; ao _ j __ rd [ommentarie vpon J ~ 11 . ~- hath true C1.uing f.1.ith. A hnnes) let him Hriuc by good mc:mcs 01 But whatisAbrdJ/lmJargument, •,•,hcrcbv ·1 1 his finnc auoidingthcocc:lfions ol· &t. cauc • . 1· r f • d • j • · u, llray~ ale m::>aucs m~l1el c ro obey <..~o ?~urcly,thts; 1 Jng agamH tt: and dus \\Ill be as a c~blc~ro c H~ena{o1:~d r,Jdt God m.m .:blc ro raift vp if.Mc 1 to dr:tw hun Ol,.lt ofthe }lit of linnc·Th pr c ! d d • I . r b k . "cour.c ~; tomt~~ eA. Oncpanot W>rcawn eta cs wcmuHt.oakc, 2ndth1sdoe incucryh:ul r. i for gr~umcd, v\'hith here he conc;r:llcs: for this th:n !hall befall vs. ' · c ea c ! p 4 romi{c v~:1s nu~lc vnt~ him, In l[aac {half rhy And thus much of th c mc:tncs ,, hcrf:b , .A 1judchc c•llc_d. Now thiS he l'k.<s tor grauntcd, hral"r4 iuduct<l himfclf< :oobey God. ) . 1 tiMt Gad wd ~~met ch..mge hu pr~mift. Fr.o~n l .Th~ thrrd :ul(t l~H rcafon \\'herebyAbrP.hflms whtncc he n:alo11cth thus: God IJ fl/,lcroraifo 1 f:mh IS commendcdvnto vs.,is.c:hciffuc& cuent l i>plfi~ac rn; fonue f~"om tbe d('ad tolifca,_'{aine; 1 thcrcof,inthcfcwords. · ' 311d thcrfurc I wil facritil':: my fnnnc :tc-tording 1 Fr0111 whenu J;e rruii#Mhimalfo afitr to his commaund<'mcnt: !or ,this I know cer- l afort. t3inly,thatin/fl4acjJudlmJfecd~ brcalle;i, fec- I FrtJmwhmct; th:uis, fromdc:uh: After 4 ing God ha~h promifcd that,~s well as he com- (urt,.or (as Y\'C may read) in fomc /bewe. This lllllldcth th!s other. l IS fatd, bcc:1ufc I[an&in the thought & purpoiC In this cxlmpk, we fec:tmcanC's(et downe :B 1 of AbrnhAm, was but adead man: for A6rnvnw ~s. to indu_cc_vs to obey God in a.ll h~rd I k?m· was fUlly rcfolucd with himfdfc', ,,·pon :a~ tllffi,ult cafes 1mpofcd byGod: \o.:h"h Js a. <Jods commaund, to hauc faq.ificcd him; yea, poun to be con!idcrnl.c:ucfullyofcueryone: ot I he: h:~d g~nc fo farrc, as to put the facrificing :s. For_,.r.,y th~t any ot vs tl1all he {o touched ~mfe to hiS fom1cs thro:~te, and had flaine him m conk1cncc for our finnes, that \-..·e.c:uen defI mdecdc, had not the Angcll of God Haicd his plirc. of o~JC ownc falu:uion: what muHwedo hand: and therefore when the -Angel faid,LilliJ 10 tht_s caic? ~\'C muH t:lkc A6rah:J?1}! courfc, n~t thy hand 71pon!ht child,ntithtr do ar'} thi,g 10 and dtfputc Wtth our fclt1es for our iducs, and hJm 1 cuen then d1d .Ain·11h~tmin 10me ~hew rewe 1nu!l drawc ~ur arguments from the proCCIUC: lfuac fromdeath. mifoof God, :1nd fromthcpowtrof God; wee Here wclcarnediucr.sroints: r. Thatwhomufiioync rh< promifc and power of God to- 1 foeucr !hall rdl?n Godsprouidcnce, & good gcthcr. As for example: t_hus we mull [ay;God ! pleafurc : cucn mcafes ofexrrcmitic, whenhe b.tth made thispromifo, thiS I hauc he,.rd,and I I !hall be out of all hop< with himfdfc; fhall at doe bdccuc it, that Goafo loHeJthn•orld, that thefafi hauc a good i!fue. This wt fcero bee rob.,.ti. b~rga11: hiJ one!; begettenfom~c, tb,,t whnfoeucr tr~t by Abrab~msexample in this placc.As we btle<Htd ill himP>oll!dnotpcrijb' 6m haHt cHerra.d befor<, hlmfdfe ( no doubt) had rather laf/i•g lifc. ThisisGodspromifc,atldlhalln<- c · hau< dicdt<n thoufand tim<s, then to haoe ucr he changed. Now therefore howfocucr I[Mc flainr, in whom the promifesw3smadt: my cafe bcl1eauieand dcfolatc,yct God is able but yet, bekcuing Gods promifc, that that ro comfort n~c,.