the u.(hap.tothe lie6r. IH - - - --- rhe m~rdfull promifcs '"hieh God hath made A applyes the fame \'l.·ord to liis.. owJiC JOatk, as a vnto him.This is ~c "''hi h cOmCds lofeylu f3ith corrofiuc vnro corruption: -..dlcrcupon it is for 3liucly t:lith;That being a.b~ut to d!e, hcc f~lid, .ch:\t faith purifierh d1c hc-arr , Ad . 1 ~:· 9J rcmembrcrh this mcrcitl11l promifc ot God, How? nalnel.y 1 bdlde the applyiPS of Chri'fh J made to his forc-l·:ah<:rs tout~illng their po(leblood, it bnngs to 1ncmor1c1 Go'~<; mcT(iJfidl l ritic; ro wit, th:tt after rhe; had ~oontinued tU promffcsJn Chrill:whichJhy <f•man from Co'mJ f enmntJ in a ft;·.ii1gc Lit.nd 400. jearp, rhey· I mitting: fth.h things ~swouidpellmc :~nd deJ 1 jhoitld tlun hauea g11od 1/f«e tmd tt b:ippjniclillefi~~ th_e han~i\lnd therforc ;~faJrh fJid to b.c-ultr I t'lfr.ce· dnd 6e~J lros.f'I.,'I'.Ji'!tO th'c,p:l;I'IJ.of CanaVtlfone oucr the r~orld :' 1. Ioh.). 4- bct:~.u(OJby o~n. Gen. J 5· 1 ~·.'ll'[hi·s is a tlOtaltlc wotke <'>f applying to our fouJes £<H.l~ promiFes. ih ChHH j f::tith, a:> m:~y appc::trc by t 'I>\'O lW.>"table ctfeas we doe nut onciy comemnc then or!d, in 'l d~ 1 bCreof in the IifCufaChriHian:F6r firft,by this garrl of Chri!l;· bnt-alro ·nand ;tgainH the :r.: I remembrance of G~Q:; nn·n·ifuU.pr.omifcs,thc fl3ulcs thQreof: fo that it is a hwtt' norablct3nd I fcruant of Goil in~:~ll times,:utd iila!ldiHreffcs excellent work.e of fait·h• . ~· -r; :.: ! and excrcmidc:s dorh findc coll-.fort vmo his I LaHiy, obfcrue the c ..ircumft:wc~ of•tirt,o) ; foulc.This briags ~-his mctl}orie thc-·wondcrwhen l ofoph made remembrance ot their de.: full goo~ndfc: a:1d mcrcie ofGod)by \\'hich he f::'!rting. The text f3itb, f'l'heh.heewaJ d,;,r ~ i:> q>mfQncd. When D.midwas>in a t'!,';oJl dcf- B H crcof\.\'Chauc fpokc:n in tbcformcr vcdC:y~[ pcr::rtC' o!C, [o as h~e c.riCdom ,by rc:~~fon of this one thingmay here agafn6bc well rcmrtriJ affi~.~ti,on.~n~d.·,rcf!~a.ti0:1 1 V/z(~. y;e :~.ordabfent bred: l(lfcph cals to mi-nd the promiks ofG0d himfol{Jor euer, t!rifwi'fi bee fo~we no more filat his dc::tth, which concerne th.c tcmporall deJ Hour,? iJ Ms mcrc:ecfea;re trone ? (iprb,hu mercie liuer::mccof hispeople: and\\ eby his cxan1p}c,. jtti!e for"'e;tennai·e?Pfal. 77. •.•.•it~ fuch li.kc.~ rnoH \\'hen we arc dying, mull Je-arnc to call ro'ref..:arefullfpc.achc's ' Hl)'\' cli<lh£\l\c:ncomfort membranee thc ·graciousprom1TH,"\ hieh G0d himfelfc i'tH.his difli'cfrC? Anfw;, Sur,ciy}~j rehath m11dc vnro vs in Cbrift, t~uching our cmr_mf!ring the wo:-kJs of the L,Y,·d,\am:lhr~· wontcrn:lll ddiucram:c from the ftlirituall bonda.gt: dcr.r of olde, and6y mcdiMting on all ht~ I'Uwrkp ofthe dcuill. Oh! great \'I' ill be· the fru·it here.: and gratious at!:s which be had dbnc for him~ of, not oncly for inward comfort' ro our o.wna So Iikcwifc in anodrer place in..-great anguil11 fou1cs, and i.oy to fuch as loucvs :· but altO~~·c· of fpirit, he fai.ch eo his foul c, W~Jart rhoucafl fhall here: by giu<! a wonhy euldence ro the downemy fou!r, ~nd"~Vhj art rhor4di{qHtetedwirh. world, that 'v\'C hauc becne f.ound in rhe 'faith : ;,, mee! Pfalm. 