<3o i ,rdf [ommentarie vpon . \ 1""'' '"'"· ---~i·orfhip , three Ci~C:ttm{hnces :.re to be confi- A· And the Scripture -app~~l1 the ;u'b~·can l~- i '\ dcr'~O: I. The occafion::.The tinkn.Thc man-· who Hoode ~-farrc offand pr;1ycd, Lilk-t1 s: I nc-r'Of·it. : -' - '· q.Eiuu .al!o, 1. King. x8.4'2.is faidroprav I Th"c oa~fion of iacobs vw[O'lip here fpokcn wtth hi& ~~a1_betwccn~ J.>iJ lcggcJ;fo tbat:,:o..,t fj:m~ of'(aS VI~ may rcadc, Gcn ·4 7·) w~s this:when no c'crt::lif1c tor1ne prcfcrlbcd vs: onCiy'this-~ we th'c tirnc drewOche th:lt /ticob n~uHdic,hc c:J:lmufl: vfc tlr:It gdlurc wh1ch may bcH -fer't~nh \ H:Hfdd1is !'onuc lofeph;:md charged hitn deep· and dccbrc our humblohcan, ~nd holy affcCli· ly, 1 Th::t hccfbould not 6#riehir;; m EgJptwhm on vnto God. . · ·.. ·\ . he ~~~.u d~.-ui, &m rb.1t h~Jhould c.trri~ him thence, Here then is confun:H a'n oi1inion ofthofc aiid bxriehim in the burta//~f hi; /ather.r; fo{rph '.\'hich_ thinkc that a lilJll 1J1ay' \o\"Or(hip Go4• c·o~Ifcnts vmohis Fathers-rcquell;and yet litco{; wahhts lil:'irt,and ycc·v\'drfl1ip imaocs vVith"h 1 s fo·r ~er.caimic n_1a.k~s him toJiveare .th.:tt he 01aH' I bodie; that hce m~y lm p'rcfcnt at::>I<loJairous doe ro, :lt1d lojeph !ware VIHO hl;'t'l ". Nov.: vpo~I worfllip, ret keep hishcaf[ VntO Goil, But hrhis1lfuc that/ac'ob had with loflph, the Tex·t· 'I eob1 bchaliiour, in tinS place, 9oth both 'con1t.ith/Th.u Ifi"a~l wor/hippci to"J).J<trdJ rh~ bed-1 . futcand condemnc them: fur,hcethoughthis head{' th:n i-s, he praifC:d God::llld g~we thanks : bodic as duC'td God, as his roule;~md therefore viuohim for this !lrnefit that he fl-lOuld be l,u- ·B wodhipped God with both. ricd·: wlth his Fach~rs, Abmham and ljt~ac: 3• Ci.rcumftanu: The time wh~nhcc'\YorAnl:tyec this benefit did not fo tnuch conccrnc lhipped G~d thus; namely, whrnheJvas. d;ing, him(clfc as his children: for, the e<l.rying ofhis eucn then he worfhipped Cwd.In thifCircum... b_oneS thither, _was to be a toh·n and plc:rlg~, Han~e we .may note diuers things. · ~ndti'ccrcainc affurancc vnto them, that the F1rfl, hcfo behold t·hc· bad liraCI:ife:of the L.i:tl'diofC-:~paanlhould be thcirs,and that God' world; for, many men '\t·hcn theyare.dying, \\r6fi'1l:Hmng them thither ~gaine. · now-adaycs,are fo farre.from following lf!cobs Jn this circumlbncc, obieruc a notable duexample in·worfhijlping :md praHi.n" Cbd.;tha~ t~e OC·iongingvnto FatbCrs & Mafl-ers of fami-. then they arcf,itle to cal.for men to ~e~ch them lfesr: '-thty mull in-th'eir life time haue care of how. thc}r·fhduld "'·orfhlp God: h:lUin-g .fpcnt th_C·irpofi~dtic.)