(....t-,·.tlt~·n~ ~~ I the u.[hap.tothe Hebr. being put tO:lnyplq.ngc,or cxcrc:mit)·,m:Jfl c~fl 1A ji;;dCJ him not; then Jl.·rc gocf to tlit rJ~,uchn,-t;: thcmfclucs vpon God whollyJand wait f?r his (which arc G ods miniflcrs) :tud there c~:c;dra good cimc & plca[iJrc:and then \\·ill the ifluc be tifrcr him wbom herfou!elotud, ~nJ they canl.lOt (Joch ioyous and COillfOrt:lbJc VlltO their fou'lcs. rcJI her \\"here D1C might find him: fo that,,llb\{' ~ Here fomc circu:n{hnccs of this fact arc eo ;tll hope offinding hin1 m:ght fcrm robe p~ll :. be confidcrcd, out ofthe larger Horic:Thc firfl buc '-Vhen fl1cc wils a liult lom 1hrm, tln:np.re is this, \Vh;~.c did God vnt~ .Abrabam at this fo:tlldhim, & Chrifl comdlo her when tl1c \\ tl.S time, when he \Nas :tbouc eo kill his fonnt?An. mort in fcarc not w hnuc found him at al11 l God now gnuc him a com1.n:mdemcnt, to./f•lj The people of 1fracl, were many yea.re9in h 1 I hand j and notto flay hu fonne: By venue bondage in Egypt: and when the time came · whereof, .AbrahaMHaics his hand, God before th:u .Mofl:s was !Cm of God to fetch th('nt comm~umdedhim to goc r/p·cedayes iourmJ in thence,& to be their guide and t!eliu~rer,\' hen rl;~ rvildernt>J{e, a:td tbert tfJfacrijice his flMHe : be had b.rought themout, 3ncl carried them to Hereupon Abraham goes; but nowc becing the rc'd JCaJthen came PbaraOh with :1 hugc :~rcomc to the place, hauingbound his fonne, & mic attcr them to de!lroy them, Exod, 1 i· ~ )· being readic to ,llt his throat:god bids himJia; E Before, theyhad beenC in great affliction :mti i his hand: :md then alfo A{J;·.thamobcieth God, I bondage:but now they were quite paH al hop~ and doth not kill his fonllc.Hcrc we fee A braofrccoucrie; tOr theyhad beforr< rhcm the red.. I ham is 3t Cods comm:~.nd; :m£l( :39WC fay.lat his I fe:t, and on each fide of them grc:)t hills :md bccke: He doth not followc\lis owncwill and moumaincs, and bChindc thc1i1 the huge hoaH p1cafure, but \\'henGod calls, he is wonderfull of P~ar.1oiJ; and therefore they cried o~tvnt o I pliable todoe Gods command, wh~tfocucr it ;tfpfo.r; who then byGods comm:tndcrilcm did ! be, one V'·; ay o'r other. diuidc the red fea, and m3de it drie land, :111d 1 This pra.Clifeof Abrahammull bel looking deliuf'rcd them through the midfl: ofthe IT~iJe gla(fc for vs, wherein to iCe, what m:mner of fca: but as for their cncmics,Phttxaob :tncl alll~is I pcrfons we ought to be.Look 'Nhat God comholl,the Lord drCS~\'ncd tht in the midll: thcr'of maunds vs to doe, that we muH doq and what So for our (dues, when God lh:lll cxerci'li: he forbids vs, that 'Ne muf1 not doe. But this is any of Vi in cafes ofextrcmitie, we mull looke a rare thing tobe fou1ld in rhdC daycs:onrprao. to be tO dealt vvithall at Gods hand; He wiLle.t Clifc gcneraiJy is comt':lric; for in our liues wee I vs •lone fOra time, and neucr hclpc TS till d1c followc our ownc humours and affeCtions, ne- C pinch:and therefore, \'\·emu!l: \V:tit fOr his good HCr regarding what God doth either \\'ill or plCafurc with patience; for, this hewill doe to· nil!. But !f we will be Abrahams chiJdrcn, we try vs to the full,and ~o make inanifcfi the gr-o- ,nuft foHo.we Abrahams praCHfcin this place; (CS ofGod \'Vrought in vs. Forthefimnesof Abraham willdot tlie. 