312 ell. nfw. \tles oEmo- yand mo- ration. Yfe 3. Adoro pleni- tudinem fcri- ptaræ, Tert. How farre we are built on the truth. 2. Ephefians,Chap. z., VER .2f3. as they were not to bee heeded. Youwill fay then,What ufe are weto make of them a How are we to be difpofed toward them e I Anfwer.Say I conceit this or that opinion;but I fee,or it is told me fuch & fuch are againft me in it,ofworthynote.Knowing this; r.I am fo far to refpeEt this,not as therefore to difcard it, and judge it erro- neous,but onely not toprecipitateany determinationagainft them. 2.1 am to have themore jealoufyof that which by opinion I conceive.3.I am toexcite my felfe to the more full inquiry , to fee what groundes theyhad, what verifrmilitude aejeaft for their fentence. 4. If I finde my fate in the truth, I am withlimore humility and thankfulnefe to imbraceit, when I fee that evenmenofgreater parts had it not Phew- ed unto them. Soon the other fide, the Fathersfay this unanimi eon-; fenfu, I doe not therefore believe it, this were humane Faith, but I ac-' count ita Prefump ion,that the thing is true. 2. I fcarch thegrounds of it with morealacrity and confidence. 3. I having grounded my Faith onGods Word, am in this regard more confident in my per- fwafion. Laftly this muff teach us to adore the fulnefle of the Scripture, accordingto which whofo fpeaketh not in the things of God , fpeak- eth without underftanding. For whatfoever any knotveth out of his naturali wifdome is foolifhneffe in Gods matters : what bee knoweth , without the Word, hebath it out of bis ownewifdome. There is no j fhift unleffe we will fay there is place for Revelation , without 'the Ï means of the Word; therefore what he thus fpeaketh is foolifhneffe; the Wordcontaineth all things, ifnot in fyllables,yet in fenfe,that are needfull for faith and manners, yea direétion for all indifferent things which are variable. For the fecond point, How farce thehoufholdofGod are built on this truth. I anfwer,ThehoufholdofGodmuff be confidered 2 waits. r. in regard of thofe in heaven. a. in regardofchofe inearth. Theft on earth are either fo in truth,or inappearance. The firft arc pettedly freed fromerror,& have the clear light ofthis truth.Heb.ra.The fpirits ofinfl andperfeli` men: The fecondarebuilded on this truth but in part, toas they may erre not fundamentally to a totall revolt, Hell gates'hall not prevaile againfi them, he doth not fay , (hall have no power. Wee know but inpart. Thofewho arenot true members of the Church of God, being fo outwardly in profeflion, may fall quite away, both, teachers and people; asthis Churchof Ephefres , which Paul writing É toTimothy (whomhe had now left over it,) doch call it the Pillar of truth , yet there was an Apoftafy of the fhepheards themfclves a- mongwolves. To thew us a note how to difcerne the trueChurch, namely, ifwe hold dole toProphetical! and Apoftolicall doétrine alone, with faith, ! love, and obedience. To confute unwritten words : they came neither from Prophets nor Apoftles,thereforeare tobe rejefted. It
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