The Beautie ofHolinefi. .365 of a beautirull firu&ure. Howfaireandbowplealant art vERSE3. .thou, 0 love,for delights ? And this is that we fhouldall Efay 54.11,1 2. endevour, to thew forth in a fhining .and unblameable Cant.4 1.7. converfation, the 'Beatty of the Goifiell, that theenemie may have no occalion from any indifcretions, affeaati- I tions, unneceffary, refervedneffe, and deformities, un- grounded fcrupulofities,over-worldlyaffe6lions,or any other tmfcarriages of thofe who profeffe not the name onely, but thepowerof religion, to blafpheme or fling off from a way, againfl which they have fuch preju- dices offered them; for all that which the faithfull have commonwith the world, (hall yet be lure to be charg'd upon their profeifionby wicked men, who havenot ei- ther reafon or charity enough to diflinguich betweene Gods rule, and mans errour. Submityour (elves, faith the ApotIle,toevery ordinance ofM40for t6rLordifilke, &c. for fo is the will ofGod, that withwell-doingyote may put tofilence the ignorance offoolifb men : for this is cer- taine, the ignoranceof toolifhmen will not fo much lay the blowes upon your perfons, as upon that truth and religion which you profeffe,when you needleffely with- Band any fuch ordinances as you might without finne obey. The laft thing obferved in this verfe was the Multi- tudes of Chritis fubje&s, and the manner oftheir birth; From thewombe ofthe morning, thou haft thedew of thy youth. Thy children are borne in as great abundance tin- , to thee, as the dew which falleth (tom the morning wombe. Fromwhence we maynote; Fitt that Chrift in the dayof his power, in the morning of his Church, had multitudesofchildren borne unto him.This promife the Lord made to Abraham, and it is not to be limited to his children after the flefh,but tohis childrenofpromife, that his feed fhould be as the Stares, and as the Datil for multitude. And the Prophet applies that Prom ife to Ifrael Gen= 17. Gen. 8.x4.
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