Chap.i7. and the Covenant ofGrace. X27 lifhed, whether in the former he have not equal! caufe to recede from that which he would with like rigour fatten upon it ; I friall undertake as clearly from the New Teftament , to hold out con- ditions in the Covenant ofGrace as any other man nuall finde either warrant or ordinance for publick, or private admonition or exhortation ; They fhall not have fo much needof teaching fay the Annotations on that place as formerly. It is plaine, that that is often fpoken in Scripture negatively,that is meant comparative- ly ; I Will have mercy, and not facrifice, Hof. 6.6. When he would have both mercy and facrifice, though mercy prefer, ed above fa- crifice. Ca/vin hath fully fpoken to this objedion , fatisfying both his Adverfary and his Reader giving them a full refuta- tion , and the Text a good interpretation : ainthat forne phantaflick fpirits(faithhe)takeoc- caflon from hence to a6olifh all outward preaching of the Word, as though in the Kingdome of Chrifj it were fuper fi'uoas, their madne(fe may eafly be anfwered. 7 his is their objec`liont ( faith he ) After the coming ofChri fl, a man ought not to teach his aaeighbotr ; Lt an outward Miniflery then begone , and give way to an inward infpira- Lion. But they palre that by (faith our Athour) that in the prophet which is chiefly worthy of ob- fervat ion ; The Prophet cloth not deny that one fhould teach another , but there are his words; They fhall not teach one another, faying, Know the Lord; as though he f ouldfay,ftscb ignorance Amid not po ffe fe the minder of men as heretofore, that they fhoeeld not know who the Lord is , for iam pint rnttiattmájores faciantprogref we knoW there is a twofc-ld u fe of teaching. Firfl, ¡ne. turn ergo Chriftianis quàm die That thole that were altogether ignorant, may vivuntprofeciendurn fit, certum eft, ye- begin with the fir fl elements; and afterw.:rds rainera ufque adeò fapere, quin doceri that they that are thus entred: may mak a far- ther progre ffe. Therefore When Chr opus habeas, ut pars non po firema fepieartia_ troftra fit docilitat ; a Settem profi- if inns as ciendi fit ratio f velimus efe Cbrifti long as they live ought to !carne , there is cipuli , Paulus oftendit ad Ephec. cap. none fo roife but need to be taught , fo that 4 r r. Conftituit Paftores Dotlores, . a teachable dáfpefition is not the leaf! part of (9''''; Hínc apparct nihilminds `propheta.i wifdome, and what our way to prof to is i f venue in paeentem , quàm fpoliari, Eccles:! fìam tam necefario bono. We will be Chrilis Difciples, Paul fheweth ins: a o/uad autem fanatici Nomines hint occafioonem Arripiunt , abolenda externx pradicationis, acfi fib Chri/ti regno effet fupervacua , facilè eorum impania refcomma i- Cur. Hat cor eft objetfio. Poft Chri- fui adventum non debet qui fque proximum `sum docere; facejfat igitur exterminai Minifterium, ut interna Dei infpirationi . deter locus. At qui pratereunt quad in primis anmadverfionedignum erst. Ne- que cairn in totum Prophets negai quia doituri fins alii alios, fed hat pint ver- ba , non docebunt, dicendo, Cogno fce Do- minura , acfi diceret , non amplino oc- cupabitbominum mentes ignorantin qualis: anteh,u , ut nefciant quis fit Deus. Sci_. *us autemduplicem effe Dottrina ufum: Primò, ut qui penitn rudes fart , à pri mis elementis incipiant : deinde ut qui.
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