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Ephefians,Cihap.
6.
So><
loth
ftrike
downe the
darkeneffe and
power
of
finne
in us.
Thirdly,
the
devil
doth
keepe
men
front
this
ft
ord
6y
excaf
s,
they
3
arenot booke
-
learned, have not
leifure
as
others,
to
looke into
fuck
matters, why
may not men
be
faved
without knowing the word
1nfro.
Search
the Scriptures: for
in
them
ye think
to
have
etet- 44*f
nail life,
Jahn
S.
39.
Againe,
fief{
feeke
Gods
kingdome, and the righ-
teoufneffe
thereof, &c.
LAta:.
6.
No
feed
fowen, there
can be
no har-
veil;
no
Word,which
is
the immortali
feed,
there
can be
no begetting
to
God.
If
we have
the
Word
with
us, firft
he
will impagne
it
by
fag
-
geflions,
thus;
How
cant{
thou tell
this
is
the
Word
of
God
?
it
is
not
his
Word.
Oblal
.
We
muff
remove thefe things which
are fparkes
of
Atheifine
in
us;
Anfw.
Firft, by
taking
to
heart
the
grofle Atheifme and unbeleefe
of
our
I
hearts,
and fceking
to
be
purged
of
it. Secondly, by crying for the
s.
eye
faive
of
the Spirit
of
illumination.
Thirdly,
by
obeying
that
we
3.
know, which doth
open
the
doore
of
the
heart wide,
for the holy
Ghoft to enter,
whtc4a
doth
afcertaine
every
thing. Secondly,
from
want
of
effc5
in
us. He will
make
light
of
it.
o6jell.
Men fay, this
is
fo effe&uall, fo
comfortable:
but
what
1
Objets,
ao
fweeteneffe, what
power, what tcrrour
doff thou
Ride,
in
the promi-
fes
or threatnings of
it
!
And
who
-are
worfe
then
they
that
live un-
der
it
e
Anf'w.
We
muff diftinguifh,
from that the
Word
Both
of
it
owne
Anfw.
nature, and
that
which the corruption
of
men workes, taking occafion
by
the
Word.
Againe, the Phyfitians intemperancie will not
make
the
prefcript
of
dyet
leffe
regarded. But for our owne want
of
fee-
ling, we mull know whenwe
are
fo,it
is
not for anylack
in
the
Word,
but thorough
our
owne default
:
when the tongue
is in Joffe
of
tafle
through choler,
give itnever fo
good meate
and
drinkes, all
is
bitter;
yet
it
is
not
in
the meares,
but
in
the tafle.
Thirdly, the
Devill doth
by
multiplicities
of
interpretation
make objet1.3:
fome
call
the Word
in
queftion.
An
fiv.
Diverfity
ofglofle doth
not
take away
the
uniforme mea-
tAnfw.
ning
of
the
Text,
and certainty
of
knowledge
in
it.
If
twenty
foure
Lawyers Ihoulddemurre upon fome cafe;
though they
had twelve
di-
vers
interpretations, it
doth not
take away certainety
in
the Law.
A
gain,
this
isdrown
bleat,
not
of
Chrifts fheepe,How
fhould we
know
the
meaning
of
the Scriptures
!
¡ah.
so.
His fheepe heare his
voyce.
God hath promi
fed
we fhall be all
taught
of
him.
Fourthly, the Devill
will fteale away
the Word from
us, for
he
is
objefl.4.
light fingred. Mat.
I
3.
19.
Then
commeth the
evill one and
catch=
eth,
&c.
There
is
an
example
in
the Apofties,
out of
whole
hearts
he did fteale the
word
of
Chrifts
refurre&ion, fo plainely
foretold
them. And
we
fee in
Sermons fome remember not
two
fenrences,
at
the
end
of
the
wecke,
not
one
:
cares,
bufrneffes,
pleafures,&c.
againft
which
we
mutt
be
armed, with remembring
of
Chrifts. admonition,
Take
heede
howyee
heare.
It
is
dangerous meddling with edge-tooles
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