j/erf.z. PRGvÈRBS, ïS neither mutt they be heard, or readc : whatfoeuer onecan not deliuer without finne , another (hall hardly entcrtaine with fafety. That which is vnfauossrie(faith lob)!hall it be eaten withontfait ? or is thereany tall in thewhite ofan Egge ? Heart my words(faith Elihn) yee wife men, andhearken tome,yee that banevnderssanding : for the eare trieth words , as themouth ta- freth meate. Reproofc of Miniflers , and private perlons that (ludie hard, and take great paints in reading,or hcaring,but to little or no profit for thcmfclues, or their brethren. Some glue heedc to fables, or genealogies, without end, breedingclue- limns rather than godly edifying : fame filling the world with Bookes,and Sermons, vtterly barren ofall matter,that may either(hew Ianetity, or ftirre vpany to it, or ¡cade them in it : Come perucrting themindes of them that come within the (melt oftheir breath, and poyConing the hearts of thole that bc(}ow reading of their Bookes : and in this ranke are the Brownif}s , and efpecially the Popifh , and trayterous Prieffs, and Icfuites. Toknow, &c.] Knowledge is thehrff, and anecefI'ary fruit of Gods word in the hearts of his feruants. M anyother ver. tues are wrought by it, in them that !hall beGlued by it, but none without this, nor before this : this is alwaics oneetféa ofit, ahercfoeuer it is ordayned totake anyeffect; that is the elder}daughter ofthe Gofpell, and mother ofall other good graces. So runneth the promi:Ce of the Lord by Jeremiah : They !brill loowmefrom the 4,00 ofthem to thegreater ofthem. Such is theprofeffion ofthe faithful' people by Hofea : Then /baldwebaneknowledge, andendeassour to know the Lord. And thisacknowlcdgement is made in the name ofall the faith- ful l by Saint/ohm: We know that theSonne ofGod is come, Rnsi hathgiteenvsa mìrade toknowhim. See Chap.. i o. To vnderFiand the wordsofknowledge, &c.] He that will be judicious in thefubffance of wifedome,muf} beskilful' toap- prehend thewords, and fenceof it. It is expedient,that when we !hall heare fruitful! Preachers, we be able to conceiue of their Doctrine deliuered in their D publike lob 6.6. lob 39..2.3. i 7'irn.z.4. ler,3t.3§m Doe1.1].,
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