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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

of God For Iohn describing the state of glory after this life saith I saw no Temple therein for the Lord God Almighty Re. 21 22 23 24 25 26 2● and the Lambe are the Temple of it and this City hath no need of the Sunne neither of the Moone to shine in it for the glory of God did light it and the Lambe is the light of it Happy are they that enter into this city where God is the Temple where God is the Sun where God is the Moone where God is all the light thereof and all the glory and defence therof It is a glorious thing in this life to be Kings and Princes and to sit vpon the throne of maiesty but when they shall inherite the kingdome of heauen they shall lay downe all earthly pompe and magnificence receiuing so great glory in that glorious city that the glory which they had as kings and Princes shall vanish away as the light of a candle at the shining of the Sunne The glory of the least of Gods Saints is so excellent that Salomon in all his glory was neuer arayed nor aduanced like one of these The end of all this is to teach vs that we ought to be euen rauished with an earnest and longing desire to dwel in this heauenly tabernacle and to labor to haue our hearts purged from an euill conscience knowing that no vncleane thing shall enter into it ●●uel 21.27 neither whatsoeuer worketh abominations and lies Euery one will seeme desirous to dwell in the Lords Tabernacle and to come to heauen but they are loath to leaue their sinnes But let vs not deceiue our selues neither let vs sooth and flatter our selues in our euils if we follow our vngodly wayes with greedinesse and will not forsake our wickednesse we shall haue the doore of Gods kingdome shut against vs. 18 The standard of the Campe of Ephraim shall be toward the West according to their armies and the Captaine ouer the sonnes of Ephraim shall be Elishama the sonne of Ammihud 19 And the hoste and the number of them were forty thousand and fiue hundreth 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh and the Captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shall be Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur 21 And his hoste and the number of them were two and thirty thousand and two hundreth 22 And the tribe of Beniamin and the Captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shall be Abidan the sonne of Gideoni 23 And his hoste and the number of them were fiue and thirty thousand and foure hundreth 24 All the number of the Campe of Ephraim were an hundred and eight thousand and one hundreth according to their Armies and they shall goe in the third place We haue heard before how the Tabernacle of the Congregation was placed in the midst of the hoste and compassed about both in front and flanke standing strong in battelled in their aray ready to receiue a shocke if any enemies should offer to enter vpon them In these words is laid before vs the third company of this mighty Army the principall whereof was Ephraim and his Partizans are Manasseh and Beniamin appointed to march vnder his Ensigne and to be after a sort ranged vnder his colours It is not vnknowne to any that are meanely conuersant in the holy Scriptures that Ioseph and Beniamin were the onely children of Rahel the true and beloued wife of Iacob and that both Manasseh and Ephraim were the children of Ioseph and that the elder was Manasseh the yonger Ephraim who notwithstanding hath the first place of honour and preheminence assigned vnto him and Manasseh the first borne is compelled to be his vnderling What could Ephraim claime aboue his brother or what had Manasseh done to be put behinde It pleaseth God oftentimes to make the first last and the last first to thrust downe the elder into the place of the yonger and to aduance the yonger into the seate of the elder This appeareth in many places of the Booke of Genesis and is so ordinary and common as it need not to be set downe To insist onely vpon the present example we reade that when Ioseph brought his two children before his sicke father Gene. 48.14.18.20 Iacob stretched out his right hand and laide it on Ephraims head and his left hand vpon Manassehs head directing his hands of purpose neither could be drawne to remooue them but blessed them that day and said In thee Israel shal blesse and say God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh and he set Ephraim before Manasseh Thus Gods iudgement is oftentimes contrary to mans and he preferreth that which man despiseth A notable example whereof we haue in Samuel when hee was sent to anoynt Dauid King and had the eldest sonne of Ishai before him he said 1 Sam. 16.6 Surely the Lords anoynted is before him but the Lord said vnto Samuel Looke not on his countenance nor on the height of his stature because I haue refused him for God seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord