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Beloved, only a word or two now, and so we shall close. I was speaking to you of the fall of the walls of Jericho, inat the end of ◊ref{Josh.6}, to shew that the ruin of that city was notable and singular in a [ ] manner. Joshua there, by warrant from the Lord,he pronounces a curse upon him that shall rise up to build the walls of that city Jericho again; and it was a very severe curse: and not only was it pronounced in general to be severe, but even in particular it was strait and severe. For he says, Hehe that presumes to build this city he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, that is, his eldest son shall die presently; and if so be that he go fordward,forward, and takes not a lesson by this, (how many sons he had who did it we know not, or if the rest should die), "then, at the setting up the gates thereof, his youngest son shall die." This was a very strict and peremptory curse that was pronounced against the builder of this city. There were many reasons for the peremptoriness of it, but this seems to be the chief one. Because that which God casts down by his own hand immediately, and he employs not the help or power of man to the doing thereof, man is over perttoo arrogant to mint (offer)try to set it up again, let be to doalone accomplish it: when anything is castencast down by man, man may build that up again, but not that which is directly and immediately castencast down by God himself.
Application.---GodApplication: God with his own hand and immediatimmediate power did cast down Jericho into this land, and did build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) thesepast those who presumespresume to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they shall not miss an everlasting curse, if they leave not off down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thyyour soul, take hheed that thouyou go not to build them up again; for if thouyou begin to do it, the Lord shall kill thyyour first-born, even that wherein thou delightsyou delight most; and if thouyou go on into that course, he shall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee.you. And yet, for all this, for as sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time Hiel @@ -36,26 +35,26 @@ fallen harmless on the audience. "◊it{It may be that he did it to please the king}," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.} he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not one found who durstdared to put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, heman makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, I will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also."
It seems there hashave been three things that moved him to this. ◊it{First}, Unbelief. He believed not that Joshua hisJoshua's threatening was to the fore;still in effect; he thought, it is long since this threatening was pronounced, and it is forgotforgotten now. So he apprehended not that the threatenings of God's word were everlasting, and that made him that he would do it. ◊it{Secondly}, It was a piece of fine fertile ground, and it lay in a pleasant part of the country, and yeyou hear he had children; and so avarice made him to assay it, that so he might get an estate made up for them.◊footnote{This remark was no doubt intended to apply to the bishops, whose known motives in seeking and accepting bishoprics were, in many instances, as here described. Vide Supra, p. 82, note.} Thirdly,◊it{Thirdly}, What was 1tit that made him to go on after his first-born was dead; what gart (mademade him that)that he would not leave off till the gates thereof were say up, and so to lose his youngest son also? No question it was the pride of his heart that did that, that even albeit his conscience told him that he was wrong, and the success of his business also, yet he thought, What,what, will I open the mouths of the world about me to think that I have remorse for anything that I have done? I will not do that, but I will go on in my intended course, though all should go to all.◊footnote{A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning @@ -64,19 +63,19 @@ House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."} This indeed is the very thing that makes men go on into an ill course. 1. They think not the judgments of God in his word to be true and everlasting. 2. Avarice; evermore seeking the world, and wats (wots)knowing not how to get it; and beforehe have not his house buildedis built in the world, he will do what he can to ruin God's, that he may get his own builded.built. 3. Pride. Oh! heHe scorns to have a name of pusillanimity;cowardice; but who art thouare you to strive with thyyour Maker? If they have begun with threatenings and thunderings, they think they cannot with their credit desist again till they get the matter to a point.◊footnote{ Thispoint.◊footnote{This applies to the king in particular, whose honourhonor and credit were always urged by the creatures of the court as considerations paramount to all others, for which the subject was bound to sacrifice his dearest interests. Hamilton professed no less throughout the tedious negotiations of the following summer.} And therefore it werewould be a happy thing for us to keep ourselves from these, and to keep faith in a good conscience; and labourlabor to have our minds set upon heaven, and not upon the earth; and labourlabor to have humble hearts, free, so far as may be, from haughtiness and pride. Thus you shallthou be kept from attempting such a course, and so shall live blessed here, and all thou has,you have, and shall at last be brought to everlasting happiness hereafter, through Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
