VER.18: 8phefanr;Cháp:z. 311 another, lam. 5. Letprayers bemade for all, T. Tim. z. T. Now there is no command,as Popifh writers, fome confeffe,andothers that will notconfeffe it, cannot thew any. 3 Themore perfonall remembrance of one another doth arife from outwardcommunion, whichby letter or face to face, we have 3' one with another,from imparting our citate each to other : therefore theApofile by lettertelleth whereinhewould have them pray for him. lames faith, Confe(feone to another, andprayone foranother, particular Iaa,.t.r6. ground of particular prayer. For this caufe it were a foolifh thing, (though in fonte particulars we pray one for another through the earth) toexpe&or bid any joyne in particular .prayer for us whom we cannot particularly acquaint with our condition ; as, who .would not laugh to heáre one (landing here fpeakby nameto one in France, and with thisor thattobe retaernbredeNow this external' communi- on of ours is diffolved. And there is no other way, whereby the Saints fhouldbe informed, that.the Scriptures manifeft : For as for foules abfent, ormaking Angells Knights o`tbc. PA, , or Gods prom. pting by immediate revelation, or their feeing theft things inGod,as we fee things behind us in a glaffe, thefeand the like fancies, likeun- tempered mortar,fly out: men of their owne learning have futflcieet , " refuted them. But it maybe thought;Is it not more fit to goeto God as we ufeto come to great. Princes,by the mediationof fuch asare neare theme OhjciF, Blind reafon Inuitnot judge what is decent in matters of God. A- gaine, if the King fhould fay ; Whofoever will have acceffe to my .9afw;. prefence,let fuchor fuch bring them ro me: he now that thould take fuch to whom this fervice was not commended , thould know the difpleafure. Chrift is nowmolt glorious and of terrible Majefly; the Saints are men nearer us,and fuch as have felt the like evills with us. Objete. Chrift his throne is glorious and terrible ; but tous who are his, enfw, exceeding gracious , and he was tempted in all things like us, that het : Ciel,.:, r7. might havecampafsion on us. hismore humility,not to prefume to goe forth right to him. Oójett. The worfhipofAngelis (Coloff: z. 18.) was clothed with this pre- Anfw. tence; yet condemnedby the Apofile. True humility is to obey God in that he commandeth,and to think fo vileofourfelves, that none in heavenor earth,but theSonneofGod is,or can bea mediatour for us. Bleffedare thepocre infßirit: Comeunto me allyee that are weary and heavy loaden: when Peter told Chrift, Thou 'halt not wafh myfeet, hee Márh. ii;s. was fharply rebuked. Thefeare (beeps clothing which covers wool vith feducers. Let us refs onely on the interceffion ofJefus Chrift. Aske them,whe er is the fafefi;Someofthemconfeffe,it is the fafeft ECC' . togoeto God i hrift; this is expreffely injoyned, the other neither commandedin c ,nor newTefiament,as fameofthemgrant.Others fay, it is commanded,but notexpreffely.Befdes, theyyeild it a thing, which is dangerous Idolatry. If a manwere bid by the King, come ! E 2 to s
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