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atf
ns
rooming
v:r
to
the diligent
hearitT
of
Gods
word.
veto
them the great
light,euen the
Sunne
ofrighteoufneffe,
Ep
c
f2,
J.
Chrifl
lefus.
Fourthly,
through
faith
we
are
faued,Ephef
2.8.
Neither
is
it
poffble, that without
faith we fhould euer at-
tainc unto
faluati
on,
for this
is
the
condition ofall
the pro
-
mites
ofthe
Go1j
ell,vvithout
which
we
cannot
haue
ally af-
Iohhn
1.t:.
furance
ofthem,
Iohn
1.12. and
3.16.18. Moreouer, what.
and
;.16IS.
,
foéueris
-not
done
offaith it
finne,
R.om.14.23.
And
without
HeG
i1a
.23
f
áith
it
i.
im
pofble
to p!eafeGod,
Heb.
i
1.6.
But the
preaching
ofthe
word
is
the
ordinarie
meanes
of
begetting
faith in
vs,
Rorn. io.17.
as
ppcareth
Roni.i
o.i
y.
Faith
commeth
by
hearing,and
hea:.
r2r'
by
the word
ofGod.
And therefore whofoeuer
contemn
or
neglec`ì:
the hearing
ofGods
word,they
refufe
the
rneanes
offaith
;
and
being without
fiaith,all
they doe
is
fin
and can-
not
pleafe
God,
neither
can
they
euer haue any
affiaranee
of
Gods
promifes,or their owne faluation. Laftly,
by
the
hea-
ring
of
Gods word
we
arefaued,
and
therefore.Gods
mini..
fiers in this
ref-peel
are called
Sauers
of
the people,
i.Tim.4.
I.Tim,4.16.
i
6.
lake
heede
unto
thyfaire
and
unto
learning;
continue
there-
în,for
in
p
doing
thou
fhalt bothraue
thyfelfè
and
them
that
bare
thee;becaufe
they
are
the tniniffers
ofGod,whom
he
vfeth
as
means and
inf}ruments in
working thefalúation
oftheelectt:
and therefore
feeing
by the preaching
ofthe
word,we
are
made members
ofthe
body
of
Chriff,
regenerated
and
in..
lightned;
Peeing
thereby
we
attaine
veto
faith,and
euerla_
fling
faluation,
let
-vs as
we
loue
our owne
foules,
diligentlie
are
the word, and not
fuffer
our
felucs
to
be hindred
from-
frequenting the
holy
affeniblies
of
Gods
Saints;
with.euerie
vaineplcafure and
bafe
comtnoditie,
But
here the
tempter
will
be
readie
to
obie61,that
though
satans tempra.
the word preached be thus
neceflarie_and
profitable
at
forre
tions,v
where-
ti
Ines.
when we
are
at leafure,yet this
fhould
be
no
reafon
to
y
he
"'it'''.
moue
vs
to negleel
our
bufvies,orabandon.our
pleafurcs;for
sÌravveth
men
p
Bons
the dill_
when
once
by the
hearing
therof
we are conu,erted,inIíght-
,few
hearüa
of ned
with
the
knowledge
of
Gods
true
religion,,
and indued
eds
vvord,
with faíth,it
is
fufficient
if
we
but
feldome heate
it;
for what
4114[P
,cold
in
fubflance
can
we learne,which wee haue:not alreadie lear-
ned,or what
can
the
preacher teach
vs,
.which wee doe
not
know
as
wellas
líe?
,Againfi
which 'temptation,
'iNhich
is
fo
common