-~--------- ·-·"--- -- · --- .!..- -·--'-- • •.o........:;!_._________ _ _____ ____;_ l i longs ~nto "'; fo; it is not :,~~gl!~~f~~:~:,:1 ~~~~ ,:~~::C:fwa~e ou< !<lues, that AJ~~~ I· i i!.J - rccciuc the C1cramcms ( few j(, did !j)u. ul, ::!nJ h:n:c Hood with the ~IH of God) then to hau:' I d~vcll io rhc Charch, w he~re chc~wor,(!, tfl.lti to il:'zm h:rd·tattH~r haucnue,d. ·lmnfd.fc ~ 1f1t 1111gh: I J yet wa-. ncucr 13ucd)~vnldfc d1c.rC'~id1!!ll ~\·cc f~cr!fic.~Hti!i fdnn~; Ho·\\)then doth_h~ ind~t:::_t" I hJuc the couet1:uu ot grace bd'01~gnl:o vrHo vs; lum(clJc: to-effcr hlm,vp!k-fw.By ch1~ whtch tS :md the affur;~nn: rhcr·:~t~fca]cd in ·offr confdhere .r~r -~'0.v\·nc: hn rct?.fonezhJrbm G()dw-:-s ~;6/~-~ i cnccs, byGods 11oly lptnt, '" ;· . toraifclumvp,.euellfi·ot;~l~edet!~, "'.:r:;· . 1 Ag:'.inc, confldcr who 1ftnkc1rhcf<:: words;- H:_re are _(lmt'rs p0mts ~(l) be co'nfidcrd:f of I \ ~~t inJflutc jl:~tt!!tlyr~edche ca/larl :· Wee f'.r:~ll vs: [•t;·lh).bicruc;thc td:c:.~atth no_r, rhht~bra..: I f findc in Gen. 2.1.11 ~ /tt w.:ts Ood.hJmfclfc. Le} ham ·tmtrmurcd, or reafoncd t!gamft ·GM', but I 11 nor ( foith God vntoAbrniMm)b•:g>iettom in / •·.-fmtdmlrhEimfr!fe, rh.,tGodwasab!e_"r;r_i(el' rhyfgbtforr!Jc thi!dc, and for thr6o1Jd-woman: vp /JJ,.J (wmc ~~~~me: & rhcroby ~:1ducca hun{t:f~ . 111 ,all that ~:tra.h jhrt!l flJ vnt"iJ' th"te , In:tire her to f.1cnfice hts fonne vmo (JOd, . . 1 vu 1 ce: ,.vhtcb W3S, to c~j}our the hontt-Wflmtm Het} CC \NC learnc,th:lt \\hc.n God btcs·vpon ,mdf/(r-fonne lfmael. For (faith Go,t) in IJ!tac vs any h3rd comin3.ndcmcnr,we mufi nor plead )hallrh7 fecdcbcca!led. ·:-· ~ the cafe \o\'ith god,or murmurc <:g~infl bitp: bur Here. obleruc a not:~blc~pr~Clifi:- of Ahr.1- 'B wid1 all quictndfc and mcekcncflc obCy.. This IMm, as a good d.iret:'tion""' how \\'C ought to is a notable grace of God·comrnendcdvnro vsiudgc of all thofe that liue in the ChlJrch, litbby God himfclfe : Itr"'ft andqui,rnrfJc { ·!lith mictiog thcmfclucs outwardly to the 1~1iniflcry God, Jlay~jO. 15 .) fba!l 6ee your ftringth : j;j and regimcnr thcrc.of.:AhrabapJ.hcrciJath nvo qHictnef{e•llndconfidenu fbaflyee hefoued. Many ; fonne.s, lfaac, and Ifmael; hcc cir<:umcifech thinkc it irnpoffiblc, td endure or dbC i.omc' them both, and in(fmt!s thmrboth ( for hre things which God impofeth vpon his cluldocn: raughrall hu houjilold to.know C0d, and to But our fpiritu3l1 !lrengch fiands in thefc tt;vo, feouc, and obey hm1, G"C'n. 18. 1'9.) he tudgeth in (i!cnce;orr':fi, and in quien;ejfe; by r~.a-fe we them both to be m one llatc, 111 re~;a1d ofGocls fhall beenabled, WhenNndnbnnd Alnh11, the coucnant; though they\\f:re not: but that dtffonnes ofi Aaron, offered !h:mgc fire b:cfQrc fcrcncc 1s made byGod• .Abrabam doth not the I.Old, \r\ h1ch hec had ...not cornmluntlcd:.