Gov& N ANT. faid~· he wiU worke thy work;sfor .thee,and fo yon ~aygoe to him in particu.lars. But when Faith hath once gotten a promtfe, be fure that thou keepe rhy holdt pleade hardwith theLord, and tell him it isapart of the Covenant, anCl it is impoffible that he iliould deny thee; doe as the Woman ofCanaan, when thou art ona fitre -ground, take no deny~ll,though the ,L~rd may defterre long,yet hewill doeit,he cannot chufe; for it is apart ofhis Covenant. Beloved, there. fore in this caf.C~doe,as y'ou fee two Metaphors ufed in -Scripture,. they are .excellent for this purpofe,Eftj 66. n.thereisa Commandement Efar.GG.ii: · of theLordfortheChildren ofIfrAel,that they {hould_{ticke & befati~fte~with thebreajls cfcon– . folation,&c. Thewords are'obfcure,as they are read/to you, but the Originall makes them ex- .,('eeding cleare; there are two Metaphors ufcd, one i::,tomilkc confobtion out ofthe promifes, die meaning is.this, that the pro1nifes are full ofcomfort?asa Dnggeisfullofmilke ;now, if Simile. thoubeready to taint, goeandmilke out · ~on- [olation out of the promifes, that will relieve thee, th<tt will flay thy heart; goe faith he, and fucke, draw ou~ confolation from the Dugges, from th~ pr6mifes, ( fort:hat is the meaning) which he calsthe breafis ofconiblation,(for he . repeates the~promife prefently<1fter) thus (aith ~he Lord; behold,!willtxtindpeace evey.-her like · We ffiouldop4 Fleod,&c. The otherMetaphor is to extort;. prdfethe t-o opprdfe the promifes, that as arich Man op- mifer. ·preifeth a poo-reMan, and gets;qu~· {)f him all, · L 1 4 · d1at c:, . : e e ... J.& . GP.PC :..a eat
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