ß.v8 / H A P . 5. 4,to Expo fìtiov vpuss tr.-city/1 V a n.q.. 1 Ifai.6E.z. terrible from thetliouïi:ef the Lord. o They tremble e 1 men at the words of the Lord, that howfoeuer wicked men are not tnoued with the vvorkes of God, except they bee maruellou:fly extraordinary ; yet the very Word of God, founding any thing fearefull from him, makes r Heb. a. at. them' cry out as M o s E s P I tremble aria E- P x & A I M and the inhabitants ofSamaria are brought in by the Prophet, mocking at the Lords executións ; q Ifai.9. ro. well, ci The brrckes are throwne downe, but wee will build it with hewneHones. But fee lofsah, when he but hearer the a King. at. Words of the Law, his heart :melts, and hey is as a man ouer- whclmed with feare ; fo that the Lord is faine pre- 19, bJ. s fently to fend him his cófort,that his eies /hhossld netfee the euill.As an ingenuous childc trembles at the word of his father, and more feares at the !baking of the Rod, than a llauith dilpoftion at the feeling ofmany flripcs: fo,&c. Bcf des, the truth is, if there bee any thing terrible in our Minifleric, it belongs not to Gods Children, as they are fuch ; as if there bee any thing comfortable, that is all, and oncly their=. SeeEfay 61. Rom. z6. Aug. decorrep- Some caucats mull here bee remembred, There are tiui. e Grat. Children of God, faith eí.lugufline, that are not fo to vs, cap'9° though they bee to God ; as being written in the memo- rial! of God the rather, John 1I.5 2. fuch was Paul be- fore his Conuerfion, &c. To theft, whiles yet in the Bate of Nature, difcomforts are not vnprofirable, to bring them to Chrif }, c.ïtllofes brought Ifrael to the borders of Canaan, though Iofhua diuided it for an Inheritance vn- to them, It had, I thinke, this Morali ; the Law is that, that prepares vs to grace, though the Gofpell bee the in - (hutment to conuey it into our hearts. Secondly, againe, there fall out times when as Gods Children, though they lofe not their adoption, yet forget to demeane themfelues as becomes the Children of fuch aFather ; in fuch cafe, God himfelfe fwrites hit- ter things againfi them ;and Raul calls forth the Thunflcr- bolt ilob x3.z6.
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