Verf.7. PROVERBS. 27 knowledge, andthe eareof the rifefeeketh knowledge. Firf}, God calleth for it, and requircth it ofall his people Reafon so that would enjoy anyof his fpirituall blc flings : Would they receiue any graces from him ? then let them come with at- tention vnto him : the care is commonly the tunnel) and conduit where-thorough he conucyethhis giftsto the foulc, according to his gracious proclamation, or munificent inui- cation by the Prophet : Ho, every one that thir.1ethcomeyee to 're, the waters, andyee that have noflsaercome, buy, andeate : come 1fay buy wine andmilke without filer , and without money ? hearkendiligently vetome , andBate that which is good, and let yourfoule delight infatnef fe. Enclineyour Bares, andcome vnto ane : heare andyourfoule Thal! hue. Secondly, hee path appointed the mouth ofman to de- z ciare his will vnto his peoplc,and therefore conlequently the care allo to entertayne it: For there arefubordinate, and an- L verablc one to the other : Ifall cares weredeafc,all mouthes might as well be mute, and filent. Now then Gthence the tongue is a well -fpring of life, a tree of life, and feedethma- ny, and enricheth many, mutt not our cares be vetrels to re ceiue the commodities that are offered vntovs ? And fo much the rather becaufe the finfull confent of the mouth and care, in euill, by the craft and cruelty of Satan, Again(# our firft parents, did fpoilevs ofour vnderflanding,theLord will haue the good agreement ofthem in his feruices, to be meaner whereby we fhould recouer theknowledge which we haue loft. Reproofeof thofe that truft fo much to their owne read- T{e. zu ing, that they regardnot toheare any others in the cxcrcife of their minillerie,or to conferre with them in private.They can finde that in the Bible with the Preacher allcadgeth in the Pulpit , and in goodBookes they can as well mcete with themeaning ofit. But remember that the Eunuch had the Bible, fomuch as was then extant, as is probable : the Pro- phecie of Efayhee had, as is certaine, bee read therein, and that in fuck a language as he vndertlood, neither is it to be thought that hewas =ilk for gettingor vLngotherwhole= E 3 fore
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