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VER. 8.
Ephefani,Chap.
q..
fruits
of
it
:
one,
in
regard
of
his
enemies,
he
tooke
them
captive ano
ther
in
regard
of
his
friends,
he
gave
them
gifts;
as
if it
hadbtcnc
fpo.
ken
in
more
words
thus
:
This that
I
tell you
of
Chrift
giving grace,
is
no new
Do
r' ótrine,
but
fuch
as
the
Pfalmifl did by fpirit
of
Prophtlie
forefee
and teach
of
him,
Satz.
that
he
when now
comn,o:;
t<
from
his
abafement
to
glorious ffate,lie
did leave
the earth,
tt
and
goe above
all
heavens;
that
he
(I
fay) fhould vihìori-
oufly leade captive all
the
Enemies
of
his
people,
and plenri-
w
fully
powre out
all
fpirituall graces on
the
fonnes
of
men,
that belong to him.
T.
Then
we fee that
the
Apoftle proving
that
he
fpake
of
Chrifr
out
of
the
old
Scripture
Both
teach
us,
That
they fpake
no
other
do Doff.
ilrines ofChrifl
then what theScripture
had
fpoken
before
them
:
for
that M.
'er,
o
Kht
which herethe Apoftle
Bothin
this particular, he
did
inall
otter:
fo
brbatht,,
oao-
the Apoflle faith
of
himfelfe, Ails 26. 22. Having
obtained
helpe
of
..,,,
yta
God,
I
continue unto
this
day,witnefsing
both to
fmalland
great, feting
ptovrout
o`e
no
other
things
then
thofe
which the Prophets
and
c. e
fes
did
fay
fheutd
:h
Scrip
-
came.
And
this
is
a
worthy commendation
of
Apellos, He was a
man'
t
C$.
mightie in
the
Scriptures,
to
the Law and
to
the Te(fimoay,
if
any fpeake
ifay smo.
not
according
te
this ,there
is no
light
in
him. And
in
this
we
molt inuch
more imitate the Apoftle, not to fpeake
without
a
text,
freitig
wee
I'
e.
have
the
rule
of
Scripture more enlarged.
It
is
no laudable thing
in
a
Lawyer
to
advife this
or that, havingneither (tatute, nor
ruled cafe
to
thew
:
fo
much more
is
it to be condemned
in
a
Divine,
if
he (peak
any
thing
for which
he
cannot
Phew
his
warrant out
of
the
bo:
eke
of
Gods
(
ratures. And fuch
as
love
to
be
in
thefe fpeculations
,
hich
the word
revealeth
not,dóe
fecretly challenge the fountaines
of
Ifrael,
as
if
they
weretoo
dry, which
is
horrible
wickedneffe.
a. That
the
Apoftle doth
cite
this
Scripture
as
a
witnefl'e
of
truth greater then exception
:
It doth
let us
fee,
How Soveraigne Authority the Scripture
bath: which
likewife from
our Saviour
Chrills
Allegations mutt be
gathered, It
is
writttn. His
praétife was (till to produce
authority from the Scriptures
of
the
Old
Teflament.
Which
muff
be marked againft
the
Papiffs, who would
make
their
f
ntence
of
equal( authority with
the Canon
of
the holy
Scriptures.
Thus much
in a
word
for
this,thatthe Apoftlebringeth
inthis
Text of
Scripture
to
prove that he
fpake.
The
matter
of
theTeftimony
hath
3.
Conclufions.
r.
That
our Saviour
Chrift
is
gone
into
heaven.
2.
That
he
Afcending hath led captive
all
the
powers
of
darkeneffe
that
were again(t
us.
3.
That
he
Afcending, doth
enrich
us
with heavenly graces.
Forthe
r.
onely remember
i
The
manner
of
it.
The Ufe
of
it.
Our
Saviour
Chrift
did
not
Aland
by becóming
inviable, though
he
T
t
(till
5
Doti.
The
authority
of
the
ScLi-
ptures.
Yf.