276- d Gen 23.z. t 14417.35 x Example. f r. g 1,141.3.8: C H AP. 4. An Expofi Lion vpon the firft V s $,5 esrtaffances m.ti/1 be ass5id the things themfélues may be priftifèd. To mounnc for the dead, no piety forbids. d .flbnah.un mourned for Sar:ch, Iffac for Ábrabam,eChrifl'' for Lazarus. Gar to morirne immoderately, as men withont tope, is heath enifh;iii t òrt befceming Cliriflians. i whether to this head may be referred other theira&i ons, is quet }ionable. Sundry things are noted in their praftice,whcrcwirh the Lord vpb,atds his people, that Heathens exceeded, f No notion bath forfaken theirsod.% Ifrael hoth far /6zken me. g No nation hath_ fpeyled theirgods,_I Ifraelstes- robbed their lehooah of tvthes and offerings : of.thefe.thus diinkc:There is a kind of oblique imitation pre(cribed, not much vnhke what our Saviour inioynes touching the vniull Steward; whole wifedomehe com- mends to vs to imitate, not in the particular. The rule is this:th e fame things may be ddne,but applied to other o>ieils.. Gentiles held confiant to their ancient idols.Shall Chri- (Bans doe fo to idóls ?_ No. But let it (ham:. Cnriftians,. not to cleaue as clofe to the lining God, as Gentiles did to dumb Idols. Gentiles made conlcienceof facriledge; would not withdraw maintenance confècrated ro fer- uice of Idols. Are Chriflians bound to contribute to I- dolatry ? God forbid. But it is the fhame Of Chriflians, to rob God ofhis portion, when .Heath cns made confci- wee of facriiedge., Lathy, there were of their actions totsgenere mats;. and as they are fly led, Abominations. Ofthcfe the rule holds vniuerfall. Gods people in them may hold no core relpondence:rheir ends mull be fa much the more dete -. ftcd, becaufe in of e amongfl Heathens, See Dent'. 18,9. "Lhel a abominations castledthe Lerd tó'abhorre the Heathen; and For there things fo 1o:hfonue, the land fpesed oust her I Inhabitants. Thefe diilinflions I thought not impertinent to pro- j pound, as limitations to the Apofllës round the ra- Hier, for that I fee fandry-men ouercarryedln their zeale a ainfi
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