beholdeth the heart Samuel was an holy Prophet of God yet he faileth in binding Gods grace to the ordinary course of nature Doctrine 5 We learne from hence God bestoweth his gifts and graces freely to whom hee pleaseth that God bestoweth his gifts freely both when he will and where he will and to whom he will He giueth as a bountifull and gracious father the graces of election adoption iustification sanctification and all other his benefites of his free loue and fauour He lifteth vp whom he will he passeth by he forsaketh he putteth and pulleth downe whom he pleaseth Some gifts are temporall and some eternall some earthly and other heauenly and of both sorts it may be truely said Who separateth thee 1 Cor. 4.7 and what hast thou that thou hast not receiued if thou hast receiued it why reioycest thou as though thou hadst not receiued it This is set downe in the song of Hannah The Lord maketh poore 1 Sam. 2.7.8 and maketh rich he bringeth low and exalteth he raiseth vp the poore out of the dust lifteth vp the begger from the dunghil to set them among Princes and to make them inherit the seat of glory This appeareth most plainly and euidently in the gifts of God Our whole saluation is of Gods free grace belonging to a better life and accompanying saluation The free grace of god in Christ is the fountaine from whence saluatiō floweth yea it is the beginning continuance ending of our saluation The truth hereof may be made plain by the particular rehearsall of the seuerall parts thereof if we consider our election redemption calling faith iustification regeneration loue good workes remission of sinnes and perseuerance in good things vnto the end No man can be saued and obtaine eternall life except he be predestinated and elected thereunto before the foundation of the world for the kingdome of

make thee ruler ouer many things enter thou into the ioy of thy Lord. Euery calling fitted vnto vs is as a field giuen vs to till We may praise and commend the greater farmes Virg. Georg. lib. 2. Laudalo ingentia rura Exiguum co●to but it is better to husband the lesser forasmuch as our eye may more easily ouersee it and our losse shall be the lesse if we neglect it We shall finde enough to doe in the manuring of a little ground if we will keepe all things in a right order So it is much more in those places wherein God hath set vs the highest calling deserueth greatest commendation howbeit it draweth with it the greatest duties it requireth the greatest gifts and bringeth the greatest account Wherefore the lesser our calling is the better it may be employed and the more easily it may be dispatched If wee looke into the duties of the lowest callings we shall see they require great labour diligence care and faithfulnesse The greater our emploiment of those gifts hath bin which we haue receiued the more shall our comfort be when we must goe the way of all flesh We see this in the Apostle Paul 2 Tim. 4.7.8 who being in a maner at the point of death found great ioy of heart in the remembrance of this that he had endeauoured with a good conscience toward God and man to walk in his calling I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand I haue fought a good fight I haue finished my course I haue kept the faith henceforth there is laid vp for me a crowne of righteousnesse which the Lord the righteous Iudge shall giue me at that that day c. Thus it shall be with vs if we walke in his steppes if we bee faithfull in our places we shall find the same comfort in our death and departure out of this world and say with ioy of heart Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace Luke 2. The contrary practise will be most fearefull and terrible vnto vs. He that is a wicked man and an vnprofitable seruant and slouthfull that hideth his talent in the earth or smiteth his fellow seruants and beginneth to eate and drinke and to be drunken perswading himselfe that his master delayeth his comming shall haue his talent taken from him and be cast into vtter darkenesse where shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth If then we would haue this comfort to belong vnto vs and this threatning to be put farre from vs we must be carefull to performe the duties both of our generall and speciall callings If we performe the generall common duties of Christianity and yet faile in the particular parts of our callings we shall want this ioy of heart which we desire to feele in our selues Euery one hath a double calling Euery one of vs hath a double calling and we must shew our selues to be the seruants of God not onely in doing generall duties as in coming to Church in hearing the word in receiuing the Sacraments in following peace and walking in righteousnesse but also by employing our selues in our particular vocations as in being a Magistrate or Minister or housholder or subiect or seruant or child or Artificer or husband or husbandman and such