" I f.)J, ', --- ---· - --- rU1 Commentarie vpon 'I Ti"""'·' I ! cnt·micS. The power o(thls mc:ncs is cuid61t AI V En s E - -- ~ in !Scrip:urc: and therefore when Eli:th ·was ta- • 1_ ' . 3 ~. I ken vp, E!ifl·.t cncd, lf-/7F,uher,mf Fath:r,tbe . TJ_ I'JC 1'Pdmen rc_ceiued their. 1 ClJ:Irtot of lfi'.tcl , ,.,;,dthc horfem'c~ ih~reiJf,. z. d d 11 {;.d 1 1;£ l l(mg. 2,1 :!..gitlinghiiHt~liS 110tJbJc COtnlllCI1etJ 1tl)Je vp tott,e. 1d:Jtion, th'at h.: \\ :lS :lS good to H~:::Cl,hy means o· . Hf.s Is the tenth ~md bfl fruitc I. {•f' hi~ f,;ith, :tsall t'h~ir ~h:triots :md horfcmcr\1. ofthcir taith '·•.vhi'h nmH be [J·J}ft· How l"ouh.hh:u pofTibly be true? Atif. VtH.kdlood ot thcfe two wo1 J..f we' rc:l<l ~he S:odC "' c1:: lllo11l findc it to bee- . =incn cfpccillly; the ~liiJ,wc of I ~ilo~· t'ra\:, tb:tt. b;t. !iispr_:tycr5.:\'hi;;h hce'tmd'c Zt~rcphr.rh; and the Shur..i1 m.fanh, hccdn.b s; much ort:cl'Orc thenall the mire. Thc<i~iddc-w of Zlfrtpt.Kins1 7• fircngth ofthe la:ld couhl do-t. }..:nO fo i.t lhall harh, giuing cntcrt:J.incmcnt \ bC \Yith.:t11 thrilli:.ll Kilig"5:ind people: if they toE!iprh in the great famine, had this hldling.! : c:m (h-::w fsrrh (1u:it- fJhh, G.ypdycr vni.:6 GoJ, vouchfftfcd v'~to her fo~ htr f.:~irh,that her dead I . they l11:illdoe wondcrfuli'much b~rt;by,in fubfonnc '-\'as rdtorccl to ltf<: by the Prophet:Alid . dui_ng oftheir enC'tT::cs:· ~ rn~ Sbl#ltt11Jifl that prouidcd lodging for the ll.Xiu;::.. : Tb .:~ppiy (his to 6m: fduCs: v~·echauChad I P'rophetEirjhtt 'had hcroncly fo~mc rtHorcd: 1 Tn:~ny :inddati'gCro·m· :i 7 {faulrs E·onl Po-pifh ct1-t· t6lifCfr6 dc3ih by theProphet through faith. l tliics; bo'tll d01ll.·dlicill a1Hl fofmine, ...vho hau~ I Nowhere \\'C muH obfcrue,tlYatrhe-fetwo woo. Of longtime , :lm.i. no c!01:bt flill doe purpdfc men dtd not oncly bddeue in the tf.ue God; l;l~r Oac"ribrowc·~ No\.v)1ow ll1all o:'\•Cbcable tohut more partinfl~rly, that God would ,.!.(: 1 t\•itl1ll:H'!.dHinr nilight , :~.ad tO cfcapt thiir ma.- thcfe his feruants, as meanes to rdlorc-to life l l!cc? Tn:c it i~ ) Chri!lbnpoifcic, <lr.d wanetheir tWO dltldrcn ~h·ac \-\"CTC de"3~: :l:s :.tppeares liKe pr_Onifion .mufi bc 1 v!Cd: yet our !lay fi rCH by this ihat both ofthemmade meanes to the niul} tiot b'e ihC'rcqh; but we timH fiir"i-e vp t>ur Pro·pher, for the rei:Jhting of theit c;bildu:n; laith, b'drli Mog'fharcs and SubiccH,.Priricc ~ whhd1 they drd;by faith. , · people; and firit of all humGH: our fclues for But foJitt will lay, This !all cffcC\ of faisb, our finncs, ~nd lhc:w fort~l our rcpCmanCe b)' m'J.f fcen~e tocroffc the Scriptitrc clfe-w£r~rc; I . iiCw obedience in timCto come; ancl. then pfay C ; whith faith, that CMifl ~~· tl;e jirftftnirs ofrhnn ,,cor.rs.:•. f fbrlbldfing vpon rhcoutw:i.rd ,;carie.i \vhich ihntjlupe.How rhen could thefc dl-at \\'Crc·bcf.lholl be v!Cd. This is thcrighipr;c'tife affair~, fore Chrills incornatio, ll• rcllorcdfi·om death , 1 in [he ca(c of danger. by ob~ •CnCmicS ; V\'llich to hfe'? Anfw. Saint Ptt1rls meaning is this; that ,;:~ i!l31l finde (1f we dcrcifc it vnf.!incdly) to Chrifl is the lirll of all thofe •hat rofe fiom b~ i furer mc~nc(' Of GfdiC~tid'Vi&toriC ag.tinft death to life, to die nomore, but t-dlitJc for eoOr encniies, thtii all wordiynnu1ition &pouer.So, irid'ccdc, Chrifi is the fir!l fr:Uits ofthC liC"ic. !