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Beloved, only a word or two now, and so we shall close. I was speaking to you of the fall of the walls of Jericho, in the end of ◊ref{Josh.6}, to shew that the ruin of that city was notable and singular in a [ ] manner. Joshua there, by warrant from the Lord, he pronounces a curse upon him that shall rise up to build the walls of that city Jericho again; and it was a very severe curse: and not only was it pronounced in general to be severe, but even in particular it was strait and severe. For he says, He that presumes to build this city he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, that is, his eldest son shall die presently; and if so be that he go fordward, and takes not a lesson by this, (how many sons he had who did it we know not, or if the rest should die), "then, at the setting up the gates thereof, his youngest son shall die." This was a very strict and peremptory curse that was pronounced against the builder of this city. There were many reasons for the peremptoriness of it, but this seems to be the chief one. Because that whilk God casts down by his own hand immediately, and he employs not the help or power of man to the doing thereof, man is over pert to mint (offer) to set it up again, let be to do it: when anything is casten down by man, man may build that up again, but not that whilk is directly and immediately casten down by God himself. Application.---God with his own hand and immediat power did cast down Jericho into this land, and build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) these who presumes to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they shall not miss an everlasting curse, if they leave not off down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord shall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he shall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for as sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time Hiel presumed to build it;◊footnote{The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. "◊it{It may be that he did it to please the king}," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.} he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not one found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, I will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also."
It seems there has been three things moved him to this. ◊it{First}, Unbelief. He believed not that Joshua his threatening was to the fore; he thought, it is @@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ thing for us to keep ourselves from these, and to keep faith in a good conscience; and labour to have our minds set upon heaven, and not upon the earth; and labour to have humble hearts, free, so far as may be, from haughtiness and pride. Thus shall thou be keeped from attempting such a course, and so shall live blessed here, and all thou has, and shall at last be brought to everlasting happiness hereafter, through Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
a/src/0034.pm b/src/0034.pm index 78e132b..d4e6669 100644 --- a/src/0034.pm +++ b/src/0034.pm @@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ is directly and immediately casten down by God himself. Application.---God with his own hand and immediat power did cast down Jericho into this land, and build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) these who presumes to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they shall not miss ◊scottish{ane#an|one}an everlasting curse, if they leave not off down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord shall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he shall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for ◊scottish{als#as|also}as sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time◊scottish{ane#an|one} Hiel presumed to build it;◊footnote{The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. "◊it{It may be that he did it to please the king}," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.} he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not ◊scottish{ane#an|one}one found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, I will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also." @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ long since this threatening was pronounced, and it is forgot now. So he apprehended not that the threatenings of God's word were everlasting, and that made him that he would do it. ◊it{Secondly}, It was a piece of fine fertile ground, and it lay in a pleasant part of the country, and ye hear he had children; and so avarice made him to assay it, that so he might get ◊scottish{ane#an|one}an estate made up for them.◊footnote{This remark was no doubt intended to apply to the bishops, whose known motives in seeking and accepting bishoprics were, in many instances, as here described. Vide Supra, p. 82, note.} Thirdly, What was 1t @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ all.◊footnote{A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning "though the worst should happen." The same occurs in Baillie ii. 187, "Let the House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."} This indeed is the very thing that makes men go on into ◊scottish{ane#an|one}an ill course. 1. They think not the judgments of God in his word to be true and everlasting. 2. Avarice; evermore seeking the world, and wats (wots) not how to get it; and before he have not his house builded in the world, he will do what he can to ruin God's, that he may get his own
