270 A Commentary upon the Go f el Chap.7. nacle. How glad was Lot of the Angels, Micha of the Levity, s Pet.4. t 4. Elizabeth of the mother of her Lord, Lydia of Paul, Zacheus of Chriít, Obed-Edomof the Ark ? And (hall not we beas joyful' EpheG4.30. and thankful' for the holy Spirit, Whereby We are fealed ( as mer- ' chants tèt their teals upon their wares, unto the day of redem- ption. If David for outwardbenefits brake out into, what is m.an rill 8 4, that thou art mindefitll of him ? and lob, for fatherly chaftife- lob 7.i7. meets, What is man that thou fbouldeflmagnifiehim, &e? how lhould this belt gift of his holy Spirit affed and ravith us ? fith thereby all merciesare feafoned, and all croíles fan&ified; neither canany man fay ( experimentallyand favingly) that Ieftis is the n Cor. z,34 Lord,but by theholy Ghoft. Give good things to them that aske him] fc. If they aske in faith,bring honett hearts, and lawfull petitions, and can weight Gods leifure, Let none fay here, as theProphet in another cafe, 1 Ira.49. have laboured invain, and .Bent myftrengthfor nought : I have prayed and fped not, the more I pray,the worte its withme. The ,4é7 and Mon. manner ofourufage here in prifon Bothchange ( faith B. Ridley in jot, '56 s a letter to Bradfort!) asfowr ale doth in fummer : and yet who doubts but they praidearn and earne(tly, when they were inBo- cardo, that Colledge of guondams, when thotè Bifhops were there prifoners? God is neither unrnindfall nor unfaithtull, but waits the fitteft time to thewmercy, and will Purely avenge his Luk.1E.7. own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear' long with them. The teed mutt have a time togrowdownward, before it grows upward : And as that teed which is longefl cover- ed,rifeth the firft,wrthmolt increafe : fo thofe prayers which teem lott,are laidup in heaven,and will prove the furett grain : the more . we fowe of them into Godsbofom,the more fruit and comfort we fhall reap and receive in our greateft need. Ver(è 12. Therefore all things whatfoeverye would, &c.] q. d. To winde up all in a word ( for it would be too tedious to Pet down each particular duty ;) let this terve for agenerali rule of direaion incommon convertation, and mutuall interdealings one with another : Whatfoever ye Would that men fbeuld doe to you, doe ye evenfo to therm. This is the royall Law, the ftandardof all; equity in this kinde, a foaledweight and rule, according to which :. wemull converfe with all men. Severus the Emperour had thi?': -fentence ofour Saviour often in his mouth; and commanded it proclaimed by the Cryer, whentòever hepunifhed filch of;l fculd
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