& to bring my f~ulc out ofhcl, flwuld nc:uer change,he ~ells himfclfe on Gods 2nd from this cafe of dcfpcrauon; therefore ' good plcafure and prouJdcnce, :md goes on ill though hekill me, I-will rrufi in him, •nd I wiH obedience; and fo in the cndereceiuedablefvfc :1!1 holy m~.:ancs whereby I may oucrcomc fed Hfue.This is very clccrcly fct down vnt"Qvs this·hard and gricuous tcmptatioll. So, ifit lli:~.-1 in the Hiflory rc\Orcird by Moflr. For, when plea(e God to call vSto fufferany thing for the A6rahamhod gone three dai<s iournry .in the name of Chriij, a•d his holy profdlion;!lcfh llc wildcrnclfc, and had built an Altar, then !fa., blood We know, is \'\'C·ak, and naturcwil make faid vnto .Abraham,Gen, ll-.7. Fathtr,htre is thisobie~l:ion, thrtt life i1fweet~: "''h:lt courf-e thtfire and thcwtJod, h11t whe~·e iJ the Jambefir therefore ihall we t3ke? we mufi doe as Abrathc hurnt offering? Then A6raham ·faid, Afy hovnhere dotb;vnro tlzccertainty ofGod-spro- {o11nt, Godw;l~prouidc himalamhefor4lmrnt o/- mifowemutladioin<hispmur, & reafonthus; fering, Verf.~. Andthus yccldinghimfelfe to G4dhathmade tiJJJp~·omifo, th:n,hc \\"ill be with D Gods good plca(ureand prouidcnce; he rccci- .themthat fi,ftCr ·:my thing for his O\\'nc name ued his fonnc again, as a dead child rdlorcd to fake and 1kno\\1 that he is able to dcliucrmt: tife. So, when wee arc in cafes o( cX:trcmitie, and :hough he ,,._.ill dot, yet he r:~n makt' me<:~- when all goes againfi.vs, and when we can fee b!eto beare it; therefore I will patiently fuffer, r.o hop< of ony good 1!Tue or end,and all good . 2nd abide whatloeuer his holyh~nd fhaJllay rneancs feemc to failc vs; ifwe can then call: our vpot:" mce. Thirdly, is :trh3n fo troubled v;ith felues on G~ds prouidencc, :and.rowl~ our {omc finne, that he c:mnot get out nor ouer- [dues vponGod,:-·~ f11all h:1uc comfon Jn the c-ome it? Then alfo let him fee before him this emit, and a good Jfiue omofall. We doe aJJ of htt of Abraham,ar.dvnfJincdly endtauour to vs in "vord acknowledg.cGodsprouidehcc_:but doe hereafter. Forthat which is pafl,kthimla... when ..... c come. t? the~pmch, that we fall uno hour to bclecuc this pro1nifc of God, .At what I .::tfcs of cxtrem_ltlc;th(; we vfe vnlawfUH means, llme foeut)" a /inner doth ~·epent himof hiJ jinne, and doe not wnh Abrtthamn:t'tour_fclues ~·,r· huwillputA.I! Jn1 wick.rdnrf]i> out of bi1 remrmon God, but fccke hclpc ofd~1e dcu1l, & )\·Jchrana. And fi> for time to \offie (becing firH ked tn~n. But all fuch pcrfons mufilookc fora I rcfolucd, that God c~n·inablc him to Jcauc his , curfed Hfue.Thcythcrforc,th¥ fcarcthe Lord.• ______.:,. · _ bedng____
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