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V
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R.
Io.
Epheflans,
Chap.6.
8o3
their fwords girt to them
:
we cannot
repel{
wicked fuggeftions, ftrike
downe
our owne corruptions,
without the
helpe
of
the fword;
and
knowledge of Gods pure
Word.
Which
doth
firft let
us
fee
the
lewdneffe
of
the Papifts
:
for
firft
Vfe
i.
as
they
give
us
a
wicker fhield, and paper
helmet,
fo
they
give
us a
leaden
fword,
an
unwritten
word,the
word
of
men,
as
well
as
of
God;
the mixturedoth marrethe
metal!
:
but above all, herein they finne,
that they
let
not Chriftians
indifferently have
the
Word of
God
in
their mother. tongue;
ufingagainft
Chriftians the
like
hoftilitie
that the
Philiftims
ufed
againft
lfracl, they tooke away the
fmiths
and
wea-
pons
of
Ifrael. And
marke
it
:
for,
this taking
the
Word
from
Gods
people,
is
an
Antichriftian
pra&ice.
If
a
man fhould tranfßort
our
armour,
and
fo
dif
furniih
the Realme,
it
would not ferve the
fubjels
in
time
of
neede, we would counthim
no friend
to
the
Stare.
Secondly,
it
doth
convince
Chriflians that
are
careleffeof
the Word
of
yf,
G
OD:
or
if
they
have
theknowledge
of
it,
they ufe
it
a.
our
Gentility
weare
their
weapons,
to
Jhew the
gilded
pummels and
velvet
fcabberds,
rather
then otherwife :
fo
the
Word,
which
is a
fpirituall fword,
many
doe
difcaurfe
of
it
for
agent
atien, rather
then
to
ward
of
wicked
függefli-
ens,
or
hew downe
their
owne
corruptions
with
it.
Laftly,
wee
mutt
be
exhorted
to
get
the knowledge
of the Ward,
and
hold
Fie 3;
it
far.
Pray.
2.1.
My tonne,
if
thou wilt
receive
my
words,
and hide
my Commandements
within
thee,
verfe
g.
then
Malt
thou
underftand
the
feare
of
the Lord,
and finde
the
knowledge
of
God.
Let the
Word
of
God
dwell
in
you richly
in
all
wifedome, teaching
and ad-
monifhingone
another,
Col.
3.16.
We
fhould ever have
this word
in
our heartsand mouches
:
it
is
no fmall difadvantage for
a
man
to
be
without
a
weapon
in
the midit
of
his
enemies.
Secondly,
this
doth
teach us,
What
word
it
it which the
Spirit of
God
Doll.
cloth accompany
,
and
make
mighty in the confcience:
it ú
the Word
ofçod,
Efay
49.
ult.
2
Cor. 3.
8. How
fhall
not the miniftration
of
the
Spirit
be much more glorious r
Irr.
23.
aa.
and
29. But
if
they had flood
in
my
counfell,
and declared my
words
co
my people,
then they
fhould have
turned them from their
evil!
way. And
in
regard that
it
is
thus accompanied,
it
is
here
and in
Efay
48.
5.
Neb.
4.
12. called
a
two
edged
fword,
of
fo great
rßîcacie, that we may
fee
the Apoftles,
who
being but
fifher
-men, yet having this
Word
in
their mouthes,did
caft
downe
all
the wifedome
of
the world that
refitted
them. And
we
fee
in
that
Nicene
Councell, when
all
the Doêtours could not
filence
Pufeba.:
;.a;
an
acute
Hcretick,
a
fimple man unlearned
in
comparifon,
bringing
out the
fimple
teftimonie
of
this
Word,
did fubdue him, and convince
him,
fo
that
he had
not ought
to aniwere.
Which
fhould
teach us,
as
we
would
have
the
fpitit effettuall
with
fe
us,
to
keepe
to
the
pure
Word,
thefe cleare fountaincs
of
ifrael; not to
affe&
the depths
of
humane curiofitie
:
for, the
fpitit blowes not
in
thefevoyces. Every
found
is
not
mufickes
nor every filch Sermon
Preaching.
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And