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THE
PRINCIPALL
MATTERS
handled in
the
third
CHAPTER.
Verfe
t.
THe
(cope
of
the
third
chapter what
it
is
)
The
Apoflleo
writings are
but
a briefe
The
effeEtuall working
of
the
Co_
oftheir Preaching'.
fpell doth procure perfcention
to
the
Mini
tiers of it.
I
Verte
4.
Other things are
oft pretended,
"but
this
is
The
fop
of
the
Apeles
writing
rods
to
he
true taufe.
revealeChrifl
faffciently
to
falvat,on.
We
have
eaufe to
fnfpett that
the
(]ofell
`Reading
of
the Wordis
greatly profita.
doth
not
thronghly worse when the
devil!
let
-
I
ble to
as,
yet is
it
not
to bee
matched with
tech
all
be
quiet.
Preaching,
rod
can
make
that
perfecutors
of
this ThePapilla are
to be
reproved whodtfpa_
Gofpell become
c
l,fartyrs for it,
rage this exercife.
Gods
faithfull
fervanto are
fubjell
toper-
,
Sundry motives
to provoke
us
to
d
dayly
fecution
reading
of
Gods word.
We
muff
not be
alhamed
of oar
tot
rings
for Chrifl, but rather
rejoyce in
them:When
Verfe
S.
and in
what
afflittions
we
are
to riJoyce.
God doch net in
all
ages
give
the
like
The
fafferi,g
of
faithful!
minifieri
profits
meapere
of
light
to
his
Church.
their
people.
God
by
degrees
revealedthe
Meiiah
to
his
people.
Verre
2.
Goddid diverfelyorder his Church be-
What di
fpenfation is:
The minifleriall
cal
fore
thrill;
but
now
all
is
fully
revealed.
ling
called
grace,
and why.
They
are fattifh which will
beleeve
no
Y
his
will
afore Miniflers
that theirfuffe-
more then
theirfathers
beleeved.
dings
are
for
the
good
of
the
people,
if
they
They
are
amiffewho
will
allow
no
inter_
know
they
have a
calling
from
God.
proration
of
the
Scripture, but
out
ofthe
Cod dothdiftribute
callings
for
the
good Fathers.
of
hisChurch.
The benefit
ofehefe
Evangelicalltimes1
As
godgiveth
Miniferstheir
calling,
fo
in
having
greaterlight
then
was
underthe
alfotheir
people
toward
whom bee
will blefe Law.
their
labours.
Since
Chrifl
we
have the
myflery
offal_
The
difference
of
Apa/Iles
,
Pvangeliîts,
vation more
fully
opened;
and
that
in
three
and
ordinary
Parlours;
againft
illimited
ardi_
things;
we
muff thereforeyeeld the
greater
nations;
again/
the
affectation
of
aconcourfe obedience.
offlrangers to heare
them,Ó'ofmuch
preach-
god
revealeth hisJeered
myfleries unte
ing abroad;
Miniflers
fhauld
not
haflily
re_
his Saints; the differenceofrevelationgran-
movefrom
their
flit
charge
to
another; and
tad
to thegodly
YJ
to
the
wicked;menswick
people
are
fpecially to
depend upon
their
owne
ed lives
are the
caufe
oftheir
ignorance.
Pectin
gods Spirit
doth
reveale the things
of
Godunto
to:
means
to
obtain
Gods
Spi-
rit.
Verse
3.
What revelation is,
and the
kinds
of
it.
Whom
rod
fendeth,
he
al
fo teaeheth.
We
have
by
nature
a
vaile
before our
eyes,
that
we cannot
fee
f
irituall
matters
till
they
be revealed.
The
dottrine
offalvation
is a
thing
hid-
den to theworld, and
how.
Verte 6.
It
is
the
Gofpell which
bringeth
tie
to
faith,
andfo to the
heavenly
inheritance.
We
are
not
to
be
difcouraged
from fol_
lowing
theWord
,
neither
by
the unworthi-
neffe
ofthe
preachers; nor
by
the
confcience
of