=or hereby wee Jl1:tll haue the Lord fOr that fleepe: for he rofeto liuc fO~euer-• .As for Oul- proteCtion, znd his S!ctni1gVpori thC outthdc two, :tnd fame otht!r, mcnrt0nCd both ia \~:J.'rd rriCanS, gihtng rh-Cngh ould C'"ooq fucccffc theoJde Tdhmcnt a!l'd iO the ne\,,t,tbat Were [hereunto; \.o..•hct~ as) OttlitHirg tfiis dutie, thC faifcd ti·omdeath to lifl!,they-rofcnot from the Lord ~-il! not be "''i.th vS,:md th'cn w'c mat fihd flecpc of death' te lillt' for cu·er) but to die ~~~t voitic is tfl~ firl:n~th or\~~ ofman. Lens I agamt-. I . .• · ,. not ther~fore betray our rducs \·~·~lfull)~ IIHO In this tenth frUI(Coffahh , all Parentsmay I our Cll'ciliics h:tnd; &u~ by rhls f)r3Clift of fai'th karnc th"tir dune t0\-\3rds their chrldren,m the ~hhbleOor fd\1'cs ag~intl: ·all ntir b~·etlHes \dhccafe of fi'ckencffe, or filch hke. :Jihey mufi folMcu~r: othcr\•:ifl: \\'e rllal' iuflrytc>r'cto be delow th'cci~fllplc oftlkfc tV<o godlY, \<omen,& Ji\rcicd into \l\Cir f)on&, fdr'a 1iroy vrito tbcir · labour cfpcmlly to J1,."1eforrh <heir faah m 'r'elC)t"- Aild ih'Cr'cfQ\\c, ifwl: lOot S1Jr owni:- r;l. fliCh duue·sas God rCfflUli'rth' in fuch~~c-afe: ro •tct~e):md\hc\\'cl-1ar'e Ofour J...~nd, lh vs pra- , D \\·it-, ~licfthufi hurhblc ·thCfolueS'fOr'tbcir oWlcl 'tlilC this dmie: For, th~ pr~rie; of'f.urhffi~~tjleth finfies; aud forthe fintrcsof their whildrcn and \.J 1 H(h !,v 1 tb God,iftt bcfewcr.t ; :m(i tht:<feforc the family: praying earncflly to Godfor'the par- 'tord i3it'h tO MO{es,whcn h~ 'ten aownbefore doll of 'them (for God may vifidhc iniquitic him to curne hackc the .,,.,.rath tfr2t'was brdlh·n 'Of the P3rcnYs vpon the chiiOr'cn.in bo'd:ily in vPon"t'he peo'pk, /:.et 'tnce a/off~: :lS thoUgh 'iuO.O'citfcn'ts) and cnhcarin·g rhc LOrd w rc- 'M<>frs h3ct held ,or bound the I.ords'hanct b'y 'flor~ them to health •nd hbmie:·and withall, . hiSPraicr, ch::thce could~lOt fin·~ re his reoplc. thC}' inufl: vfe the or"din:tric Jaw_fuHmc·a~cs of : And thus1nuch for the n1mh frutt effanh. -r~("m1cric in phyfickc 2nd fuC'h l1kc., 'P13)'Ulg to : . . Go<f'fOr abldii ng rhcreupon. :' · ' ::h-~~!91®~~~~~?rk~~~ Thisisthcirdutic; hut(a!us!) rhmanner l ' 'ff" ~~~t,K . lG'lffitG .. d:~~~ :111d praClifc of many 'Parcms, is farrc oth"cr- ~ ~ \2YI&~ ®~ ~~~~ ,,,ifc :for wh<Fcas they lhottld firft fccke vnto I I ·r·•-:-- h. f~-1--. - h- --.d-.--- -c'-- ··:~ I thc·J.:orcl, and come tO hi.s Prophct,they either ,. I i ''e a!'t- 1 C?f f e Wl . o\ve a_nifll. 'ntnhe firll tOdle ordina.ry·mcancs ofP.hyficke: ~f ' ·h ''Sh .. · . ·Or, bcftn'{(worfc dtf_po·{cd, fc~kchdpeofw,zr ~. . .. ~ . !;! UO~Hnlte~... _ _ ' ·___ 7.arpsWd bldfers by theirchormcsond fore~ tf · ries, · ----·-'~- ( -----~ .I I • I I ---v--------
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