66 Wh:at needs fo much adoc? · The whole du– tie of man is . foone learned. . .Anfw. .' It isfoone faid, not fo fogne '_done. · ·E.cclt{u. I 3. .M~Uh•z.z.+o• Simile~ 'The Saints fore life)what needs fo much adoe,fo much preaching, c,ate.chiftng,expounding)conf~rring,m~ditatipg, teachingarrd prayingwith our farriiiies,which are fo much and fo-often urged·uponus ? When all comes to all, this is the fumme and end of all i TfJ · ftare God, and keepe hi; Comm~ndementJ ; Th4t we lot;e GodaboveAU,and ourneighbour M ourJelves: And we· hopewe~andoe this,wi~houtall thi~adoe.. · To feare God,and keepe his Command·emerits:, (which is the whole dutie ofman,as the Preacher fpeakes in his la£1: chapter)and cq ·Iove God above 'aH,and-e:ur rieighbors as'our felves·;(upqn ·whichhan– gethlthe wholeLtt~t~And the Propheu,a-s Chrill: tells us, M~·th.2 z.) are indeed foone: fp0~·en,but·not fo ea- ,fily~truly ~earned; and·me>ft hardly, ftnc~~dy pra-- 1 ll:ifed. ]s: 1iteoouglt,th'i11lte_yau~:toma~ea m~m ·a good Carpenter, 6r.- Mafon, to fay;-That,that is foone •Iearned ~ and, I ·know as much as the beft workman can teach onell r;n_e:To,buildan Houfe:, · is f\O.thing hut to laythefoundatiop~ to ·rea're the walls 3 and- eover it with a·Roofe r Is\it enough to . make'a good. Husbandman,to fay; I know-as mucb as thebefl: Husbandman can teach me; for Hlls– bandry is nothing elfe,but to fowe and,t:eape? Is ir-enougli to' make a good ·Preacher,to fay; It is no fuch great matter, to makea-Sermon_; I knowas . much in that·point, as the befi Seholler amongft them can tell-me:Topreach, is nothingelfebut to expound the Te:x:t;gather Do"Chines,and mak~-ufe a1<1d~application to the hearts & confdences ofthe J hearers?Bm it wouldbe-longbefore thefe'i9-1e and ~tnprie vaunts would build Houfes)fiH Bar~es,or ; . · - fave_· ..
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