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
nourifluneut