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The mirrour of religious men, and of godly matrones Exhibited in the golden legends of these six famous and faithfull persons. Abraham & Sara, Isack [&] Rebecca: Iacob [&] Rahel. Very comfortable to be read of all the sonnes and daughters of such faithfull parents according to the promise, for the rectifying of their liues and the confirming of their faith. By I.M. Master in Arts.
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Maxwell, James, b. 1581.
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of his death O my beloued Sonne Isack would God thou hadst neuer beene borne and thou my sweete wife Sara would God thou hadst alwaies beene barren rather then to haue borne a son in thine old age after so long barrennes whome thy husband and his father must now in so vnfatherly a fashion bereaue of his naturall being and breath But Abraham was farre from all such infirmitie and imperfection of faith and therefore beleeuing that Gods promise should not misse of performance but that he was euen able to raise Isack againe out of his owne ashes he delayed not to doe that which the Lord had enioyned him concerning his son Gen. 22.1 to 13. But when as he was in heauing vp his hand to giue him the mortall blowe with the knife behold the Angell of the Lord from heauen forbid him to lay his hand vpon the childe For now I knowe quoth he that thou fearest God seeing that for my sake thou hast not spared thine onely sonne And thus Abrahams will to offer his onely sonne for a burnt offering vnto the Lord was accepted for the deede Abrahams obedience then was correspoÌ„dent to his faith whence it did flowe his faith was great and therefore great was his obedience Io. 8.56 he saw Christ but a farre off and he was glad he saw by faith and that a great faith and therefore great was his sight his gladnes and his ioy And as he had a great faith in his heart so made he a great demonstration thereof in the actions of his hands Gen. 12.7.8 13.4.18 For Abraham wheresoeuer he soiourned erected an Alter vnto God and called vpon his name As he forsooke the Idols of his fathers euen their Gods Iosh 24.2.3 which were no Gods so he acknowledged and worshiped entierly the onely true God Gen. 14 18 19.20 Heb. 7.4.8 Also he payed Tithes vnto Melchisedeck the high Priest of the most high Giuing therby an exaÌ„ple to al his Instruction 3 children Iam. 2.18 of shewing their faith by their workes and namely vnto the richer sort of consecrating a part of their substance to the building repairing of Churches for the seruice of God and of making his ministers partakers of their goods according as the Apostles exhortation doth beare saying Galat. 6.6 Let him that is taught in the word make him that hath taught him partaker of all his goods And not onely was Abraham religious and godly in himselfe but he was also carefull for all such as were vnder his charge Gen. 17.23.24.25.26.27 Deut. 10.16 30.6 Ierem 4.4 6.10 Act. 7 51 Gen 18.19 to wit for his children and seruants that they should liue before God as men no lesse circumcised in their hearts then in their flesh I know said the Lord that Abraham will command his Sonnes and his housholde after him that they keepe the way of the Lord to doe righteousnes and iudgement Whereby the Instruction 4 children of Abraham after the promise and chiefly all fathers and maisters of families are taught to giue diligence that their children and seruants be instructed in the knowledge of the true God Tit. 2.12 and of godlines that they may liue godlily soberly and iustly in this present world And the effect of this his christian care for his familie may appeare both in his Sonne Isack and in his seruant Eliezer of Damascus the steward of his house as for his sonne as he was consecrated to the Lord in his very child-hoode Gen. 22.2.10.11.12 26.25 25.5 so was the whole time of his life spent in a spirituall and reasonable sacrificing of himselfe to the Lords seruice Neuer was there a sonne begotten of man more father like then was godly Isack who followed the foote-steps of his fathers faith pietie charitie equitie and vertuous liuing and succeeded both to his goodnes and his goods to his godlines no lesse then to his gold And as for Abrahams chiefe seruant Eliezer his pietie and fidelity are both of them mentioned in the scripture to his praise His piety towards God doth appeare in this that being sent by Abraham to take a wife for his sonne Isack in his owne kinred Gen. 15.2.3 24.1.2.10.11.12.42 