?hat the holyScriptures vereindrtedby Godsfptrit. 34 but in anearthenveffel,when this"beautiful feature is clothe inmeaneattire,and the diuine wifdom ofGod Pet forth in at bumble and PimpleRile, we leaue fhadowes andbehold th fttbftancc,neither dowe refs in the outward letter,but fcarc after the inward truth.So alto if the Lordhad in the penning ofthe Scriptures vfecl inticing eloduence,or afl'e1ed human learning,tnen would hauebin ready to haue Paid, that by th force thercoffo many were dawne or inticed, toembrace re ligionand to fpend their lines inGods feruice but when a inoutward Chew there is nothing but vnpolifhed plainneff and fïmple rudenes, by which neuertheles the hearers vnder /landing is more inlightned,his will more powerfully inch- ned,his affections more firongly ruled, than by all theelo- quent perfwations whichwit and learning can inuent, they driuen to confeffe that wifdomofGod is hidden vnder fimplicitic, his power vnder this outward weaknes, and that the Scriptures haue their vertue and force, not from the fpeeçh ofmans wifdome and exceilencie of words, but from the power and plaine euidence ofGods fpirit, who was theauthor and inditerofthern. The tenth reafon,to proue that the Scripturesare not the in- ventionofman, but the word cïfGod inditedbyhis fpirit,is, thatmany things contained thermare aboue the reachofhu- mane vnderfianding,and fo deep that mans wifdom and rea- foncannot conceiue them, nor fearch them to the bottome. For example,though al menknow by the Iight ofnature that there is aGod,fecing this truth is written in largecharacters in the faire volume ofthe creatures, fo as none can behold thembut hemutt needsknow and acknowledge it; yet that this God being one in nature fhould be diftinguifhed into threep.erfons,the Father,Son, &holyGhoft,without anydi- uifionoffubflanceor confttfion ofperfons, mans reafon can- not concciue,though the Lordhath reuealed it &much letfe could muent it feelgnow it cannot comprehend it.Sö,ÿ the world and the-creatures therein contained were created, the light ofnature íiÁfticiently teacheth vs, feeing they haue an endand therefore had abeginning,a time ofcorruptionand ;herfoze a time ofgenerationalto, &as is the natureofeuery z . %ucrall 3 d i e h e e s e Y §.Secl. 4; The tenrh rea- J'ott, taken f om the Contents of the Scriptures, which inmany thingt area- han the reach e.Ihumane rea- Jon.
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