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Beloved, only a word or two now, and so we sallshall close. I was speaking to you of the fall of the walls of Jericho, in the end of ◊ref{Josh.6}, to shew that the ruin of that city was notable and singular in a [ ] manner. Joshua there, by warrant from the Lord, he pronounces a curse upon him that sallshall rise up to build the walls of that city Jericho again; and it was a very severe curse: and not only was it pronounced in general to be severe, but even in particular it was strait and severe. For he says, He that presumes to build this city he sallshall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, that is, his eldest son sallshall die presently; and if so be that he go fordward, and takes not a lesson by this, (how many sons he had who did it we know not, or if the rest should die), "then, at the setting up the gates thereof, his youngest son sallshall die." This was a very strict and peremptory curse that was pronounced against the builder of this city. There were many reasons for the peremptoriness of it, but this seems to be the chief one. Because that whilk God casts down by his awinown hand immediately, and he employs not the help or power of man to the doing thereof, man is over pert to mint (offer) to set it up again, let be to do it: when anything is casten down by man, man may build that up again, but not that whilk is directly and immediately casten down by God himself. Application.---God with his awinown hand and immediat power did cast down Jericho into this land, and build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) these who presumes to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they sallshall not miss ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} everlasting curse, if they leave not off down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord sallshall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he sallshall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for als◊scottish{als#as|also} sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} Hiel presumed to build it;◊footnote{The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. "◊it{It may be that he did it to please the king}," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.} he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, I will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also." @@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ long since this threatening was pronounced, and it is forgot now. So he apprehended not that the threatenings of God's word were everlasting, and that made him that he would do it. ◊it{Secondly}, It was a piece of fine fertile ground, and it lay in a pleasant part of the country, and ye hear he had children; and so avarice made him to assay it, that so he might get ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} estate made up for them.◊footnote{This remark was no doubt intended to apply to the bishops, whose known motives in seeking and accepting bishoprics were, in many instances, as here described. Vide Supra, p. 82, note.} Thirdly, What was 1t that made him to go on after his first-born was dead; what gart (made him that) he would not leave affoff till the gates thereof were say up, and so to lose his youngest son also? No question it was the pride of his heart did that, that even albeit his conscience told him that he was wrong, and the success of his business also, yet he thought, What, will I open the mouths of the world about @@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ all.◊footnote{A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning "though the worst should happen." The same occurs in Baillie ii. 187, "Let the House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."} This indeed is the very thing that makes men go on into ane◊scottish{ane#an|one} ill course. 1. They think not the judgments of God in his word to be true and everlasting. 2. Avarice; evermore seeking the world, and wats (wots) not how to get it; and before he have not his house builded in the world, he will do what he can to ruin God's, that he may get his awinown builded. 3. Pride. Oh! he scorns to have a name of pusillanimity; but who art thou to strive with thy Maker? If they have begun with threatenings and thunderings, they think they cannot with their credit desist again till they @@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ tedious negotiations of the following summer.} And therefore it were a happy thing for us to keep ourselves from these, and to keep faith in a good conscience; and labour to have our minds set upon heaven, and not upon the earth; and labour to have humble hearts, free, so far as may be, from haughtiness and pride. Thus sallshall thou be keeped from attempting such a course, and so sallshall live blessed here, and all thou has, and sallshall at last be brought to everlasting happiness hereafter, through Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
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Beloved, only a word or two now, and so we sall close. I was speaking to you of the fall of the walls of Jericho, in the end of Joshua vi.,◊ref{Josh.6}, to shew that the ruin of that city was notable and singular inain a [ ] manner. Joshua there, by warrant from the Lord, he pronounces a curse upon him that sall rise up to build the walls of that city Jericho again; and it was a very severe curse: and not only was it pronounced in general to be severe, but even in particular it @@ -35,144 +17,66 @@ seems to be the chief one. Because that whilk God casts down by his awin hand immediately, and he employs not the help or power of man to the doing thereof, man is over pert to mint (offer) to set it up again, let be to do it: when anything is casten down by man, man may build that up again, but not that whilk is directly and immediately casten down by God himself. ArpricaTioN.---GodApplication.---God with his awin hand and immediat power did cast down Jericho into this land, and build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) these who presumes to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they sall not miss ane everlasting curse, if they leave not off down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord sall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he sall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for als sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time ane Hiel presumed to build it;◊footnote{The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. "◊it{It may be that he did it to please the king}," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.} he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not ane found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, I will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also."
