• and perpe-tual/ quiJe. The fecondNotewee gather out of this Verfe, (hall be this : · The \Vord of God is a Light, not onely to guide us into the ":ay to Hea~e~, a~~ infiru& us in our generall calltng of Chnll:tamtte; but alfo to leade us along ina courfe of go4linelfc,and to direCt: U$ 2articularly inour fpeciall call in~. I will firft followrhc former DoCtrine; which in few words, and plainely, I -thus propofe unto you. _ - Noman can at firfl: finde the entrance, or after hit the way to Heaven, except hebeenlightened and led along by the holy Word of God. For D;~vid, as here wee fee, a man of great worth, and underfianding, otbenvife excellently andextraordinarily qualified; could not find our,orfollow any other Gttide,or direction to Heaven,but onely the Light ofGods Word. _ The Reafons of this DoCtrine, may be thefe which follow. 19 'DoCf. z. The firfl: maybe taken from the infi1fficiencie ~afo• r. and inabilitie of all other meanes, to bring us to No other H . meanes can eaven : as, bring us 1 o I All the greatefl: Learning and deepeft know- Heaven. ledge in the World,will fiand us in little fiead in .N~t humane this bulinelfe: Otherwife it had gone well with Learning. many ancient Heathens afld Philofophersofold, who fadomed as deepe, and reachee as high in :the depths and myfieries of all humane Learningand knowledge, as the light of Reafon and firength .of Nature could poffibly bring them: And yet they vvere utterly {hangers to the life of ·.· ( c 2 ) . grace,
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