, ~;.::;:~!~~ .. [ · theu;.[ha.jl.to·tke Hebr~:. . tp~. --- ~and f.111<~lificd ; th>tio tbcy might boe•glor!ficd· A gh:>,ificd \tit!\them aftenhis lifc,ifkrl: we be ; 'Nith them chat huc;d bcf6rc. For 1 puc.rhc cafe· noblrke-rhcm~n·gro.cc, Chr1fhclls h1s follow~ f that Chril-t had fuffer.cd in the Jayes of .Ain"'d- ' i CJS1" ,rthl.t many Jbould comeftom riJ.e Ctt.fl rtnd I ham j'bt: EJ;;ruid, or t:hcrcabout;- rhtrfthc•cndof 'ftom the,weft, tojitwirh AbraJ;am, IfiMqafld lA} I the world mu!l ncedcs hauc come the fooncr: co6 in rbetk,in.rdomt'ofhetmen, M'arth. 8, I r,.' f2J tOr, folr:\{.as foretold'; that Chrifl (hould come (-becaufc tbcy'wcrc fOllow~rs of· thcfc P:nri.:. j· ~' in the lattcr-a..,.c:s of the world. r. Pcc·r'I. 201 :n:-l!,h.cs in thefaith) l'Phtn a-s the chitdrei1of th~ Now ;'1f rhe·v~udd had b~,enc f0ot1tr 'cut off, Kingdome-.,rthacjs,_ tnany Ico:.vcs by birth , bor:nc ( then had t.hcra not> b-cCn rime of binh anci c<illn the. ChurCh,foouldh,·caft intovtterdarl;p:es1 !. iing;.for.all chc cle&that ~ow Jiuc & !l13llliuc: NO.w,if ChriH "dcni~ to glorific the chilclrcn :l I rhet=eforcrfor their fakes was Chriils comn~ing :tnd'P?~criti~·of th~ie auncien.t _bdccucrs, b~-t·i defcrrcd;ti!l the fulncs oft!me, And this I take ca~fe· dlcy d1dnot follow tlrem tn'gracc and n1 · to be the meaning ofthe .,.,,ords. obiedicnce: how can wee which arc by: n~tur~ J : Now~ in rhat the holy GhoH her~ fajth,-Th~ fit1t\ets of the Gentiles , loo!rc fObe 'I}ID~ifu:ti i memherJOf Chrtjf ittthe· newe Teftnment. mrtft be {virlphorh, vnlcffe in grace am! obcdi-rn·c.e~ I perfelled, ~with'idt tbc' auncient bel:eiurt in t~e t:ohforrnc ourfclucs vnro thcm?.ThuS'"muCh fot o!de; we tfmll hereby be ~dinonifhecl ~ to con- B the_fc ex~mplc q.f. faith~ 1101.-v; Wn:cthing ~tntlfi forme our fclucs vmo thcfe auncicnt Eat·Ot!rs in be iddcd ou'r·ofthc next chaHtn;h"eC:tufethe1~ the participation of gr""cand ptatl;fc ofobc· th'c holyGhollmalccs vfe of.allahefe wottllia ,dicnCG-iO. thi! life: For bow c:m wcl0okc r:o b"e examples.- ~. · ..;,' .u. .--1 ~ · i. 3ul! '~ or;d d'olL u .>! A~·.- C OM MEN ~T;. AR -1E V P0 N .·P A RT·':OF. J,' HE · ·u. Ch~tpter to the·Heotew~s~,~·· ''1 • Wherefor?, let 'll.r alfo,feeing wee are cQmpajfed~iih fo great 11 I doud,qfwitnejfes, cafl away euery thing tha! pre.fiet~ iiowne, and that (i_nne th(lt hangeth fo fojl on : let VS runne. Wtt6 pf!,tJ.ence the rttce that is Jet before Vi. , ·.· ·. :~,:· ~ · ..c==,.,-==-N thcfc word•, the holy D oxhortation is i~f~rr<d vpon th·c f')rtncr cxamGholt propoundeth a worpies; whicH are all here apply~d as prcfidents rhy cxhort~ti6 to the Chriand directions vnto vs, for cpn ftancic andperflians of the ncwc Tdhf~ucrancciu th<;.faith .; in thefe \ovords, whcr~- mcm; that they .fbould lafore, {eeingwee. are compajfed about with fr..ch 11. Jbour tobcr_c::onfiant in th.e cloud ofwitnef[et: that is, fcdtJg Ahe!,Enocb., profdlionof the faith: that Noah , .,Abrahdm, and all the n~_llof the holy is, in holding, embracing, Farhct·s, who aJ·e a cloud of w.irndfes-vnto vs, and bclccuing true Chriftian rdigi.on, And (dut is, lights) ~nd leaders beforevs) were eOhis rca[on is framed thus; The Saints of God in !lane in true religion ( whCthcr wc:c rcfpctl f· the olde Teflammt, lvere con.ftant in thefaith: tbcir faith in Godspromifes, or obedience to t «r.dth~eforeyou mufl lik..§wifobee conftant in the his commandemcnrs)thcrfore, we alfo mull be I faith that bue in the ne1ve Teftament. The firfr coll{i:anr in the faith . The wayor meancs herepart of the rcafon is laid downe in all the exunto, ftands in three duties ,_in the words folamplcs of the former chapter. Theconcluflon lpwing'; Lt:tvscaft ltlvay , &c. j or fcqucll is contained in this firft vcrfc. For -thc·cxhortation: Firft in gcncrali,.the vc- · Whcr:in, wee may obferue two poims :an exry.infcrring of it frQ the former examples, teahortatlon vnto con(bncic in trucrcHgioni and cheth vs this-fpedall dutic; That euerie one in the wayormcanesto :.utaine thereunto, The Gods Church muHapplyvnco himfclfe thofe ~---'----------..:_,:______ -_-_-~-=_-=_-:::-s::,:.:r+~ ;·n£1;::_,___
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