ofPredeIttination andReprobation. daily Band upon, and think it an argument of great learning todifcuffe thofe points a- mongff the unlearned,which their auditours donot at all underhand. Againfl thefe may we take up that of the fonne of Sirach, h A Fetus; fool travelletd° with a wordas a woman in labour 191z. ofachild: íßs an arrow thatflicketh in a mans thigh, fo is a wordin afools belly. This abufe therefore is chiefly to be avoided by theMi_ nif}ers of the word; who as they may deli- ver the limpie, clear and fundamental! do- trineof Predeftination with profit and edi- fication to thepeople ofGod rightly train- ed up, fo can they not run out into intricate quehions, and curioufly difcuffe both fides of thecontroverfie after the manner of the Schools, but by this their fuperfluous dili- gence theymull: needs train up their people rather unto curiofity and itchof contention, then unto faith and zeal ofagodly life. Yea, what Prudentius faid of wrangling fophi- hers may well be applyed unto thefe men; Fidemminutis difecantambagibus, Theymince the faith into petty circumtan: ces: Or rather that oftheApoftle, i They dote I,rarx6.g (or, arelick) about queflions orfirifesofwords, whereofcometh envy ,flrife, &c. Thirdly, as we do worthily blame thofe 3 who offend by doing too much, f}retching this doc`rine of Predeftination to intricate & fi,iperfluous quefionsfo alfoare they no letfe to 497
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