he no sooner receiued his masters commaund but as soone he commended his way and affaires to Gods prouidence and blessing by prayer The which thing he did likewise when he was arriued to the Citie of Nahor O Lord of my maister Abraham quoth he I beseech thee send me good speede this day and shew mercie vnto my maister Abraham Such as the maister was such was the man a religious maister and Instruction 5 a religious man whose pietie towards God may serue for a lesson to all maisters and men to begin alwaies their important affaires at God by in calling of his name for except God blesse man certainly shall misse and miscarrie in his designes Likewise Eliezer when as he had receiued the signe which he had asked of the Lord to know thereby the prosperous successe of his iourney being ariued to the Citie of Nahor Gen. 24.48.50 51.52 where Bethuel dwelt he bowed himselfe and worshiped the Lord and said Blessed be the Lord God of my maister Abraham which hath not withdrawen his mercy and his truth from my maister for when I was in the way the Lord brought me to my maisters brethrens house The like was his religious and Godly demeanour when as his errand had taken the desired effect and that he had betrothed Rekekath the daughter of Bethuel to his maisters sonne Isack to be his wife Thus godly Eliezer as he began his busines in praying vnto God for good successe so he ended it in praysing God for the good successe already gotteÌ„ The which pietie of Eliezer is to be practised of all good seruants yea and of all maisters too To the end that God who is the Alpha and the Omega Reuel 1.8 that is to say the beginning the ending of all things may be likewise the Alpha and the Omega of all our actions Whether ye eate or drinke saith the Apostle or what soeuer ye doe 1. Cor. 10.31 Col. 3.17 do all to the glory of God and in the name of the Lord Iesus giuing thankes to God euen the father by him And as this good Eliezer was pious towards God so was he no lesse officious and faithfull towards his maister the father of the faithfull For both he would not so much as eate a crumme of bread in Bethuels house till he had said his message Gen. 24.33 37 54.5â—.59.61.63 64. and done according to his oath and when as he had done the errand which he came for and had obtained Rekekah for Isack he would not soiourne any longer in Bethuels house but departed the next morning bringing home with him the vertuo us Rekekah to godly Isack who as he went out to pray in the fielde toward the euening met her comming home
the Sonnes and Daughters of faithfull Abraham and Sara may beholde cleerely as in a christall glasse of how wonderfull great vertue and force godlynes is it being able to procure a blessing at Gods hands not onely to the godly man himselfe but vnto others also euen vnto such as the godly man either prayeth for or yet reapeth any benefite by Thus God blessed and prospered Laban for Iacobs sake Gen. 30.37 39.2.3.4.5.6 so long as he soiourned with him in his house And thus he blessed Putiphar the Egiptian for Iosephs sake and made his blessing to rest vpon all that he had in the house and in the field And thus no doubt but he will blesse all such as the followers of Abrahams saith Iam. 2.21.22.23 and the workers of his workes for these two God hath conioyned together and therefore man must not seuer them shall recommend vnto God in their prayers The golden Legend of ISACK and REBECCA ISack the Sonne and heire of faithfull Abraham and Sara Gen. 17.15.16 17 18. 18.10.11.12.13 14. 21.1.2.3 25 5 26.25 as he was consecrated to the Lord in his verie childe-hood so was his whole life nothing els but a reall and an actuall sacrificing of himselfe vnto the Lords seruice he walked in the wayes and foot-steps of his father and followed the trace of his faith pietie charitie equitie and vertuous liuing He succeeded aswell to his goodnes as to his goods to his godlines no lesse then to his golde wheresoeuer he spread his Tent there did he not faile to erect an Alter vnto the Lord and to call vpon his name Wheresoeuer he had his chamber there God had his Church yea his Tent was a verie Tabernacle his bed-chamber was as a chappel dedicated to the seruice of the God of his father Instruction 22 Abraham VVhereby all the children of Isack according to the promise are taught to worship God not onely publikly in the Church but also priuately in their secret chambers Both which duties the sweete singer of Israel doth ioyntly mention in the fourth Psalme and recommendeth them to our practise The priuate deuotion in these wordes Psal 4.4.5 Examine your owne heart vpon your bed and be still and the publick in these offer the sacrifices of righteousnes and trust in the Lord. VVhereby he giueth vs to vnderstand that no place whether priuate or publicke is to be thought vnfit for the practising of holy duties for Gods worship as it should be publickly performed in the Church according to that of the Psalmist Psal 22.22 25. 