~-.... ..~,_1 ~,;;,;'" ..' the u.Chap.to the He6r. - -- -.. / !ijt . t3mc J:ucrScitttcs, Secondly,bccaufc God had A1 tCcnlcs to be fru flratc. and \>\'C hauC ho hope .of 1 mJdc diucrs p:uticubr promitCs vmo him; a_s ! the accompli(hmo:nt thereof,then''<.: muft d.1l J firH, th;tt lucwou!d/Je his God,and rbe God of hrs I our JOules vpon it. For wee muH not oncly be..: ! .r~ed~ : Gen. I],7. Secondly, th.1.1 hewotd.dgiY;e iccu<.:, when 'v\'C fee le comfort in our confci~cC ; 1him a child in his olde age: G_cn. 17.19. Thn·uconcerning Gods nH~rcin;but cucn then \\'hen :! 11y, rh.u vnto him andhufoede, heewo;t!d git~c the God fcemcs ro Jb.n'd againfl vs, and ·when wee ! 1 Lomdof C.rrt.'l4Jt[Jr e:ur: Gen.q. t 5. Fourth· fcclc in our foules the very gall ofhcll,thcn ( 1! Jv, rh~t i1t If.le~che wot~fdbtefl'e· alltl;e 1V'ations of !ay) "\'C mufl: bc!ccue. I 1 /,e eaYth,Gcn. z 1.1 2, . In Paules d~ngcrous voyage tO\\'arQcS j Andbce;m(c thcrcceiuing OfGods prdtmfcs Romc,whcn he vv;;-ts ii1 the i11ippc \Jvith the·Ma;. f in e:cncrall could \ccm no great impediment to 1 rincrs :!nd Ccnturion, there arolc a greac tcm.:. A'trahmm workc of faith; thcrdOre the holy ' pcftandneither[unnenor.flarrn appearedforma-, I Gl•oft , anncxcth hi~; rccciuing,.of a particular I ".l da,JeJ: [o tilJ.t~ as the Tcxt £1ith, Allhope ~h~u·l promifc inljiMcin the t8. vcrlc, To whom.ett I tbryjhouldb({alledrva.rtalzrnaHM],AEts,27,201 w.u~id, in1 f.U!C fh,dl th)' feede bec~lltJd. wh.tch Novv 'what faith paut in thiS extr.emitic ofdanmight feem impofl'ible ~o fla1~d \Ntth the dotng ! ger? Nowt I c.t:horty orl tobeeofgood courage : ofthis worke in facnficmg: hiS fonnc;and thcrfi t for tiJae jJ?a/lbu nofojfo of an; mans life, {di!C of fore the conf1dcratiOl'l of it inAbraharn, mufl: the Shippe one!y, ( Vcr!c 22.) and fo pcrfwaneedcs bee a grcJt impediment to him in this dcd them to take bread. Eucn~ fo:, \-V hen our vvorkc: for, he goes about tokill lfaac (inobcw cafe llllos out to bee this; that either by reaRm <.liencc toGods comnnund) in \'-hole life ltec of f1.nnc :and of the temptation of Satan : or: bclecucd to recciuc the bleffings promifed of e!fc by reafon offomc ourw.arJ calamitico.and God. troubles, wee fecle our fOulc (as it were) oucr-' Here thenoblcruca mo!l wondcrfull impewhelmcd with forrow, and cucn cncring intd dinunt to Abraham.r faith: v\•hich aboue all defl:rutlion,and can n~irhcr fee(as it vvcrc)!tgiJt might hauc hindrrd him from obeyingGod; offunnenorftarres; thenwee mufl: fet before vs for how couldhe choofc but rcafon thus with Godspromifcs and labour to beleeucthc fame: hi~fclfe?God h::uh m::~.dc vnto me many graciSo D:midbccing in great affliCtion, and grieous promifes, and th:J..t which is more, he hath uous tcmptaLion, f::~.ith thus of hirnfclfc, Pfal. faidc,Thatinmyfonnclfaacthefomcmujl6cac77· 2. 