~ on h1s O\<\'llC head, :md by h1s ovo., nc.v\!JJI, ·put I Thetewmr out afirefrrnn z.hrl:ord, and det!iJit• lfmae/ out of tile ChUJch J whJch \!13S m Ius 1·ed them; fo they dted before the Lord 'No~ family; butGodbulshnnpurhunout,&thcn I c whcnAdron thelr fathc:-asked Mofn a caure h~ put him out, and not before: tii1 fit eh time hereof, Mofe.r f.1ide, It mu rha[ which thr: Lond he kept him in, and held him tobe within the [pa/.:....e) he would he... rslorified tnallthat came :cere couenant, as well as lfaac was. Eucn fo mufi him; whichwhm .Adronheard, thC Text•fai't'~~- we dcalc towards thofe that liue in the church: Hte h<ldhi.peacr,andfaide not.a word: fo:iD.1Hid fecrct iudgemcnt mull be left to God: and (till bchaued himfclfe in the cafe of dilfrefle;.I:held_ Godmanifeil: the contrary) in the·iud~Cmenc .m1 ptace ani/..[aid notbil",g;-·becaufe•rhore L...;rti of charitie, we mu!! hold them all dctt. This diddeftir. And this is a fpcciall point fo?.ve~ tO' isthe prachfe of Saint Paul in all his EpifUcs: Jearne and praclifc; we mull·ttot grudge onewriting to chc Corinths(I. Cor. r.z..) hee calls pine at Gods hard commaundements, - nor them all fantlijicd: i'nd to the Galatiai1s (Gal. p!cadc thecafe with him, bat ·in all quietnolfe 1. >.) hec call• themalle!eCI: fpeaking fo in\he and filenee obey God in all that hce faith .vn'd iudgcmcnt of charitic, although be kncw.that vs. ' ~· ; · ~ . r. 1.:, among them there \.verc m~ny profane and Againt 1 whereas it is faid; that Aln·ahr!rh ·wickedmen: and though hcc rcproouc many 'rtafoned, that GodwiU able, 0.-:...c. H:eri-we lcar.t1~ great errors and hain.ous !1nncs among them. that it is a nccc!faric thing fox: a mJn tlfao·b:e:..J And thus much ot the firH argument wherelccue5, tohauc good knowl.edgi"n godS"Iwor.d: by .Abraham1 f.1ith is comnJcndcd vntovs; D · that when a temptation coms>againfl hisf:l~h, 1 n~mcly, the great impediments ">~\'hkh might ( - ~ l)y knowledge & rcafoning ou'r-ofGods~·brC!,' hmderthe fame. • • he-may be ablero put ba·cke tln: fame· ·fanall Now followcth the fecond Argument or our rcafoning in mattcrs.of faith, t~ufl~lie't rcafon, whereby his faith IS conimended; to grounded on the '"''ord-: fo doth A6rab.uhtlf1 wit,Ahr~thamsviClory oucr thcfe impcdimCrs, .rhisplacc,ag2infi this firong-rrmptation,.r~ti i or .thc mcanes whereby h~eoucrcan'J.c-thcm, 'O\ttof Gods \''ord to flay hhnfelfe: fa t-Ime , and induced himfclfc to obey God, in thcfe know!edge..in the w(lrd of God, is necdfa<it"! words. m him that beleeues. And th:creforc•rhacf:)o.. . Vcr(c 19. drincof the Church ofR.ome is·crronioiiS,'.l!l~ . Fo)' heeco,,Jideredandr(tr[oned) that Godu·a1 abl:'!oraifehimvp, ehm Jn;m the dead. hne condemned, "\'hich fo.itb,that ifa lr:30 })('.:. 1 <omc deuout, and bclceue·s as the ·Churcfl b,t leCurth (thoUgh hCkno~ ndt \\'hat the d1UH·fi bdecucth) y·ct his fairh will fam! him; but t·lr.~ HEr(! is the true c:tufe that made' A6rais a mcere deui-te oftheir owm:~; ~nd hath i 1 J hamro offer his fonnc, 3nd yet belceut groundint_hcwordof?od:for{aswefcc:lrcrC} ;he pro_miiC, tj;at in him hi~ f~dc .c_fh_ou_l_'d.:.be'-"ca=l- ;___:_::kc::nc:oc:: w.:. ·lc.:.':.;lg"''c::n.:tlc:.'e.:.".:.'.:o.:.rd::.'::'.::n.:.«::<:.:.·fl::ar:.;)~' fo::o.:_r:_:h::_irn::.,:: 1 h~ato ha!h ''·""'
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