Perkins - BX9318 P47 1613 v3

' \ ; /:~"."' --- 1 I l --------'--- ---:---;-------'----------- •' ---·- I the It. Chap. to the -iiebt. -----------~-~~ r. Th~ h/1{1J1gir fclfc: 2. The ci;cumflalh:cs be- A doe mrhi~g, 6nr he" r~:fMietiJ hU foire:! ;oin:,· j------ longing eo the f.1mc; As 1. tbe time when /rltf- {en1:mts the Prophrtr:~o f:tith our SamOur ChriH 1 . cobi;>ldfcdrhcm,rhati"S,whmhelPIUdJing: feto his Difripll:s, 7eetfrem.!f:cnd:>s;~ndhc condly, by wh:a me-ancs did hcc bldfc them,~ giucth a rcatOu, 6:caefo ( fa1;h hec) ,l.h.!tU I nattlcJy~ byfaith, rh'irdly, rhepa1·tie'S bldlCd:£- rr:!ealrd vmoJOU a!lrh~tt I Jumc hellr~of my Fd~ pl~raim a11d Aftt;.t.'!/fn. Ofrhde in order. tfh·r, lob; I 5. I 5· So that tho!C vvhJcb :Jrc' 1 Fidt, forthebi1fm.~.- Ofthis kind ofblcfiing (in Chrifl) the friends df God, they lll"!l in a 1 we cnrrc:uecl in rhe ~Ormer vcrJC, iu the ex:>.m1 particular and fpccilll m:u1ncr knowe chore plc of l[.tac.r f:-.ith; and therefore n"c;d not now I things which God v,•ilnct reu~ale vmo otherS; ~:cpeate the f.11)1C. Oncly this we rnult rcmcmAnd looke as this is here verified to" laacob in a ber, rhar thisblclliug of lacob is not the eomfpcciall manner, fo it is uuc generally jn 01ll mon or ordin:uic bidiing of a father, hut the Cods lCtuams and children; he reuealcth forne' extraordinaric bieffing of:m holyPatriarch & particular things vnto them,morc then he d.orh Prophet of God. The bie01ng it felfc (lands vnto others. For, bcfides :hat general! know" in three things: lttcob makes the fonncs of loledge Which chcy hauc in his word,he rcucalcs; ftph his owne fons, adopting them and raking paniC'ularly vmo them the knowledge oftheir them into his [;lmily.And this isthe meaning of B owne~letfton, of their iufl"ific~triow, [ditEltfic~rir\to(c..wordsin Genefls,wl1erc Incob taith as he on, andglorificationtocom~: thowgh not by way is blelling them, Let myname bee named vpon ofpropheeie, yct by the working of his fpirit thun, andth~wlme of my F4tbers, Abraham& in the miniftcric a~dmediration of !1is word. If.iac; Gen.4S.16.thar is, they thal be receiued And thus much ofthe bldling.Now tollo\\· ihe into my family,andbe my children,callcd after Cirnunflances. my name. . The firfhCircumlhnce to he confidCrcd, is z. He giucs them two portions in the Land the time when ltJcoh bleffcd the two formes of of Cana·an: for facoh was made an in!lrument lofoph;noced in thcfc words;\Nhen he wa~ dying.~ ofGorl,by way ofprophefie to difi-inguii11 and th:lt is, bccing readic to die, not in the a6l of diuide J,hc Land of Can2an among his childying. . dren. In this circum!lance we may learh two cfpc.; 3· He doth <IS aPropher-,by the fpirit ofprociall duties: one for malters offamilycs; the o..: phdie, foretell rbc condition:.,and eflate ofEc11crfor the Minifiersof Gods word; for, here phraim :1nd .!YfanaffcJ in their pofleritic ; to lacob bc~res the pcrfon not onely of a Father; vvit, chat they fhould be great Nations, and of but of a Prophct.Firfi, MaHers of familyes are them fbould come two great people; in thcfe here taught to fct inorder their houfes anci fathree things doth lacobsblrjjingconfifl. C milyes whereof they haue charge, before they Out ofthis bleiTin.gofl acoli, \VC leame two die:for, Iacob hauing agreat charge,and many things: Firfl, that God alloweth thislibmie to children, calls for thcfonnes of Iofoph,Eph>·aamaHer ofa flmily,to adopt and chufc for the imand Manajfos, before his death. and makeS vp holdingofhishoufc, a. chiid or children, in them his owne, to perfeCt his family. ~ the want of itTuc from his ownc bodie. For ~·How (will fomcaske) muHa mon fCt here old lacobforthe continuance ofh;s poflehis houfe in order when he dies. .Anfwer. By rity; and the enlarging ofthe Church of God, doing two things after Jacobs example: for; adortcth his [onnes fonncs into his own famifirH, he difpofcth ofllis tcmporall things, ~nd ly, to be his ownc fonnes: And this hedoeh by diHributcth his temporall inheritance in thC faith. And therefore a Lord and M•ller in his Land of Canaan. Secondly, hee giues them f1milymay doe the like: but yet with this cauccharge of fome duties concerning himfclfc at ; hcc rnu!l: cuer take hccdc that in this adopand fome others, efpecially concerning rdi,.,.i-· ting he doe not vniufily hinder bisownc iffue on and Gods wor01ip, and then he d1es: a~1J or kinrcd. it is f3id, whihehadmadeJnendof gtuingcha.rs;c .Againe, \vhercas laaco6 !t/4fcrh thefe two vnto hUfonnes,he p!ttck,!'dvp ht~feete into his bed, fonnes oflofoph, by fore-telling the p'articular D · andgauevf thcgho/f, Gen. 49·33· So Jikewife dl:atc-of their poflcr,itic, for their portiO in the Ma{tcrs of fatnilyes, they mufi fet their houics L:mdof Canaan; here "'' e learnc, that in many in order byehe like two dq,cit;s: 1. By a due things God dorh vouchfafe to reueale his will difpoling of their temporal! goods and poffeand counfell in a fpeciall rnanncr.vnto th~m fions: and 1:. by giuing exhortation and chatgc that be his chi!dren:As, in this place he rcucavnto their children and family, concemillg leth vnto lacob the particular cfiatc of the two theworfhippe of God, and the pr:tClifcofuuC fonnes of lofoph. In like manner, when God Religion. This ( os wee may alfo rcaJc r. was to deflroy the Sodomites:Sha/1I htde(f.>ith Kings a. ).wos the praClife ofgood King Da• the Lord)ftomAhraham that thir.gwbich I doe, ''id: when he was about to d1c,and as hcc faith, fccmg that Abrdbar' Jhalibecmdeed~" 'mghtotroethewa7of alljlejh, hce callcsfbr Sa!omon tu Nf!t:on? for 1 k,:1olvc han that he~w:llcom~ hi~ Ionne, and makes him King in his !lead and mt1u11dhu[umus a;~dhu houjbold ttfterh:m,tbat giucs him a moH notable chJrgc concer: 1 ing th~tk.§epe1hrw9' of the Lo1d, AnJ the Proph<.:t Gods worfhip , Vcrfc 3. reade the place , it is .Amo1C.mh; (chap. 3·7:_) Surely th:_!!.~fl___, \""'orth the marking. So the Prophet IJ.ri.ah, Mm 4 . wliCii

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