7, 8,9, 10. In the duy·of my tmtbl.e I compfijl,ed: and, inhimallth'enatiomoftheearth fought tbe Lord, mr {trte ramuar.d ceafed Hot in muftbe blejfod: Now then, ifllhall kill ancl fathenis ht, my.foule rcfufed comfort. Yet at the crifice my fonne, how fh~ll thefc promifes bee very tame inflimt he prayed, when huJPirit '"'"' accomplitbcd? And rea!on m tlm cafe would C fuO of angui(b; and rhoughhee feemed ( as it fay ,'Uceno way, butthat the promife is gone, were) to defp2ire ('vhen he faid, Will theLord and all hope lo!1:. But what doth Abraham 111 abfont himfelfe for c11er? ~tud will hce {heM no this cafe? for all this, he doth{acrificehisfonne, more fauour ? Is !;is mercie c!eanegon~? Dot'h and th31 by faith; {till bt!ecuing and holding hu promifo faylcJor eumnor.? .A•d hath God ffuredly, thatthough lfaac were Gcrificcd & forgotten tobem.c~cifu/1?' :0--,c.) Yet he checkes· {\ainc, yet in him!houldall the nations of the himfelfe, and faith, Thii if. mJ.death, ,.,;d my eorth be bleffed. weak$neffi. Eyen fo,euery true mqnber ofgods Het~ then we note this fpeci~I point,whcr.. Church~ in the e.x.tremitie of. all temptatioll!',! in the faith of Abrahamdoth notably arpearc: and in the time ofdefpcration, is.bound tobb. .: That whenAbrahamJ cafe, in rclpeC\ o inioylccue the promifesof Gocl';:an.dJndeede,•oh~t ing thepromilc ofGod,might fccm defperate, is the fitte!1: timcforfairh to•lhcw it felfe in:f<>r. and voide of all hope and comfort, then he befaith (as wehaue before heard) wthegro~~nd•fl !Ceueth: for,when !foac was dead, in all reafon thingJ hopedfor ,~ndthcfttb(1fiHgofthingswhfciJ hcccouldhauc nohopeofthc accomplifhing areMtfoene. ~: :; ·1· r • .~ ofGods promifcs vnto·him, becaufe they were D 1 Now further it is faide ;: ..Ain-4ham receiseed made to him in lfaac: lfoac was the man in GodJpromifes: that is, he applyed them to his• whomeallthe-nation.< of the ea>·thfoould be61<[- owne foule and coofcieoce,ond beleeucd them fed; and yet when all hope is pa!1: in mans and made themhisownebyfaith. This is anoreafon,then good Abrahamfet hos heart to betab!epoint,<~nd worthy the marking' God !ceue. made his promifes to .Abrghmn: now .AbraThis praC\ife ofAbrahammu!1: be a patternc hamhedoth notoru:ly heore, and lcarne the· for vs to obferue and fol!ow,all our liucs long, promifcs;but applycs them to himfelfe, and by in rhc tnattcr ofour faluation; ifit fall out that faith makes them·his owne• .And thus ought we !hall doubt ofour f.,luation, and feelemany we to doe with all the graeiouspromifes made things in vs that would carie vs to dcfpairc; -in Chcifl:.t..Rut the manner of our dayes ~f.arre when v.:c arc in this cafe, and fccle nO romfort, ochcrwife; for, when thcmcrcifull prorn'ifeSof. then let vs call to mindc .Abraham.r praC1:iie, God, a1·claid downc vnt()rVS in the miniftcrit' wh() bclccues Go.rls promi[c, when the founofthe word, we arc content to hcare, and (it d:md'n thereof is taken awav; enen fo let vs do maybe) w lcarne, and knowe the fame: 'But l at the fameinfbnt, when thepromife of God where is the man to•be. found, that will app..!J. 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