r- - ---- fvn/J~ · r--- vnro the will ofGOd: and rhercfotc offcreth A !lifieour petitions for ~"mror::liJkli;.:-':1 aii(e,a(t ! himfelfe vmo this cryall, C1ying d Dordp!·ooHC €ording to the tenor ofthe prdmi!"<:s uf ChriH! t mee: meaning 111 regard ofchc outh and hnc,cth.1.r is, fo t3r forth as m:!y tnoltadu;'lnt.c Ccds J riric of a good cOii[cicncc, not of the p.fffc::Cl:- gloric,and .bcH funher Our Cdu:nion. 1 ndfc ofi1is 0\>\'11 1 -'"aves.And bercumo mufi \'\'C Q:!.~fl.H.cAv c:tn this gr~ac pe-rfccutiod bCea~.: i indcuour, noc futfc;ing any finne ro uigne in led but rw hut~re oftemptation, (cc1.1g it bHed J vs. fourcrecJ~C ycarcs? :dnfi_'P. In diJucr::, t~efpeC~~ it \ , . . :·' ~/1. But how was this prouiifc vcri.ficd m:~y be fo called: F1rll, m rcgarGofGod lllPith :1 s.Pcf.;.!l. coudung rhdr deliuemnct from pcrfccutJOll, wh(lm~ a tlioJJ[andyMres are bl(f M cm~ dl'.y : and I ' fccinc> no Church was free: from ir? For eucn therefore 14~ ycarcs with God arc btit'ls oi1c the Churches of AfiaJ whereofthis in Phiia..: houre. Sccondly,in regard ofrha: punil11mcni dclphia was a principall one, ..,,·ere perfccurcd \.\'hich cuety man by hi'i linm·s dcftrtlt th in·hc;l . by Trmtfmlf• .An f. This and fuch like promieternally. Thirdly, in rhe :1ffcdibn of.Ood~ fes ofdcliucrancc to Gods children from tryals· people "Ahich were tried. VVhcn lacob fi.-nu~d and affliCtions, muft hC vnderHood not limply; Lab~n featicn ~cares for R~bf{', hi·s affcthO.n but with condition :·to ·v.:ir, fo farre forth as rn.arle him thinkeit WM /;ut n fhort t;mr, Ceh) theym:1y be hurtfull vnto thern,3nd lll the lea~ .B 29. 20. So when Gods children fuffer fhr the mcafi~rc: hinder their faluation:and indeed they b'lmcand Gofpel of Chrifl:, ~he co!lfidcration are promifcs of dcliuc.rancc from the cuiH of thereof ·..vill make them thinkc long aJ~1i8iOil$' · tempt.ation and pcrfccUtion; not front-pcrfccu~ r,o be but fhort. This affeCtion caufed Pai?l to tion and temptation it fclfc. Pfal. 9 T. 10. The Wil11 to himfelfC crcrna!J.perdi·rion forrhe- g~o~ Lord promi!Cc.h to him ·that truficth in God, ry of God, in chc faluation b.ftPc Icwcs: Ro;»J The plague{hall not come necre hu dwelling: and !J. l· , ·. yet byexperienceweknow that Gods children The cndc ofthis phrafc touching the (hqrr.w in generail plagues, arc taken away as well :lS ne!fe oftime, \:Oi a'i to comforn.. l-ris and all othe+, \ others; and therefore that promifc rTJUft be vnchitrches in the tm1e ofthis gt·icuous pctfdu- · der!tood ofdeliucrarl'-Cc, not from the plague it tion: for the cot~Gdcrarion ofrhe fnonncffc of: l felfe; but from the hurt thereof; fo as it fhall tl_1e dmc, is a mc2ucs to r::afc·any affiitlion;~nd:'! not hinder the good'or faluation of any in the to anne 311 .imp:itlcm man \vith fomc~c3fUre I I godly matuhoufe. We pr::ty, LMd Vs not into I of conrentation. ·- I temptation; which v ..:e mufi not Vndei{bnd of I I I. Point. Theprophcl'ic or prr.cL.Clion of · freedome frotnall tet~pt3tion; for it 'is the will (: 1 this affiiCl:ion,is in rhefc words~whic~willcome of God we tlwuld be trfcd:but thcrei11 we arc on all the tvorld to trie rhf,Jz.that