I 2of' the confcience of chttritie. . \ . . .·· ' Cap. 14-., Blellings, to 1tnktnde CDntentiflliJ one w)th another, .and to,fl'<~ntonneji inOpiNion! and ._ . carriages; God hath raifed up fome enemie ~pnan. to fcourge and ftill them:. Cyprian gives ltb.~ep:~· this for the reafon why God let lO'ofe that J'IStrzmo•z~ bloudie Deciur to be fo bittera perfectitor, tL~;e~, and :wa~er of the ~hrifHans, as hee tvas;; JNpetbim Godu rtgbttoUf ' faith he, that OUr .floc~ are fe8anteJ, fot~tttrid, anJ all JPoiled by thiJperfocution. ~Our m,u!,tioni fin! bape procured aD• Je[tH Chrift obtyed the ~djffen· wiUofhit Father, but we obey-it tttJt. We nJinde;· ~onz 'f.l4ttfn.o .r.. • hh .d d ,fi d. d. . ru, fimpli· 1a1t e, o'!' prz e an prort ; we ~u ze zv~.; eitatit, & jiofuanddijfirencu; we co11temneftJ~th,. fimplt– ftdei ~egli· citie, 6fml plain det~ling; we difclaime the ~arltl genres,ft~ in wordJ,but Not in our deed.t. Every one fl'ill {o7° &::n ,le aft himftl[,nonecareth to pleafe .other. May fo;:;s u- not the fame and worfe be faid of this Ge..; llft11cian rer. neration and the Profelfours in it ? Rnufquifqwe . .. . . . ,. · flhi placenttJ, & omnzb~s _dt[jlzcmter. P"•p~I"'!'"J ~t4qNt ~t mertmu~. CoH(effores non t~nent difczplznarn. ~~[dam znfolenter e-%t6!llt C6nfe1Jionis[1u iKmzdaJaEiatzo;&c. _ It is veryobfervable tl1at of all thePl.lcd where Ifrael provoked and offended God, r.lhe waters of flrifi were the moft famous fot greatdt provocation, therefore had that nam~ E od given them. There were two fuch Places; X ·' 7 •7 h . R h' J • h h . K J fb . Num.io . 13 t eone In ep z"zm, t e ot er m ,aa~ ; Pfai. 9 ·s.S. Bothwere called Meribah, andbothM.Jj[lh. Deut.,.8. All waters of Bieternefs are Provo~i~g and "7't,p_tingwaters. There all offended, They chode withMofoJ', an'd h ~ as meek as hewa~ eh6Je fl'ith them at the la~ter ; They ftrovo one
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