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down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord sall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he sall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for als sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time ane Hiel presumed to build it;* he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not ane found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, 1 will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also."It seems there has been three things moved him to this. First,◊it{First}, Unbelief. He believed not that Joshua his threatening was to the fore; he thought, it is long since this threatening was pronounced, and it is forgot now. So he apprehended not that the threatenings of God's word were everlasting, and that made him that he would do it. = Secondly,◊it{Secondly}, It was a piece of fine fertile ground, and it lay in a pleasant part of the country, and ye hear he had children; and so avarice made him to assay it, that so he might get ane estate made up for them.+ Thirdly, What was 1t that made him to go on after his first-born was dead; what gart (made him that) he would not leave aff till the gates thereof were
and repent in time. Then if the Lord has begun to ‘s;t. d
* The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. < It may be that he did it to please the king," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.
t Thisthem.◊footnote{This remark was no doubt intended to apply to the bishops, whose known motives in seeking and accepting bishoprics were, in many instances, as here described. Vide Supra, p. 82, note.
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$ayafter his first-born was dead; what gart (made him that) he would not leave aff till the gates thereof were say up, and so to lose his youngest son also? No question MiSyasit was the pride of his heart did that, that even albeit his ‘conscienceconscience told him that he was wrong, and the success of his business also, yet he thought, What, will 1I open the mouths of the world about me to think that I have remorse for anything that I have done? I will not do that, but I will go on in my intended course, though all should go to all.*all.◊footnote{A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning "though the worst should happen." The same occurs in Baillie ii. 187, "Let the House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."} This indeed is the very thing that makes men go on into ane ill course. 1. They think not the judgments of God in his word to be true and everlasting. 2. Avarice; evermore seeking the world, and wats (wots) not how to get it; and before he have not his house builded in the world, he will do what he can to ruin God's, that he may get his awin builded. 3. Pride. Oh! he scorns to have a name of pusillanimity; but who art thou to strive with thy Maker? If they have begun with threatenings and thunderings, they think they cannot with their credit desist again till they get the matter to a point.+point.◊footnote{ This applies to the king in particular, whose honour and credit were always urged by the creatures of the court as considerations paramount to all others, for which the subject was bound to sacrifice his dearest interests. Hamilton professed no less throughout the tedious negotiations of the following summer.} And therefore it were a happy thing for us to keep ourselves from these, and to keep faith in a good conscience; and labour to have our minds set upon heaven, and not upon the earth; and labour to have humble hearts, free, so far as may be, from haughtiness and pride. Thus sall thou be keeped from attempting such a course, and so sall live blessed here, and all thou has, and sall at last be brought to everlasting happiness hereafter, through Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.* A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning ¢ though the worst should happen."" The same occurs in Baillie 11. 187, "Let the House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."'
+ This applies to the king in particular, whose honour and credit were always urged by the creatures of the court as considerations paramount to all others, for which the subject was bound to sacrifice his dearest interests. Hamilton professed no less throughout the tedious negotiations of the following summer.
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PRAYER.
