Rea vt nsottingvs to thediligenthearingof j odsFord. 3-27 Common andpernicious, it behooueth eueryChriflian moil carefully to arme himfelfe; and to this end let vs know,. firí} that this negle& ofGods word is a manifefl ligne that fuch orenot as yet truely conuerted,nor induedwithany meafure offauing knowledge and true faith ; forwhofoeuer areof God rol", here hreward, John8.47; andall ChriflsJheepe heure his voyce and ao.vy. and fblloxhrna,asit is Iohn 10.3.4.27. Whofocuer haue at-. tained unto knowledge, faith and the refl ofthe graces of Gods fanIifying fpirit,theywill be fo rauifhed with the ex- cellencie of.theur, that it is not poff ble for them to content theinfelues withàfnail meafure, but flatthey willlabeur to growfroin knowledge to knowledge, from faith to faith, fi -orn one grace toanother, till they become perfect men in Chrifl. Andas thofe ho hauebut once tailedoffon e deli- cious meate, are not fatisfied therewith, but againe and a- gaine feede upon it ifBallytheymay come by it,.becaufe their tafle isexceedingly delighted therewith; .fo ifeuer we did buttruely taile of this heauenly Manna, and fpirituall foode ofour foules, theword ofGod, we would not refl fo contented,but when opportunitie isoffered,we wouldoften feede.vpon it,vntill. our foules were fully fatisfied,andnouri- fhedvnto.perfe6tflrength; arid forauinuch as fo long as wee .t.Cor.u.a :' continue here, our knowledge is but part and our faith weake, andGodsgracesbut in finall meafure, therefore we would continually feedon thisheauenlynourifhment,to the end ofour litres, that thereby our knowledge may be increa- fed,our faith flrengthened, and all other graces confirmed -andmultiplied in vs. But ifon theother fide we loathe this heauenlyManna, it:is a manifeit figne,weneuertafled there- ofintruth,or that our foules are exceeding ficke in-thine, whichmnaketh them that they cannot rellifh this - daintie and delicious foode,and that we hauc notknowledge,faith;ora- ny-gracebegotten in vs neither that our felues arebegotten vnto God. For as the.childbeing begotten-and conceiued, Bothprcfently drawnouriihneat from the mother ; and the biggerit waxeth,themore it defireth til it comevntoperfect ageandalrength: fo. -as. Toone as the graces ofGods fpirtt arebegotten in-vsby the, preaching of the word,theydraw y..4 nourifluneut
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