I ----··- ·- - --....- -~----- \ . m. / rtA Commentarie 'Vpon ; ~~~:_ \ ---- hcc WJ.s of mu-E-h more luthoritic ~n his ownc 'A vYhercby the fame \\'Orke of faith is commcn- ' -' houfc. 1t is therefore very Jickly rh:1t hcc tells dcd vmo vs. The firft Argument is taken frcm ~ !f'MC his fonnc, that hcc h:ul a fpcciall comrhc great impcd\tr.cnrs which miuiJt hinder his m:~ndcG--:cm from God, to kill him in tJ.crificc. fJ.ith; and t!~cy a.rc in number th~c: Fidl,thar \ Now l[.tt£C bec:inb l holy man,& \.\'ell brought he \\'aS brought to this workc,not by ord!narv \ vp , hearing this, is contented to be-f:tcrificcd, commat~d ,' but by an cxrraordin:iriC coll! !C i; 1 j and vbcvcs his Father herein. temptation: Beeing tempted. Sccondiy, that he \ This '1 fJ)cakc not as ccnainr,.but as moft was to offer his O'Y\ ne childc: vea hiJ onc!y be.. \ prob:~.blc; and it is the iudgcmcm of the bcft I gotter. fonne.Thi::ll~,.~lut hcwl;_ob~dt·eceiuedii.·c \ lc:ancd , v\'l1o hauc good experience in the p'i"omifeJ, muff otfcr nun and k11l him~ in :rbome , Scripture. thepromifo 1VI11 made. The circumflancc well obrcrucd, fcrurs 1:or the firH impediment. l11 the ordin:trie grCltiy for ::he (Ommcndation ofthem both:of tranflation, it is read rhus, whm he-~ Wt"A rrud: J.Akaham the FlthC::r, that had fo righteoufly But that is not fo fir,_becmgrather an expotlti- ! brotigbt vp his oncly Sonnc, that v\"as moH on of the mcanine, then a tran{hrion of the l deer c.: vmo him, that hce wouJd not refill the t B word. For the verY "''ord fignifieth, to he tcmpj '"'·ill of God reuealcd vmo him, though it cofl: ted, and the meaning is, vvhen he was cried. I him his life. Oh that Parents would follow Awould therefore rather read it thus: whenhe w.u hr.th.:tm, ln fo doing to their children; then tempred;or heeing tc-mpted,as the word tignifics. would it goe \~cl_] "''ith the Church of God.Aln rhe handlm_g hereof. firlt we will imrtat gainc, l.foacs bchauiour is here admirable, that of the nature ot this tcmpt:ttion, and then hce would not rcfifi his weak and aged Father, come to the circumflanccs belonging to the · but futfercd him to bindc him, and to lay him fame, on the Alur; yeilding himlelfc vnro 1 death, Temptation (as itis.herc vfcd, may be thus when his Father cold him, My fonnc, G "od will dcfcribed) It Uan aEfitm of God, wherc-6; hec hauc it fo. prooruth, and makfs e.vperience of the loya!tie This example mu!! be apattcrnc of obcdiando6ed;enccofhuferHants.Fir!l, ( Jfay) ir u nn cnce, not onely for children rov·:ards their paa[fion of God: This is plainc by the tefiimonie rents; but fer vs 311 towards Gods miniHers, of Mofos in Gen. 2 2. r. where (ifwe readc the when they fh~ll tell vs, what God would haue hifiory) we D1all finde, that GoddidprooHcA- [vs doe: ·Ne muil fubmit our fc!ucs, and yecld C hrah~tm . ,Qhief1. Butagainfi this it may be ob... though it turne to our bodily paine and gricfc; icCI:cd, that Saim lames faith, lam. 1. I 3· God f<?r~ !faac ycclds, though it were to the loffc of tcmpterhnomarz: and therefore no tcmpt:uion his life. Bucalas, whowillfollowlfMc?For, is the aClion of God? Anfiv. That place in let t,hc rt1inillcr fpcake againfi our carnall plealames is thus to be \'ndcrflood: God temptetb fun:, and vnlawfull gainc ; let him croffc our no mtm: that is, God doth not flirrc vp, or hurr.our,andatfcC:.tions,thcn we rcfufe to hcarc, moone any mans hcau to finnc. Yet further ':llf!d will not obey. Nay,ifthemmificr ofGod) it will be faid, That temptation is an aCtion of as the Lords piefi come with the facrificing Satan: for in the Goipcl we may read (Matt. knife of Gods \\'ord,to the throat ofOtlr fin ne, 4· 3.) that he is called the umpter? Anf.Some to kill the fame in vs, that fo v·:c may be pure temptations are thcaCtions·of God, and fame o:;.nd :~.cccptablc f.'lcriliccs vnto God;doe we not the a£tiom of Satan·: God tcmpteth, a.nd Sarefifl him~ and fay in our hearts, VVo will none ran tcmpterh: but there is great difference in of this doarinc? Or, if hcc like a Prophet of their temptations: firfi, in the manner: for,SaGod, come 3nd offer to bind our confCiences tan tcn1pteth a man to finne againfi the will with the cordes of obedience, and to lay otir of Cod, and to doe fame euill; God tempteth affeCtions on rhe Altar of the law;then we re- D a man to doe fomerhing, which Jl1all be onely fifi, and arc either tooyong, or too olde:roo againfi his ownc affeCtions, or his rcafon. Serich, or too le:;.rnecl; or too great to be taught condly, God cemptethfor the good of his ferand bound to obedience. But let vs knov'',that uams: but Sato.n temptcth for the dcflruChon jf we wiil be true lfaac5, eucn the f.Onnes of both of their bodies and foulcs. faith and obedience, :tnd the true hcircs of A- .Againc I f.-ty, TVherebyheemnkpbtriall, &c. hr4ham5 fahh ( :~.s we 'Nould be-arc the world in Here Come will fay, God knOweg cucry mans hind) then ~s hee did fubmit himfelfc to bee heart, and what is m them, and what they wil bound ofhis fathcr;fo mull: wcyedd our felues doe, long before; and therefore hec needeth to the MiniflersofGod, to be bound by his not to make triall of;my man? .Anfw. God / word: and ft1ffcr the fame word to be ip vs, makcs triall of his fctru:mts, not bcc-<J.ufe hcc is the tiNo-edgcd [word ofthe fpirit 1 to cut down i(Tnor:mt of that which is in their hcarr; for he I .finne and corruprion in vs,and to make vs new v~dcrfiandcth their tbou .. (htJ long before: but creatures; and fo both in body and foulc, V·.'C becaufc hce will hauc their obedience made may bcocome putc ::md acceptable facrificcs vnknownc;panly to themfdues,and pan~y to the to our God. Thus much of the fa Cl: it iCJfc, world: fo that he.makes triall of his ieruams, 1 wherein Ahraham.r faith is fet forth. not for himt"clfc, but for·our ilkcs. l Now follow the Arguments, or rcafon~, Now further, Goci tcmpteth m:tn th.rec ____ w_a_Jc:i______
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