O Lord, if through continuance and joining of spiritual exercises we could find faith wakened and still ascending upward, then that would be great contentment to us; but evermore while we live we find great proofs of ignorance, doubtings, and manifold infirmities into us; and so it must be only through Christ and his power that we must be saved from the power of unbelief. And therefore, O Lord, because we have been now speaking and hearing of faith, make ilk ane of us all to look in to our awin souls, and see what seed of faith is there; that so it may be watered from thee from above, and we may be careful then to get it keeped, and to count the heart to be a paradise so long as it is there. And we entreat thee, O Lord, because we will meet with oppositions, and it is not in our awin strength we can stand, acquaint us with the oppositions we may meet with in the way, and that we may know that there is great enormity into our hearts; and so may draw into Christ, to get strength against all oppositions: and let us know that for ilk horn that our enemy has to pursue us, he has a hammer to beat it down. And, Lord, we beseech thee to frame our hearts to the doing of thy will; and let us know more and more of it. We bless thee, Lord, for what thou has begun into us, and what thou of thy mercy has been pleased to do to us this day. Lord, we have silly hearts, fill us with the sense of thy kindness as we stand in need; our hearts has not been right with thee this day; yet we trust that thou will gather up the least motion or intention to do good, and that thou will make our intention to be acceptable to thee, through Christ. And for time to come, Lord, give us grace to rest upon Christ, and still to use the means that thou has appointed, till the walls fall to the ground; we know that not a jot of that whilk thou has promised sall fail, if we wait on, and therefore give us grace to wait on till the appointed time come. Lord, save us from thy curse, for it is heavy and sore; we indeed have deserved it, for we have put to our hand to the building of
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say: " Come now what will come, I will bellieve the promise of God;" for he is all in all to the believer; and join to thy help to get a full assurance of faith: @nd what thou finds deficient, that thou of thyself cannot Wil}f to (attain to), pray to God to increase it.:
CoONCLUSION.
Beloved, only a word or two now, and so we sall close. I was speaking to you of the fall of the walls of Jericho, in the end of Joshua vi., to shew that the ruin of that city was notable and singular ina [ ] manner. Joshua there, by warrant from the Lord, he pronounces a curse upon him that sall rise up to build the walls of that city Jericho again; and it was a very severe curse: and not only was it pronounced in general to be severe, but even in particular it was strait and severe. For he says, He that presumes to build this city he sall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, that is, his eldest son sall die presently; and if so be that he go fordward, and takes not a lesson by this, (how many sons he had who did it we know not, or if the rest should die), "then, at the setting up the gates thereof, his youngest son sall die." This was a very strict and peremptory curse that was pronounced against the builder of this city. There were many reasons for the peremptoriness of it, but this seems to be the chief one. Because that whilk God casts down by his awin hand immediately, and he employs not the help or power of man to the doing thereof, man is over pert to mint (offer) to set it up again, let be to do it: when anything is casten down by man, man may build that up again, but not that whilk is directly and immediately casten down by God himself. ArpricaTioN.---God with his awin hand and immediat power did cast down Jericho into this land, and build up the walls of Jerusalem; and therefore it is not possible that a curse can go by (past) these who presumes to build up Jericho here again: whatever temporal curse come upon them here, yet they sall not miss ane everlasting curse, if they leave not off
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down the walls of spiritual Jericho into thy soul, take h that thou go not to build them up again; for if thou begin to do it, the Lord sall kill thy first-born, even that wherein thou delights most; and if thou go on into that course, he sall not leave one that may be any comfort to thee. And yet, for all this, for als sore and peremptory as the curse was, there was a man found who took the deed in hand; he was a man of Bethel where there was idolatry; and it was in Ahab's days, who was a silly king, enticed to idolatry by his wicked wife Jezebel. At that time ane Hiel presumed to build it;* he could not be ignorant of the threatening, and albeit it was a pleasant part of the country, yet for the space of five hundred years there was not ane found who durst put his hand to it; yet this unhappy man, he makes to work, and it may be that he did it to please the king, and he says, "If no man will take this turn in hand, 1 will take it, for I have wit enough to get it done, and I have strength also."