like that so we may please God by bearing our selues in them with good conscience and therby receiue occasion to reioyce before him There can be no comfort vnto them that they belong to God in Iesus Christ that do follow the generall and faile in their particular calling The Minister that liueth in all common duties vnblameable in life deuout in prayer feruent in loue carefull in the fruits of righteousnesse cannot comfort himselfe if hee bee a dumbe dogge and an idle shepheard not able to guide the people of God and to feed them with the wholesome word of life Forasmuch as he is an euill Minister and a fearefull woe pertaineth vnto him 1 Cor. 9.17 The gouernour of a family that regardeth not the education of his children in the feare and information of the Lord and to prouide necessary things for them so farre as God shall inable him with a good conscience is a wicked parent howsoeuer hee seeme otherwise neuer so deuout and religious What we are in truth is better discerned by our carriage at home then abroad in our priuate families then in the company of others Many are religious because the company is so and because they are present with those that doe affect it But we must not be esteemed iudged off by one brunt or pang which may deceiue our heart shall better be made knowne by our ordinary demeaning of our selues among those with whom we haue our callings It was a notable testimony of true piety a religious heart in Dauid when he professed that he would walke within his house with a perfect heart Psal 101.2 Euery hypocrite will talke of religion when others doe so but we must make it our talke and communication within our houses reforming them according to the ordinance of God and instructing them that liue vnder our roofe in the word of God Lastly it is our dutie as we haue receiued Vse 4 a proper and peculiar calling so to walke in the particular duties of our seuerall callings whereunto we are called that so we may serue him that hath set vs in them and receiue occasion to reioyce before him As he hath called vs so let vs walke whether we be Ministers or people husbands or wiues in Church or Common-wealth This is the generall rule often remembred by the Apostle 1 Cor. 7.20 24. Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called and a little after Let euery man wherein he was called therein abide with God Let vs not stretch our selues beyond the bounds of our calling If the hand through enuy of the greater gifts of the eyes would needes take vpon it to see and by seeing to direct the body or if the eye not contenting it selfe to see for the whole would seeke to speake and vtter a voyce as the tongue if the head would attempt to walke and take vp the office of the feete or if the left hand hauing the same gift with the right would maligne it because it is more apt strong ready quick and able to execute the function belonging vnto it who would not complaine of this confusion as most vnnaturall and monstrous threatning the ruine of the whole body This duty hath many branches First it teacheth that euery one ought to haue a proper and personall calling wherein he is to walke diligently carefully and painefully whether he be high or low rich or poore bond or free all without exception must haue a particular vocation of his owne Christ is called in the Gospel the Carpenter Mar. 6.3 Moses kept his fathers sheepe Exo. 3.1 Psal 78.72 Ephe. 4. ●● Dauid followed the Ewes great with young Euery one must labour working

Secondly we are taught heereby to stand in feare of God Mat. 8 26 27. to tremble vnder this mighty Commander of sea and land and to beware we do not teaze with him or prouoke him to anger indignation against vs seeing he hath so many royall Camps of armed souldiers in readinesse to be reuenged of vs to destroy vs when and how and where it pleaseth him He is able to cut vs downe as grasse to blow vs away as dust to sweepe vs away as dung to tread vpon vs as wormes of the earth he needeth no weapon for the matter hee can scatter vs as chaffe before the winde he can make the least dust to be our death and the smallest vermin to be our destruction If he arme the silly simple flye it is able to work out our confusion and is farre aboue our power to encounter and buckle withall These are the men of war that God chuseth to wage battell for him and to pull downe the hautinesse of our hearts Let vs profite to humility and stoope downe vnder his hand He can as easily send strange plagues strange diseases mortality among vs as hee in former times hath done This the Prophet Ieremy teacheth chap. 5 21 22 24. Heare now this O foolish people and without vnderstanding which haue eyes and see not which haue eares and heare not feare ye not me saith the Lord Or will ye not bee afraid at my presence which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it though the waues thereof rage and rore they cannot preuaile or passe ouer it