111.1 In the midst of the congregation wil I praise thee so must it not be neglected priuatly in the chamber according to which it is written of the Prophet Daniel that he went into his house Dan. 6.10 and hauing opened the window of his chamber that looked toward Ierusalem he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day and prayed and praised his God These two priuate deuotion publicke adoration God hath conioyned and therefore man must not seuer them They are as the two hands of our christian profession the publicke is as the right hand the priuate as the left the want of either maketh a maimed christian And as no place is vnfit for Gods seruice so likewise no time whether morning or euening night or day It is a good thing to praise the Lord Psal 92.1 2. and to sing vnto thy name O most high to declare thy louing kindnes in the morning and thy truth in the night saith deuout Dauid Psal 119.62 and againe at midnight will Irise to giue thankes vnto thee because of thy righteous iudgements Heare my voice in the morning Psal 5.3 O Lord for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee and I will waite And to the same purpose Siracides saith Eccle. 2.28 39.5 that we ought to preuent the sunne rising to giue thankes and to salute the Lord before the day spring The wise man saith he will giue his heart to resort early vnto the Lord that made him and to pray before the most high for his sinnes Psal 55.17 Euening and morning and at noone will I pray saith godly Dauid and he will heare my voyce Isack waited on God Gen 26.1.2.3.4.5 inuoked him and walked with him And therefore God was with him and prouided for him in the time of famine which was in the land he honoured the Lord and the Lord honoured him with his presence and appearance For he appeared vnto him and bid him dwell in the land of Gerer and promised to blesse him and not him onely but also in his seede all the nations of the earth As he was religious and godly farre aboue all other so was God with him and blessed him farre aboue all other He both preserued him in the time of famine increased his substance and store So that when as he sowed in that land he found in the same yeare an hundreth folde by estimation He waxed mightie and still increased till he was exceeding great Gen. 26.12 13 14. As he was great in faith and in godlines grew daily so did he encrease from day to day in his familie and goods For he had flockes of sheepe and heards of cattell and a mighty housholde Gen 26.14 15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22 And though that the Philistims among whome he liued did enuie him and vex him by stopping of his welles and in end draue him away after much strife yet the Lord was alwayes on his side The Philistims were his foes but the God of Israel was his friend and the man that hath God for his friend is strong enough to withstand all his foes be they neuer so furious Isack when as he was resisted by men was assisted of God Gen. 26.23.24 for when as he was thus afflicted by the faithles Philistims God who is faithfull and true and who loued faithful Abraham and his seede appeared vnto Isack the same night in Beersheba and said vnto him thus I am the God of Abraham thy father feare not for I am with thee and will blesse thee and multiply thy seede for my seruant Instruction 23 Abrahams sake Happie is the man who with Isack hath the Lord with him and blessed is he whom the Lord blesseth for he needeth not to be affrayed neither of famine nor infection nor yet of foes Who so dwelleth in the secret of the most high saith the Psalmist shal abide in the shadow of the almighty Psal 91.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.10 The Lord will deliuer him from the snare of the hunter and from the noysome pestilence he shall not be affraid of the feare of the night nor of the arrow that flyeth by day There shall none euill come vnto him neither shall any plague come neere his tabernacle If God be on our side what matter is it who be against vs For what better is their oposition then a blowe with a bended