Part 1. Chap. 10. AfftiEled Confcience.r. _ then a matter reftorative ; andm it"arnative medkinei_ may for a time allay the paine of the PAtient, lmt after; the griifc 6ccommeth moregrie11ous: So the cottforttt4lf: applying of Gods promifts are n'Ot Jo profitA6le for ever} One that is humhied, eJPecially when their joulN are rather further to be cafl downe, then as_ yet tfJ he raifed Hft : fo thofo fugred confolatiom· may for A while over- he ale ' the confcience, and abate (ome prifentgriife; 6ut fo,as. 4terwards the [mart may bee the forer, and the griife. .may grow the greater: Hereof enfuet-h thiJ ej{f:Cf, that t'omfort feemeth to cure for a while, but for want of Wifdome in the r~ght difcerning of the caH{e, t.M'en m!~~ .. . fter one t/J.fed~cine fo~ ltnother ; and fo for want of.,.. ·~ ··_. , . 0 mine ow~t pare. t.hf! latter grmdetb jorer then the former. Calvene ' fiuth Hoo~er, 1 think fo, that r gr~at Pillar and glory of the Chrifrian Calvi~ incomparJbly World for iincere and found Orthodoxe doCl:rine the wtfell: man, rh~~~ e,,.- vc:r the French Ch~erch ' did erljoy,fince the houre it enjoyed Him. Jn H/4 Pre(nce. pag. 3. Though thou!ands we;e debtcrs to Him, as touchin~ DiYint: knowledge:; yet he to none, but only-to God the AtJ·· .thor of th~t moll: blelfed fountaine,the Book of life, and of the admirable dexte~ity o( wit;_ rogetber with the helpes of other learning, which were his guides, Jbid. Wee theuld be .inj~ rious unto Yertue it felft, if wee did derogare from them, whem their induflry hath . madeGrear. Two things ot prit~c•pall moment •here are, which have de!erveclly procu. · red' Him honour throu?h0ut ~he World: the ene, HJiexceeding paines in compofing the - ~ Inibtutions of Cbriilian Religion; rhe other,His no lell'eind!lfiriou travailes for expolitions of holy Scripture.--In which two tbittgs whofoever they wer-e 1that afur Him befi<_>wed their labou~, Hee gain~d the advantage of prejudic~. againfi ther.n,ifthey gaine. fa1d; and of glory above·rhem, t! thcy-confente.d. Ibtd.pag: 9.~ fl1e morelearned and hQly . any Divine is, th~ mcrchearrilyHefubfcribes tpPaulU6 tlnai.-.,-his true cenfure of Hir ~ fu~~: . ' 'Pr~tcr ApDfisliw, pofl Chri~r tcmpora,.cbartao, -H uic peperere libro f.etu /11. 1'1lllia paum. ·Belides the holy Writ, No bol:>ke isliketoit• . .r '01'~ No age fince Chrill: brought forth -A booke of !ogreata worth. No·marvaiJe then, that a learned Bi!hop of London in QEeeM E./i'{abeths time, begun His Speech thuugainll: a lewd fdfow. which had railed againtl' (alvine: ~od dixipii~a virum Dei, Cll,'flinNrll, tuo [anguinenonpotm·etlimcre, &c. R 4 ·concurrcS
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