67o Chap. 24. An expo -aion upon the Took of J e a. Verf.25° No,: ear:ter ver d for and defend the truth, it is oot comely that our felves fhould foil` "" 7n triumph, but the truth only. yob indeed fhewes his cor;fidence in ve! 'Fla Nudger) the equity ofhis caule, wfVch he afivrmes fo jutt and fo fully pro- .t, run; bat. ved to be the mind of God, that be dares venture upon the judge rnent of any man alive. Sant: If it be $cot fo now, who will make me a liar .e grevigime in Some make other men liars, by teaching them or encouraging no .a0' gift them to tell lies,others makemen liars byproving that theyhave taught or told lyes ; This is job; meaning when he fairh,wbo will ;gabs ne a liar ? We may fuppofe lob at the clofe of his fpeech tfingup and looking about ,him, while he fpake thus, who will makeme a liar ? Let me fee the man Rand forth that bath any thing to ob;eâ againft what I have laid. The words are elegant in the Original, and ifnot, that is, Tit be not fo as I have after red concerning the dealings ofGod with wicked men, that they ma- ny times&uridh and continue flourifhing a long time, ifit be not fo, let any man d'ifprove me, and.make me a liar, ifhe canilet bins convince me that I am in anerrour if he can. As if he had laid, Idoe not impofe my opinion upon you, but fubmit it to the con- ftderation and difcuilion ofall men. Hence note. Fiat, We!build freely rffer our opinion; and afertion; to the tryall. 'Tis toomuch for a man to look that what he bath laid fhould becontenteduntoand beleeved, becaufe he barb [aid it. Onely God himfelfe is worthy and may demand, to be thus beleeved by man. That God faith this or that is enough to perlwade, yea to require:our faith in ir, and obedience to it, WhenGod 1peakes, loo that bath Bare; to heart, let him keare 042till.' 3.9) that is, let him beleeve and "obey, at his peril' bt it. He that is truth cannot. but fpeake truth, and therefore is to he beleeved in wltfoever he 1peaketh. Man ought not to fay any thing as quettiontng the ve- rityofwhat Godbath laid, But we ought toconfider what men fay, and not to beleeve beyond what we have tryed. And as no man ought to beleeve before he bath tryed, foevery man ought to prefent what he bath Paid ro the avail. Man bath no dominion over thefaith ofanother; Pant profeffed he had not (z Cor. I. 24,
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