The Holy Limbeck(1), Commentary 3 – Commentary 4
The Holy VValk.
And Enoch walked with God,
Gen. 5. ver. 24.
ANd Enoch walked] not in the counſel of the ungodly, Pſal. 1.1. not in the ways of evil men, Prov. 4.15. not in froward and ſtrange ways, Prov. 21.8. not in the broad way that leadeth to deſtruction, Matt. 7.13. not in the way of bribery, Iſa. 33.15. whoſe Tabernacles ſhall be conſumed by fire, Iob 15.34. not in the company of riotous men, Prov. 28.7. not in ways ſeeming right onelyonly in his own eyes, Prov. 12.15. not in ways of diſcord, but in love, Eph. 5.2. not diſorderly, 2 Theſſ. 3.6. not after the imaginations of a corrupt heart, Ier. 9.14. not as driven with every wind of Doctrine, Eph. 4.14. not as a ſtumbling block in the way of the blinde, Levit. 19.14. not without wiſdom towards them that are without, Col. 4.5. not wandring from God, Pſal. 119.10. nor turning aſide from his Commandments, Deut. 17.20. not walking after the fleſh, but after the Spirit, Rom. 8.1. And
With God,] before him with a perfect heart, Gen. 17.2. in his Statutes, keeping cloſe to his Commandments, Levit. 26.3. in all the ways which the Lord his God commanded him, Deut. 5.33. Ier. 7.23. in the ways of righteouſneſs, wherein is life, Prov. 12.28. in the good way, Ier. 6.16. walking in his houſe with a perfect heart, Pſal. 101.2. doing the will of God from the heart, Eph. 6.6. perfecting holineſs in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7.1. believing with all his heart, Acts 8.37. living in all good Conſcience before God, Acts 23.1. always void of offence, Acts 24.16. ſeeking the Lord with his whole deſire, 2 Chron. 15.15. in whoſe heart God hath ſo put his fear, as that he ſhall not depart from him, Ier. 32.40. giving himſelf unto Prayer, Pſal. 109.4. continuing inſtant therein, Rom. 12.12. meditating on Gods Precepts, Pſal. 119.15. holding faſt the myſtery of Faith in a pure conſcience, 1 Tim. 3.9. alway ſpeaking the truth in love, Epheſians 4.15. refraining his feet from every evil way, Pſal. 119.101. yea, hating every falſe way, Pſal. 119.104. abhorring that which is evil, and cleaving to that which is good, Rom. 12.9. regulating his converſation by the rule of Gods Word, Pſal. 119.9. delighting himſelf in the Almighty, Job 27.10. and in the Law of the Lord, Pſal. 1.2. and in his Statutes, Pſalm 119.16. worſhipping God in the Spirit, Phil. 3.3. whoſe confidence is in the Lord onelyonly, Prov. 3.26. having none in the fleſh, Phil. 3.3. conformed to the image of the Son of God, Rom. 8.29. and ordering his converſation aright, Pſal. 50.23. taking ſuch heed to his ways, Pſalm 39.1. that they all pleaſe the Lord, Prov. 16.7. walking ſtill in the day without ſtumbling, John 11.9. uprightly, Pſal. 15.2. righteouſly, Iſa. 33.15. worthy the vocation wherewith he was called, Eph. 4.1. worthy of the Lord, Col. 1.10. circumſpectly, not as a fool, Eph. 5.19. honeſtly towards them that are without, 1 Theſſ. 4.12. committing all his ways unto the Lord, Pſal. 37.5. like a peculiar veſſel, zealous of good works, Tit. 2.14. and undefiled in the ways of the Lord, Pſal. 119.1. all the preparations of whoſe heart is from the Lord, Prov. 16.1. whoſe help, Hoſ. 13.9. and whoſe hope is in the Lord his God, Pſal. 146.5. in whom the Lord hath not beheld iniquity, Numb. 23.21. for he walketh in Chriſt, as having received a promiſe of him, Col. 2.6. indeed as a juſt man like Noah, Gen. 6.9.
Mark then the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace, Pſal. 37.37. whereof there is none, ſaith my God, to the wicked, Iſa. 48.22. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect, Matth. 5.48. Fear God and eſchew evil, for which God himſelf to the Devils face honored Job with the high Characters of perfection and uprightneſs, Job 1.8. Walk before God, and be thou perfect, Gen. 17.1. Noah was a juſt man, and perfect in his Generation; why? becauſe he walked with God, Gen. 6.9. Perfect, even this ſide heaven, which is more then Paul would aſcribe unto himſelf, Phil. 3.12. Perfect, though not in regard of parts and degrees, yet in regard of the truth and ſoundneſs of Grace, 1 Pet. 5.10. Sanctifie therefore your ſelves, and be ye holy, for I am holy, ſaith the Lord, Lev. 11.44. Walk in holineſs and righteouſneſs before him all the days of your life, Luke 1.17. See that on your hearts be written, on your lips imprinted, and on your hands engraven, nothing but holineſs to the Lord, Exod. 28.36. have all your fruit unto holineſs, that your end may be everlaſting life, Rom. 6.22. ſtabliſh therefore your hearts in holineſs, 1 Theſſ. 3.13. then perfect it in the fear of God, 2 Cor. 7.1. and thus, like Enoch, walk with him, Gen. 5.24. and thou ſhalt never ſee the ſecond death, Iohn 8.51.
The Ark.
But with thee will I eſtabliſh my Covenant, and thou ſhalt come into the Ark,
Gen. 6.18.
SIn and Judgement are both ripe together, the overflowings of the one preſage a deluge of the other: Let favor be ſhewed to the wicked, yet ſaith the Prophet, will he not learn Righteouſneſs; but when judgements are in the earth, the Inhabitants of the world become better Schollars, Iſa. 26.9,10. Yet forty days and Nineveh ſhall be deſtroyed, Ion. 3.4. but Nineveh repented, and was not, ver. 10. yet ſeven days and the world ſhall be drowned, Gen. 7.4. but Noah believed and was not, Gen. 6.8. Sin is ſo antypathal to the holineſs of God, as it made him repent mans Creation, and grieved him to the very heart, Gen. 6.6. A few drops of true penitential tears might have ſaved the whole world from drowning, and have cauſed God (in all holy ſobriety be it ſpoken) to have repented of his repenting. The world was now One thouſand ſix hundred fifty ſix years old, when God opened his Chamber windows, thoſe heavenly Sluces, and Epitomiz'd the whole Creation in an Ark; indeed a very lively Type of the Church of God, the Ark of all the faithful; But where are the Mountains of Ararat? Compute as many years from our Saviors Incarnation, as was to the Flood from the worlds Creation; and by the late aſſwagement of the Antichriſtian waters in all the world, as by the returns of ſome Doves (ſent forth the Ark for that purpoſe) with Olives in their mouths, and by the non-returns of others we may probably conjecture, there may be no great diſparity of years 'twixt the Reſt of Type and Antitype. Indeed judgement is already begun at the houſe of God, now what ſhall be the end of them that obey not the Goſpel; nay, of them that ſtrike a League with Hell as much as in them lies, to ungoſpel the Goſpel, trampling on the blood of the Covenant, counting it an unholy thing: Thus the myſtery of Iniquity ſtill continues working, till that Antichriſtian Leviathan be revealed, whom with his gygantick brood the Lord ſhall conſume with the Spirit of his mouth; But with the Faithful he will eſtabliſh his Covenant, and they ſhall come into his Ark, Gen. 6.18.