& vfc allmcancs tb h'dpe them, the former part of their life careldly, in regard and.bt·ncfit them in their faith;not onelv while oftheir foules; following worldly profits and thc:} 1 arc <lliuc, but alfo after rhcy ~1c dead, after' plcafiucs,ncuer thinking oftheir duel~ t0 God th't exampleof this holy P:uriardl : and when till they dic.But what a.fcd.rcfull courf~··is t_his, r they hauc obtainn~ this bcnefitc f!?r thern,thcy c· that men 010uld thus brutifuly gee On· from mu-fi: be glad in their hearts and-rcibycc, and d:ty to day,not knowing how to wodl1ip .God? thCftcupon take occarion to praifc the Lord, as Y.lcll, all fUch as louc their ownc foillcs, and lll,cObd~d in this pi nee-. would be like to godly lac(lb; or (as Qui S.auit, Circum(hncc, The ma>mn- h(lw hu worour Chrifl: faid to N~thani.~!) would be frue If- /hipfeil: Which is ICt dov.nc in thCfe words,on raclitu, l6h. J. 47· the naturall fonnesofold theendeof heJ fta!fe. This circumftancc is worth /fi-aelindced; th-ey rnufi haue care-fo to lioe in thc1narking: for, goodlacob, by rcafon ofthe this world, that thcymayworlhipGodwhen wpkendfe of his bodic 3.nd oldc age, w:1s not th~y die: and therefore theymufi not dcfcrre, : able to come forth of his bed, and kneele but lcarne bctirnc the knowledge and· fcarc ~ ()ownc or profl:r:ae himfelfc; bm r:ufeth himof God;that when death comes, they may be (clfc vp vpon his pillowe towa1 ds his beds able to Jbewc forth, andpraChfe the fame.lt is hca"J: and by rc:1fon of fecblendlC beeing not tiamcntable thing, to confider how the deuill yet aOlc to fit vpnght, he doeh lc:1nc and bcaic bewitcheth mens hc;:ns, foas they Jiuc in the htm(clfe vpon ht> lhffe, world, as though they flJould neuer goe out Here we lc:1rnc, tlu.t wee mutt not oncly of it; neuer caring for religion till the day of worfhip Go4 with om foulcs :n1d hearts, but , D de:1th come v~o~ thC: and theJl.it is toobte to with our bodies alfo: for God hath created lcarnc. Bm th1s 1s to foJlowe Ejau :md not laborh,and tbLrfore will be wornlipped in borh, cob; who is therefore condemned by the holy r. Cor. 6. 10. Olde !t~·co6 mighr haue cxcufcd GhoH. . . . . himfclfc, that by rc;1fon of the ·wcakcndfc of 2. Ag~1nc, m th1s that Ia;~c~b \\'orOupped his bodic hee was not able to ;~dore God Codathls·dcath, ·welcarncthts; TI:Jat~U men with any b~dily rcuercncc: but y<"t \.\'c fee hee /isu, fothe;~ic, for the mo~ part: Iaaco~ \\'~s leancc; vpon his ihffc; and fo,making (upply ro brought ~P .Ill Gods worf]11p, andt~ercm 11his bodrly wcakendfc, adorcth God with his ued all hiS hfe long;and lookc as he ht•ed fo he bodie. . died: for, when hee died, hu worfbipped God, Q:_~ejf. I;1 whnkind ofgdlure then mull we rejfing hz< 6odie on the mdeof hu ftaffe. This wOrfhip God with our bodirs? fame umh IS verefic.d now,~md lhall bee foreAt;fivcr. The word of God doth not prcucr; !et.a man worOup Go~ through the ~ourfe (crib<! any;by way oflimitation.For fornctimcs of his l1f~, and "'"h~n h~ d1eth hce fhall D<"·a?lc ~mr Sauiour ChriA pr:1ycrl ~udi.h'g,I.uk.2t.4r. to worfl1~p and_pra1fc Go~. ?? the orbedtde !O:netimcs ('"QVr/i,g;1v1alth. , 6. ~9· fomctimcs I (rake notice ofa).hc that. h~sm cotlct~ufnes) j1 1 mdit;g ; Jt"'h. , 1. 4 T. '-~ alfo did the Apoftlcs. m profancndfc:, Ill fornif~mon, ::~nd wanton- J ___j___________ .-------~~~'------.,
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