hear thar none of thele things made him heſitate. Zgyp; was n os to Paleſtina, and the Dominions of another Prince, within which D 4 wm rod had nothing to do ; Feroboam fled thicher, 1 King. 11, go, | p =_ ſtaid there till che death of Solomon. God's Precepr here di m wo only indicate his Care and ſpecial Providence for, and over this = very Child, bur included a Promiſe of Syſtenance and Support tor ir ms take T its Parents : And the Lord further atlured 7oſeph, That he thoul = not dye in that Exile, for he would likewiſe cell him the time «he wr he ſhould come back. Chriſt's time ro dye was nor yer come = hee therefore he would have him our of the way ; for he who ſearcheh hays the Heart, and trieth rhe Reins, and knowerh the Thoughts 0 Man , * : ; afar off, did know that Herod would ſeek, the young Child to dj, I him. He ſhould bur ſeek ir, for God had reſolved to preſerye . th h
buthe would ſhew the Malice of his Hearr in ſeeking of it; there. wag tore God commands him to go away, and direð him Whither tg wm . g0. The certainty of an iſſue from rhe Divine Counſels, or a Divine - F b Revelation, ought not to encourage us in the neglett ot any rap, Fan = nal and juſt means for the obraining of ir. Tho' God will proyide ext we tor his Church and People ; yer it 1s his Will they ſhould uſe x1 " W juſt and lawful means for their own Preſervation. p Oy - 14 When he aroſe, he took the young child and tj berwixr mother by night, and departed into Egypt, | __ 15 And was there until the death of Herod, that i ng Fs might be fulfilled which was ſpoken of the Lor1,by the judgmen
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True Faith, or Afent to a Divine Revelation, always produceth 2 Jeremy Obedience to the Precept of ir. Thus it did in che Wile Men; thu b 18 ] in Foſeph ; thus every where in Holy writ : By w::ich we my , learn, Thar they indeed believe nor the Scriptures to be the Word | Hm Lon of God, who take no Care to live up to the Rule of Life preti = WecPin; bed in them. Foſeph nor only obeyed, bur readily and preſently che: for ted, ed : When he aroſe, he took rhe young Child, and Mary his Miu, E The T The Poverty of our Sayiour's Parents 1s not obſcurely varhcrel fulflled x from this haſty motion of 7oſeph. His motion was nor delayed fir 1 oreat M che packing up of Gocds, garhering in of Debrs, Fc. It he luſt ay Children | thing by his haſte, yer he carried wich kim che Promile, and ipeci! * fulfilled, tl Care of God for him, and lus; yet he moverth /rudentiall, ad Rama { rheretore he beginnerh his Journey by Vight, when leaſt notice cout Place tro be taken of his motion. We are not to put God upor iwerkins There wer Miracles for our Preſervation, tho* we have never 1o may fit: merty call Promiſes, when it may be obtained in the uie of means : Tlie) :r: of Benjami God's Security given to Creatures, whom he hath endued wi. :Ret Coalts ther
ſon, and expeQs that we ſhould uſe ir, while we yer cruſt in tis Word, Weare norrold into whar part of Ezypt Jef, wet, ni Rache! was how long he ſtaid there : Some lay f1x or leven Years; others, but rous of Chi three or four Months : The Text laich, He was there us.til the Det! = uſed, to « of Herod, Some fay that was betore the Pajchal Solemnity that Yell & their Child Bur theſe thinys are great incertainties : Ir 1s certain tie ſaid ther cauſed * till Zerod died ; but when that certainly was, we k:9w not ; nt Benjamin at 15 it material for us to be curious in enquiring. [| That it mg.” © mentioned fulfilled which was ſp:hen of the Lord by the Prophet, ſrying, Cit j 2h , Ezypt have I called my Son. | That it might be fulfilled, is a Phrale * E 19 By often meer with in the New Teſtament, to declare the Harmony 2 of the Lo
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