368 An Expofition upon Chap.9, S t L. Aplain and earneft fpeaking home; many dyed in Babylon, others the truth without fear or fainting. willingly abode there. But the Prophet T i M. What is to be learned from hence ? hath yet a further relation ( namely ) S 1 L. That the Miniflers of Chrift unto the times of Grace , when the nitiftboldly and diflin&ly declare the greateft number of the Jewes fpurned! mind of God, Efai. 58. 1. Hence is john againft the Gofpel, Tome few only re- Baptifi called a cryer, Mat. 3. 3. It is a ceived it. Thofe external redemptions fpeech borrowed from common cry- and deliverances being Types of the ers in cities, who fo fpeak as they may fpiritual. be heard ofall.Thus Chrift fpake,for he T ins. What is the Dotirine from hence? lift up his voice,3oh.7.37. The reafons S i L. That though the nation of hereof be, firft, the commandement of the Jewes were full of people, yet the God, Efai. 58. Secondly, the example greateft number of them fhould not be of Chrift and the Prophets , Job. 7. delivered from eternal deftru&ion. The Thirdly, this manner of teaching ftirs reafons hereof be, firft, their general up and quickens attention.Fourthly,it unkindneffe and unthankfulneffe , de- helps the underftanding,tattling things fervingit,Ilom.io.2t. alit veci 2. Se- boner to be underftood and perceived. condly, God had decreed to call and Fifthly , the untoward rebellion of fave but a few of them ; as appeareth by mans heart,requires fuch plainneffe and the latter part of this Propheuewer.28. earneftneffe to humble and tame it. For to make his account, and gather it T 1 M.What is the ufe of this point ? into a fhort fimmr, ligni lies not only S 1 L. It reproves fuch Teachers as that God would leffen the number of fuppreffe their voyces. The other ex- the Jewes, but that he did it out of his tream is, too much to exalt it. Second- fore- appointment, his ele &iou and re- ly,it warneth hearers to love filch vehe- probation bearing the whole Tway and mency, Peeing their own dulneffe firoke inthis thing.For more could not needs it. be called and faved then were ele &ed, T I M. What is meant by the fand of the and thefe were not many. Sea ? T t M.What is the ufe of this Dolïrine ? S 1 L. The exceeding great number S t L. Firft, that even in the vifible of the Jewes, being for multitude like Church all are not ele &, yea, that the the fand of the Sea, as God promifed reprobates do in number exceed the Abraham, Gen. 15. ele&. Secondly,that we muff not be of- T I M. What is meant by [remnant ?] fended with the fewneife of the godly, S 1 L. It is a fpeech borrowed from and great heaps of the ungodly, for Tradefinen, who cut out a whole fuck was the eftate of Gods people un- cloth, till only a little piece be left, der the Law. Thirdly, it teacheth,that which they call a remnant or remain- multitudes be no mark of the vilìble der : by which is meant a very few and Church : in all focieties for the molt fmal number of the Jewes,as it were an part,the bell number is the leaff,and the handful,thal be called. greateft the wort}. T'i M What fignifies [ fined ?] T i M. What is meant by the Lord of S I L. It fignifieth deliverance from Hoaf}s? bodily and fpiritual dangers. S i L. The mighty God, whole hoafts T 1 Al. Of what time did Elaias fpeak all creatures be, executing his will, as this ? Souldiers the will of their Captain. SiL.Firft,of the times ofHezekiah, Ti M. What dothfeedfignifie? when all Judea being over -run by the S i L. A final number referved, as a Afyrians, only Jerufalem was fpared. little feed Corn out of a great heap; Secondly,of the times of the deliverance that which is chofeii for feed, is much out ofCaldea, when molt of the Jewes leffe then the whole crop. tarried behinde, and feweft returned T t M. What learn we by this comparifon ? S I L. . y ,.eY1
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