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6o That .4 gels and saints dre not to be invocated. medium, ceafeth. If the fpeech of the heart ; then are they NPchoyvc;r a , the fiarchers of the heart, and therefore gods : for it is a property peculiar to the Lord,l.Kings 8.39. Jer.17.9.As 1.24. That they know us not it is teflified by Ifaiah, chap. 63.16. vâbraham is ignorant of us, and if ael knoweth us not: Eccles 9.5. . Exception The Papifts except, Firfl,That the Saints having of the Pa- pats. the bleifed vifion of God, they do fee in f eculo Tri- nitatis the things done in earth. By which reafon they fhould know all things which God himfelf doth know, neither fhould the day of judgement be The glaffe hid from them. But this glafe is a forgerie of their of the Tri- own brain : For if they fay it is the efFence of the nity forged, y y whole Deitie, then is it moll fimple and unvariable; if the glory or fplendour of God whereby he en- lighteneth the place of the bleffed, it will no more follow that they beholding this light fhould fee thole things which God beholdeth, then that he which looketh on the funne Mould fee all that the funne fhineth upon. A fecond Secondly, That God acquainteth them with our pretenfe of prayers made to them, which they underflanding the Papifis antwered. become interceffours for us unto God. But what a foolifh circumflance is this ? They will not have us go directly unto God or our Saviour, but (as in Princes courts) to fome that are neare unto them, that they may mediate our caufe; and in the upfhot, we cannot go direäly unto them,I mean the Saints, but God himfelf muff be fain to be a mediatour be- tween us and thern,to acquaint them with our pray, ers, that fo they may pray unto him for us. Thirdly,