308 VERSE 3. ram ro 3,4. Pfa1 x 47.19, lohn 8.17. Verf,64, Ezra 9.13. zitrucidat non confiderat queniadrnodam laniat, qui ca- rat,confiderat quernadmodum fecatsaug. ChrOspeople haTe a Rarre tofight. 59.. ta Fifthly, ifwee be Chrifis, then bee will teachus, and commune with us, and reveale himfelfe unto us, and lead us with his voice.Hecalleth his ownefheepe by name, and leadeth them, and putteth themforth, andgoeth be- fore them. Becaufe Mae was his owne people, there- fore he Chewed them his words. The Lawwu theirs, and the Oracles theirs, when hee entreth into covenant with a people, thatthey become his, thenhe wiiteth his Law in their hearts, and teacheth them. This is the Pro- phet Davids argument,/ am thy fervant,giveme under- 'landing : Becaufe I am thine in a fpeciall relation,there- fore acquaint me with thee in an efpeciall manner. The earth is full ofthy mercy, there is much ofthy goodneffe revealed to all the nations of the world, even to thole that are not called by thy name : but as for mee whom thou hall made thine owneby a neerer relation, let mee have experience of a greater mercy, Teach mee thy Statutes. Sixthly, ifwebe his, he will el:43'We us in mercy, and not in fury, though he leave us not altogether unpuni- fhed, yet he will punifh us leffe than our iniquities de- ferve ; he will not deale withus as with others : Though Imakeafullendofallnations whither Ihave driven thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee, but I will corral thee in meaftere. I will corre& thee to cure, but not to mine thee.. The fecund thingconfidered in the words, was the Prefent conditionof thepeopleof Chrift, which was tobe military men, to ioyne with the armies ofChrifl againfl all his enemies. As he was, fo tnufl we be in this world; no fooner was Chrifi confecrated by his folemne Bap- aline unto the workeofa Mediatour, but prefently hee was alfauited by theTempter: And no fooner cloth any man give uphis name toChrifi, and breaks loofe from that hellifb power under which bee was held, but pre- fently Pharaoh and his hoafls, Satan and his confede- rates
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