Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

First, Others leave the true worship of God, but Judah continues, and so witnesses to his truth.

First, Others leave the true worship of God, but Iudah continues, and so witnesses to his truth.

Secondly, He descends, he is content to be in a lower condition; though he be fewer, and not so flourishing as Israel, yet if he may be Gods witness, he is content. Thus should we be willing to descend to witness for the truth, to leave the flourishing people of the world, and to join with the lowest and meanest.

Secondly, He descends, he is content to be in a lower condition; though he be fewer, and not so flourishing as Israel, yet if he may be Gods witness, he is content. Thus should we be willing to descend to witness for the truth, to leave the flourishing people of the world, and to joyn with the lowest and meanest.

Ordinarily men deal with the suffering servants of God, as Demas dealt with St. Paul, they forsake him, embracing this present world; but if you find any inclination of heart that way, conceive as if Christ were now speaking to you, Will you also forsake me? Take heed of flattering your selves, of putting off this duty with any vain pleas, or pretences, or excuses; God sees what lies at the bottom. We read Judg. 5. divers of the Tribes are blamed, for not coming in to help to join with Barak and Deborah; and in their rebuke, their excuses are mentioned, as some were to follow their business at sea, they could not come: and especially Asher, he was to stand in his own breaches to defend himself, ver. 17. Reuben must follow his business, and look to his sheep, he could not come, ⟨p. 237⟩