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father_n	abraham_n	according_a	nation_n	1,151	4	7.1950	4	false

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A58331	A vvay unto true Christian unitie the worship of God in spirit and in truth : together vvith many spirituall benefits therein received now in this life and everlastingly ...	Reeve, Edmund, d. 1660.	1648 (1648)	Wing R670; ESTC R2196	46,374	55

the way of the Lord in us the manner of preparing And it is first expressed in generall as Prepare yee the way make straight an high way And then the works of the said preparation are expressed in particular as namely to exalt or fill up every valley c. The Hebrew word rendred prepare ye is observed for to import also to c See Schindlers Lexicon remove impediments to void away out of sight uncleannesses c. The Lord by Malachi saith d Mal. 3.1 Behold I will send my Messenger and he shall prepare the way before me and the Lord whom yee seeke shall suddenly come to his Temple And the Apostle having said unto the Corinthians e 2. Cor. 6.16 Yee are the Temple of the living God as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them c. addeth this counsell Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us f 2. Cor. 7.1 cleanse our selves from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit perfecting holinesse in the fear of God So that the preparation doth much consist in g 1. Joh. 3.2 3. Heb. 12.14 purification of minde and life Also whereas it is said withall make straight an high way and in S. Johns Gospel the whole work of preparation is but thus expressed h Joh. 1.23 Make straight the way of the Lord as said the Prophet Esaias the Arabicke interpretation of the said verbe there is not unworthy of some observation It saith * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Make the way of the Lord easie The said Arabian verb is interpreted also to make plain and convenient So that for Christs spirituall comming into us for to dwell in us to walk within us See the Lexicon of Raphelengius to solace himself in us and to worke all his works of grace within us we are admonished to endeavour that his entrance and passage may be all manner of wayes delightsome unto him An expressing of the preparation in particular namely in 4. sundry great workes It followeth that the particular works of the preparation be considered and they are expressed in foure great duties But first it is to be noted That in an ancient I That which was in use in the Reigne of King Edward the sixt See Tindals Translation See the note of Lucas Osiander on this Text. See Isa 57.14 Luke 3.5 with Baruck 5.7 The first worke of the preparing Translation of the Church the verbs thereof are rendred Imperatively the which interpretation appeareth most proper for that these foure matters are the duties in speciall of those two in generall namely prepare ye the way make ye straight an high way And the first work of the preparing is that every valley be exalted or filled And a spirituall valley within us is want or defect of somewhat which ought to be in us toward receiving revelation of the glory of the Lord. It is said k Heb. 11.6 He that commeth unto God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him diligently So that unbeliefe appeareth to be a valley and is to be lifted up or filled up with beliefe l Luke 24.25 We are to believe every word of God to be perfect truth according to his mind signified therein though we for the present do not understand it It is the praise of m Rom. 4.17 18 19 20 21. Abraham that against hope he believed in hope that he might become the father of many nations according to that which was spoken so shall thy seed be But it was a dispraise to many of the Jews that they believed not sundry things written in the Law of the Lord of which unbelief Christ taxed them saying Had ye believed Moses n Joh. 5.46 47. ye would have believed me for he wrote of me But if ye believe not his writings how shall ye believe my words We are also to believe the o Gal. 6.7 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Deut. 29.19 20. threatnings mentioned in Gods word aswell as the promises because the Lord is as true in the executing of them according as he hath denounced them as he is in the vouchsafing of the other Such unbeliefe ought not to be in us for that it is written p Heb. 3.18 19. The children of Israel could not enter into the Lords rest because of unbelief Another valley within man is ignorance q Mat. 22.29 Christ said unto the Sadducees Ye do erre not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God The Lord saith by Hosea r Hos 4.6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me Seeing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children Wherefore the Gospels commandement is to be timely considered viz. ſ 1. Pet. 2.1 2. That we laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and evill speakings as new-borne babes to desire the sincere milk of the word that we may grow thereby Also not to continue still t 1. Cor. 14.20 See the Marginall reading there children in understanding howbeit in malice to be children but in understanding to become men perfect or of a ripe age u Heb. 6.1 2. Cor. 13.9 Rev. 3.2 Deut. 18.13 Gen. 6.9 Going on unto perfection as is the exhortation unto the Hebrewes And forasmuch as Christ hath said * Joh. 12.48 The word which I have spoken the same shall judge us in the last day therefore as saith the Apostle let the x Col. 3.16 word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdome There is also the valley of fearfulnesse namely of being fearfull to begin and proceed in that which God hath commanded to be done and wherein he hath willed us to be y 1. Cor. 16.13 Eph. 6.10 13. 1. Cor. 15.58 Heb. 6.11 12 of a good courage Such defect was in the children of Israel being in the wildernesse when as they were to have gone on couragiously toward the promised land flowing with milk and honey in confidence of attaining possession thereof through the help of Almighty God they then became fearfull and faint-hearted upon reports which some had made as if the said land were not attainable Yea some said z Num. 13.31 We be not able to go up against the people for they are stronger then we The children of Israel then fell into murmuring and a Num. 14.2.11.12 disobedience and so became to be in great perill of Gods destroying of them The Lord having said in the Revelation b Rev. 21.7 8 The second worke of the preparing He that overcommeth shall inherit all things I will be his God and he shall be my sonne But the fearfull namely to enter into the spirituall warfare as it is enjoyned by the Gospel of Christ and the unbelieving c. shall have their part in the lake which