Lastly this teacheth that none can escape Vse 3 iudgement and though hand ioyne in hand the vngodly shall neuer go vnpunished For as it ministreth comfort to the faithfull in all dāgers to put their trust affiance in God who hath so many souldiers and seruants to protect and defend them so on the other side it assureth tribulation and anguish death and destruction to euery soule that doth euill Looke how many creatures he hath so many meanes he hath to destroy vs and we cannot escape if we be at warre and defiance with him If God be on our side who shall be against vs Rom. 8 31. But if he bee against vs what creature shall stand with vs Nay what creature is not armed against vs If God bee our enemy nothing in heauē or earth can shew vs any good or be in league and friendship with vs but is ready to bid vs battell and to proclaime open warre against vs. Therefore the Prophet saith God is iealous and the Lord reuengeth Nah 1 2 5 ● he will take vengeance on his aduersaries and heere serueth wrath for his enemies the Lord is slowe to anger but he is great in power and will not surely cleere the wicked the Mountaines tremble and the Hils melt before him the earth is burnt at his fight yea the world all that dwell therein Who can stand before his wrath his wrath is powred out like fire and the Rockes are broken by him If a man were compassed about with thousands of his enemies and hemmed in on euery side with a mighty hoast ready to draw their swords and discharge their Ordinance at him would hee not despaire of deliuerance and put his soule in his hand as the Prophet speakes This is the estate of all naturall and wicked men All creatures aboue their head and vnder their feete on the right hand on the left hand and round about them before them and behind them are set against them haue made a generall conspiracy against them It were a vaine hope and foolish presumption for such a prisoner to dreame of freedome deliuerance The murther of Abel lying heauy vpon the heart and conscience of Caine Gen. 4 1● made him stand in feare of euery creature that came to meete him or ouertooke him If then we would be at peace with the creatures and finde peace in our own selues which passeth all vnderstanding labour first of all to be at peace with God Let him haue no quarrell or controuersie against vs. Let vs send out an Embassage of peace ●14 32. and hang out of our hearts a flag of truce that he may call backe his army from pursuing of vs. If he once blow the retreate all his souldiers retire they are all able to doe vs no hurt the stones of the streete shal be in league with vs all creatures shall serue them that serue the Lord. Seeing therfore the least of Gods creatures are made by him too strong for a kingdome who shall bee able to resist his power Seeing in his wrath he can arme all the creatures in heauen and earth against vs the meanest whereof is aboue our strength what vain hearts haue we in our brests and what wicked tongues in our prophane mouthes to thinke and speake it that we will shift well enough with his iudgements Let vs shake at his infinite power betimes lest the fire of his iealousie burne against vs and it cannot bee quenched Let vs tremble at our security and presumption that haue taken hold vpon vs lest the guiltinesse thereof shake and shiuer vs in peeces for euermore seeing he bringeth out his armies by number calleth them by their names Esay 40 26. Verse 7. Then the people came to Moses said We haue sinned for wee haue spoken against the Lord and against thee Marke heere how the Israelites seeke helpe and succour of Moses A man would haue thought that this rout of Rebels of all other would not haue gone to Moses nor haue stooped downe to him whom before they had contemptuously scorned contumeliously abused and despitefully spoken against yet in their misery they making a vertue of necessity come with one accord to Moses to be helped succoured to be releeued and praied for they can finde no comfort nor remedy but in him We learne from hence ●trine ●ked are ● driuen ●eke helpe ●e ●godly ● they ● despised this doctrine Such as are disobedient wicked are oftentimes driuen to seek comfort and helpe of the godly whom they haue scorned and derided reuiled and spoken against I say vngodly men and such as blaspheme God and are enemies to God and to his seruants are many times inforced and constrained to sue to them whom they haue despised and to seeke to them in their necessity and extremity when they are in affliction and the hand of GOD is any wayes heauy vpon them This appeareth in many places of the word of God Abimelech hauing taken the wife of Abraham and wronged him in the most precious part of his possession ● 20 7 17. standeth in need of his praier that he might liue bee healed of the diseases that God had laide vpon him and his people In like manner Isaac was hated of the Philistims they enuied his riches they stopped his wels