaJlemoteq; rher: For, howiocuer all Goqs c:ommande- L )" r . J mems bindc the confcience: yet fome bindc it : and hee that had receiued the more: (o!ncldfc,bccaulc fomc ore grc,cr,ano l lpromir;eS, 0 ,n:;eredb;, one/y be·~ B fomelcOerthcnotllcrs. Whencetbis. ru!emov ':JI:: 'U " w be fct down;that when twO Comm::mdcmel'lt~s I t t nfo e ., · of God croOC one ·:mother, then a n' 1 a 11 mu A: go l ann • prcfcrre the greotcr.' As for cxamp!e <this is I 18.To whomeit wasfaide;in GodsCommandemem,HonourGod,.conunanTr; jh 11 h d l iT d' ded in thefir!t Table. Agoine, tl"' 5 . Comlj4tlC .. 41J tU' fee e tJC Ctlue , mondement faith, HonourPare~ts ·andMagi- ~ h hd d h ftrntes.Nov\',ifparencsormagiHratast'omm5.d 19. 01, e'- COn(l' ere t at anything, the doing·whereofwould difhonor. q o.d ~'PM able Mratfe him V'f, God' bceing COiltrari.e to thcfir!l~ablc:; •her) r "}' the 5· Commandemcnt~giueth ph-ICe YIHO the euen from t.he dead : from lir!t:and amanmu!trathcrdlfobeymagillrares l 1 dh J and Parencs, then difh-onour God: for ; the rP Jence oe t.ecciue im tl 'fo,af maine duties ofrhe fir!ttablc,rake place before , r; l"" the mainc~ duties ofthe fccond. And therefore tera;ort. . ' Chriil!airh,lfnnJ?!Mncometome ,n>idlia'tenot I N_ the former verfcs J we hc:trd the f3ith of his f~thfr andmother, wife and c/;i!~-re:'i, "6rt"- .Ab-rabam, I[aRc, and laaco/; comrncnded ·C thren and {ifter.r, yea, and his ownt>:tifetdfo, ioyntly togcthc_r. .Now the holy Ghoft rehe cannot be my difciple; meaning, that if"flthcr, t turneth to the commendation oftheirf::tith or mother, "''ifc or chiid'ren w·outdJJMY.•c: vs feycrally. And fir!t, hec beginncs with A6rafrom God, we n.u!t harethcm rarhentfc·n difl~amJ faith; ~,·hereof,hc had fon\lcrly propounobeyGod. Againc: a c0mlnandemen1 cerCmodcd two workcs,or actions: I .1-;lis going out of n,iall, and·acommandemct)t of !oue and mercie his ownc Counn-ic. 2 . His ab€1dc in a fhange concurrc together, and it fo f.'ll!eth out, that Land, Now, here followeth the third, which they fhould be both kopq and camio•: in rhi• 'is the moH notable workc of all, wherein his cafe therefore thc..ccr.cmoniall La\.\' of the·ll.rA: faith £hines moll glorioully; andhis example table mull giue placeto the Lawe of Ch3ritic .herein is Vlllll3tchable. The particular points and Loue in the feconcl tablc:bcc3ufc the-Cereherein, arc thciC: I. The \.\'orke of his faith is monies arc the inferiou[ rlut-ics ofthe:fitft, but p.laincly laid downc, i11 his ojferi11gvp of lfaac, charitic and mercic the prihtipall dntiCSOf the "·- The f.1mc worke of faith is notably comfecond table: For cxamplc_,rhe Lord ctJiO}"neth mended , by clucc fpcciall arguments; to wit, vs in the fourth comm~ndemcnt to rc.fi~on the 1.by three great impcdimcms that mig!Jt haue Sabbath dtty. Now it falls Ollt, that out!in·t\lghhin4crtd this ·wol"kc of f3irh : as wee f11a!l iCe 10 ' hOurs houfc is on/fircvpon the Sabbat'h day: in their place, V.17.18. '·by his viCt:oric ouer "''hethcrthen may I labour wnh my ncig~bour thc!C impedimcnts,v.19.; .by the HlUc of this that day to f.'lue his hcufc? A n[.ln1ay ff'o'r-:-he tct~ptation,and his \>\'ork offaith therein)n the firiCl: obfcruarion ofrcfl bn the Sabb~rh day, is cnde ofthe 19. yer.·. , accrcmonie: bur the quenching of li~e in my , •For the firfi. The fall of .Abraham1 faith ntighbourshoufc,isaworkt.ofrherd~, ~nd a here commendcd,~is this: 'Tha( be"()jfernl'vp .... . maine dutic ofrhc fecon~l t:tblc, ahd rhe·reforc Jf~ttc.h#fonne. It may firfl of all bee demaun- ' mufi take place bcforC a cercmoniall dutic·of dcci, How Abrabarr~ could offer \'P his fonnc the firft table. by[-1it~ , confidering it is ::tgainfi .the Lawe of Thirdly,God h2th giucn vs tenne cOrnmannature,~nd the lawofGod,for a man to kill his cicmems, concerning altoaiinaric duties both 0 \\'11€ fonnc: \.\ hi.<rh Ahraham rnu!l.dcc, if hec ofpietie and of ~cr~iC: yet i"f GOd ghtc ~vs ~ ~id offer hirn vp in f:~crifice vmo God. For an~ I panicular :md fpeoa!l" cGmmanden"'e~nt1 con1\.vcr h~reHntO, W<:C nccde goc ne further then trary to-any·of the tC'i'f.llC i that muH fl:iryq·; i nd tl_1c Storic, Gen.! 2. wh~:_wc m<~y,__,fc~:_e~,l~Jc:_:h~~~d~ l _j_~rh~<:_:o::r_::d:::!n:::a~ri:::c.:_c::om=m:.::a::: ~ :de::m::e::r.:.: .l::'::m:.:u::fi_;Sc:iu::..:cC!p;:_laC:e'le ~~---------a·n~ _I__
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