erfe.,;. Shee hathfentforthber Illaidcs. &c. In the former words was fhewed what preparation wife- -dome made for herfeafl at home,and in thefe what courfc the taketh to inuite the guefl s abroade, her4naides are fent forth as niefIèngers into the 1'treetes, and gates, and market place, which commonly are frequented with greatefl :multitude and concourfe ofpeople, to call as many as they canmeete with : not that maides or matrons or any women are allowed to bee mini[lers,but beeprofecuteth the allegory euerypart of it cor- r¿pondent and futable to other,as Chrill himfelfe vnderflood . by wifedome is compared to a Lady, fo his Prophets,lApo- flles,paflors,and teachers are refernbled to maides, which in regardoffex aremoll meete towaiteupon women. oft. I. .God in his wifedome bath appointed that They that will e ninifiry come to faluation, muff bee brought to it by the miniflrie of he word his mcffengers fo the A oflle teacheth, that all things are of meanes of `' b ) p ation by Çod,whichhath reconciledvs veto himfelfe by lefiis Chó ril, and ds ordi. bathgiuen tovs (faith hee) the rniniflrie ofreconciliation : the fa- lse, ther of his owne goodnefí'ebathvouchfafed to be at one with ;.or.f, is, vs : lice bath appointedhis fonne to make the peace, andhis word to :declare the performanceof it by the tonne, and his minders to publifh it by warrant ofhis word. afons. I Firfl, Chid}hath fubflituted them to bee his deputies,and flill doth fpeake to his people by them. 2. Cor. 5.19. = Secondly, our necefsitie is fuch as doth require the help of their minif}rie : for wee haue no inclination of our felucs to come to this feat} vnleffe wee bee tent for :manyare readie to preffe tocorporali banquets, where they haue neither calling nor countenance,but be many times repelled that they cannot get in,or extruded and turnedout at thedores before they be fatisfied : but to thiscommeth none without bidding,nor vfu- ally without much vrging. Thirdly,the Lord doth fohighly efleeme of their (cruise, and fo far obferue them that reiea theircòuncels and holy in- firuilions that they that will not bedireeted to .euerlafling life bY
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