56 ?ent mans takenfrom theeuillhuesofMinters. in hisfull b'rightneffé; forthat light which they inioy is fur- frcient;though not fo glorioufly bright as when it fhineth in his full clecrcnefl ;fo we muf}not, negle& the conforming ofòur felues to theScriptures, becaufe wee cannot fee them. fhincin their owne glorious brigghtnes, as they werepenned by the infpirationofthe holy Ghofi in the original language (for as well maya painter expreffe inhis table with artificiali colours the gloryof the Sun, as any man liuing can expreffe that perfe&beautie and diuine glory which fhinethin the naturall phrafe ofholyScriptures in a tranflation) but rather wee are to inioy the benefit ofthis glorious fhining Sunne ofGods word, though the brightneffe beas it were vailed and fomewhat fladowed with the cloudof another lan= guage;fornotwithf}andiug,through it theytine andafford vs fuch light, as may bee fufficient to guideand direst vs in thewaies ofholineffe and righteoufneffe, which willbring vs in the end to eternall gloryand endleffe fclicitie. XXIII.: Satan'tentations takenfrom the cad limes ofthe Mustier:, anf:,rered. Nd fomuch concerning the obieetions which That Satan by ' Satan maketh againfl the Scriptures them- di 7racin the f g , Ts felues,to the end hemay make men negle& to Msntßersfee- , 1 hcareandread them. But if this will not preen keacet their uaile,then hee leaueth todifgracethe word it °race ,niwiftery.allfa. felfe, and feeketh by difcrediting theMinifiers thereof, to make them to contemne their Miniflerie; and to this endhe vfeth all hisskill to draw them into foine groffe and fcanda- lous finne, and 'to neglect that do6rine themfelues which they teach vino others, (hewing in their liues and conuer_ fations, neither zeale of Gods glorie, nor delire of their neighbors good;and whenhe hath attained vntohispurpofe in force, he thinketh it a ful cient ground for the flanderof al,and a notable foundationwhereupon he may build amofl pernicious temptation} Art thou fo foolifh(s ill he fay)as to thinks_
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