------------~---··--~----· the u.[hap.tothe H~Gr. I J37 !::::: ----------~~--~---~~~~.-- 1--rents might hauc bctnc oucrwht!mCd with 1 A fearc of Ph.1raoh1 tyr:mnic and crudtic, but that God gauc them faich, which did modc– r:uc rh is fcarc. There isnone of vs, but if wee lookc well into om felucs, \\'~ fhall fee tlut we arc cxcdliuc in many affc61:ions , fomctimc in fcarc, fomcrimc in. anget·; fomctime in for– l'ow, and fuch likc.Nov\.·,would we')mow how to bridle thcfc llrongpaftions ?' Then get rruc faith: it is the mcancs whereby a rnan'may mo– derate and Hay t11c r<"~gc of his affctHon.<>, fo :ts they (hall not brc~kc out in cxtrcttiltlc. Is~ man angry? why, ifhehauc faith ,he wil bridle his angcr.Is he forrO\~·fnll? yet it is in mcafurc: and fOforthcreH, fairhwill rulcthcmall,and , B yctcxtinguilhcth none.Which, fhould greatly prouoke ''S ro l:tbour forrruc faith, fceing it is: offuclt vfc ond power in the flay of our affeeti• ons. vp by Pharaohs daughtc;: . j}l the Cot:n of Pbaraoh, where \\'lS ·no knd·.\lcdgc of the 1 ttuc God.~& indeed nothing but idobny ,wan.. ' tonncfft, and prof::mcncffc. Aild yet here it is 1 tdhfied of him, by the fJ'irit of God "hich cannot lit, rhnc he had f~ith; which is a wonderfiill thing. And the like is rccOli..lcd of o:. thcrs in the \-Vord of God: As in Aha!JJ Court (who was aKing that hadfold hirt~fo/fc to work$ Mckfd;uj[c) yet the 1pirit of God tdlificth, that cucn., ehere was good Obadia/; a man 1 ,kin~.s.3• thnt feared God grcarly. And Herod was.:i moft deadly cncmie t? Chrit'\: and yet loa1,a , the wife of Chu:::..fiHerods frcind, minifired of her goods Vnto Chrirt. AtidP1m/ f.1irh, '[he ; Saint! which ar~ of C('fors hm:Jho!dfa/ut~ ;ou: Where, by Ct>firr; houfc, is rtJeant the COLJrt of Nc;·o, \\·ho was a rnofi bloodic m~n, a-nd a: wicked pcrfccuter; and yet in his hou{i.: w~re the profclfours of Chrifls Gofpcl. By thdcex" amplcs we lcarnc; that Ch1·ifi hath his chil<lrerl and fcruams in the middlt amo1~g his cncmlcs:' for, thcfc three Courts, of PIMraoh, Hen;dl 'B ,[ h _ n An(;. and Ncro, may becallcdakindcofhdl; ond V. 24 ;yJ ait ' ~V.t 0; es yttthcrc were fomc of Gods feruants iu thmi I b h ,£ all. Which /hcwctl1 vs dcarcly the truth ofl 'la1 en ee l}IMcome to age;re; UGods word, which fairh of Chrilt, thar ht c I red tO bee ea/led the jonne OJII raigncrhin rhcmiddltamong hu enemies. Ho"C~. pf,t 110,,, J < '1 I foeuer they tagc, and fcckc to blot out his P haraohJ dalhter. , rlame, androoteomhiskingdome,yetmaugcs;., their throats, he will rule in the·middle ofthCir 25. 1!/1n choJC rather to c kingdomes, and thctc hauctho(c whidftruely lfu l'ler adturfiti.e 'With th.e peofcruehimandfcarchisuamc.llcucl.l.IJ. Go<!. '/} • (.. had his Church in Pc>-gamP..J where Sata~~ ~le of qod, then to enil;ye the thrl~:i~:::this faCt of .Mo[esferues to ci,~ck~ fea)Ures if" jinne for afea~ 1113ny a man in thi• ogc, th:it is broughi rp in the Ch!!r<h of God, and vnder godly Pa-' on. . fentS aitd goiJCftlOUrs, and yet IS a hate~ ~11d I i6. £11eeminrr tbe rebuLe' mockcr of the teligion of<:;hrifl. Surely .iT{oks 'P o ~ 'i? the day .of iud·gcmcut /hall !land vp againlt , ofc hrziflgrcater riches then the all fuch, and co>ldemnc thci\1. For he htld taitn./ though he ~'F'rc brought vp in 'a moll pro.fl.~'c' l treafuresofEgypt: For hee had place: andtheyarcvoidc6ffalth,noy,enc•nies' ,r; a h vmoit:thou.~htlil:y.liue'intlic bofome of 'tb~· 1 TljfCtt vnto t e recompence o Cln1"h. · • . I reward. . ButletTS tome to the !lrangc fatt wi•ich D Mofcs did, f~~ which h.ls faith is f6 cotnt]1~t,~· HEre the holy Ghofl comesto the corn• de'd. The Tcxc faith of h1ln firfl of all. Thai mendation of Mofes faith, imd in thefc when he WIU coihe roag~ ,. 4ee refufcd t~ 6eei;ti~d. thrccverfcspropoundsonwflnocabkcxamplc the fonnc ofPhdraohs daugh(er. How Mofet l1ereof. b~camc her (o!lnc,we may rcadc at latge,E>iod: •. • By M ofes faith, in this place, wemutl vn2. "':hel'e it is faid,thatOl~C haui~1g fo~n<t~/oJ· der!hndfouingfaith;which is nothing elfc,but fls 111 rbc basket, pr~;fcrucd huu a!t~·e.,_ ~~1 •. a gift 6f God~ whereby Mcfu receiucd the brought hi.ln vpas her ownc childe, purpbllo:g promi[c ofgod touching faluacion 9Y the Mefro makehirri her dwn.c fqnt'n{and hcirc.B.utJhis . fias, and ofthcpromifed Land, made to Abrtthonour of hCrs hec wonld not- ancpr; tliis ~cC . ham and to his fccde after him, and applied the refufcd by faith, and this is that notab·i~':i'na' : fame vntohim[elfe particularly. famous aC1/b;whichhis faith is here cot'nt~bl.; Now in the firft cnrr~mce ofthis e::i:a{tlple, ded vmo vs• . ~ . the holy Ghof\ fcttcth downc a wdndcrfull ,. But foirli: 'will fay , This faet ofJlfoj'is may th.in·g ~f Mofu; namely, that Af'o[e! had f,cmc rath,crv\'otthY. of blame then praitc, as f.1ah,. and by it did this great wo1·ke. This ~;~i~ga ~r~~ifc o_f~re:tt r~itcnc~c ~nd ip-;_ I ( !!:>r~g< , b~caufe hcc ':•~ btought ~grat~u~c ~~:~-~-J'rcfetucd h" hf~~~~.
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