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That Godalone to to be called upon., 15 x4pHa iS hac]a, that is, fervice, fora reward. And fo by this diflintion they shall gain thus much, That they give the greater to the creatures, and referve the leffe for God. Neither can this diflin Lion be applyed to either of thefe places alledged; 1. Sam. 7.3. Matth.4. r o. in both which the vulgar Latine bathfervire : in the former, eíque fol$ fervite, and ferve ye him alone; where the Greek allo hath Jig" ASvott7S : in the latter, eíque foli feervies, and thou fink ferve him alone. Secondly, he that is to be called upon is to be be- i.Reafon. lieved in: Rom. z 0.14. How all they call upon him in whom they have not believed.? God alone and none but God is to be believed in: Pfal.73.2 5. whom have I in heaven but thee ? According to the Creed the object of our faith is God and the Church : bit with this difference, that we believe in God; but as touching the Church, we do not fay that we believe in it ( for the Church is not God, but domus Dei, as Adguftine hath obferved ) but onel,y that we believe the holy catholick Church. Now if we are not to believe in the Church, much leífe in the members thereof, whether they be of the Church militant or triumphant. Thirdly, no part of Gods glory is to be commu- Rearon. nicated to any thing elfe : Ifa.42. 8. My glorie will I not give- to; another. To be a hearer and granter of our requefis is a great part of Gods glory : Pfal.65. 3. o thou that hearefi the prayer, to thee Jhall all f ejh come: and in the conclufion of the Lords prayer; thine is the glory, namely of hearing and granting our prayers. And therefore this glory is not to be E 4 com-