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ReaEons mowing
vs
to
il'e
diligent
hearing
of
Gods word.
3 z
3
he
vfe
ordinarily
any
other
rneancs
(efpecially
where
this
is
to be had)for the
true
conuerfion
ofhis
children,
and for
the
Nvorking
of
the
fanelifying graces
of
his fpirit
in
them. And
therefore
though
bee
could by extraordiaarie tneanes,
haue
fui
ciently
intlru
&ed
the Eunuch
in
the
wales
of
faluation,
yet
he
would
not,but
rather
vfeth
his
owne ordinance, and
fendeth
Philip
to
preach
vnto him,A
&.8.
Though
bee could
haue
illuminated
the
eyes
and
vnderílanding
ofp1xul,
by the
A&*.
immediat worke ofhis
fpirit, yet
he chofe
rather to
fend
him
A&,9.6.17..
to
flnalzidu,A6I.9.6.17.Though he could
by the miniflerie
of
his
Angel,
haue
fufficiently
informed
Cornelis
in
things
ne-
ceífarie
to
faluation, yet
hee
would not
offer
fo
great
difpa-
ragement to
his
owne
ordinance,
and
therefore hee caufeth
him to
fend
for
the
Apoflle
Peter,AELi
o.5.6. And therefore
A&.10.Ç.6..
if
wee
would
haue any
affurance,ofour
effe6tuall
calling
and
true
conuerGon
unto
God,
let
vs
with
all care
and diligence
heare the
word
ofGod
preached vnto
vs.
Secondly,let
vs
confider
that it
is
euen
God
himfelfe,
who
The
fiend
fpeaketh
by the mouthes
of
his Ambaffadours, and
that
they
raotiue.
come
not
in
their owne
names
but
in Chrifls
flead,to
intreat
vs
that
wee
would be reconciled vnto
God,
as
it
is
a.Cor.5.
z.Cor.
ao;
that
though theybee
but
earthen
veífels,.yet
they
bring
from
Goda
heauenly
treafure,which heretofore hath bin
hid
from the
world,and
is
yet hid to thole
that
perifh,2.Cor4.7.
2.Cor.4.7.
And hence
it
is
that
the
Prophets, being to
pronounce
their
prophecies,
í}i11
begin with,
Thetbord
of
the
Lord,
and,Thw
faith
the
Lord
;
and
God
himfelfe
fending
leremie
to
preach,
faith,that
he
had
put
his
words into his
mouth,Iere.
i.9.
Who-.
Iercm. i.
g.
foeuer
therefore
refufe
to
heare
the word
ofGod
preached,
refufe
to heare the
Lord
himfelfe
as
our
Sauiour
plainly
affr-
meth Luk.
i
o,i
6.
He
that
heareth
yore
heareth
me,
and
bee
that
Luk.10.16.
deg
eth
you deFßufeth
mee;'andwhat
hope
can
they
haue
of
com.ning
veto
God,
who cannot
endure
to
heare
his
voyce
calling them vnto
him.?
Thirdly,
the titles which are
giuenvnto
the word
in
the .Sell.
fcriptures,may
ferue
as
firong arg
umcnts
to
moue
vs
careful-
$y a
third
ly
to
heare thefame.:.for
itis
called
the
min iflerie
ofreconci-
motiue,
elation,
whereby
wee are
reconciled
vnto
God, a.Cor.5.i
8.
Ya
.and,