Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

'( fJ) ' ' ~hote very Truths, h;e meant, tO conttntte Preaching to them? And yer. he tells ·them, i~;s meet they_ be Hill pu-~ in remembran·ce of them: Sure P~ters /ly:. 'thQ/'{t!J w,eighs not .fo rrnfch ~ith thefe .men, as ,his that pretenqs to fit in Peter''schair:But hat'~ the Go.. Q?el in.dced do~>le its . \;Vork, and rea<;hed its End? Witnefs the ObjeCtors own cafes. Let not onely their Lewd~e[s and f~npenitency, but their .Igoo· ranee al}d Unbeliefj·come i11 and te(Efie;whethh it hatb or no.They Jhat havemofi need themfelves,~are· they that fay, There~s no mare needof Preac.hrh£~ There needs no more· -Arg~ncnt , to !top f~ch Mouthes , , but the i11ewing themfdves _: Or if it !hould have done its w.erk upon you,.- yec bath it ·done its work upon aH ?. Are th~~rc no Utibeli.eve:rs ~eft ? J:1ave ail t?1,en f!,aith ? Faith comeJ by ,Hear"!" w~ng, and /Jow Jhall tbey ht ttr withlfut a Preacher t ~fyou ' fay, they h"1.ve ,Bibles to ,in(hu6t ,:hem, and ' their ownC,;nfciencts t0 pr.~ach. to them, I anfwer :· · Fidt, for their ~HUes,. tw~ Things: . ·.. · t. Thofc that are no Fn~nd.s to ·the Pulp1t, are · one. of the belt Fr'iends to the Bible : Thafe chat wo.uld .not that the pe~ple{h;uld hear, .ca~e no·t how litcle they read the ;Scriptures: And , he furc, .when ~ver PreachitW is let Jali,. the Bibie ·wiU i11 a lictle . V \\ihile be laid afide. . · . 2. UnderHan.dcH thou what ~h0u readdt? I-IoNV 'Can'!t thouwithout a Guide:? I:-I~ knows.but 4ittle of · the Scriptures,that clothn~_und e:r ftand ·that they aJ".e hat;dto be.undcrfiood. There are,, {he ~Apo!lt,e wlis MS, ' }-.~~rv~,~ in the Scriptures, lth!n~ _bard to he ·nndctrltoo<:i ~ Asth~re aremany., . h<TY~~~ - to all t,~nL~ · re~d.,. fo to many that, read, all are fo~ The VuLgaf ' an as well read the ScriJ\ tun.s, without ·theit own E 2. Eyes, ) :

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