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?bat
the
holy
Scriptures
?eere
indited
by
gels
jirit.
334i;
So
Iikewife
when they
fpeake
ofany other
affaires
or
acci-
dents which
fall
out
in the
gouernnient
of
the
world,they
af-
cribe
all
to outward
circutnt
}ances,
inferiour tneanes and
fubordinate
caufes,
as
though
God
had giuen ouer
the
go..
uernment
ofthe
earth,
and had committed the
ruling
ofthe
fleme
to
blind fortune.
Now
whence can
this
exceeding
difference
proceede,
that
they fhould
altogether
aime
at the
glorie
of
God,
and thefe
wholly at
the praife, pleafure,
and
profit
ofman? that they
íhould
alwaies
afcribe
the
gouern-
ment
and
difpofing
of
all
things
to
the wife prouidence
of
God,and
thefe
to
outward
accidents,
naturali
caufes
and in-
feriour
tneanes? Surely
becaufe
they
were
indited by tho
fpirit
ofGod,and
therefore
themfelues
are
diuine, fauoring
wholly
ofthe
author
of
them:
and thefe by
the fpirit
ofman,
and
therefore
all
contained in them
is
meerely humane,
car..
nail
and naturall.
The
ninth
reafon may
bee
taken
from the
flile
and
man_
4,S0.2.
nèr
of
penning the
Scriptures,
in
which they much
differ
The
ninth
reacï
from
all
other writings
vrhatfoeuer
:
for whereas men
in
fon,takeos
their
writings
affe&
the
praife
offlowing
eloquence and
lof.,
from
the
file
tineffe
of
p
afe,
the holy Ghofl
in
penning the
Scriptures
o/tree
3"0"-
path
vied
great
fimplicitie
and wonderful! plainnefíe,
ap-
plying
himfclfe
to
the
capacitie
of
the moilvnlearned: in
which
low and
humble
manner offpeech,hee Both
notwith-
sanding
fct
foorth the
deepe
wifdome
of
God,and
the
pro-
found mytleries
of
religion
,
the
bottome whereof the
moll
wife and learned
in the world cannot
fearch
into:
and vnder
the
vaile
of
fimple
and plaine fpeech,
there
fhi-
neth
filch
diuine wifdome and glorious maieflie,
that
all
the
humane
writings
in
the world, though
neuer
fo
ador-
ned
with
the
flowers
ofeloquence, and
fharpe conceits
of
wit
and
learning,cannot
fo
deepely pearce
the heart
ofman,
nor
fo
forcibly
worke vpon
his
affe
&ions,
nor fo
power-
fully
incline
his
will
either to
the
imbracing
of
that
which is
good,
or auoiding
of
that
which
is
mill,
'as
the
word
of
God
:
and whence can
this proceede
but
from
the vertue,
power
andwifdome
of
the fpirit
of
God
who
is
the
author
of
-them
?
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