q-$ fl.profitableEppofitxon 2. PETITION. communicating in prayer and; Sacraments , when themfelues were refirained a while from thetrMintftric, and happily the Miniflers for the time in their pla- ces offàrre meaner giftes. Neither that diuersvndertheir;.handes.hauetabbed Appendix to that they iudge it Sehifmaticall thus to doe. Yet might thele thinges bee con - the anfwere lidered and well lchoole the violence offome. Buthow fehoole them? to the oftheobflr. boluiring VP and bearing with ignorance vnthoughtvpponina dead confcience mg. zr4. in them that fhouldfe :Far is it,( the Icarcher ofhartes knoweth,) from my foule. But thus far to fchoole them neuer to difdaine for a letle meafure,whom god hath Cal*.adieerblelled with fomemeafure, &careful diligence giueth hope of better meafure, fue Anabap- as God will. Fottruclyeuen in this cafe it niay beefaydwithCALViN, Cumfub tiflasartic,z Jpecie jlu4 perfelhonis, &c. When vnder the colourofdefireofperfefttonwee pax. S8z, cantoerateandbearewithnoimperfeetionandwant, either in the bodye, or in the members, of the Church, then doth theDeuill puffe vs vp with pride, and feduce vs with Hypocryfie, that heemayprickevs forward to forfáke the Hocke of Chrifi,wcllknowing that he lhallhaue theviCtorie,ifhe can fo do. For when as no where elfe either remifli on ofiinnes or faluauonisto bee had, although we mike a (hew of a life more then Angell lrke,yet if with fuchboldnede we Cepa- rate our felues from a Chri flian congregation, we become deuils. lufline 4' o thepeo ple gathered ogether ,t1ttohauetheeScriptures readbintl day, when ehi Tanis. congregation, adinthetimeofpublikcprayer ,for the faceof one wholhonre. And how common arethere fpeeches with eilus&en: Yee heard when the Gof- ppeli was read, ye heard ere while when it was read, ifye gaue mete the reading: Deerely beloued , wee haue heard in the Leiron that bath beene read ve, &c, The o r And for the profiteofreading, the Fathers and learned with oneconfent haue Prf tetierfaid that itisgreat. That wee feede our faith thereby,rayfe vp our affiance, thefcripturs fallen our hope, grow expert in the Scriptures, fo that wee cannot fo eafily bee read, deceiuedbyfalfe teachers, that wee are made acquainted with the phrafe, and whereas by a Preacher one booke cannot begone ouer in diuerfeyeeres, by this profitable andGodly v fe of reading theScriptures, euen all the Bookes ofG o D aregone ouermany times in one yeere, tothe greatinitruftfon of people, if they will themfelues. Letno Harding therefore in the name of all blafphemous Papilla Papifles call call reading of the Scriptures to the people in the Church a fpirituall dumbnes, readinga and a thing vnprofitable, but let vs with the chofen of the Lord euer reuerence rpirituall the good ofit, and blette God for ourlibertie. For it had neuer, beene written eiumbnes. in Letters to this day, it had never been tranllated into fundry tongues by the gift fromheauenof the knowledge oftongues, neither euer had it beene corn- maunded by the Lord to be read to the people, if it had not beenea fan lified meanes by him to the great good of his people and Church. Wherefore to goe nofurther, fine wee fee it playnely to bee of the Lord both commaunded and blelled, letvs fee a little, ifit b ee not alfo fo for the people themfelues to read it, ifthey haue the abilitie. Surely it is. For the wordes are plaine : Search the fohn Scriptures. And they cannot with trueth bee refirayned from giui ng a warrant S' of readingto all men. Pfal.r. Bleffedú the man that meditatethostheLar neofGod daayandnight, Is meditation Lawfull ,and all readingDamnable ? Pftl.rr9. Wher. rvitháll fba1 layoungmancleanfehiswaie ?Essenby ruling:himfelfeafterthyworde. Are young men then bound to rule themfelues after G o n s Booke and yet noman fufferedtolooked within the leaues ?Athoufandfuchplaces there are, which.I neede not to note. Timothie was broughtvp in the reading and knov ledge cif Scriptures from his Childehóode , and the Lord hath commended it. TheBe. r7. raani tooke their Bibles, and turned to the prgoues of Paule when heeprea- ched, and they are highely commended. The Eunuch had his booke in the Chariot aud he Lo ii. o lookeon him. The wordeofGon mufi dwell plen. tioufly amonge(i vs, &c. As is there written, and thereforeweemayreade it. Wee
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