dwell vph tht . taught to·pray, that God would not for[ake vs ea>'rb.Hete Chriflforctc!leth a tllingwhfth .was in our tempt:itions, or gi'oc vs vp wholly to the f'e comt,fimplyby liimfclfe~'nd~frOfn tlifufCJt'C': power Of the dcuill;.bm that it may tend to our . ilot by th~ bel~ofany cau:fc;.:or 'OY.. :O.lJ.1"At profit, and not to our hurt, a~'.vdl in refpetl: Of Ange'll. And herebfhc prooucshimfelfe to be grace, as of fa[Uation. And fo farre forth Wa·s: nueGod : for .it is apropertir! and prioiletigc this promifc accompJi!hed to this Church. _ ofthe true God,ofhirllfclfc,andbyhimfclfc,ia> The due confide'rJtion whereof, is mofi foretell a thioCJ to cOme, befOre i't c:1n befc-Cnecomfortable toGods Church and people; tea_. either in ie fclfe, or in thec:rufcs thcrof:n-om:in ching rhem not to fcarc the cro!fc: in any tempUor An{;dJcan fo abfolutely ford:cl that ~'\'fl:ic.h ration·. God wjil hauc his church tryed,but the:' i's to coma:but in their prcd:dions thef firfl'ftc faithfoll therein ncedc not to be difi11aicd; fof' the thi'o·gs prcfcni: in thc~r ca.~fcs., v~l.dfethc,Y God by his promife harh taken away the cuiU be reueakd •nto rhetl) fr<ini God. Bt.tJfome 1 and poyfon of all tryall and temprations, ro may here demand,Whfrhcr..tht>rtlsfofoknow1 them that haue care to kcepc faith and 3 good '1' tedgc·and predidion,, wcrc the caufe ofl}:lis · confeicncc,rho(Jgh they fuffcr a thoufand erof~ grieuous pc:rftcution. Anfw. N:ot ~oJot rh-ings fcs in this•world neucrfo !ong;yea though thcj come n'ot to paffe bCcaufoof God?.fot'{\~rfGW-1 1 die vndcr the croffc: which may pur comfort t)· tedgcth'er.cOf,but b~.cau£eahe.y wcul~1C:<lfirc riJ I' Into the heart ofany diflrcffed foulc wharf6e" paffe, therefore God forefectb and f<fi~te!Mh ucr, and reuitic t:hofc that are oppreffcd \\:fch i'hcr?.= thnciS a hfg~er.~aure.of.~ll thin~~'..,t~~~l 1\ _ temptation's. prd'cJcncc and prcdtCbon,tov\·ot,rthc.g~b~ W1l I Ag3ine, in' that this protTiifcis n6r made . a~d plcafu,re, ~~d de~ree·~f ~.od. ~<1 ~hrUl~is ~ I fimply :md abfolutcly,but with -r(lftraint:here- I f:ud cto,bedclzue:cdto he cr.t.Jctfied,,6J:.ih,11:dUf!'/':!. ·! c All..i.J)• . by \\'e arc I aught, thar the petitions of thofe tninat wi1l and.tounfoli.of Gt'ld.· -~nd frortr the1 ~ perfons which pray flmply and lbfolutly tO be , fame Ctcrnall. counfcll dfd·rh~ p~rfeCUtiO!J.Vn- ! . 1 , I freed from all teniprntion and adnerfiries; arc dcr Tr~!••-origrnally pwc<~dc: :for _:I~< fidt I not according eo God~ wiil :md \Yord : For c~ufc: of the cuent of tucry thmg IS G.{dd~ Cl~cry p~tltion mufl depend Vpon fome pro.: decree, eit~ter o:-d.a·i,;itir o1: ·difr,oling·"'-thc I tmfe ofCod:?ut "''ebauc no 3b(olme ptomi(c fame. lt wtll be' f:ude ,: tf thrs-bt lo , thcll iS. offreedomc from all tryalls & te.mptarions:but ~God the an'r.h0r of flnne. Anfw.. Cbi1 fo-r.) onely fo f::tr forth as theybe cuil.And thcrcfote ' bid: For the manner of Gods w.ill ;and ·de~.~i in praying aga·inH temptation~ \\·Cmull qtia.: crccisdiuers: fomethi'ugs he decreet!.) to C-a.nfc j ·--_;_--~~--~--------------~--- -------~------ - o~J :
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