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Pill.
1.
Datfr.
3.
Antiquity
of
the
Gofpell,
noted.
Afts
Aft. ty.
19.
Pre.
Tag;
@cleeve
only
the doftrine
of Prophets
and Apo
@les.
Ephefans,
Chap.
Z,
VER. 20.
had never been.
The Church,
though
it
bath
all
the world
againft it,
abideth
as
mount Zion,
as
the
Sunne
or Moone
,
recovering her
fclfe
glorioufly from all Eclipfes.
Thirdly, that
he faith,
the foundation
is
layd
in
the
Apoftles
and
Prophets doëtrine,
we
fee
,
that
the GoffieIis
no
other new
Gofftell,
it
buildeth
us
on no
other
foundation then the
Prophets
layd down from
the beginning
of
the
world,
Lek.
a.
70.
The
fenfe
fame
thing
floken
by
allthe Prophets
Croce
the world began.
And
Paul
(das
a6.
a
z.) faith,
hee
continued
teaching that which the
Prophets
had taught
fhould come; and
therefore this
is
no
new Gofpell, but one
and
the fame,
Gal.
r.7.
For
the
firft
preaching
differeth
from
the
laft ,
not
in
fubftance,
but
de-
gree;
we believe
through
our
Lord
Iefus
Chrift to
be
Paved, even
as
they;
le
foss
Chri
fl.
yell
trebly ,
to
day
and
for
ever.
A
common
faith
to
the
c1eel,
of
all
times, places.Thofe Philofophers
of
the
Epicures
and
of
the
Stoicks faid,May we
not know,
what this
new clodlrine whereof
thou /3eakefi,
ú? So,
where
was
your
faith (fay
the Papifts)
before
Lu-
ther!
'ATe
anfwer,
in
the writingsofche
Prophets,
and Apoftles,'and
thofe
that embraced them.
This letteth
us
fee, there was
never
but
one way
of
falvation: The
Sunne riling, and at noone,diffcr
not for
fubftance:
Chrift
is
the
ker-
nell
of both
Teflaments:bloffome
and ripe fruit.
The
fecond principali thing
is
this',
viz.
that
whatfoever
it
to
bee
believed,
it
mull
have
Prophetical)
and
Apoftolicall
Authority;
or
thus:
whatfoever the Church or
house
of God
believeth,
it muff be the do-
Chine
of
the Prophets and
Apoftles: the
text
is
plaine; for he doth
not
fay, Ye
are
builded
on
men,
or on
traditions
of
men, or on
opinions,
but on that which the Propheticall
and
Apoftolicall doôtrine bath
re-
vealed unto
you.
t.
The
truth
of
this
muff
be expounded and
proved.
a.
The
meafurçofit,
viz.
how
farre we are builded on
the
Propheticall and Apoftolicall
do&rive.
3.
The
ufe
of
it.
The
firft
is
focleare
a
truth
in
the term
es
propounded, that the Pa-
pilts themfelves
in
word
yeeld
:
For they
fay,
that whatfoever
is
a
matter of
beliefe,
mull
have
Apoftolicall Authority; that the Church
with the Pope cannot
make any article
of
beliefe new
:
that
no
rite
muff
be admitted contrary to
Gods word: but
hony words
and
poyfened
hearts
often concurre:
For between
us
and
them
is
a
maine
difference
in
thefe points. a.
That
they
have
a
word
of
Apoftolicall
autho-
rity
unwritten.
2.
This which
is
written
,
the
fenfe
which
their
Church holdeth
,
is
to bee held for the true
fenfe
of
ir.
3.
That the
Church
may determine
Come
particulars
to be
believed,
which
are
not
expreffed
in
Script ure.
If
you
fay, then
they
are
contrary to
Scripture:
they
anfwer,
No;becaufe look
as
the
particulars
of
the new Teftament
are
not contrary to
the Old
,
becaufe wee are
bid to
heare
Chrift
,
in
which after
a
fort,
all
the
particulars
of
Chrifts
dobtrine were
inclu-
ded: So when
the
Church doth
not onely expound
,
but
determine
new