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A22507	A commentarie vpon the fourth booke of Moses, called Numbers Containing, the foundation of the church and common-wealth of the Israelites, while they walked and wandered in the vvildernesse. Laying before vs the vnchangeable loue of God promised and exhibited to this people ... Heerein also the reader shall finde more then fiue hundred theologicall questions, decided and determined by William Attersoll, minister of the word.	Attersoll, William, d. 1640.; Attersoll, William, d. 1640. Pathway to Canaan.; Attersoll, William, d. 1640. Continuation of the exposition of the booke of Numbers.	1618 (1618)	STC 893; ESTC S106852	2,762,938	1,336

executing iudgement vpon the offenders and euill dooers which brought a greeuous plague vpon the people His spirit was stirred within him beeing first stirred by the Spirit of God which mooued him to take a speare and to thrust thorow the adulterer and adulteresse Now wee shall see the recompence of reward that was giuen vnto him for that worke which was acceptable vnto God and profitable vnto his people He hath a couenant of peace made with him the Priesthood confirmed vnto him and his posteritie He onely had appeased the wrath of God made vppe the breach betweene God and his people but the blessing is conueyed euen to his posterity He destroyeth two malefactors whereby he bringeth a blessing vnto his children Hereby we learne Doctrine The faithf●● bring able ●sing on the families That when the wayes of a man please God he will bee gracious to his house posterity God is so pleased with the obedience of his people that he wiil shew mercy to such as belong to them This is plētifully proued vnto vs in the word of GOD. When God saw Noah righteous before him in that corrupt age and generation hee made all that belonged vnto him partakers of a great deliuerance saying vnto him Enter thou all thine house into the Arke for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age Gen. 7 1. This appeareth in the person of Abraham when God had called him out of his Countrey and from his kindred and made a Couenant with him to blesse him Gen. 12 2 3. The Prophet Ieremy teacheth this in the example of the Rechabites Thus saith the Lord of hoasts the God of Israel Because ye haue obeyed the Commandement of Ionadab your Father and ●ept all his precepts and done according vnto all that he hath cōmanded you Therfore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel Ionadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for euer Ier. 35 18. To this purpose speaketh the Prophet Dauid Psal 37.21 A good man is mercifull and lendeth and his seede enioyeth the blessing If wee come to the new Testament wee haue many testimonies leading vs vnto the consideration of this truth When Zaccheus beleeued in Christ for his saluation and testified his repentance by his restitution Iesus said vnto him This day is saluation come into this house forasmuch as he is become the sonne of Abraham Luke 19 9. When the ruler whose son was sick at Capernaum saw the great power of Christ in restoring him to health againe Hee beleeued and all his houshold Iohn 4 13. This is oftentimes remembred vnto vs in the Acts of the Apostles When God had opened the heart of Lydia that shee attended vnto the things which Paul deliuered She was baptized and all her houshold Acts 16 15.33 VVhen the Iayler beleeued in the Lord Iesus for his saluation and shewed his vnfained conuersion by the fruites of his loue to the Apostles he was baptized with all that belonged vnto him straitway and reioyced that he with al his houshold beleeued in God Reason 1 The reasons to enforce this doctrine are euident if wee consider eyther the person of God or the condition of the faithfull For first God hath in great mercy and goodnesse promised to shew grace and fauour not onely to the faithfull themselues but to the seede of the faithfull that feare him It is the nature of God to be mercifull and gracious to be slow to anger and abundant in goodnesse shewing mercy vnto thousands to them that loue him and keepe his commandements Exod. 20 6 and 34 6 7. VVe see this in the history of the destruction of Sodome the Lord did not onely in great mercy and compassion saue Lot himself but said vnto him Whom hast thou yet heere either sonne in law or thy sonnes or thy daughters or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citty bring it out of this place Gen. 19 12. Hee was ready not to saue him alone but as an ouerplus to deliuer all that belonged vnto him We see the mercy of God to others for his childrens sake hee thinketh it not