'workp of The third drcuintl<t1~cc to be confidcrr d, h Abralu~m~ loh.8.39· Good feru:mts .will com.e this: Inwhat manner didAbrahamrtuille luJ[on and goc·, doe and vndoc, at their Lords plea... from thedMd, This wemay read of,Gcn. 2 2. t ~. furc; and fo.rget thcmfclucs.to obey their maHe mu!t take aRa'!'mc rha_t WM caught behi11de llcrsu\nd fo mull it be '"ith YS, ifwe coil God him inah11(/, ,andojferbiminftc~doflfoac.- fo / . our g;ood Lord 2nd ma!tcr. faac is i3.uCd, and the Ramnic is facrificcd' aiHI The fccond circumfhncc tobee con{jdcred, {bine. ·.. is thc.rim( whcr.r Aftrttham rccciucd>his fonnc Nowwhcre:'l.s Abrahnmoffered ljdal: in f.1.,. fro111 death; to wit~ :\t the very fame time when crificc to God, and yet lfa.tc·']iucth ~ o.nd the ·his knife was at his fo1mes throatc,andhe himRam is flaine 111 his fieade: Hence fomc gather .\ l I fclfc readle to offer him vp for a f.1crificc vntO this vfe, and we mayprofitably conJlder·ofthe the Lord: at the f:\m~ intlant God fpakc vmo f:une; to wit .th:tt the facr!fices which weOfftlr ·\himbyhi~ Angel fromheauen, ~md faid,Ahravnto God, nowvnd e~ the Gofpcl, rnttJl hcefiham fl1 ay. thyhand, Ccn.2 2.10. This circmn... D uing f.1crificcs:for lfaac he: \''as offered ln ilicri_, i {bAcds worth the: marking~ for,GOd lets him fice to God,and yet he liucdand died nor;, bu:: I aloncthr·ec wholcd:~icis in grcatpclplcxirie ;& the Ramme is ihincfor him, So mufi \'(;c offer' .Ahra,bmn ·goes fon\·ard, according to Gods our fclucs in C.1crifice vmo God, not de-ad· in cOman·dJ ·euC to lay h\sknifetohis fonS throat. finnc, but liuingvmbGo~ in r.jghrco~rfndfc'&. I Hcrdhcn \VC rcc, '''hat is the Lords dcalin(7 true holindfc. And thui /hnll wtc oftervpour \\'ithhis fcmants; He lets themalone for along fclucs liui!lg facrifices vmoGod, when :1s \\tee fcafon in temptation and pitiful! difireffe: an'd cO(ccratc our fclues vmo God~ fcruicc,& ob~, at thclc\lgthJwhcn it comes eucn t0 the"Cxtrchim ill our liucs & callings: Arfd Jobk:as vndCr mitic ,an-d \,•hen thc.knife is (as it were) at the "the .L:tw the burnt offcdnyS' were burnt all to I throat: then he 111cwes himfclfc, and brings fmoakc &a(hes;lO rtlufiwc i~ our Hues,wlroHy: I comfort vnto them.. and altogether, g:iuc'our fclues vmoCod, :u\d , ThcSpou(c (in the Canticles) \\'hich is the rcnolicing our felucs;~cnothing to tbe world~ 1 Chmchot'God, or.a erne Chrill:ian t'oulc,"\'hcbm whollydcdii·atcd t" God.Neither Atuft.~,·c 1 thcr you" Ill (fOr u: 1s true both 111 the gener:1ll come vntohim in our finncs: lur f1nnc makeg 1 1 anti parucnlar )C:1n,:; .l.). Sbc feel.:,p Chu(l- cour l.1crificc dead, lamc,halt,:tndblinde,which I " .. , uc!y_ wlwe ,m tlujlrerter:l.tdopcnpl.zces, lmt/lu God dothabhor; b11t \\'C muJt_br-ing our fClucs1 ·--~------·-~~-~--:- --·- - ·-- Mm 1~~.~=:-.----"--- --~~gL~
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