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A35171	Caleb's spirit parallel'd in a sermon preach'd at the funeral of the late Mrs. Constancy Ward of East-Smithfield, London, at the meeting-house in Devonshire Square, April 7, 1697 / by Walter Cross ...	Cross, Walter, M.A.	1697 (1697)	Wing C7257; ESTC R22527	45,737	48

Caleb's Spirit Parallel'd IN A SERMON Preach'd at the FUNERAL Of the Late Mrs. CONSTANCY WARD Of East-Smithfield London At the Meeting-house in Devonshire Square April 7. 1697. By Walter Cross M.A. Vitam aeternam non possidebunt qui resurrectionem a morte Legem a Coelo negant Vitam Deo non degunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by J. D. for Andrew Bell at the Cross-keys and Bible in Cornhil near Stocks-market 1697. Numb XIV 24. But my Servant Caleb because he had another Spirit with him and hath followed me fully him will I bring into the Land whereinto he went and his Seed shall possess it IN Ver. 21. the Subject of this Chap. is propos'd viz. the 10th Provocation or Temptation of God one was for doubling their Tasks in Egypt a 2d for the Danger at Pi-habiroth Exod. 14. the door of Liberty the 3d which some count pregnant of 3 was about the Manna a 4th for Water and a 5th for Flesh a 6th for the Idolatrous Calf Apis a 7th for the Labour of their Journey an 8th for Miriam and Aaron's murmuring at Kibroth hatavae the Graves of the Lusters and the 9th their Violation of the Sabbath This 10th is a Twin-temptation too they will not go up when God commands to go in and possess the Land and they will go when he forbids and all these in one Year and four Months ver 33. with chap. 1.1 This 10th Rebellion is eloquently described Psal 106.21 They forgat God their Saviour who had done great things in Egypt wonderful things in the Land of Ham terrible things by the Red Sea they despis'd the pleasant Land they believ'd not his Word c. This Sedition is the most directly opposite of any to God's Design as well as Command Let us return to Egypt 2ly The most provoking and aggravated after so many Miracles so many Provocations and so many Pardon 's Surely it 's a false Notion in Divinity that a Believer never backslides twice in the same Sin it is too narrow Charity to send all to Hell that fell in the Wilderness 3ly The most universal Apostacy 4 only excepted Moses Aaron Caleb and Joshua 4ly The most furious and yet most deliberative Head and Heart are as much united in every Man as they were to one another they reason'd the Case and heard the Arguments of the Spies on both Sides they weep from a Perswasion there was most Truth on the Ten 's side they consult to choose a Captain they speak of stoning the few Dissenters Ver. 24. Yet Caleb is here excepted But why alone why not Moses or rather Joshua or both I answer 1st Caleb's Zeal appears most in opposing the Rebels 2ly His Courage appears most in forwardness as a Spy especially Josh 14. in viewing the Anakims Country he there Joshua being Judg assumes the Work wholly to himself 3ly He was then Representative to the chief Tribe Juda the first in Honour the most numerous in Multitude 186400 Ephraim about 40000 and Manasseh about 30000. 4ly Each of them have their Rewards apart Moses was chief Ruler Joshua was his Successor and was made a Knight or a Baron on this very Envoy by Moses of Hosea ch 13. made Joshua as Abraham of Abram But Caleb continues a private Person in a plebeian Condition all his Days tho he died the oldest and ablest Man the most numerous honourable and richest Family of all Israel was his at last This Difficulty about the Text being removed the next thing in order is to divide or rather to observe its Parts as divided already by the same Authority that indited it * There is as much and more that being granted to be said for the Syntactical Use of the Points than for their Antiquity the Use is great for they leave not one Verse in all the Old Testament doubtful in Construction or arbitrary in Division So the Use of the 34 Accents is next to that of the Letters and Vowels ex gr Gen. 10.21 The Brother of Japhet the Elder ֥ joins Japhet and Elder so older than Shem viz. 2 Years for Noah begot one of them at 500 but Shem at 502 Gen. 11.10 Judg. 1.13 the Son of Kenaz Brother of Caleb the Younger Caleb and Younger stand just as Japhet and Elder but there is ֖ dividing them so Kenaz is younger Observe further that Kenaz and Caleb are join'd else Oth●●●l marries his Brother's Daughter 1st It is divided from the Context foregoing and following by way of Parenthesis for they cohere ver 23 and 25. thus None of the Rebels shall see it My Presence shall not protect nor conduct them as before Now since the Amalekites and a Colony of the Canaanites dwell in the Valley just by you to morrow be gone for they will fall upon you and destroy you † The Hebrew has no Marks for a Parenthesis that fills up a whole Verse neither in Sense is there need of it but for 4 or 5 words it has tho observ'd in no Grammar I know 2ly The greatest division of the Contents within this Parenthesis is between the Work and Reward the Duty performed and Blessing promised 3ly The Subdivision is thus the first Member has three Parts the Person Caleb his Spirit Singular his Practice Full the 2d Member has two Parts the Blessing promised the individual Land he couragiously spied out whose Inhabitants so cow'd the Spirits of the rest and 2ly the Entail of that Blessing to his Seed So these with the Particles of Connection afford 6 several Subjects of Discourse which I shall explain and apply as briefly as possible The first occurring Part is the Person But as to my Servant Caleb he is proposed and by a ֗ distinguish'd from the following Words as one who abstractly from what follows deserves Consideration and thorough pausing on it by Direction I find this visible Observation That it is not Publickness of Persons by Office their Honourableness by many and great Titles their Riches or the Greatness of their Actions tho good too that monopolizes the Honour of standing lasting Monuments of Praise or the Precedency of being singl'd out for Patterns of a Life acceptable to God Naasson to whom Caleb was grand Uncle 1 Chron. 2.10 Mat. 1.4 was the Duke of Judah Numb 1.7 and Reason good for though Caleb was the older Man yet of the younger Family being 3d Son of Hezron 1 Chron. 2.9 Joshua's Name is changed though it signified honourably before to wit Salvation but Caleb signifieth a Dog or one led in a String from Cabal yet must have no better all his Days and the Epithet added my Servant except what is hid in the Relation my is of no better note a Slave one bought with Money whose Life is in his Master's Power one liable to beating or Ignominy pone Crueem servo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 differ as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Slave and a Minister On