r!A [ominentarie vpon 1"''''"' -~--~------- f:Utll. \tbcm wh~ch_ w.dkJ fo,. tU y~e h~r:u ~s fOr an e.t·- , A , vifiblc Church in thofc daycs, wherein beob Ia;~;p/e ,_Phd. 3· 17, ·And 11\ the:: nc~t _Chapter; I 1 was the Lor_ds ~rophct and Miniflcr. Now j cxhomng· them to honclt conucrl:.uon, hcc j lo[cph both m hts youno 3 .,, and aliO af 1· 1 biddCs ·rhcm d?t' ~thofo rJu~NgJ whic~ they h11.~ I l::athc:. came to Egypt, 5idll~~rc ancl lea~~~ ~f bca;_·d, ~·ec~~~~~d, mtdfecne ia him. But "re th_clc him chc· wa.ycs ot God; and by that mc::mcs , duocs pra-:t1lc<i :tmong vs? bee: the ddcr lore car:nc to that excellent faith, for \\ hieh hcc is fo tcach~.:rs ot sood tluM~~ to lhc ~ongcr? ~m~ do commcndcd here, &matched ·with hisFalhcrs , the yongcr tol!O\\ th<.·tr elders m wcll-domg? the holy Patri:m:hs. nay verily: bllt fi1ch ~re ou~:timcs, too man~aHere \\'.C Jco_n~c, th<lt thepreaching ofGods m~ng vsJboth rhoCc that gn1c,and thofc whu;h word by hu Mtmncrs (though cxtraordinaric follow good cx:unplc~, arc as f.gncs andw011mcancs,a:srcuclationsJ:\nd vifions,hcw:mting) de~:.t, as the Propbet Jpcakcth; they arc m~de is fi~fflctcnt to bring a m:ln to faith; yea to tUeh ar~p~oa~.h, and a by-\\'Otd amongmcn,and are , af.1tth as the three Patriardls had. Indeed in f'oully ~li~gr;~.ccd hy odious t_c:am~s, lfly $.18. j the minifl_erie of theword , hewhich fpeakcth But rhlS mdecd~ IS a praC1tCe of ![mu!, ~b.t I vnto vs, ~s but a m_an :~.s ot~crs arc; but yet the mocked lfUJc, Cen.t I. vcr. 9. And ,~-c agamc, worti whtch he dchucreth IS not his owne but mufl ViH.loubrcdly know; th:~.t vnlcfic it be re- B the mightic word of God: :md Jookc wl~::tt is , termed, that h:H_ui of ~od which hath_bccnc truly pronouncc_d by him vmo vs out of Gods ! firctchcd our lg:\m(l' s 111 :nany fcarcfultudgcword, the fame JS agcertainly fcalcd vnto vs by mcnrs, will not be: pullt'd backc, but llretchcd his fpirit, a' it" God himfclfc from hcaue~ our Hill, rill it bring V .!I to GcflruCtion: for,God fhould C:Mr:wrdinarily rcucalc: the fame. And will not fufi'cr his ordinance tobe contemned, howfocuer in former cimt's men had vifions & aild hi$ holy ones to be abuf~d; helookcrh for drc::tmcs, and Angch from God himfcfc to re~ l?cttcr (ruitcs at our hands, ::tnd thC'tcforc we ucalc his 'vvill vmo them: yet this Mini"flcrieof n.nt{l, Lqarnc of thc(c godly Patriarchs,~oth to Gods word in the newTdlamcnr, is as fUffici~ g:JI~:a!}d to t·Ollow good examples. I cnt a mc:mcs of the beginning&. cncrcaiino of In the cx~mplc of lofoph, more particularly rruct3ith,as thanvas then. · ~ we~~UR,to o_bferuc t~·o ~~ints ~ J. 1qfp~s faith: This plail~ly confi.