43. 5. Yet in the Jicxt -words C t.i.·hGrcin, we fllallleauc ~ go0cl prcfidept w hce thus tbycshimfclfc; Wai!e ~n God, for" I chofe that follow v.s. . .,illyetgiH< th•nlw vnto him : b# u m,; prefttlf The fccond (•et ofIoftplu faith is this' :'11<; he!pel Andmy God. How came D~id to fayfol, gaue commt!tmdement conceY;-fii;g hU .bonth in this ditlrcffc? Anfwer. By·meancs of faith, The meaning thereof is this: that loftph lying which doth reuiue and reftclb the death of 011 his death bead,oauea folcmnc ch"JrgC"to h~ man,by br~nping. to hi.s rcmcmbraJ;cc the mer! brethren, to hauc fpcciall carCho·w and VI hcie cifull pro'milesof God. ... they buried him: that his bone's n,ighr not be Saint Pd:t! prdfed with corruption: cryed loft, bm fo prcferucd 'Nhile 'they Hay2d ii1 out: 0 lwetcbcdman th.lt I am, who jhall deliEgypt, th:u at their departure they might be uc;-.mefrom the bodie of thU dettth?Rom, 7· 24. carried into the Land of Caniln, and their bu- )_"et in the next words he faith. l·thrmk.;mJ ried in the fcpulchre of his Fathers. Thc.aiufc:s· God throt-tgh leflu Chrift ottr L ar"d: Then!my why :/ofcph g:1uc this cqmmaundenlent wrrc · !ftlfc inmy mindc[.rue the l~wof God, &c. How thcfC:I. Hereby to tdlifie vntohi~brelhren & , I com th.c: Ianer words to follow·on thefOrme~? poflcritic,that howfoecer he liucd alo1ig iime A11[.In the firfl words indecde',he is caH down in che pompe and gloric ofEgypr, yet his f1c:ut with chc view :md llght ofhis naturall corrup- D :was ncucr fet thereon : but he had grc-arer Oction, which drew him (,ea.dlang ipto llnne:but light,and more dh:cmcd w be counted fa tru"e yet the latter \Nords are a remcmbrancc-'of the member ofthe Church of G"od, then to bee a· mercifull ddiucrancc from fin ne 'Y\'hich God noble PrhlCc in. the Land of Egypt. For, if had wrought in him by Chrift: and therefore he had !oued and liked the pompe ofEgypt, lie· he breakcrh out to this fay ing, l rhank.,.e m} (iod would hauc had his iCpulchrc among them:' throHgh I~fHJ Chrift,0~,.c. but giuing cornmandemcnt to the comrJric, it Secondly, the remembrance of Gods pro01cweth plainriy, that his heart ...,·as neucr fct mifcs fcrncch to be a meancs to kccpe am:m ·on that gloric and pompe in whi~h he liucd. from finne: for mans nature is as 'l't'Jdie and By\\ hoCc example wee arc tatight, r_hat in prone ro l!nne, as fire is toburne when fewell vllng theworld, and t~c things thc:rcotr W('C · is put to it. Bur whenby faith he calls to mind muft not fer our hearts on them; butras the Cod<; mcrcifu~l promifc:s, cfpccially thofc Apofl:lc f;lith, 1, Cor.7.~ 1. VfethemM thor!gh \.\ bicharc madevnro hnn in Chri(t: then hce we ~v[cd them not: flill hauc our -affeCHons- fct "j rcafoncth and ~hinc~h againfr ccn,pt:ttiotJ,.. and on heaucn, whi-ch is our fpirituall Cana·;1 n. · ( !:tycs thr wont as a fhie!d vnto his foule, to · 2-.Hcrcby lofcph ,.,·ould tcllifie vnto bisbrcL 1\~~:: ·Out the ficrie darts of Satan; yea,:.._hc.:_e:.. · L...c..:':.. hrcn, what he et1ccmcd hiscbicfe happincfle: ·--'---------- -------- --___:N:...n 1 . nam~ -....
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