It seems there has been three things moved him to this. First, Unbelief. He believed not that Joshua his threatening was to the fore; he thought, it is long since this threatening was pronounced, and it is forgot now. So he apprehended not that the threatenings of God's word were everlasting, and that made him that he would do it. = Secondly, It was a piece of fine fertile ground, and it lay in a pleasant part of the country, and ye hear he had children; and so avarice made him to assay it, that so he might get ane estate made up for them.+ Thirdly, What was 1t that made him to go on after his first-born was dead; what gart (made him that) he would not leave aff till the gates thereof were
and repent in time. Then if the Lord has begun to ‘s;t. d
* The allusions here, and in what follows, to the Queen and Laud are too plain and pointed to be mistaken, though they may have fallen harmless on the audience. < It may be that he did it to please the king," would hardly have occurred to Henderson, but for what he knew of Laud and his doings at court at this time.
t This remark was no doubt intended to apply to the bishops, whose known motives in seeking and accepting bishoprics were, in many instances,
as here described. Vide Supra, p. 82, note.
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$ay up, and so to lose his youngest son also? No question MiSyas the pride of his heart did that, that even albeit his ‘conscience told him that he was wrong, and the success of his business also, yet he thought, What, will 1 open the mouths of the world about me to think that I have remorse for anything that I have done? I will not do that, but I will go on in my intended course, though all should go to all.* This indeed is the very thing that makes men go on into ane ill course. 1. They think not the judgments of God in his word to be true and everlasting. 2. Avarice; evermore seeking the world, and wats (wots) not how to get it; and before he have not his house builded in the world, he will do what he can to ruin God's, that he may get his awin builded. 3. Pride. Oh! he scorns to have a name of pusillanimity; but who art thou to strive with thy Maker? If they have begun with threatenings and thunderings, they think they cannot with their credit desist again till they get the matter to a point.+ And therefore it were a happy thing for us to keep ourselves from these, and to keep faith in a good conscience; and labour to have our minds set upon heaven, and not upon the earth; and labour to have humble hearts, free, so far as may be, from haughtiness and pride. Thus sall thou be keeped from attempting such a course, and so sall live blessed here, and all thou has, and sall at last be brought to everlasting happiness hereafter, through Jesus Christ. To whom, etc.
* A proverbial form of expression, not very common now, meaning ¢ though the worst should happen."" The same occurs in Baillie 11. 187, "Let the House of Commons and the city do what they would, if all should have gone to all, the House of Lords was peremptor."'
+ This applies to the king in particular, whose honour and credit were always urged by the creatures of the court as considerations paramount to all others, for which the subject was bound to sacrifice his dearest interests. Hamilton professed no less throughout the tedious negotiations of the following summer.
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PRAYER.
O Lord, if through continuance and joining of spiritual exercises we could find faith wakened and still ascending upward, then that would be great contentment to us; but evermore while we live we find great proofs of ignorance, doubtings, and manifold infirmities into us; and so it must be only through Christ and his power that we must be saved from the power of unbelief. And therefore, O Lord, because we have been now speaking and hearing of faith, make ilk ane of us all to look in to our awin souls, and see what seed of faith is there; that so it may be watered from thee from above, and we may be careful then to get it keeped, and to count the heart to be a paradise so long as it is there. And we entreat thee, O Lord, because we will meet with oppositions, and it is not in our awin strength we can stand, acquaint us with the oppositions we may meet with in the way, and that we may know that there is great enormity into our hearts; and so may draw into Christ, to get strength against all oppositions: and let us know that for ilk horn that our enemy has to pursue us, he has a hammer to beat it down. And, Lord, we beseech thee to frame our hearts to the doing of thy will; and let us know more and more of it. We bless thee, Lord, for what thou has begun into us, and what thou of thy mercy has been pleased to do to us this day. Lord, we have silly hearts, fill us with the sense of thy kindness as we stand in need; our hearts has not been right with thee this day; yet we trust that thou will gather up the least motion or intention to do good, and that thou will make our intention to be acceptable to thee, through Christ. And for time to come, Lord, give us grace to rest upon Christ, and still to use the means that thou has appointed, till the walls fall to the ground; we know that not a jot of that whilk thou has promised sall fail, if we wait on, and therefore give us grace to wait on till the appointed time come. Lord, save us from thy curse, for it is heavy and sore; we indeed have deserved it, for we have put to our hand to the building of