Tfal.9q..>! I. C or.5, so. Vire í. a Cor.,bo. Z ;ìt.2 PRO V ERES. Ch,!p I. .anfwcreofNicodernue ro Chrift , for the impof ihility 'of new birth dothwitireffe. Did hec puke like a man of learning, like a maifter, and teacher ofothers, when be fait, How can a man be borne which is old ?' can he enter á aine into h;s nso- thers wombe, andbe borne ? what chide could make a more chiidifband more grotieohie ion? Secondly, they arc more illi_ded and albfed by Sathant by pride, by carnall rea(on, by lu(ts andvanity of rniride, than infants arc. Infants he(Ir)* nor their thoughts ,arid time fo idlely, or hurtfully, a to'hunt after that whi:± they can neuer take, or to take that which < illeyrhet or devour: them. Infants doer of Macerate ahern(eta, es, and Bate vp theirowne hearts with needleileor boctclr'ilecates and vexations , putting their ncckes vncicr yokes , which God would rimer lay vpon their (boulders , and takingvp burtltens before they be called to bcare than , The Lord knoweth the thoughts ofman , that they arebut vanity :yea the Lordknoweththe thoughts ofthe wile, that they are but vaine, In.firuc ìon, as e take it For an hainous ind gnitie, and difdaine it , as a matter ofgrcatcfl reproach tes be called by thename ofchilde , babe, or.boy fo let vs be worthy of better efleeme, by (toying our hearts with grace and Ilea uenlywifcdome, that God and his people may hauevs in e- flimation . Brethren (faithSaint Paul) 'benotehildren invn- der>fanding , but asconcerningmalaciourne f fe beyee children, but invnderilandingte ofaripe age. Rcprookof their vanity;which-knowing nothing as they ought to know, doe yrt dreame, and arepuffed vp vt ìth con- ceit,thatthey knew, ailthingsafwel as rho/ may beknowne. No men haue fo grearopirtion.of judgement & vnderftan- ding as they that arevvithout judgement, and haue !raft vn- derltandingof any. Coit.monly it Conies to pafl.c that fuch as in heavenly things be as fillyas fucklings , doe yet take vpon them to be as wife as God. But is not this an vniufl imputation can'ycu nominate any thatfay fo? Our com plaint fhall appears to be righteous and tru., andwe can de- cipher many that doe fo . For walkc they not in their owne wa es
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