3.Cor.Z.-;+ .s44 That theholyScriptures were inditedby Godsfprit. 'Teuerall part,fo is the nature ofthe wholevniuerfall ; Peeing lfo one effectbrings vs to his caufe, &that caufe to a fuperi_ our caufe,and that to another vntill wee come to the highefa aid fupreatne caufewhich.is God,who having hisbeing of himfelfgiucth being toall things:but that all this goodly or_ der ihuld bebrought out ofconfufion,this lightout ofdark- nes,that all thefe excellent creatures fhouldbe createdofno thing, by the alonewordoftheir omnipotent Creator,it paf. fah the conceit ofhumane reafon,and therfore his inuention alfo.So that we are wretched and ful ofrnifery,not onclyour reafonbutcuen our fenfes can teach vs;but howwe fhouldbe freed out ofthis mifcry andattaine vnto euerlaflinghappines, is a thingabone the reach ofmans tivifdome.Ahd that weare vnable toperforme thofe duties.weought,and leaue thofe fins vtidone whichwe fhouldomit,and byboth offendGod,the lawofnature writtê inour hearts,and the checks and feares which eucry one feele in their own côfciences do fufficiently teach vs,but the meanswherbywe fhould be reconciled vnto Godwhom weehaue offended, as theyarefet downe inhis word,namely,tlrat the fecond perfon in Trinity fhould take vpon himmans nature and beborneofâpure virgin,that in this nature hee fliould for vs performe perfect obedience to Gods law,and fuller afilióion,miferv, yeadeath it felf to re- concilevs to his father- and procure his loue, to free vs from euerlafling death and damnation,and topurchafe for vs euer_ lafling lifeandhappines,and that his obedience andmerits fliould beccme ours,by reafon of that vnion whereby hebe- - commethour head& we his members,which vnion is made principallyby his fpirit,and infirumentally by faith, doe ally feerne firange,yeaabfurdtohumane reafon ; and therfore the .Apofile faith, that the naturalnun perceiueth not the things whichareoftheJ irrt :ofGod,for. theyarefoolifhnes vntohim,nei- 3her canbeknow thé, becanfe theyarefinrituallyddifcerned;as it is 1.Cor.2.14.And ifhe cannot know and conceiue themwhen in the preaching of theGofpell they are reuealedvnto him; . howmuch leffe couldhe inuent themhawingneuer heardof them?or who can imagine that in.policyhe would hauedeui- cd..fuch areligion tokeep the world in awe and obedience, as,
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