?bat theholyScriptures?eere inditedby gelsjirit. 334i; SoIikewife when they fpeake ofany other affairesoracci- dents which fall out in the gouernnient oftheworld,they af- cribe all to outward circutnt}ances, inferiour tneanes and fubordinatecaufes, as though God had giuen ouerthe go.. uernment oftheearth, and had committed the ruling ofthe fleme to blind fortune. Now whence can this exceeding difference proceede, that they fhould altogether aime at the glorie ofGod, and thefewholly at the praife, pleafure, and profit ofman? that they íhouldalwaiesafcribe the gouern- mentanddifpofing ofall things to the wife prouidence of God,and thefe tooutward accidents, naturali caufes and in- feriour tneanes? Surely becaufe they were indited by tho fpirit ofGod,and therefore themfelues are diuine, fauoring whollyoftheauthorofthem: and thefe by the fpiritofman, andtherefore all contained in them is meerely humane, car.. nail and naturall. Theninth reafon may bee takenfrom the flileandman_ 4,S0.2. nèr ofpenning the Scriptures, inwhich they much differ The ninth reacï from all other writings vrhatfoeuer : for whereas men in fon,takeos theirwritingsaffe& thepraife offlowing eloquence and lof., from thefile tineffeofp afe, the holy Ghofl in penning the Scriptures o/tree 3"0"- path vied great fimplicitie and wonderful! plainnefíe, ap- plyinghimfclfe to the capacitie of the moilvnlearned: in whichlow andhumblemanner offpeech,hee Bothnotwith- sanding fct foorth the deepe wifdome of God,and thepro- found mytleries of religion , the bottome whereof the moll wife and learned in the world cannot fearch into: and vnder the vaileoffimple and plaine fpeech, there fhi- neth filch diuine wifdome and glorious maieflie, that all the humane writings in the world, though neuer foador- nedwith the flowers ofeloquence, and fharpe conceits of wit and learning,cannot fodeepely pearce the heart ofman, nor fo forcibly worke vpon his affe&ions, nor fo power- fully inclinehis will either to the imbracing ofthat which is good, or auoiding of that which is mill, 'as the word of God : and whence can this proceede but from the vertue, power andwifdome ofthe fpirit ofGodwho is the author of -them ? Z a Moreouer,,
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