enough to bee good to them but extendeth his mercies to those that any way concerne them Reason 2 Secondly as the mercy of God is great so the faith of the godly is effectuall for themselues and their children This is the tenour of the couenant that God hath made with al the faithful their faith is auailable both for themselues and for others God will be our God and the God of our seede after vs Gen. 17 7. And this is the priuiledge prerogatiue that the faithfull haue they beleeue this mercifull promise of God themselues and thereby entitle their children vnto it For as a father that purchaseth house or land giueth thereby an interest vnto his son therein so he that layeth hold on the promise which God hath made to all godly parents doth conueygh it vnto his children so that albeit they want faith by reason of their yeares yet they are made partakers of Christ and ingrafted into his body So then we may collect and gather this truth that the loue of God to the faithfull shall so abound that it shall come to their posterity like the precious oyntment powred on the head of Aaron that ranne downe vpon his beard and flowed to the border of his garments or as the dew on Hermon and Sion which watered the vallies that were beneath vpon which it descended Psal 133 2 3. The vses remaine to be handled First wee Vse 1 learne that the children of faithful parents haue right and interest to Baptisme and are to receiue the seale of the couenant This the Apostle teacheth 1 Cor. 7 14 when hee sayth The vnbeleeuing husband is sanctified to the wife and the vnbeleeuing wife is sanctified to the husband elsewere your children vncleane but now they are holy Seeing then that faithfull parents entitle their children to the blessings which they receiue wee see that there ought to bee a difference betweene them and the children of Turkes and Infidels All the offspring of Abraham was accounted holy in the time of the old Testament because God made with him the couenant of life and the Apostle reasoneth that if the root be holy the branches also are holy Rom. 11.16 Hence it is that he calleth them all his children who are borne of Israel But since the partition wall is pulled downe the grace of God is not obscured and lesse assured vnto vs then it was before vnto the Iewes Infants and children doe no lesse belong to the couenant and Church of God then others doe that are of yeares of discretion as it is plaine by the promise made to Abraham I will set my couenant betweene me and thee and betweene thy seed after thee in their generations for an euerlasting couenant that I will be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee Genes 17 7. 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his Master of Paul that persecuted the Saints of Dauid that committed adultery of Salomon that fell into idolatry of Lot that lay with his owne daughters of Noah that offended in drunkennesse of Manasseh that shed innocent blood of Mary Magdalen out of whom were cast seuen diuels of the Iewes that crucified the Lord of life all which returning from their iniquity were receiued to mercy so that where sinne abounded there grace hath abounded much more Rom. 5.20 Hence therefore great comfort ariseth to the heauy soule and troubled conscience oppressed with the burthen of sin and hangring after grace and pardon When terrours and tentations grow strong vpon vs supposing that our sinnes are moe then can be forgiuen and the punishments greater then can be pardoned we must know it is the lying spirit of the diuell to draw vs into the bottomlesse and comfortlesse gulfe of desperation which is as it were the mouth of hell gaping wide to swallow vp the soule quicke to vtter and endlesse destruction If our sinnes be neuer so great and grieuous if they bee neuer so many and monstrous moe then the haires of our head or the sand on the sea shore which is innumerable as heauy as lead as infectious as a leprosie as red as scarlet as filthy as dung and mire yet if God giue repentance and we beleeue there is promise of mercy assurance of forgiuenesse and hope of comfort and consolation Such they are that Christ calleth saying Mat. 11 28 Come vnto me all ye that are heauy laden and I will ease you for my yoke is easie and my burthen is light It behoueth vs all to seeke fauour at his hands to craue pardon and to pleade for mercy and forgiuenes of whom to aske it rightly is to obtaine it assuredly Secondly the trueth of this doctrine of Vse 2 Gods pardoning offenders and the consideration and feeling of this infinite kindnesse of God must worke in vs vnfained thankefulnes and continuall praise sounding out and