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Rea

vt

nsotting

vs

to

the

diligent

hearing

of

j

ods

Ford.

3-27

Common

and

pernicious, it

behooueth

euery

Chriflian

moil

carefully

to

arme himfelfe; and

to

this

end let

vs

know,.

firí}

that

this negle&

ofGods

word

is

a

manifefl ligne

that

fuch

ore

not

as

yet truely

conuerted,nor indued

with

any meafure

offauing knowledge

and true

faith

;

for

whofoeuer

are

of

God

rol",

here

hre

ward,

John

8.47; and

all Chrifls

Jheepe

heure his

voyce and

ao.vy.

and fblloxhrna,asit

is

Iohn

10.3.4.27.

Whofocuer

haue at-.

tained unto knowledge,

faith and the

refl

of

the graces

of

Gods

fan

Iifying

fpirit,they

will

be

fo

rauifhed

with

the ex-

cellencie of.theur,

that it

is

not

poff ble

for them

to content

theinfelues

with

àf

nail meafure,

but

flat

they will

labeur

to

growfroin

knowledge to knowledge,

from faith

to

faith,

fi

-orn

one grace

to

another, till

they become

perfect men

in

Chrifl. And

as

thofe

ho

haue

but

once tailed

offon

e

deli-

cious meate, are

not

fatisfied

therewith, but

againe

and

a-

gaine feede

upon

it

if

Bally

they

may come by

it,.becaufe

their

tafle

is

exceedingly

delighted

therewith;

.fo

ifeuer

we

did but

truely taile

of

this heauenly

Manna,

and fpirituall

foode

of

our foules,

theword

of

God,

we would

not

refl fo

contented,but when opportunitie

is

offered,we would

often

feede.vpon it,vntill.

our

foules

were

fully

fatisfied,and

nouri-

fhedvnto.perfe6tflrength;

arid

forauinuch

as

fo

long

as

wee .t.Cor.u.a

:'

continue here,

our

knowledge

is

but

part and our

faith

weake,

and

Gods

graces

but

in finall

meafure, therefore we

would continually

feed

on this

heauenly

nourifhment,to the

end

ofour

litres,

that

thereby our knowledge

may be

increa-

fed,our faith

flrengthened, and

all

other

graces confirmed

-and

multiplied

in

vs.

But

ifon

the

other

fide

we

loathe this

heauenly

Manna,

it:is

a

manifeit figne,we

neuertafled there-

ofintruth,or

that

our

foules

are exceeding

ficke

in-thine,

which

mnaketh

them

that

they cannot rellifh this

-

daintie and

delicious

foode,and that

we hauc

not

knowledge,faith;or

a-

ny

-grace

begotten

in

vs

neither

that

our

felues are

begotten

vnto God.

For

as

the.child

being begotten-and conceiued,

Both

prcfently draw

nouriih

neat

from

the

mother

;

and the

bigger

it

waxeth,the

more

it

defireth til

it

come

vnto

perfect

age

andalrength:

fo.

-as.

Toone

as

the graces

ofGods

fpirtt

are

begotten

in-vs

by

the,

preaching

of

the

word,theydraw

y..4

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