Osi A Commentary upon the G4 e1 Chap.2o, itanti. t z41 Plal.r7: Plzi. 1 7. r.}. Turk. Imp. quaxtumpan. rux ell ,r,ih;l e'ï nifi pani4 rica,quzm d% ,uer pater/qint- ;ia+proÿcit ca. titser, Luú:cr. tnercaturaReQni cdellis, faith Bsllarmine. But God is no fah merchant. Ca[arm Qratia non accipiam, I will not have heaven for not=hing, faith Vegas. Thou (halt never have it therefore ; Ile give thee that gift, Verte i r. They murmured, .tic.] They had that they agreed for, tome temporal) blefngs, which is all that carnal) men com- monly care for. Or if they leek after fpirituall things, it is not for any beauty he leech, or alithe findeth in them, but only as a bridge tobring them to heavén ; as Spira confi.fled of himfèif. It is not good therefore to indent and bargain with God how muchhe (hail giveus, either oftempera's or fpirituils : for foyou may have your peny, and yet be difcontented, that it is but a peny and no more. Profits, pleafures, honours, appear tobebut empty things, when men are togoe into another world. Verfe r a. Thou lea.4 made them (quail.] Loe this is the guile of gracekíle hypocrites to be quarrelling, and contending with God and man, as unworthily dealt withal!. Thus thofe Jewi(h juflitiaries,lfa. 5 8.3. hit Cod in the teethwith their good Cervices, and [mall thanks. So the proud Pharifee lets forth not his wants, but his worth. Centrariwi(e, 7aco6 cries out in a low language, Donline nonfilm digetu, Gen. 30. t o. Sodoth Paul. Y Cor. i 5.9. the Centurion,Marth.8.6. the baptift,Mar.;.ix. St Angulf ne, Nan hum digntss, paean to d:ïigaa, Domine, Lord, I ¡in not worthy of thy love. Verfe 13. Friend, Idoe thee no ltroug.] Friend he is called, not R-probare, though he were a murmurer, a merit-monger. in arguing the cafe with others, ute hard arguments,but in a loft language ; This will loon& work : for man is a crofle crabbed crew ture, and if roughly dealt with, will fooner flight you for your pallion, then regard your reafon, though neverfo convincing, becaufenot well managed. There are a generation whole words are [words, whole tongues are rapiers to run men thorow with, upon every Email occafìon, and their throats as a gaping grave to bury them in. Verfe 14. Take that thine is, and go,..] A fearful) fentence. David blcflèth hunlelf from thole men of Gods hand : which havetheir portion here, and that'sall they are to look for. Va1d protctarur fumn, (aid Luther when great gifts wereoffered him, me nog', fie a Dec f rtiari. A gracious ípirit cannot refl fatstied wich low things. The rurkijb Empire, as big as it is, faith the fame
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