magnifying his mercies to speake of his goodnes and to shew our selues louing and dutiful vnto him again for his exceeding compassion This sacrifice of thankesgiuing we see offered by the Apostle vnto God for the experience hee had of his bountifulnesse toward him 1 Tim. 1.12 I thanke him which hath made me strong that is Christ Iesus our Lord for hee counted mee faithfull and put me in his seruice when before I was a blrsphemer and a persecuter and an oppressor Now vnto the King euerlasting immortall inuisible vnto God onely wise be honour and glory for euer and euer Amen The like we see in Mary Magdalen who had beene a greeuous and heinous sinner as she had receiued much mercy so shee expressed backe againe much loue and kindnesse as she had beene deliuered out of the chaines of Satan so shee followed Christ Iesus with the fruits of piety and thankefulnesse all the dayes of her life shee entred with him vnto Simons house kissed his feet an ointed them with ointment washed them with her teares wiped them with her haires followed him to the Crosse and was the first with him in his resurrection of whom the Lord Iesus said Many sinnes are forgiuen her for she loued much Luke 7. to whom a little is forgiuen he doth loue a little There is a forgiuenesse in God that goeth before there must be a thankefulnes in vs that must follow after as this womā knowes much to haue bin forgiuen her and therefore she loueth much euen as the debter loueth that creditor most that hath forgiuen him most so should the affection of our loue toward God bee increased as hee giueth euery one experience of his greater mercy As then we feele this sweetnesse and the infinite riches of this benefite so we should open our mouthes and vnloose our tongues and inlarge our hearts to sing and to set forth the praises of God according to the example of the Prophet in the Psalme ●l 103.1 2 3 My soule praise thou the Lord and all that is within me praise his holy Name forget not all his benefits which forgiueth all thine iniquities and healeth all thine infirmities And in another place What shall I render vnto the Lord for all his benefits toward mee ●l ●●6 12 〈◊〉 14. I will take the cup of saluation and call vpon the Name of the Lord I will pay my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people For seeing he taketh away all our iniquity and receiueth vs to fauour graciously it is great reason wee should offer the sacrifice of praise and render vnto him the calues of our lips This doctrine of free forgiuenesse of sinnes openeth vnto vs the most blessed newes that euer came into the world it is the summe of the Gospel and of the glad tidings of saluation the key of all our comfort that entrance into life the most precious balme of our health and recouery which giueth more ioy and refreshing to the fainting soule and broken heart to the tender conscience and weary spirit then all the glory of the world can minister vnto it as the Apostle testifieth This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receiued 〈◊〉 1.15 that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners of whom I am chiefe Vse 3 Thirdly seeing there is mercy in store for the penitent seeing God will haue compassion vpon them is ready to fall on their necke and to imbrace them with both his armes as the father of the prodigall childe did ●e 15.20 it is required of vs speedily to turne and not deferre our repentance from day to day lest our harts be hardened through the deceitfulnesse of sin No sinne is so small but is able to plundge vs downe to the bottome of hell if we liue in it without repentance and continue in it without remorse The longer wee remaine in the dregs of sinne the faster we shall sticke in the myre of it and the harder we shall finde it to come out of the prison thereof This is the vse which we are to make of Gods mercy to miserable sinners Let vs take heed we abuse not his goodnesse nor take occasion of liberty to turne his grace into wantonnesse saying as the manner of some is Oh God is mercifull hee is gracious to great sinners and so conclude therupon that they may liue as they list and may put off the season of repentance to the last gaspe But the Apostle teacheth vs to reason otherwise 〈◊〉 1 2. What shall we say then shall we continue in sinne that grace may abound God forbid how shall we that are dead to sinne liue yet in si●●e Let vs not therefore alleadge the examples of the faithfull that haue offended to incourage vs in sinne or hold them out as bucklers to embolden vs in falling from God Take heede of presumption Many presume confidently with Peter but they weepe not bitterly with