~t~th a_Jl tho(c rhat negleCt :t.J"'fhc,~t!:tons of Ius ta1th '1-vhcreby Jt IS eom- ~ or comemnc the MttuHcnc and preaching of mcntlcd.' -, , the wordJ and lookc forextraordin:~ric rctfrla... For.the firfl: it is f;tide, that ~J f4;th lo{rpb _ 1 1 tions, and for vifio!1s and drcamcs, for the bcwhpl'/ir: died, &c.lofop_b~ for ought wee finde r gcttingaud cncrcatc of faith and grace in their in Scripture, had .noc fuch mc.'ll\cs to-come by hearts. But ·our Sauiom· Chrifr doth notabJv faith.,A:YhiJ Aunccflors had bdOr,ehim.For the C ! chccke all-1uch in the Parable of the rich matl_, three Patriarchc$, .Abraham 1 lfaac.,.nnd lacob, by thc·wdrds of Abraham toDines; fayinS, of h;d othcrwhilcs the ~ppc:arancc of Cod vnro DiHubrethren, that they had MD[e.t (t"nd the them, otherwhilcs his holy Angels brought Propbeu; ifthrywill nothearc thnn,neiihp-rl'i/1 themmcffagcs from God, and f01nctime they rhq helu11e thortgb one fhould come froM the had his 'wil1'rcuealcd vrito thembydreamcs & dead againe, (ycrfe) r.) :.inllnuatfng, that ifa vifion·s; all which were notable hC!pcs and man will not bclacueby the prc:t(bing .of"the meanes both to beginne and to cncrc-J(e faith ·word, there·is nothing in the world vdJl_makc in them: but lofrph ...vantcd all rhcfe rneancs_,:or ! him to belecuc;ntithtr rcuelations,nor vifions, ac let1!hnany of them. For, rcadc his wnolc 1· nonotthcwordsofthCmtbat.rifeagaincfrom I Hifi.o;-ic, and.yo~ lholl not fin de, that either the dead. . ·. . , AJlgcll'appcorcd vmo hin,,or elfc that Godby I Secondly, the confi<lcrotion ofthe fullidcn- \Jrcarncs·and vHions fpake vnto him; and no I cic ofGod$ ordinance in,th1 choly MiniHcrj,to :mc;nililc:For he liucd out ofthe vifiblcChmch beget and"'"to cncrcafc true'faith, muH flirrc~vs '-vhctc Gods prefencc ~,vas, in fupcdlitious and • ..:I vp to all care and dihgencc·, not onc:ly ro hearc Idohtrous Egypt: and yet fOr _all tbis, hcc is ' Dl the '"'?rd of~od prc~lChed vmo vs,b_ut~oP,1-o:. here marched i11 the m:~.ttcr of faith, v.;jrh the fit by 1t bothmknowledg_eand obcdiencc:a~J t-hree ""orthyPatriarchs. .. thus much for th~ firH pornt. . , · , It isth<n a good qudlio;how loflpb{hould The fc.cond pomt to behand!ed,tsthctcom- ~omc by this faith. - . · mcn_douru>_of Iujiplu fmhby two -a~ons _.A11fiv. VIe mutl know thls,tha.t though he thereof: to Wtt>, I. Hts mmlt!trof the.drpa;"ture had not rhe-likc cxrr.~ordinarymeans with the of rh~ ehil~rru of lfrue.l_out ~f Eg;pr: _z. His I Paniar:ches; yet he ·w-:.ntcd not all mcanc~:fo~, 1 com_mauudn~e_u~ C011Ct1'11t~g lw. bone.t. OF bo_th in hi$ y~>Ungcr daycs,hce \'\'3~ trayne~ vp mhts 1 '':luch ':c wtll {~cak.c brJcf~Iy, be~aufc the ~)c.. Father Iacolu f:unily,and by hltl) was u:fl:rutlcd cJal~ pomts h~rcm v.. ere h:mdlcd m the former in the waics of God and in the prt~C1Jfc ofrev"rlc. I rr ligiqn ;:and in his !J;tc~r d:1ycs aHO, he had the For thcfirfi: lofeph whe~ hedicdmadr mcntibcnc}jt of his Fathers company and inflruC1_j- ~"of thcd('partr~,~ ofthe chddrM of lfi·ael; t-hat ons in Egypt. Now laco6 was not an 1 6rdl!lartc u, out ofE.._f!:]Pt mto Cl'maan. · . · · father, but a notable Patriarch and an holy Here we may obfr:ruca mofl notable worke I Prophet; in 1.rt·hofc f.1mily Cod had lllaccd his of_{llitl; : it J113kes am:m to·krepc in memoric the - ~ - ·---- -···- -- ·-·-~ ·~- - - - -----· -----------------·-~~... -~.
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